New-York tribune., 1922-11-13
Soldier Bonus
Measures Win
I'm Five States
Voters Record Varied Opin.
ions ON Legislative Issues
in Referendums; Dry and
Wet Issue Still Tangled
West Upholds yolstead
California Enforcement Act
Carried Over Protests of
Powerful Wine Interests

CHICAGO, Nov. l2 (By The Asso-
ciated Pressl.-The shifting political
opinion Of the country's voters record
ed as widely divergent views on legis-
lative proposals as on the candidates
involved in last Tuesdays elections,
according to the returns from all parts
of the nation tonight
Relaxation of the present drastic
prohibition laws, the soldiers bonus,
measures seeking governmental econ
omy, demands for greater expendi-
lures of the public funds, new taxa
ton projects, measures designed to
benefit the farmers and Sunday blue
laws were some of the propositions
on which the voters in various parts
OF the country recorded their opinions.
On the prohibition issue, while Illi-
nois was polling an almost to / vote
in favor of beer and light wines, Ohio
defeated the same proposition, but' by a
smaller majority.
Dry Issue Tangled
While Massachusetts, rejected q
measure providing for more stringent
state prohibition enforcement Califor-
MIA voted in favor Of similar proposal.
Prohibition supporters explained the
size Of the Illinois majority by declar-
lug that they had advised their adher-
ents not to vote on the issue.
-Four Of the six states in which the
question was UP polled heavy votes for
the soldiers bonus, while in the fifth,
Oklahoma, the verdict also was favor
able, although the majority was not 80
great. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Cali
fornia and Montana returned unmis-
taxable majorities in favor of adjusted
compensation through the payment of
state funds. In Oklahoma an official
count may be necessary to determine
the result.
In South Dakota the question of
Sunday amusements was decided by a
2 to l vote in favor Of a strict ban on
all Sunday festivities, while measure
providing for state regulation Of mo-
tion pictures was rejected In Massa-
chusetts.
Issues In Far West
san FRANCISCO. Nov. 12 (By The
Associated Press) s).-California's s adop-
tion of prohibition enforcement, Ore
CONS restriction upon nearly all church
parochial schools and other private
schools, Nevada's decision not to change
its divorce laws and Montana's proba-
bic auth orizaton of the pari-,nutuel
system Of betting on horse races are
among the outstanding decisions on
legislation taken by the voters in Far
Western states at last Tuesdays
election.
California's measure makes the Eigh-
teenth Amendment to the Federal Con-
stitution and the Volstead act, or what
ever other enforcement Legislation may
be passed by Congress, part of che Cal
ifornia statutes. Despite the fact that
grape growing interests and other
fought the step and that the cities Of
San Francisco and Sacramento voted
wet, all the other large cities, all OF
southern California and most Of the
great San Joaquin and Sacramento val
leys combined to carry the measure.
Oregon's new law requires childre.
between the ages of eight and sixtee1
years to attend public schools, except
that those physically incapable, those
who have completed the eighth grad.
and those who live at inconvenient dis
tances or are taught by parents or pr-
vate teachers are exempt. Those, hoW-
ever, must have their education super
Yised by the state.
A proposal 20 make Nevada residence