Evening star., 1933-06-19
M'BR|DE PREDICTS
REPEAL WILL LOSE
Dry Leader Issues Challenge
to Forces for LegaIiz-
ing Liquor Trade.
BY the Associated Press.


1.-The drys can, and should, hold
more than the number of States neces-
sary to prevent repeal of the eight
eenth amendment" F. Scott Mcbride,
superintendent of the Anti Saloon
League, declared last night in formal
statement as three additional States
were preparing to vote on the repeal
issue.
McBride's dry challenge was issued
almost on the eve of balloting tomor-
row in Connecticut, Iowa and New
Hampshire, following action by IL
States which voted to take prohibition
from the Constitution.
The small wet vote, compared to the
total number of voters in States where
elections have been held, in spite OF
the tremendous campaign OF the liquor
forces" Mcbride said, shows chiefly
that there is no great change IN sentl-
ment for prohibition.
Repeal is supported chiefly by the
interests that wish to make money out
of a legalized liquor traffic, and by wet
politicians attempting to 'Tammanyize'
the entire country with liquor politics.
Predicts Wet Repulse.
"These facts indicate that repeal will
be roundly repulsed If the drys make
the best fight possible under the cir
cumstances to get the facts to the peo-
pie and the dry vote into the ballot
box"
Twenty-four hours earlier Jouett
Shouse, president Of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
had contended in a statement that
nf rrAhibltl0n re-
peal elections being held during the
wear in Al States and added that II such
q situation develops II confidently pre-
dict repeal before the end of 1888
Today Mcbride pointed out that OF
the IL States that have voted wet, L
Wisconsin, New Jersey, Rhode Island
New York, Delaware, Illinois and
assachusetts-were wet when ma
tional prohibition was adopted.
Michigan voted wet last NoVem,
ber," he added. Nevada, In 1875, ano
Wyoming in 1882 voted wet IN az
yisory wet referenda on the elghteentn
amendment. Indiana was dry by legls-
lation action and had never gone dry
in a Statewide vote.
Only One Considered Dry.
Accordingly, only of the II States
that have voted to date could have
been considered dry, while 20 OF the
81 States still to vote were under State
wide prohibition when the eighteentr
amendment was adopted.
"IJn To date not one of the dry South
ern States has voted on the question
of repeal Three States, Georgia, Kansas
and North Dakota, have definitely re-
fused to provide for elections. Foul
States, Kentucky, Louisiana. Mlssls-
sippi and Virginia, with no legislator
sessions until 1884, have failed to take
faction providing for vote, and II
two States, Colorado and Oklahoma
convention bills have been vetoed b!
the Governor. .,
The vets have made no definite prog
ress toward repeal. while in two more
south Dakota and Nebraska. election
will not come until November. 1884
So there are IL States in which ther
is no chance for q repeal vote thl
year.
Need Only Two States.
therefore. even II the drys shoult
hold only two States in 1888, the con
fest is certain to go over into 1884. Ant
If, as now seems probable, vote TN
wear in Ohio is prevented by the fllini
OF a huge referendum petition witt
more than 100000 signatures, the dry
could lose every election except on
and still push the contest to preven
repeal into 1894, when they can win.
Mcbride said the prohibition force
would be better organized in 1884 thal
was possible in the short time preceo
ing the elections already held"
The standing of the repeal situation
at this time follows:
States which have voted:
Michigan-Ratifled repeal April II
90 to / Popular vote $50, ,546 to 287 ,93,
Wisconsin-Ratified repeal April 2!
is to o. Popular vote, 648,o3l
4l.5l8
Rhode Ratified repeal May
81 to O. Popular vote, l50,244 t
2o.S74
Wyoming-Ra repeal May q
"a TO O. Delegates chosen at precinC
mass meetings and county convention
New Jersey-Ratifed repeal June
202 to 2. Popular vote, 573,532
p0.733.
New York-Elected $50 repeal. ant
repeal delegates May % to conventio
june 81. Popular vote (unoflcial
1900 900 TO 230 900.
Delaware Goes Wet.
Delaware-Elected IT repeal, ant
repeal delegates May 81 to conventit
June "a. Popular vote, 45,6l5 to 1880
Nevada-Elected 40 repeal, 0 ant
repeal delegates at county convention
June 10 to State convention Septen
Der 5.
nunois-Elected so repeal, 0 ant
repeal delegates June TO conventtt