Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-05
Biggest Victory Scored in
Ohio, With Buckley First
Dry Foe to Be Sent to Up
per Branch in 8 Years.
RHODE ISLAND, a to |
FOR ENDING PROHIBITION
Overwhelming Majorities Also
Piled Up in Massachusetts, and
Illinois-Pinchot and Brucker,
G. o. P. Drys, Beat Liberals in
Pennsylvania and Michigan.
BY ID. HAROLD OLIVER,
Associated Press STAN Writer.

ASSOClhISQ EEcoS 0tdu WIlbet,
VETS and drys divided up about
equally the Senate seats in yes
terday's election, where prohibit
ton was an issue, while the anti
prohibitionists cut into the pre-
ponderantly dry majority in the
House.
Three States holding wet ref
nda-Illinois, Rhode Island
and Observation-Disclosures over
whelmingly for repeal.
The anti-prohibition forces
made one of their biggest raids in
Ohio, birthplace of the Anti-Sa-
loon League. Robert j. Buckley,
Cleveland Democrat, advocate of
repeal of the eighteenth amend
Enent, won over Senator McCul-
ioch, Republican prohibitionist.
He will be the first dry law OPP
ponent Ohio has sent to the Sem
ate in eight years.
Lewis Put Over BY Vets.
IN other senatorial contests where
prohibition figured the ants put over
james Hamilton Lewis in Illinois against
the personally dry" Ruth Hanna Nc
Cornick; and apparently sent Marcus
"A. Coolidge, Democrat, to victory in
Massachusetts, against William M. But
Ter, Republican supporter OF prohibi-
ton.
ecretary Davis. regarded as q dry,
won In Pennsylvania over Sedgwick Kist-
ler, Democrat, interchangeable; Senator
Hastings, Republican incumbent, OPP
posed to tinkering with the dry laws,
defeated Thomas r. Bayard, Democratic
Tepealist in Delaware; Senator Walsh,
Democrat and prominent dry leader,
beat his Republican opponent in Mon
tana: Albert j. Galen, a modification
sst, and Representative Dickinson, Re-
publican, who Is claimed by the drys,
won over Senator Steck, Democrat, list
ed as q repealist by the Association
Other prominent prohibition support
ers returned to the Senate included
Borah, Republican, Idaho, and Shep-
pard, Democrat. Texas.
Four TO One for Repeal.
Rhode Island, which never ratified
the eighteenth amendment, voted al
most four to one for repeal Of that
constitutional provision. The complete
vote was: For repeal, 172545; against.
o,54O.
Incomplete returns in Illinois showed
big majorities for repeal Of the eight
zenith amendment and State enforce
ment act and for modification Of the
Volstead act.
Incomplete returns in Massachusetts,
also gave more than 100000 majority
for repeal of the State enforcement act.
States now having no enforcement
are Maryland, New York, Wisconsin,
Montana and Nevada.
In Michigan Seymour H. Person, IN
the sixth, and Jesse p. Wolcott, sew
enth, won House seats formerly held by
prominent dry leaders, Representatives
Hudson and Cramton. Person favors
repeal. while Wolcott is an advocate Of
o national referendum.
Another repealist, Arthur p. Lamneck,
Democrat, upset a Republican dry in
curnbent, Representative Speaks, In the
twelfth Ohio district, while Ralph A..
Hoor, Republican repeal advocate, took
the seat in the first Washington dis
trict formerly held by Representative
Miller, Republican prohibitionist.
Analyses Ohio Results.
Senator-elect Buckley, who had an
nounced he was for repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment and Volstead
act and for State control, said the Ohio
results showed that dry stronghold was
.-rea0y 10 bring 70 an end the Federai
Governments prohibition activities and
restore to the several States the au-
thority to deal with the question IN
accordance with the original and funda-
mental principles Of our Constitution.
He added he was ready to give his best
efforts to carry out the will OF the
people"
In the gubernatorial races having
wet-dry angles, Clifford Pinchot, former
Republican Governor of Pennsylvania,
who had said his second term would
be "as dry as my first,9 had 1900
lead on incomplete returns over his
Democratic liberal repealist opponent,
John NJ. Hemphill
Another gubernatorial candidate de-
scribed as dry-Wilbur M. Brucker. Re-
publican-won In Michigan over william
A. Comstock, an advocate Of State and
national dry referenda.
Joseph b. Ely. Democrat, running In
Massachusetts on the State repeal plat
form. had 10000 majority over the
Republican incumbent, Frank q. Alien.
who favored retention Of the State en-
aorcement act.
Election Excitement Fatal.