Show i v 4 6 1 of Test of Prohibition 1 I 4 INOV INOV i S NOV V JOW that the primaries are pretty well i over it begins to be interesting to speculate tate late on chances in the coming election Prohibition Pro- Pro looms up as the biggest single issue lit It is true that various sections of the country are are more interested in other questions but j prohibition obviously appeals pro and con at least to a plurality of the voters as the prinS principal principal prin- prin S cipal one The only part of the 0 story Atlee Pomerene's victory over Flornce Florence Flornce Flor Flor- nce ence E E. E Allen in Ohio seemed to indicate that Ohio Democrats are predominantly wet The primary majority rolled up by Senator Frank B. B Willis however just as plainly suggested that Ohio Republicans are predominantly dry It lt It remains for tor the election to reveal the attitude attitude atti- atti i tude tude of Ohio's voters as a body Just so in int t other states where candidates are more conS conspicuously conspicuously con con- S wet and dry than anything else elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where the bulk of the voters will witt ask first he a w wet t J Is he a dry J and vote accordingly regardless of every other issue y f at stake The outcome will wilt mean meana a great deal asI as asto asto I to 1928 If f prohibition receives a strong popular indorsement in November of this year modification will wilt hardly figure as a presidential consideration n at the succeeding election If the tile wets make notable gains this year there almost certainly will be a conclusive showdown showdown show show- 4 down two years hence Assuming that there has be been n a growth in wet sentiment it has b been en more noticeable in the Democratic than thanin thanin thanS S in the Republican party party not not in the south but ut in the tile doubtfully wet-and-dry wet northern y states On the further supposition then that the wets do reasonably well in November the natural deduction is that the Democratic presidential presidential nominee in 1928 wilt will be wet while the Republican nominee in all probability will be for law enforcement and let it go goat goat goat at that Theorizing the other way about in case this tills seasons season's wet-and-dry wet fights end decisively in the drys' drys favor the national conventions of 1928 unquestionably will wilt do their best to outdo one another in their aridity The ilie recent primaries certainly have brought the prohibition prohibition S tion issue more to the fore than it has been since the eighteenth amendment was adopted b but t it doesn't necessarily fol follow ow that the outcome outcome outcome out out- come will be wet The test is still stitt ahead and only a preliminary test at that so far as next Nove November is concerned If the preliminary S tet gl givs s wet results the real test will wilt follow yO t two years later tater If the preliminary test gives dry results for the present the matter will be 1 settled and there will witt be no further test for nobody Q ody knows how long |