Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-07
OH|O'S ELECTION
RESULTS REMAIN
MUCH IN DOUBT
VETS Are Still in Lead on
Four Prohibition
Proposals.
TWENTY-NINE COUNTIES
YET TO BE HEARD FROM
Chief Statistician Contends Final
Figures Will Give Dry
Victories.
SPECULATION ON EFFECT
View Advanced That Defeat OF Fed
erh Amendment Would Post
pone Prohibition for Year.
SPECULATION ON EFFECT
tBy Associated Prcs,.I

COLUMBUS. OHIO. Nov. e.-Practi-
@Ey complete returns OF Tuesdays
election from ff:y-nine OF the eighty
eight counties tabulatcd at tho Office
OF the Secretary OF States Office to-
night show the vets to be leading on
all four prohibition proposals by the
following maJorities:
For the 2.75 per cent beer proposal
!t,32S: FOR repeal OF state wide proni-
Sition. 12s; against ratification OF the
Federal prohibition amendment, 29.1O5:
against the Crabbc state prohibition
enforcement act, 50.675.
Basing his claim on results in the
nlty-nine counties and the vote year
remaining twenty-nine counties Chief
Statstician Johnson. OF the Secretary
OF States office, predicted that the 2.75
per cent beer proposal VIII be defeat cd
by from 10000 to $4,000, the proposal
to repeal State wide prohibition de-
feated by. more than $4,000. the Fed
by from 1000 10 5000 and the Crabbe
prohibition enforcement bill defeated
by more than 10000.
II the final figures. show the same
results the vets" claim that the proc
lamation OF Acting Secretary of State
roii. last January. declaring the. ma
six States, was illegal. because OHIO
said that Mr.. polk acted either on a
spite Of Gp the @ e;ser OF Warm @ m
ing that Ohio had referendum pro-
vision on legislative ratifications Mr..
r&oik & chose TO Ignore the letter. and
whether his proclamation has legal
vitality.
Would NuIlify Proclamation.
II his original proclamation Is void.
the national prohibition will not come
into efeC; for year from the date
OF It's Issuance.
Fifteen other States in the Union
have similar referendum provisions.
In the United States Supreme Cour,
the case Is expected to turn on the
meaning Of the Federal Constitution
when ii said that the amendments shall
be effective when ratified by the Leg
islatures" of three-fourths of the
States. The United states Supreme
Court unanimously upheld the Ohio
Supreme Court when the Ohio court
said. in n congressional district ger
rymander case. that Legislature" com
pretended the broadest lawmaking
the representative bodies.
Should the prohibition amendment
be held yet unratihed. the national
der authority OF the prob ibition amend
ment, might, IL is held by lawyers. be
Of no value ae soon, as the Wartime
feature is out OF the way with the
FORMAL ending OF the war
Admit Result la in Doubt.
.he he resaIt is IN doubt Vile % ahe @
claim lead OF 1000 when the complete
returns on the ratification proposal are
Ohio will continue "dry" by. State
prohibition. but many legal puzzles are
raised by the unexpected fgures IF
the final of'icial tigures show, the Fed. d
expected that the Ohio officials will
make the verdict of the people good
orner and the Acknowledgement prob
ably in Federal court litigation;
!An:i-Saloon League officials indicated
they will seek TO push the Hawke
case in the United States supreme
Court to have the Ohio referendum
result set aside. The Hawke case was
Instituted by Attorney George S.
Hawke. OF Cincinnati. to enjoin the
election on the ground that it would
be waste of public funds.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS SAY
RITCHIE HAS WON FIGHT
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6.-Based on COM
pletc unofficial returns OF Tuesdays
election for all of twenty three coun-
ties Of the State and five of the TWEEN
weight wards of Baltimore city. the
Democrats tonight are confidently
claiming the election of Albert G.