The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
Indiana VETS
HOLD NARROW
REPEAL EDGE
Majority of Ten or Less
Votes Is Forecast in
Convention.
120 ALREADY IN LINE
DryS Must Overcome Big
Start of Foes to BaIk
Prohibition End.
nv JAMES nOcc
BY JAMES DOSS
Times Staff Writer


eighteenth amendment By the slen-
der majority of ten or less votes. ii
was indicated today in tabulatior
of wet strength, as both wet and dry
organizations girded for the test
probably in the early part of June
Forecast of the Indiana election
necessarily must be a question of III
this county and IF that county
votes as expected, but the vets &C
into the campaign with one definite
advantage.
This advantage is having a block
of 100 votes already in line. Since
the total of votes is 800, the vets
have to obtain only forty-five more
votes to win and, consequently. can
concentrate their efforts in those
counties most likely to raise the re-
peal standard.
Some Certainly Wet
Counties sure" to vote wet and
their delegate strength are Allen, IS;
Lake, 26; st. Joseph, 16; Wander
burgh, Il; Vigo, 10, and Marion, AZ
Admittedly, there is some doubt as
to Marion county, but it is believed
more likely to vote wet than dry.
Both William j. Stokes, Indiana
secretary of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, anc
L. E. York, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, are non
committal on any definite forecast
of the vote.
However, they are mapping theil
campaigns vigorously, with the dry
organization depending on churches
and young peoples organizations tc
form precinct groups to get out the
dry vote.
Politicians Are Stunned
The wet leaders are staying away
from politicians in enlisting candi-
dates, preferring to nominate out
standing business and professional
men in all parts of the state.
Typical of these prospective dele.
gates are men whom Stokes has ap-
pointed by congressional districts tc
choose wet states. Some of these
men are as follows: DR.. r. H. Waser
East Chicago, and Hugh E. Carroll
Indiana Harbor, First district; w
G. Guide and Cecil Fowler, Lafay-
cite, Second district; Walter Buett-
ner, and T. A. Hines, South Bend
Third district; Arthur F. Hall anc
John w. Eggeman, FIT. Wayne
Fourth district; John Isenbarger
North Manchester, Fifth district; A
F. Pau, Terre Haute, and John C
Snyder, Charlottesville, Sixth dis.
trict; F. o. Weber and Harold Var
Orman, Eighth district.
Indianapolis delegates to the
convention probably will be enlist
ed by the Indiana chapter of the
Women's Organization for Nationa,
Prohibition Reform, of which Mrs
Meredith Nicholson Jr. is executive
secretary.
Women at Work
Tentative plans call for setting ur
of booths at vantage points down
town to obtain the necessary sigma
lures for the wet delegate petitions
Mrs. Nicholson, Mrs. Herbert
Woollen, and Mrs. Oscar Baur left
Monday to be delegates to a meet
ing of the womens national COM
mittee at Washington They will
return later in the week to con-
tinue preparations for the Indian
apolis campaign.
If the vets can count Marion
county in the fold, with its block
of forty-two delegates, completing
the solid wet lineup of the larger
centerS of the state, they likely are
to gather the remainder of the
necessary forty-f1ve votes in fifteen
counties.
These counties and their delegate
strength are:
CaSs, 3; Fayette, 2; Dearborn, 2;
Floyd, 3; Delaware, 7; Du Bots, 2;
Franklin, l; Grant, 5; jefferson, 2;
Madison, 8 Martin, /; Tippecanoe
8; Clark, 8; Vermillion, 2, and Po-
sey, 2.
Would Assure Victory
Victory in these counties would
give the vets 1913 votes, four more
than necessary.
Two counties in the northern
part of the state may provide the
pivotal strength that could throw
the election either way. These coun-
ties are La Porte and Elkhart, with
thirteen votes between them. Bott
vets and drys are certain" of Elk
hart and La Porte.
Proclamation of Governor Paul v
McNutt setting a definite date fol
the election will be the signal fol
the campaign to get under way il
full force. The most likely date il
June s.