Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
Z DRY PROPOSALS
INOH|O UNCERTAIN
Prohibitionists Captured Two Of
the Four Measures, and
Probably Three
VETS CLAIM ONE VICTORY
By the Associated Press

Columbus. o.. Nov. 6.-Returu.
from Tuesdays election compiled today
from fifty five Of the eighty eight coun
ties indicate that the results on the
ratification Of the federal prohibition
amendment and tho Crabhr enforcement
bill will be close. with chances favor
Ing the drys on the ratification propo
sition and the vets on the Crabbc bill.
according to chief Statistician John
son.
The same returns are said to Indicate
defeat OF tho o"l per cent beer promo
sal and also that to repeal the stat"
prohibition amendment
These fifty five counties. thirty
three of which urc complete aud
twenty two incomplete. give the vets Il
lead of 39,O3l on ratification of the
federal amendment aud J2.l1O on the
Crabbc bill This also gives the vets
lead of 22.99D on the beer proposal
and 12.323 On the repeal.
The thirty three counties still to re
port gave dry majority Of -. 795 for
prohibition last year. and If this ma
jority was maintained last Tuesday. il
would ipdicat" defeat Of both the beer
and the repeal proposals by safe ma
ioritics. On this showing also the
ratification proposal would be approved
by small margin. 1t was said.
James \. White. manager Of the
Ohio Dry Federation. this morning re-
fused to concede that the drys had
lost the Crabhe act. or any Of the pro
hibitiou proposals voted on Tuesday. a.
though at his headquarters it had been
admitted earlier that the Crahbc act
had been defeated Mr.. White dc
clared the vote was close on the trabbc
sct, but later returns were showing good
dry gains.
l.. +. Gibson. manager of the Ohio
Home Rule Association, at his head
quarters nt Cincinnati, declared the
Crabbe act had been overwhelmingly de-
feated, that ratification had been de
cisively defeated, that the 80 ncr
cent beer proposal was in doubt. but
conceded that the drys had defeated the
repeal of state wide prohibition. al
though mot by 10000 majority, as
was given out in Columbus yesterday.
Louisville. Ky.. Nov. C. tny \. P.J
Ia the face OF unofficial returns from
all but ono of the 1"O counties OF the
state Edwin p. Morrow. Republican.
swept himself into the office OF sogyeerGn,ooo nor
OF kentucky by a majority Of 20 .?92
votes over Governor James u. Black
Democrat, in Tuesdays elections.
This is the largest plurality Il r.
publican candidate ever received in this
state, according to Republican state
Headquarters, which claims that Nor
rows majority will exceed 10000.
Interest today. however. did not cen
ter so much upon the guberuatorial race
but upon the state. wide prohibition
amendment. Returns camc 10 slowly
~ ID.
superintendent Of the Kentucky Anti
Saloon League. to predict that the re-
suit might not be known for several
days.
"Only forty five counties OF the 100
had been heard from early today, show
ing majority of 1888 against the
amendment This does not mean the
vets have won. however, Mr.. Palmer
asserted. lie said that of seventy five
counties to be heard from. 8 great ma
iority are dry.
Fourteen of the forty five counties
gave wet mnjorities totalins @6.2Ol
The remaining thirty one gave dry ma
jorites totaling | ,601.
An interesting feature Of the subcr
Material election was "a statement of
Governor Black in which be blamed
the liquor interests. pro Germans, his
failure to remove certain appointecS of
former Governor Stanley and President
Wilson for his defeat, which he has
conceded. As regards the President.
he said that whether the action of
Mr.. Wilson in writing his coal strike
letter was proper or improper. it hurt
his candidacy in that it caused the
striking Kcutucky coal miners to go
Republican"
Judge Walter Evans, of the federal
district court here, on November L.
will hear arguments in a suit to test
the wartime prohibition act and the
yolstead enforcement law. He set this
date following filing OF the suit late
Yesterday By Attorneys William NJ.
Bullitt. Louisville. and Levy Mayer,
Chicago, on behalf of Wright and Taylor
and the Brown and Forman Distilling
Cos. of Louisville.