Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — LAWYER TO LEAD “DRYS” [ARTICLE]

LAWYER TO LEAD “DRYS”

Virgil G. Hinshaw Is Elected Chairman of the National Prohibition Convention After Struggle. Atlantic City, N. J., July 12.—Virgil G. Hinshaw, a young lawyer of Oregon, was elected chairman of the national Prohibition convention under an amendment permitting the filling of that office by a blind vote of the delegates on the floor. The fight for this office threatened for a time to cause a split in the Prohibitionist party. The convention adopted the party platform prepared by the majority of the resolutions committee. This platform, besides taking the usual fall out of the liquor traffic, advocates most of the progressive principles embraced by the Roosevelt political school.