The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
PREDICT JUGS WILL
: Be CORKED BY 1920
FIFTEEN STATES HAVE - RAFT
+" IN PROHIBITION AMEND
LENT TO CONSTITUTION.
twenty-five OTHERS MAY
TAKE ACTION BY FEBRUARY

.c.,oon Workers Believe There
An''. possibility That Forty-Seven
e,,,.. viii Support Amendment
Federal Constitution.
r,o limited States will be bone
!, nv Nv January /, 1920, according
al' . ~ PREDICTION made by William H.
,.Jorsop, New York state superm-
ADI Ion+ Of the Anti-Saloon League.
' Anderson finds that 10 states
W. ,Iaodr have ratified the prohibition
.ndment to the federal constltu-
ann ann Within the next few weeks ~
w. t,. in which prohibition obtains
~ ratifv the amendment, guaran-
. @n that there will be no lapse
s.t,ean the application of the bone
- lewiston of the war emergency
, I and the going into effect
the equally bone dry federal
-,ondment to the constitution. In
a+bor words the ratification of the
.mordment by three-fourths of the
.totos will become effective, as far
.ho consumer is concerned, before
1,nobiIization of the army is COM
pleted.
Mr.. Anderson predicts the amend
nor+ will be carried, even though
40 legislatures of all doubtful states
,o+o to reject it. Among the Is
a,tes that have ratified the measure
.ra five which are classed as wet.
Then there are p dry states in which
the amendment is sure to carry. Of
the remaining states five have elect
ed legislatures a majority OF whose
membership are said to be favorable
ia immediate ratification. Should
Mr. Anderson's information regard
ing the last two groups prove correct
the drv forces will have six states
more than are necessary to make the
amendment effective. OF the re-
naming six states New Jersey alone
is classed as hopeless"
How the States Line Up.
Of the Is states that have ratified
the prohibition amendment Delaware,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and
Massachusetts, we're classed as wet at
the time Of ratification. In fact, it is
asserted that 60 per cent of the whis-
ky in bond in the United States was
4 stored in kentucky when that state
ratified the amendment. Louisiana
was known as the "wettest state in
The south" when she ratified the
# amendment Other states which have
ratified include Arizona, Florida
Georgia, Mississippi, Montana, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and
Virginia. The % states now dry
which are expected to ratify the
amendment are Alabama, Arkansas
Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
Sas, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Ne
yada North Carolina, New Hamp-
Snlre, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma
oregon Tennessee, Utah, Washing
'cn West Virginia and Wyoming.
States in Doubtful Group.
States which are now wet but in
when the legislatures are expected
4 % rahfy the amendment are Cali.
lorna, Illinois, Minnesota. Vermont
"A ana Wisconsin States in the doubt
~ ~ group are Pennsylvania, Rhode
M1ahd, Connecticut, Missouri and
New York. New Jersey alone is
CEASED as hopeless" indicating the
possibility that AZ Of the AS states OF
t .ne Union NAV ratify the prohibi
uon amendment
q. according to the present plans OF
t tns Aniu-Saloon League the fight
NJ, W.T.. aflihcaton VIII not be dropped
. ,ot5e tne 36 necessary states have
, sr. y. the amendment. The lead
m NV sS K the position that while E
- H'R P7lnssp s! NIoloA QB9Jf
mo 4 "a certain that the states back
grs.t ,Hs amendment also represent 6
Uri f, majority Of the people of the