The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-08
Prohibition Is Dead
After Long Control
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the dry cause find winning support
The first 80 states were unanim-
ously wet, although the elections
were fotly contested. Then, with
six states voting in one day, North
and South Carolina remain loya'
to the drys.
Even with the approval OF 80
states, repeal cannot become ar
actually for almost a month
Should Kentucky approve repeal
the effective date will be Dec. 8
II II disapproves, 1t Will be Dec 6
The repeal elections have been
to select delegates to conventions
which technically accomplish rati-
ffcation. II Kentucky In wet, It will
hold the 33rd convention Nov 81
Pennsylvania, Utah, and Ohio then
would follow Dec 5, with the saith
35th, and seth. Should Kentucky
be dry, this ratification process
would be moved back by one state
making the Maine convention Dec
9, the seth.
Roosevelt Given Credit.
Observers gave the Roosevelt
administration high credit for the
sweeping repeal victory.
Repeal was pledged In the demo-
cratic platform. In accepting the
presidential nomination, Mr. Roose-
vent said that prohibition was dead
"from this moment on" Seeking
the taxes that will come to the
federal treasury when alcoholic
beverages are sold again, repeal
was made o part Of the new
deal"
Nineteen states are ready to per.
NIT sale Of hard liquor when re-
peal becomes. effective, which is
greater than the number Of wet
stak0s before prohibition was put
into the constitution.
Twenty -eight states will remain
officially dry.although several spec
ial legislative sessions may repeal
state dry laws. New Hampshire,
provided alcoholic content Ii not
greater than six per cent.
In every wet state hard liquors
sales will be under some form of
state restriction, all measures al.
ready adopted by Dec 8, speci-
ficaily forbidding the open saloon
as & was known In 1918. OF the
liquor control measures, the Cam
adam package system (sale by IL
censed stores for consumption in
the home) Is most widely favored.
Raleigh, N. c., Nov. 8-(UP)-
North and South Carolina broke
up the swing Of successive states
into the repeal column today by
recording the first dry victories In
Americas balioting to remove the
18th Amendment from 'the Consti-
tuition.
Although repeal by Dec. 8. was
considered assured by wet ballotlng
IN other states, the prohibitionists
won smashing victory In North
Carolina. additionally democratic
state, which staged It's third revolt
against party mandate.
Total were approximately 2bi..
SOL against repeal to 1l1.2bo 70!
voted wet, with none dry.
Appeals OF President Roosevelt
and Postmaster General. Farley
were insufficient to swing the state
into tho wet column.
North Carolina has bolted the
party twice before: in 1920. when
IL ignored the plea OF President
Woodrow Wilson for ratification oi
the 10th (Woman Suffrage) amend.
ment and in the 1923 presidential
race when It threw Its support by
$4,000 majority to Herbert Hoo.
YER.
The dry landslide which rolled
from tho eastern fringe Of the
Piedmont, or middle section, to the
mountainous counties of the wesi
was not altogether unexpected.
The election followed months OF
q. "a a..k .s,fss s.sSas NaAe Rvs In y
the states history, particularly or
ed among their members such In.
fiucntiai leaders as former Cover.
nor and Senator Cameron Morri.
son. Federal Judges +. Yates
Webb. DIR. Henry l.. Poteat, Presi.
dent Emeritus Of Wake Forest
College.
Columbia, 8. C..-(UP)- South
Carolina stood with North Carolina
today as opposed to repeal of the
18th Amendment.
Returns from Tuesdays refercn-
dunn showed anti-repealists carried
the state by the close margin OF
little moro than 1000 votes.
Unofficial returns from S7S Of
the states 1922 precincts gave 81.
al voices IOr TepcuI anu OTbVta
votes against repeal.
Tho tabulation represented tht
greater part of the vote from al
16 counties. The 344 missing pre-.
cincts were in isolated rural dis.
tricts. Reports from them were ex.
pected later, but II was conceded
fhcy could not alter the result.
RomoIus Reese, executive sccre'
( fnry for South Carolina of the as.
ISOLATION against the 18th Amend
mont, reluctantly conceded tina
the '.dry forces have carried tn
state"
I'VE have kept our covenant Il
save the Carolinas from the wreck.
are Of the nation" was the com.
ment. OF DR.. G. T.. Burt. leader OF
tho state prohibitlonists.
Penn IL Very Wet
Philadelphia. Nov s.-(UP)--
Pennsylvania crashed Into the re.
peal column by q vovte OF ap.
proximateiy 81 TO I, on the basis
81 returns tabulatcd to-day. Tho
vote In 1,76S Of the states 7,92t
precincts gave:
For repeal: 354,517.
Against repeal: 0s.54o.
TabuIation OF votes on the 2fsl
frepeal amendment) was delayed
in many counties where there were
close contests for local offices. A,
rural districts reported the vets
xsnrgin was slightly reduced, Dryi
showed THAR greatest strength u
Union. Huntington, FRANKLIN nnf
FULTON counties.
Urban centers, following tn