The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-07
REPEAL EXPECTED
TO Be COMPLETED
: BY TUESDAYS Vote
Citizens in Six States Marching
to Polls to Register Their
Decisions
NEW YORK RACE IS HOT
Farley Sounds last-Minuts Ap-
peal for Mckee in Contest
for Mayoralty
by The Associated Press)

by The Associated Pre1s)
Voters In half . dozen widely scat
tered states Tuesday are inscribine
the answer to whether Is years Of ma
Sional prohibition shall end next
month.
OF almost equal Importance to =
large portion Of the electorate is New
York's City three-way mayoral con-
test in which Tammanys long reign
is at stake.
Elsewhere on the off-year Novem-
Der election horizon-in scattered city
and state elections political observ-
ers hoped to gauge sentiment with an
Eye to congressional campaigns next
year.
Confidence that the balloting In
Pennsylvania, Ohio, North and South
Carolina. Kentucky and Utah would
climax the administrators campaign
to restore liquor was expressed by
Postmaster General Farley, who also
brought the national administration .
bit closer to the New York race with
iast-minute open appeal for election
Of Joseph V. Mckee.
Need Three States
Wet organization leaders forecast
anti-prohibition majorities In at least
three Of the six states voting-all that
is necessary to assure elimination Of
the 18th amendment from the consti-
tLtion-whi.e dry organization cap
tains said there were good chances for
hating the hitherto unbroken wet
parade.
Although voters express themselves
Tuesday, actual repeal could not ma
terialize until the first week In De-
cember. The ballots elect delegates
to state conventions which, December
5 or 6, will ratify or reject new
constitutional amendment repeating
the eighteenth.
Repealists looked chiefly to Penn
sylvania, Kentucky and South Car
Gina to join the 80 states which al
ready have approved repeal by H.
329 100 to 3,735 657 popular vote. They
also conceded little doubt about
North Carolina and Ohio but were
not so sure Of Utah.
Dry forces claimed big vote would
be polled in Pennsylvania, but the re-
pealers expected q two to one ma
jorty.
South Carolina touched off its last
campaign day with controversy be-
tween vets and drys over whether
women must have poll tax receipts.
Drys Hopeful In Ohio
| Prohibition leaders In the homeland
Of the dry Ohio-held there
was good chance Of dry victory II
the states cittzenry turned out in full
strength. The Ohio repeal council
predicted q three-to-one decision for
the vets.
North Carolina's voting held q dou-
bic interest In that two tickets were
offered. On one the voter says wheth-
er he favors calling a convention to
act on repeal and on the other he
chooses between wet and dry dele.
gates to the convention. II . ajor-
ity is against . convention none can
he held.
Both vets and drys conceded Utah's
Two largest cities-Salt Lake City and
Ogden-would 60 for repeal. but pro-
hibition lieutenants looked to the
rural areas for victory.
In Kentucky, both the Democratic
and Republican state parties were
pledged to repeal, leading to forecasts
that the commonwealth would be wet
:'y q good majority.
Interest in the New York City may
oral election was heightened because
Of the involvement Of future political
control. Although the White House
had declared "hands-off" policy IN
the contest. the interest in 1t taken
By Postmaster General Farley, Demo-
cratic national and state chairman,
assumed significance.
The three cornered race came to .
close with forecasts Of victory BY al
contestants, Mckee. recovery party"
nominee; Fiorello II. La 0uardia, fu-
sion candidate. and the incumbent
Tammanyite, John p. o,Brien.