Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-25
SEES DRY" Law RATl,
fled BY So STATES
SUCH ACTION MEANS A LIQUOR-
LESS NATION EARLY
IN 91sO.
NEW JERSEY HOPELESS STATE.
John Barleycorn Is Doomed To Meet
Defeat In Very Near Future,
Is Prediction.

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Ratification Of the federal prohibi-
tion amendment by the necessary So
states before Feb. l. 1919, is predicted
as certain.
Under the provisions Of the amend
ment submitted by two-thirds vote
of congress, this prospective action
will mean bone dry nation one year
from the date Of the ratification by
the thirty sixth state, or before Feb.
1, 1920 The prediction was made with
the utmost confidence today by VIII
liam H. Anderson. New York state
superintendent Of the Anti-Saloon
league.
"The victory will be oyerwhelm-
ing" he said, "and It is quite possible
that from forty-five to forty-seven
states will have ratified the amend
ment before April next"
q Dry States to Vote.
Supt. Anderson based his chief pre-
diction that February next would
see ratification by thirty-six Of tAe
forty-eight states-on these facts:
That fifteen states. including i've
wet states. have already ratified the
amendment. 4 " u
That twent1stwo other states where
the amendmddlt has not yet been rati-
fed are dry, and that ratification may
be expected by the incoming legisla-
lures. =
That five OF the remaining states,
not dry, have elected legislatures, .
majority of the membership of which
are favorable to immediate ratifica-
ton.
New Jersey Only Nspeless One.
OF the remaining six states Missou-
ri, Pennsylvania, New York. Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey
Mr.. Anderson says that favorable ac-
ton may be expected in four namely:
Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
and New York
New Jersey is the only state Supt-
Anderson would class as hopeless.
The Ave states not already dry, but
I'fH which NM AiaasYyoa declares thu,
newly elected legislatures will not
hesitate to ratify the amendment, are
California, Vermont, Minnesota, Wis
consin, and Illinois.
Ratified by Five Wet States.
Among the fifteen states that have
already ratified five are still in the
wet column, and it is largely in the ac-
ton of the legislatures Of these states
that Mr.. Anderson processes to see the
countrywide sentiment on the prohi-
bition question reflected. These states
are, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware,
Massachusetts, and Louisiana.
These are the states that have al 3
ready ratified the federal amendment:
Arizona, Delaware Alabama, Geor-
gia, Kentucky, louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana,
North Dakota, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Texas, Virginia. Total Is.
These Already Dry.
The states in which prohibition OBJ
tains and which are expected by the8a
anti-liquor forces to ratify the amend-
ment are: Il
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iday
ho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Carolina, New Hampshire, New Mexiy
co, Ohio Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennes-
see, Utah, Washington, West Virginia.
Wyoming. Total 20.
The strength of the prohibiti0nists'
claim is seen IN their own classificas
ton of the other eleven states, which
is described by their own agents Thus:
States now 1wets but where the i'm
coming legislatures are expected, to
ratify the federal amendment: Cali
fornia, Illinois, Minnesota, Vermont.
Wisconsin.
States in which legislative action
may be more or less doubtful: Connecr
ticut. Missouri, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island.
Hopeless, New Jersey.