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Show mCBATSJII WARYLAHD ASK DRY LAW VOTE State Convention Adopti ; Plank (or PUtf orm That It Bed on 'SUtes' - ; Right Principle v I'prrlihf. 11. by Unltad Praaa.) WA8HINOTUN, Bapt. It. Tha lwmocrata of Maryland, In aortvan-i aortvan-i lion aaarmblad. hava taaan tha lead and sounded tho hey note for thoea elements In tha Democratic Tarty thai will Inalat In !: that nlateadiem la a major laauo upon which tha Democratic party aheuld -lake a bold and open stand In lis national platform. They hava thrown a heavy wat blanket upon tho hopes 4 Praal- dent Cootldgo and eome of hla ad- ' vleere that nationwide stala coop-rratlon coop-rratlon for prohibition anforca-fnenl anforca-fnenl can bo attained through ao- , veptanrre' by all tha atataa of full leaponalblllty for local enforcement enforce-ment of tha Voiatead law. V They hava Oovernor Richie of Maryland as spokeemaa of tha moderate wets who do not go so far as those of the Al Smith arhool In New Tork In declaring agalnat aiate participation In prohlblion enforcement but who demand full recognition of atataa rtghia. T Tha Maryland Democrata did all this by writing Into, their stats platform a plank which aaya; 'The provialons of the Volstead act conatltute a clear departure from this principle of government ,4atate Mghta) and we believe appropriate ap-propriate ataps ahouid be taken by congress to turn the subject back to the statea ao that each stale, within constitutional limitations may have he opportunity of aot-tllng aot-tllng It In accordeaca with tha wishes of- Its own people: and until -that lima wa believe the Voiatead act should be amended to permit manufacture and sale of beer snd light wines where permitted by Iocs Io-cs I law. This Is an amplification ef the poaltlon takaa by the Naw Tork leglalature In Its repeal of the atale enforcement act. By Its statement that eongreaa should act to turn the queetlon back to tha atatea the Maryland platform seeks to make the queetlon a direct and definite laaue In the 1124 congressional congres-sional elections. Furthermore, It la the ezpresalon - of a party organisation, not a lag-' .lalatlve body, aa was the ease In New Tork. It thus becomee the concrete expression of tha Idea ba-hlnd ba-hlnd the New Tork leglalature'a actlone. It la a modal wat plank 'for other wat political organlsa-llons. organlsa-llons. i (lovernor Bmlth ef Naw - Tork Htated In part the same conclusions, l.ut he stated them aa governor, f not aa a member of a political or-4anUatlon. |