The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-13
Only Seven More
States F or Repeal
(Coutinued from Page u

, ~ wet, It was believed. Three dele
gates were elected from each OF
the six congressional districts, ana
six were elected at large. All dis
tricts seemed safely wet, and Balti-
moro's almost II to l majority for
repeal seemed to assure election OF
wet delegates at large.
Rural sections holding true to
traditional dry allegiance, made
the wet victory less overwhelming
in Minnesota, but the states cities
proved themselves no different
from cities elsewhere. Minneapolis
was almost 3 to l wet; st Paul
about / LIZ to /.
Every urban center of Colorado
was wet, while rural communities
displayed dry tendencies. Denver's
wet majority was s to !. Lake
county. in which Is the old mining
camp of Leadville, celebrated for
Moonshine, cast 1898 votes for re-
peal and 81 against.
Home of Richie
Baltimore, Md, September ID -
(UP) - The Maryland free state
voted wet by ratio OF 1-2 to
in yesterdays repeal election.
Complete unofficial returns for
bdltlIIloTc anu PoiSiol oitN YIN
plete returns from 20 of the %
counties, gave:
For repeal, 179,399.
Against repeal, 32,127.
Baltimore gave repeal u majority
Of almost II to /. The vote was
117,752 wet to 1889 dry.
Almost two out of three OF the
| $40, 900 registered voters In Baltt-
more ignored the election. The
53Va birthday of Henry l.. Men
cken was election coincidence and
inspired a fete of sorts hereabouts.
Incomplete returns indicated tho
counties generally followed Balti-
more's lead. although by u smaller
ratio.
Complete unofficial returns gave
Dorchester county, on the eastern
shore, to the drys. The vote was
1882 for repeal and 1.412 against.
Drys were leading on incomplete
returns from Somerset, another
eastern shore county.
But the constitutional conven-
ton which meets next month VIII
be overwhelmingly and perhaps
unanimously against prohibition.
Each of Maryland's six congress
sional districts elected three dele
| GuItS ana slA WtIG tiCtNtN hs Aehi = "
In addition to wet and dry can
didates there also was an I'M
pledged state. Scattering ballots
were cast for that group but none
appeared to have been chosen.
VOlstead's State
st Paul, MINI, September 13 -
(UP) - With more than half the
states precincts tabulated, repeal
was leading by more than 2 to
today in Minnesota, home state OF
Andrew Volstead.
The vote in 1880 of the states
1898 precincts gave:
q For repeal 313,349.
Against repeal 149,1S9.
The tabulation represented Writ
ually every section of the state.
| including all of Minneapolis and
most of st Paul.
In st Paul, anti-prohibitionis
piled up a majority of IL to /.
Outside voting was running at a
ratio of 1 1-2 to l for repeal.
In Minneapolis. where drys had
hoped to show considerable
strength, repeal held majority OF
almost to l. The total vote for
Minneapolis 354 precincts was:
For repeal. S7,62s.
Against repeal, 29.340.
Dry sentiment was strongest IN
rural counties. In Granite Falls,
Volstead's home. two precincts vot-
ed against repeal, $40 to 240.
Volstead himself campaigned
for the drys. He was called from
his home to make an 18th hour
appeal.
Voting in Minnesota was on
: states of delegates pledged for and
against repeal. The convention
will be held October IL.
Colorado en- IjnI
Denver. September 10 - (UP)
- Colorado definitely Joined the
! repeal parade today. Complete re-
turns from four-fifths of the states
! i.54s precincts gave a wet majority
OF more than two to one.
The vote from 1890 precincts
was:
For repeal i2s.si6.
II Against repeal bs.i6s.
Precincts outstanding were from
scattered rural districts. expected
10 give dry maJorltles, but leaving
no possibility OF an upset. Ths
result was made conclusive py
heavy wet majorities IN every ur-
ban center of the state.
The Denver, repeal had q mar.
ein Of nearly five 20 one. The
final vote In the si4 precincts