Show WETS SEEKING THREE MILLION FOR POLL ON ACT Mysterious i Meeting l Held ReId in ill New York Y olk On Prohibition STAYTON SPEAKER Meanwhile Borah De De- Declares Declares clares dares Nullification N tion Is Cowardly Slimy NEW YORK Nov Nor 29 By 9 By The As As- Associated Associated sedated Press A A fund of Is s wanted by the Association Against the be Prohibition Amendment to con con- conduct conduct conduct duct a national campaign to ascer- ascer aln tam the voters voters' views as ILS to whether the he amendment should be re repealed re- re repealed pealed or modified Captain William II 11 Stayton of Washington D. D C C. chairman of the association outlined plans for na- na national lonal tlona or state referenda at a private dInner inner last ast night at the Union League e club lub to which persons many of ot them hem prominent Republicans were in- in It d. d A cloak clook of secrecy was thrown about the affair and Just what hat ac- ac astion lon tion if any was as taken was not re- re Newspapermen were not in- in ben When the dinner broke up the dIners Iners were uncommunicative e as to what had taken place They hasten- hasten hastened ed d to motor cars In the rain par par- parried parried ried ned questions The sponsors of the dinner head- head headd headed headed ed d by George W. W New NewYork NewYork NewYork York merchant maintained that the affair was purely a social socia one one of no n public and political significance The guest list Istas was as not announced BUTLER ER SPEAKS KS Besides Captain Stayton other oilier speakers were vere ere Dr Murray Cutler Butler president of Columbia er Ity former United States Senator James ames W. W Wadsworth Jr and former Representative John Philip Hill of Maryland Before the dinner Captain Stay Stay- Stayton ton on said it is planned to send two let letters let let- letters lettera tera to CI voters next year at atan atan an n estimated cost of ten cents ent per voter oter He figured that from 2700 00 to would w be needed In to Inthe Inthe the next four tour years He said the as association as- as association would seek a national reform plank in the platform of the Republican Republican lican cau and Democratic parties on the theory that it was the duty of po- po political political parties to find out what the oters voters wanted If It the national parties refused to Incorporate such a 0 plank In theIr heir platforms a movement mo will be made for referenda In the several se states Utes Former Parmer Senator who was defeated defeat d for re rc by Robert lobert F. F Wagner Vagner Democrat was out- out outspoken outspoken spoken In his Ideas He announced before the dinner that he would be bea a a. candidate for large delegate at Continued on Page Pago Two WETS SEEKING I THREE MILLION L I Continued Prom From race Page One the next national nations I Republican comen- comen LIon and that he hoped the convention would meet the prohibition Issue squarely I I trust that many other delegates will wm bs be b chosen chaun who believe belle that the prohibition amendment should bo bf wiped out or modified he h said uld I Iam Iam Iam am speaking I now merely as a II can can- candidate for delegate at large but the Issue will be met In the tho convention It if ItI ItI I have ha anything to say ny about It Dr Butler let It be known kno that h t Jie Ise would not be a candidate tor for dele dele- delegate gate Cate at large larg Meanwhile Senator Borah speaking at Yale university said This bud busi business budre rees ness re s of or a referendum will ill get us U. U no no- where Nominate candidates for the presidency who ho arc are cither either for Cor or against the enforcement or r repeal of the prohibition law and then we will wUl have hA a a. real reform The senator termed nullification infamous cowardly cow cow- cowardly cowardly ardly and slimy When It Is proposed to graft upon our constitutional system m deliberately the thc doctrine of or nullification to get rid of a law the question arises as lIS to whether or not we are really an In Independent In- In Independent Independent dependent self governing community Senator Borah Dorah said how President Lincoln upheld the enforcement of or the fugitive slave law although he said he hated sated slavery sla the speaker said Is there th rc any an Republican or Democrat who ho lo loves Ions cs liquor more than Lincoln loved liberty |