The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-15

ternoon at the ONCE OF the secretary
OF the Commonwealth, the secretary
Monday night was doubtful. There
was question with him as TO whether
he could regard a telegraphed GER
tificates a proper certifcation. The
telegram stated that the proper GER
tifcate had been mailed. 1t was re-
ceived yesterday morning, in proper
form, and the county's petition was
included with the others.
From Dinwiddie county, where 5o4
petitioners signed, no certificate was
received, and the 504 were not count
ed. Several hundred others not count
ed because of failure to receive the
certificates from Dickinson, Greene,
Highland and King George counties.
together with certificates received at
the office of the secretary of the Com
monwealth yesterday morning. too late
to be counted, make the actual num-
Der of signatures to the petition more
than $4,000. The petitions reaching
the secretary yesterday were from
Norfolk with 103, stanton with 80,
Eliza beth City county with one. Hall
fax county with 81, and Portsmouth
with 10.
seventy Days Campaign,
The preliminary stages of the State
wide prohibition fight passed. interest
is now turning into other channels.
The activities OF the Anti Saloon
league, at the head OF the temperance
forces will be increased as the seventy
DAYS campaign, now opening, goes on
with the magnificent organization
that has been perfected, which has
shown itself so effective in securing
more than four times the number of
signatures required, In the forefront
of the battle. persons who seemingly
have been lacking interest in the fight
and the whiskey people and their
friends who have maintained an at
titude of doubt, are awakening to the
fact that powerful sentiment has
been created, and nourished TO the
point that the very foundations of the
liquor traffic in Virginia are now being
shaken, and that the election can end
only with victory for the moral forces.
That the liquor people have sus-
tanned a severe shock by the startingiy
large list of signatures secured by can
vassers, working under the direction Of
the Anti Saloon league, among people
known to be In favor Of prohibition,
was apparent yesterday.
Doubt Swept Aside.
Those who have been expressing
doubt as TO the number OF petitioners
being large enough to call an election
were overwhelmed by the unexpected
r1t14rftrer of. Signatures. and tirat tbs
state will be voted into the dry
column in September now becomes APP
parent to them.
There was expressed in some quar-
ters yesterday a doubt that the war
fund Of the liquor people will be much
longer repleuished by the powerful
whiskey interests, which are aiding In
the fight against prohibition In Viz
GINA With practically half Of those
In, no tor oil
ton arraYed solidly on the petitions,
and with thousands Of other dry voters,
whose names do not appear on the list.
a great victory for prohibition ts as
sured
What the majority for prohibition
will be there seems to be no way
of telling at this time, but that It will
be a decisive majority IS certain. Most
of speculative interest now appears 10
he In how many voters will be cast
tn the election. A number of esti-
mates were made yesterday.
Estimates placing the total vote TO
be poiled. at 100000 are regarded as
r!diculously low, but such estimates
were heard. Others estimate the vote
as high az 235 oee. This estimate, too,
Is regarded as foolish. Conservative
men. well Informed on the voting
strength OF the State. and men basing
their estimates on the number or quail
i1ea voters in the last election, va
riously estimate the probable vote st
1885 600 TO 10000.
Expect Vote to BE 100000.
What may be regarded as IA conser-
native ard safe estimate il that the
vote will total 100. 600 The last prest.
Dental election. which election i'm VlrN
cfnia usually brings oqt "A large ma
iortfy Of the State's onalirea voters
brought apnrnxtrna;elv 13- p0n voters
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