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Rebuffed by Borah, the convention next nominated for the Presidency redheaded, wrinkled-faced William David ("Earnest Willie") Upshaw, spry cripple, onetime (1919-27) Representative from Georgia. Frank Stewart Regan of Illinois was given the Vice-Presidential nomination. An ardent prohibitor but also a humble man, Nominee Upshaw announced that he would retire if Senator Borah or some other "outstanding figure" would agree to head a third party Dry ticket.
Strategy. In the Prohibition Party's convention the U. S. Drys, Consolidated, failed to find a practical answer to their political problem. This week in Washington the National Conference of Organizations Supporting the 18th Amendment was to hold a joint meeting to map their campaign. The predominant Dry sentiment is against any third party action on the ground that it could not achieve positive results to keep the 18th Amendment intact. Dry leaders plan to work within the two major parties, trying to elect to Congress members pledged against Resubmission or Repeal, thereby blocking any change at the start. They are hopeful President Hoover will soon say something friendly about the 18th Amendment which will give them an excuse to support him.
* Last week Mark Sullivan, seasoned convention commentator, reported that most Southern Democrats had a "morning after" feeling about their party's Repeal plank. Wrote he: "Their feeling about what they did about Prohibition is that of a man who finds himself wedded to a comparative stranger when all he meant was to go maying with the lady. The lady's marriage certificate is indisputable ... the equally certain fact is that not more than 500 of the [1,154] delegates meant to go that far."