Evening star., 1933-07-23
REPEAL SITUATION
IN STATES STUDIED
Vote Sure in 36, Several
Others Are Considering
Elections This Year.
3y the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
With votes on prohibition repeal vir.
tually certain to be held this year ir
36 States-the number necessary to
abolish the eighteenth amendment
repeal leaders last night we're studying
the possibility Of votes being had in
some of the remaining IL States before
January /.
To date 20 States have voted repeal
of the eighteenth amendment through
approval of the twenty-first amend
ment None has favored retention OF
constitutional prohibition.
These are the States that have set
votes for the remaining months of this
year:
August 8-AriZona.
August 19-Missouri.
August 26-TeXas.
August 29-Washington.
September 5-Vermont.
September 11-Maine
September 12-Maryland and Min
nesota.
September 1s-Idaho and New
Mexico.
October 10-Florida.
November North and South Caro-
lima, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Colorado Governor to Act.
The Governor of Colorado has an
nounced he will call the Legislature of
his State into session August l to set
a vote for September S. This would
be the thirty-sixth State to vote.
Repealists already claim Arizona by
default. the prohibitionists having
failed to name candidates to represent
their side in the election in that State.
TN 49, exx,I,n f<ra hnU
said they were hopeful OF getting votes
this year are Utah, Virginia and Mon
tana.
Gov. Blood Of Utah told tn Legis-
lature last week national sentiment for
repeal was mass movement" and
suggested a vote in that State on No
vember Z.
The Governor Of Montana has an
nounced he would invoke the power
given him by the Legislature and call
a repeal election whenever it became
necessary TO montana to be the thirty
sixth State to ratify repeal.
The Virginia Legislature meets in spe-
cial session August II and is expected
to set vote for this year.
Oklahoma Won't Vote This Year.
Gov Murray of Oklahoma, who was
authorized by the Legislature to call a
special repeal election any time after
December S, has announced he would
not use the authority and Oklahoma
would not vote before the July, 1884.
primary. Oklahoma, in recent beer
referendum, favored that beverage by
nearly 100000 majority.
Two States-NebraSka and South Da-
kota-have definitely set their elections
for November 6, 1884, but there is agi-
tation in three other States, whose
Legislatures do not meet regularly until
next year, for special sessions. These
three are Kentucky, Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Gov. Laffoon of Kentucky IS consid-
ering calling a special session shortly.
A special election in Mississippi is not
considered likely, and one in Louisiana
is a matter of speculation.
Three Fail to Set Vote.
Legislatures in Georgia, Kansas and
North Dakota failed to set up prohibi-
ton voting machinery.
On the basis OF partly official and
slightly incomplete returns, the 20 States
that have favored repeal did so with
popular votes of 8,672,625 for repeal
and 2575,761 against repeal.
The 20 States are: Michigan. Wiscon-
sin, Rhode Island, Wyoming, New Jer-
sey, Delaware. Indiana. Massachusetts,,
New York, Illinois, Iowa, Connecticut
New Hampshire, Nevada, California,
West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Oregon.
State conventions to record formally
the sentiment of the voters generally are
held about month after the popular
votes