The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-24
DETROIT
Now the Largest Anti Saloon
City in America
Prohibition Gain of Five States
Leads TO Hope Of Submission
of National Amendment.

Philadelphia. Temperace took five
more States in Tuesdays election and
half the nation Is dry
Prohibition swept Michigan South Da-
kota, Nebraska and Montana, and Utah
elected a Governor and a Legislature alb
soutely pledged to the principle that liq-
uor has no place in a modern community
The electlan brings the number Of com
pletely dry States up TO twenty four, ana
upon the returns the anti-saloon leaders
of the country base predictions that the
webb Smith -Gollinger- sheppard resolu-
tlon for prohibition amendment to the
National Constitution win be passed by
Congress in December or January.
1T Is difficult to believe that Congress
can continue to resist the proposition
that this amendment be submitted to the
people in face Of the overwhelming senti-
ment, not alone in favor of the resolution
itself, but absolutely in favor Of prohibi-
tion," said II. NJ Chalfat, ed tor Of the
Pennsylvania edition OF the State Anti
Saloon League. Il firmly believe that the
resolution viii receive a sufficient num-
Der Of votes to win. If not from the
present Cogress, then surely from the
next"
The result In Michigan makes Detroit
the largest dry city on the continent up
to date. The fight in Michigan was one
OF the most brilliantly conducted cam
paigns on the part of the foes of liquor,
Some of the richest men in the State
aligned themselves on the side of prohi
bition and gave freely of their wealth to
the most prominent. was Sebastian S.
kresBe, nVe and ten cent store proprie-
tor, VINO, when the campaign begun, gave
SIC 600 to start it. His lead was followed
by a number of others and a 100000 fund
was put up in one day. The brewers
heard Of kreSge's gift and sent word that
they would boycott his stores He wrote
back that he had received their letter,
was glad to know how they felt and con-
cluded with the statement that their at
titude had led him to pour another SlO,-
900 into the fight. Next day the treasur-
er OF the prohibition forces received the
check.
Prohibition has been an issue in Mich |
igan for many years, buF II was only |
once before put up to the people. That
was in 1887, when it was rejected.
In Pennsylvania the anti-salOon ele- |
ment is claiming credit for the defeat OF
Congressman A. j. Barchfeld, of Pitts |
burgh, and Of Congressman Warren t
Worth Bailey, Of Johnstown. Barchfed |
is a Republican, while Bailey is a Demo- |
crat The Anti Saloon League fights |
without regard to party.
Probably the biggest factor in the pro- |
hibition hope that Congress will pass the |
resolution is the fact that the |
resolution in 1914, then know as the |
IIobson resolution, received 1877 votes, |
eight more than We're cast against It, |
But ii required a tWo-third vote
While twcnty-four states are either |
dry at present or will be within the next |
year. some of the States allowing the |
saloons a year to close, prOhibitionists |
claim that most of the territory in the |
other states has abolished drink through |
the instrument of local option. 1t is de-
clared that fOur-iifths of the liquor traf- |
dc is now centered in the big cities
The dry" States, including those which .
voted for prohibition on Tuesday, are as
Alabama Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
Georgia, Kansas, Idaho. Iowa, Mississip-
pi, North Carolina, Maie, Michigan,
Montana. North Dakota, Nebraska, Ok
lahoma, Oregon, South Carolia, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Utah,
Washington and West Virginia,