The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-06

DRY MAJORITY
|PLACED TOO HIGH
final Count in Ohio May
Change Prediction Of
$4,000 Vote.
MERS GO REPUBLICAN
ox Black, Blames Wilson.
Vote on Prohibition
Awaited.
MINERS GO REPUBLICAN

|x<<sW2 uesudy o'ection compiled at
- eecretary OF states office to-
ky from fifty-fve OF the eighty eight
RoNNpes, indicate the results on the
lleetion OF the federal prohibition
lofnent and the Crabbe prohibit
|tl?!4 enforcemsnt bill will be close,
" shanees favoring the drys on
ste "a the crabbe bill, according to
ntst etatistician johnson.
nSSEame returns are said to indi-
cAte Sdefeat Of the 2 3-4 per cent. beer
|JMupogal and the repeal of the prohi-
oitton amendment.
Thes fifty-five counties6 thirty
mreeo of which are incomplete, give
the vets a lead of 49,031 on ratifica-
ton OF the federal amendment, and
bx,410 on the Crabbe bill. They also
4ve the vets lead of 1889 on the
1S~z quarters proposal, and 1898 on
- repeal proposition.
The thirty-three counties still to
report gave dry majority of 33,795
rQr Prohibition last year, and II this
majority was maintained last Tues-
Gay II would indicate defeat of both
the 24-4 and the repeal proposals by
SAFE majorities, it was said. On this
showing also the ratification proposal
would be approved by small mar
gin, It was said.
Unofficial returns from fifty-nine
counties, including all of the wet
cenfers and big cities, showed wet
ma5orities on all four proposals, and
unusually large wet majorities
against the Crabbe prohibition en-
forcement act and ratification of ma
tional prohibition. Basing his asser-
tion on late official returns from
thirty counties, Secretary of
State Smith said first dry victory es-
Inmates had been much too high.
State dry headquarters this morning
admitted the probable defeat of the
Crabbe repeal of statewide prohi-
hilton and the 2.75 per cent. beer
proposal and also that to repeal the
state prohibition amendment had been
defeated by large vote.
/ "Only forty-five counties of the 12O
had been heard from early today,
showing a majority of 14.594 against
th& mendment. This does not mean
swets nave Won, however, Mr..
Palmer asserted. He said that of
|seventy-fiv counties to be heard
from, a great majority are dry
Fourteen of the forty-five counties
gave wet majorities totalling &c.
201. The remaining thirty one gave
dry majorities totalling 1867"
The missing twenty-nine counties
,ast year gave drys a majority of 32,-
900, enough to wipe out wet leads on
the repeal and beer amendments. In
order TO overcome the wet lead of
$4,000 on ratification, however, cleo
tion experts pointed out the drys
would have to gain 10000 in Ne
missing counties over last year. To
overcome the wet lead of $4,000 on
the Crabbe act, was regarded by the
experts as impossible.
Kentucky Vote Awaited.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 6.-On the
| face of unofficial returns from all but
one of the 120 counties of the state,
Edwin p. Morrow, republican, swept
| himself into the office of governor of
Kentucky by majority of 29,992
votes over Gov. James D. Black. dem
ocrat, in Tuesdays election. This is
| the largest plurality a republican
candidate ever received in this state,
according to republican state head
quarters, which claims Morrow's ma
jority will exceed 10000.
In interest today. however, did not
center 80 much upon the gubernator-
ial race, but upon the statewide spro-
.hibition amendment. Returns came in
slowly on this proposal and led N. A.
Palmer, superintendent of the Ken
lucky antisaloon league, to predict
that the result might not be known
for several days. Only forty counties
out of the 120 had been heard from
early today, these showing a ma
jority of 1888 votes against the
amendment. This does not mean
| that the vets have won, however"
IMr. Palmer asserted. He said of
eighty counties to be heard from, a
majority are dry.
Thirteen of the forty counties gave
wet majorities totalling 20,065. The
remaining twenty-s seven gave dry
majorities totalling 9,6S2.
An intere sting feature Of the CUB
eIe ction was statement of Gov.
Black in which he blamed the liquor
Interests, pro- Germans, his failure to
Gov. Stanley and President Wilson,
for his defe at, which he has con-
ceded. As regards the president he
M8af0 WNctHCT tHG dStiou VI Vtis W.
son in writing his coal strike letter
was proper or improper, it hurt his
candidaey in that it caused the strik-
|inu Kentucky coal miners to "go re-
publican"
Canvass Baltimore Vote.
Baltimore, Nov. 6.-Intense inter-
est attaches to the meeting of the
election supervisors who will assem-
BILE in Baltimore city and the counties,
at noon today to canvass the returns
. of tuesdays election. The latest, un-
official returns made Albert c.
Ritchie, the democratic nominee for
governor winner by 326 plurality.
Chairman TAFT, of the republican
state central committee, claims the
off1cial canvass will show the elec-
| tion of Harry w. Nice.
Line Up New York Assembly.
New York, Nov. 6.-Revised re-
tnrns of the legislative contests COM
riled today show that the new as
sembly will be composed of ITO re-
m,blicans, thirty five democrats and
Ave socialists. This is gain of six
teen votes for the republicans, loss
Of nineteen for the democrats and a
sain of three for the socialists. New
Work city elected five socialists in
4.l oe turo az DreyiOuSly reported.