The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-01
BLOWS AT DRY BLOC.

As if the outcome at the polls on November A. had not already inflicted severe body blows to the fanatical Dry bloc, comes the announcement that the American Bar Association, powerful organi- zation of attorneys -at-law throughout the United States has by an overwhelming majority voted for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Out or 2o119 votes cast by the legal fraternity on the question, 13799, 68h per cent voted for repeal and 634O 321A per cent. opposed repeal The total vote was approximately 75 per cent of the listed membership of the Association. It is appar- ent that if every member not voting should be counted as favorng retention of the Dry Amend ment the repealists would still have majority.
 The overwhelming anti-dry sentiment among the lawyers is significant In their number are em- braced the leading students of the American Con- stituton men deeply learned in the legal history of the United States. versed in the fundamentals of law and legal doctrines and seeped with the tradi- tions of American law and its tribunals Their voice of protest is notable in the rising storm against Constitutional Prohibition the first real gales of which wrecked Dry ramparts in the Mo- vember election
 True Congress is st.u Dry The gains made by the ant prohibitionists in November, notable as they were tell considerably short of giving them enough votes to repeal the Volstead Act or to take any action leading to repeating the Eighteenth Amendment. They striking, however that tNNNN ing issue in the national campaign in 1892, making it impossible for either of the two big parties to traddle or ignore it as been done in the past.
 In eleven States from Massachusetts on the East and Illinois the West the Drys lost in the recent election Indiana sent a strong Dry delegation to the House and the Drys in Pennsylvania. In the latter State the victory was theoretical rather than actual. Predominantly Republican, it gave Wet Democratic candidate for Governor about 4s per cent of the vote, losing to his Republican op- ponent by few paltry thousand votes.
 Aside from these two States, the Anti-Saloon League and its allies got small comfort out of the returns. Massachusetts elected a Wet Senator and Wet Governor and by a five to three ratio voted to repeal the State dry enforcement act thus align ing with New York, Montana Maryland Wisconsin and Nevada in taking the position that the States are not bound to support the Federal Governments sumptuary enactments by local acts.
 By three to ratio voters in Rhode Island called for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and elected a Wet Senator
 Connecticut elected Wet Governor who has announced he will, if Congress does not provide for it within one year call for Constitutional Convention to be held by the States to demand the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
 Ohio elected a Wet Democrat for Senator giv- ing him a much larger majority than it elected Dry Democratic candidate for Governor who him. self supported his wet colleague.
 Dwight w Morrow, notable as the leading Re- publican opponent to Prohibition, elected to the Senate by New Jersey voters.
 Michigan elected Wet Republican for Senator, and replaced Dry Congressmen in two districts with Vets
 In Wisconsin which had already repealed its State enforcement act, an entire Wet State ticket was elected.
 In 1917 James Hamilton Lewis, then United