The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-24
Statewide Lead Now Estimated
To Be at Least Thirty-Eve
Thousand Votes
Congratulations
From All Sides
Election Free From Disorde,
and Both "Wets" and "Drys.
Pledge Themselves to En-
force Law

lOICS Law
Returns still drifting In from all
over the State do not serve to ma
teriaiiy change the result of Tues
days election, save to add to the
already overwhelming victory for j.
Statewide prohibition.
While returns are still fncom.
pieae, and, I'm fact, entirely lack.
ing from one or t,'o counties, the
majority for Prohibition has
steadily increased with additional
Information. The ofI1cial count
viii probably show a majority Of III
approximately thirty five thous. s
and for prohibition.
Finnl returns are liable TO in-@
crease the total vote Of the state M
to more than 10000, with. q
dry" majority in excess OF 40, 900,
or practically two to one vote
for Statewide prohibition.
The determining factors in the ms
tority. while difficult to estimate acs
curately. may be generally suns
married.. The dry forces more than
broke even in the cities Of vtrginta
1t was here that they really dealt the
most crushing blows TO the liquor adj
yocates. The dry majorities in prac-
lticaliy all the cities. and very greatly
reduced wet majorities in Richmond.
Norfolk and Alexandria, assure tAA9
difficulties of enforcing the prohibttiea
law will be far less than predicted W
it's opponents. In fact. with the cred
| city strength OF the drys and the ~
most universal pledging OF support Ia
law enforcement by the opponents Of
prohibition, the task Of making it ~
fective looks brighter today in Wiz.
ginia than In any State that has ovor
tried prohibition.
After defeating their opponents n
the cities, prohibition workers found
their next resource in supposedly vet
counties where defeat or exceedinkly
small ma jorties greeted the VETS.
And then in known dry territory the
tfendest expectations of the drys warD
fully realized. the great Southwest
country rolling up majority OF nearly
ten thousand for the enabling act
Congratulations by Hundreds.
None OF these factors could be over..
looked in recording the story Of IT,
victory. with which all the country
rang yesterday. Hundreds OF telegramo.
of congratulation from all over the
country, from Oregon to Maaea~
chusetts, and from all the Southern
territory poured into the head
quarters of the nti-Saloon leAokl9s
from friends OF prohibition througAs
out America. Some were in the natu1Na
of personal messages to leaders -
others to the league at large. The
were communicated to the executives
committee OF the Anti-Saloon leaonee
which was IN session yesterday AFTER
noon.
1t Is expected that some days vim
elapse before all the figures and 49,
tailed mA1orities from Official FefUTH6
are in. but the reports OF latest stan4s
ing show that the dry majority ri
steadily increasing. ssss
There seems to have been little a.
order anywhere in the State No -
ports of unusual disorders reached
Richmond yesterday, although On
county in the Southwest reported thakE
much liquor had been used BY fll9
wets and another statement had IN
that man was arrested for freely 416ss
pensing liquor near the polls q sssa'
Interest in Richmond continued IN "
abated and the usual saws were pu1to
] A good many citizens have not ~
recovered from their surprise q TIL
sweeping victory Of prohibition and III
special topic of interest was the ~ G
that numbers of the members Of 36&s
Local Self-Government assoC1Ata191
avowed their intention Of suppots1N
the law and to aid in seeing thak II
lis enforced. 91
Another great topic Of inteReae
after comment was the demon9eraa4(s
before the headquarters Of tho Ax3SE9g
Saloon League OF Virginia. foll0y1S
the announcement OF returns Tueo&4
night. ssaa I
Warm Greeting for Pollard. Nm
The address OF Attorney-0e ueSra
John Garland Pollard b0f0rA M y
phenomenal crowd at Antt-GnIn8
League headquarters. his postxtve &1
laration that the law must ~
forced. together with his after-l
ment, were features telegraph1d
lover the State. Mr.. Pollard's "a
fight for the enabling act was r0H5l M
ed remarkable by reason OF thAs@
that ne was practically the only rs4
inent Virginia State official 70
an active part in the prohibition ~
paign.
His work made great impe4Q
i, over the whole State, and In R1c4
his two public addresses ON tANN
ton were among the chief fea4U
the campaign. At the City 1uey1
Sunday afternoon his address
magnfficent impression. ana N
corded as one Of the best ~ ~
lpaign. His Official statement ~
/ result OF the election was kn
his informal address 70 4h
/ crowd reflected positive
!tion that the law. whom
operation, shall be enfpre
lstatements that the Law nso3
! H and muat ~ eu10&0
mind his courAgeoua Ate4
FOLK gnmbling caee.
lupI laM3ea alenne1t
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