The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
Result in Maine Now Appears to be
Victory for the Prohibitionists
Who Are Jcy-
ful.
MAJORITY SHOWS 2s7
Result is Stili In Doubt as Complete
Official Returns VIII
BE Neees-
sary.

O'Clock last night, with the reports
from all towns and cities in, the drys
had a majority OF SIS votes. The en-
tire fourteen towns poIled In round
numbers 400 votes, almost evenly d.
vided, SO that they had but few
votes effect on the general result
The discrepancy OF 1886 votes be-
tween the morning and evening re
ports IVES due almost wholly to tele-
phone mistakes n receiving returns
or to incorrectly tabulated town votes,
several towns being placed IN the wet
column, when they should have been
added TO the dry list.
The state committee OF the No
License League had decided to ask
for q recount, so close was the sup
posed margin In favor OF the vets.
Last evening the vets were all talk
Ing recount on account of the reversed
verdict This morning. too, the work
erE for the repeal OF the constitution
al amendment were ready for a cele-
bration- Last evening the prohibition
lists were laughing.
The election has furnished success
sion Of surprises. Nothing like 1t was
ever known In the history OF the
state. From the time that the wet
majority OF e2i was announced
until the dry verdict was re-
ported last night, results have been
continually In doubt Muititudes OF
mistakes began to appear In the town
reports OF the night before and they
0uctuated somewhat, but all day the
drys made STEADY gains, and finally 1t
became apparent that unless many
more serious mistakes we're made
they were going to win.
About O'Clock In the afternoon
came the report that with only half
the town votes verified the entire
majority Of more than 600 for repeal
had been wiped out. A few minutes
later this bulletin wss cancelled and
the hopes Of the vets rose again.
The result Is not absolutely certain,
for although every one OF the 521
cities, towns and plantations in the
state have beer heard from, yet only
some $50 Of these reports have been
verified BY signatures of the town
clerks, a method of authorization
which is being employed to make this
long doubtful result positive.
AS some OF these reports will have
to come long distance by mail a
few Of the vets are still entertaining
faint hopes that the tide will turn.
Assuming that the prchibitionists
are victorious, there can not be an
other referendum on the proposition
to take the prohibitory amendment
from the constitution until the legis
lature has again met and by two
thirds vote decides to submit the
question to the people again, and this
step will be fought tooth and nail
as 1t was at the last session, by the
prohibitionists and their allied forces
The complete returns on the refer
endum on direct primary law have
not as yet been tahulated. but the re
turns from two of the four congres
sional districts Of the state complete
give for the direct primary 27.s71
and against s134. majority of 10,
637. and II is believed that this three
to-one ratio will be maintained
throughout the state. This is tbs
hrst law ever proposed under the in
itiative in Maine, although there have
been many referendums on laws al
ready passed.
Acknowledges Defeat.
PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 13.-Despitt
frantic calls today fros, anti-prohibi
tionists for an official recount ano
strenuous assertions from many OF ir
regularities. the more conservative O.
those who sought to repeal the stat
utes today acknowledge their defeat
The majority today is figured at 237
On today's returns 1t is shown th4
other three questions all carried. TIL,
olrect election of senators clause vot,
was $3.50 for, to I7,751 against.
hAIa l.