REPEAL OF PROHIBITION.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 29 September 1930, Page 11

REPEAL OF PROHIBITION.

A U.S.A. REPUBLICAN DEP*. :TD. (TWITES PRESS ASSOCIATION—BJ EJMCTBIO •nsUBOBAEH—COPYBIOHT.) NEW YORK, September 26. At Albany, tlie ! Republican Party ot New York State has nominated Mr Charles Tuttle, former United States Attorney, as a candidate for Governor on the platform demanding the repeal of the Prohibition law. TV platform was written to meet Mr Tuttle s demand for such a declaration, and its adoption and his nomination have transformed the ItepubUcan Party from a "Dry" to a "Wet'' organisation in New York State. The vVets have hailed the event as one °f most important developments for their cause in many years, and predict that "it may have a far-reaching effect.