The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-10
HALF OF AMERICAN
STATES ARE NOW DRY
Alaska Has Also Rolled Up
Impressive Majority Against
the Saloon Plans Are
All Awry
Portland. Ora, Nov. s.-Oregou
has gone dry.
BY j. II. L.ARIMORE.

Special to The Richmond EirEaian1
Westarville Ohio Nov s-Latest
returns from the States which voter
Tuesday on issues involving prohibt'
ton show beyond all doub, that
Michigan. South Dakota. Montana and
Nebraska are enrolled in the dry
column by very large majoriues. -Four
MARYLAND coua,ie. have banished
their saloons though Prince George
County Is disputed by the vets ana
court action may be necessary. HAVE
de Grace. Nd, has also gone dry.
The straight prohibition measure n
California has been showed under. but
the amendment which prohibits the
sale but not the manufacture OF liquor
/. still uncertain Probably IL has
been carried by small majority. In
Colorado. Washington Oregon ard
Arizona. whore the wets had !nitA ted
measures calculated to ktsi- or cripple
prohi biton. the liquor crowd has been
Overwhelmingly defeated and prohsh:-
ton remains intact
we're defeated by every county IN the
State
Utah has elected a dry Legislature
pledged TO the passage OF Statewide
prohibition law this winter.
In the Western AIRY States the
Legislatures and Governors are all
dry
Big Gain in Dry Population.
The per cent Of the population now
enrolled in the dry column is nearly
sixty-two, a gain Of SIX There 10 now
a territory Of less than three hundred
thousand square miles in the United
u-h ~
be legal
Advtees from Alaska are to the et-
feet that the territory will roll up a
heavy majority for prohibition.
The addition Of Tuesday. dry tar
ritory means that Ave million people
have been emancipa.ed from the "A.
looms Assuming that Utah passes .
dry bill and that California had
adopted the prohibition Of the sale
tina, means that twenty-five States,
one more than halt are dry Tues
DAYS election banishes twelve thou
sand liquor making and selling esrah-
lishm ents
Ohio Is Preparing
Ohio is preparing a vigorous cam
paign for next year. and James A.
White. superintendent OF the Anti
Saloon League. says Tuesdays results
will have a tremendous effect in Ohio
DR.. P. A, Baker has issued the fol-
lowing statement; Twenty-four States
half the States OF the Union, by the
vote of the people or by the acts Of
the Legislatures. have now outlawed
the drink uafic Most. OF the terri
tory OF the remaining States have
abolished drink through the instru-
ment Of local option.
The LIQUOR trafhc L. now cornered
in . halt dozen Of the great cittss Of
the country. The trafnc is SO inherent
Il lawless that saloons cannot exist
any place without inJurinx every
place It 10 a national malady that
can only be cured by national remedy
During the campaign just closed the
candidates OF the two major parties
announced through the chatrmen OF
their respective committees that they
were estoppsd from making any deela-
ration on this question because 1t was
not plank in their platforms The
time has come to insert q plank in
the platform OF all political parties ia
voring nation wide prohibition. 10.
cal option has demonstrated its value
by demonstrating that In many States
il Is no longer valuable. Statewide
prohibition Is only an enlarged form
Of local option.
'Aenceforth the political party that
IL not willing to put . plank in tts
platform. and the candidate. from
President down. who IL not willing to
stand souarely on the plank are not
worthy the support OF patriotic Amer.
lean citiSens, We believe the last
President has been elected who will
enter the White House and remain
silent on this the greatest ana most
far-reachink question now before the
American people. But one thing can
prevent 1t from being an acute issue
in the next presidential campaign, and
that 10 for Congress to submit the
question for ratification by the States
before the next presidential campaign.
The slogan now 10, On to Washing
tom"