"I'm willing to die politically for Prohibition!''
Such was the campaign cry of Senator Cameron Morrison, North Carolina Democrat, as he entered last week's run-off primary to hold his seat in Washington. When the votes were counted, it was found that "Cam" Morrison, oldtime party warhorse, typical rural political vegetable, was indeed a dead Dry and that North Carolina had gone Wet by almost two votes to one.
Victor in the nominating race (equivalent to election) was Robert Rice Reynolds (no tobacconist), 47-year-old Asheville lawyer who had won the first primary...
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