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Editorial
November 23, 1923
The Penn's Grove Record
Penns Grove, Salem County, New Jersey
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes 'dry' senators from Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and Gloucester for joining 'wet' senators from Essex, Bergen, and Passaic to support U.S. Senator Walter E. Edge, viewing it as a betrayal of the prohibition cause and boosting Edge's re-election prospects amid accusations of his political corruption and rum-running ties in Atlantic City.
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The fact that the four dry Senators from Cape May, Cumberland County, Salem and Gloucester joined with the wet Senators of Essex, Bergen and Passaic Counties as tools of U. S. Senator Walter E. Edge, does not set well in the stomach of those who conscientiously voted for these men to uphold the dry cause all along the line. Senator Edge is politically rotten and comes from that politically rotten city of Atlantic which needs a Klan purification. To uphold Edge with his rum-running machine is to give him prestige for his re-election next year. Some feel that they have been sold out.
What sub-type of article is it?
Temperance
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Dry Senators
Wet Senators
Walter E. Edge
Prohibition Betrayal
Rum Running
Atlantic City
Klan Purification
What entities or persons were involved?
Dry Senators From Cape May
Dry Senators From Cumberland County
Dry Senators From Salem
Dry Senators From Gloucester
Wet Senators Of Essex
Wet Senators Of Bergen
Wet Senators Of Passaic
U. S. Senator Walter E. Edge
Atlantic City
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Betrayal By Dry Senators Supporting Walter E. Edge
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Edge And Betraying Senators
Key Figures
Dry Senators From Cape May
Dry Senators From Cumberland County
Dry Senators From Salem
Dry Senators From Gloucester
Wet Senators Of Essex
Wet Senators Of Bergen
Wet Senators Of Passaic
U. S. Senator Walter E. Edge
Atlantic City
Key Arguments
Dry Senators Joined Wet Senators As Tools Of Edge, Betraying Voters Who Supported Them For Prohibition
Edge Is Politically Rotten From Corrupt Atlantic City Needing Klan Purification
Supporting Edge's Rum Running Machine Gives Him Prestige For Re Election
Voters Feel Sold Out By These Senators