The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
VETS SWAMP
DRYS IN FINAL
DIGEST TALLY
Repeal of 18th Amendment
Demanded by 73 Out OF
Every 100 Ballots.
as STATES ASK CHANGE
Only 2, North Carolina and
Kansas, Urge Retention
of Ban on Liquor.
Man showing results Of prohibition
POLL. PAGE one, Second Seetion.b


poll. Page one, Second seetion.D
Repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment is favored by 70 voters out OF
every 100 who balloted in the Liter
ary Digests nationwide prohibition
pon. anal tabulation discloses.
OF the 4.668537 ballots returned,
/. 236. $50. or 26.49 per cent, favored
retention OF the prohibition amend
ment. while 3.43l377, or 1881 per
cent. favored repeal.
The Indiana vote was l40 100 Tor
repeal and 66,l26 for retention.
Kansas and North Carolina are
the only two states giving a clear
majority for prohibition, Kansas
voting dry By a majority OF 591
votes out OF total Of 84.12l ballots
received and North Carolina voting
dry by a majority Of So votes out OF
a total OF GA. 100 ballots returned.
Northeast Is Wettest
The wettest section OF the United
states as evidenced BY the returns
in this poll Is the group OF states
from the Mississippi river east TO
the Atlantic ocean and approx
lnatelv north of the Mason Dixon
line, with the dampest concentra-
ton in the seaboard states OF New
York. New Jersey, Connecticut and
Rhode Island
The dryest section of the country
includes the belt OF states extending
from Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
to the Atlantic with the exception
of Missouri, Louisiana and Florida,
which three states register higher
wet ma jorities.
Six states, giving a return OF be-
tween 40 to so per cent of their
total votes for the continuance OF
prohibition, include Tennessee, Ar
kansas. Oklahoma, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and South Carolina, ranked
in the order of their greater dry
sentiment.
Nine 4 to l for Repeal
Nine states, finally voting more
than 4 TO l wet, are Connecticut,
Illinois, Louisiana. Montana, Ne
vada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode
Island and Wisconsin.
The nine states voting over 3
to | wet in the final returns in
clude California. Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, New
Mexico. North Dakota, Washington
and Wyoming.
The fifteen states returning a p
toll majority prohibition are Della
ware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky,
Maine. New Hampshire, Ohio, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Utah, Vermont, Indiana, Missouri
and Arizona.
Nevada heads the wet column
with $500 per cent of its final vote
for repeal. while Kansas, for some
weeks during the poll the only dry
state, heads the column for prohi-
bition in the final vote.
The dryS showed a continuous
gain during the progress of the poll,
the ratio for prohibition continu-
ance increasing from 1895 per cent
OF the total vote of the first weeks
returns to 26.49 per cent OF the
final vote
Capital : 10 / Wet
The District of Columbia vote is
more than 3 to / wet.
The tenth and final tabulation in
the 1880 Digest poll. giving three
options on the ballot instead OF
two. showed a total tabulation OF
4.806. asa votes. of which 1.464.09 OF
30.46 per cent. were for strict en-
forcement. while 1.399.314. or 2e.11
per cent. we're for modification to
admit light wines and beers, and
l.e43.o52. or 4043 per cent. were
registered in favor Of outright re-
peal.
Announcing the final tabulations
Saturday. the Literary Digest will
saws:
The poll now becomes history.
symmetrical edifice OF statistical
data built for the whole nation, and
not for any party or cause. We
dedicate It simply and sincerely to
service in the search for wisdom by
public men in their councils and
conventions. their legislatures and
executive mansions, at this crisis Of
the nations life"