Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-05
OHIO KENTUCKY
VOTERS RETURN
BIC NAJOR|T|ES
ON DRY ISSUES
Buckeye State Increases
Former Plurality on Pro-
hibition Proposals Nearly
Four Fold
Republican A. p. Leased wke1

NEW YORK, Nov 5-Ohio and
Kentucky, the only two states holding
elections yesterday in which prohibi
ton was a direct issue, both enrolled
themselves in the army of voluntary
abstinence. in the face of the partial
returns tabulated at midnight
With more than half of the state
reported, Secretary of State Smith
predicted it would be found Ohio had
voted dry on all four prohibition pro-
posals submitted to the voters and tina.
the majorities would approximate 20
900 One Of these proposals was Of
fered in the form of referendum on the
legislatures action in ratifying the
eighteenth amendment to the federal
constitution. Another proposal. also
a referendum, dealt with the prohibi-
ton enforcement act The other two
proposals We're constitutional amend
ments touching on prohibition.
In Kentucky it appeared that the
statewide prohibition act had been car
ried by a large majority.
wet" Candidate Leads
!
states holding gubernatorial elections,
prohibition was an indirect issue. De-
| spite the assertion of State Comp
troller Newton A. X. Bugbee, republi-
can candidate for governor. that pro
hibition was an accepted fact because
| it is Incorporated in the federal CON
stitution. Senator Edward l. Edwards
the democratic candidate. made it an
issue by declaring that he will use all
| the legal machinery of the state to
make New Jersey "as wet as the Al
lantic ocean,
While the result of the New jersey
gubernatorial election was in doubt
early today, Edwards was leading his
opponent by 127 votes. This lead. how
ever, was being increased sharply as
returns poured in from democratic
strongholds, the last to report.
Running on Flaw and order issue.
Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachu-
setts, opposed by the central labor
union because of his stand on the
Boston police strike, sent his demo-
cratic opponent, Richard H. Long.
down to overwhelming defeat. with an
indicated plurality of more than
10000.
Kentucky was another state to elect
a republican governor Edwin P.
Morrow received a majority estimated
at $4,000 to 10000 over Governor James
D. Black.
In Mississippi. the democrats. facing
only a socialist ticket won a victory
by plurality of approximately So
600, sending Lee M. Russell. lieutenant
governor. TO the governors chair.
Maryland Vote in Doubt
AT midnight it was not known
whether Maryland had elected as its
governor Attorney General Albert c.
: Ritchie. democrat, or Harry W. Nice.
his republican opponent. With few
returns tabulated except in Baltimore
where the count was only half com
. pieted, Rfchie was leading by about
S l 900
7 Although an "off year. in New York
4 politics, a bitter contest wah waged for
the offices appearing on the ballot
0 Spirit was lent to the campaign bv
!. the stand taken by the Hearst newspa :
pers. Swinging their support to the
republican ticket. they waged war on
Tammany's nominees Tammanv an
= peared to have suffered a marked de-
d feat.
t Teddy, Jr., Wins
: Particular interest attached to the
/ victory won by Lieut. Col. Theodore
: Roosevelt, who, following his father
into public life, won a seat the as
sembly from Nassau county by send.
ing down to defeat Elias Raft an a
$ E. F. private, tailor's boy.
e Drys Show Big Gains
: COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov 4.-Aftei
f less than six months of actual prohibi
e ton, Ohio today voted to remain in tn,
: dry column, apparently by a majorit,
s three times larger than that by whicl
e it first voted prohibition a year ago.
: At midnight Secretary of Stat,
: Smith declared that dry majorities OF
the four prohibition proposals votet
upon today would reach rs 900.
In several of the rural counties. tn
! drys were reported to have game,
: from eight to twenty five votes to tn
e precinct However in Cleveland tn
a vets were claiming to have carried tn
= county by from $4,000 to $4,000. Las
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