Evening star., 1933-07-16
SOUTHERN STATES
FACE REPEAL VOTE
Alabama, Arkansas and Ten
nessee Ballot This Week.
Hard Fights Waged.
By the Associated Press.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 15-Ala-
banla, Arkansas and Tennessee-barom-
eters for prohibition sentiment in the
Deep South-will vote next week on
the issue of repeal, and the drys say
they are confident of the outcome while
the vets say they are jubilant.
Tennessee by 5O,OOO," predicted re-
pealists In that State, which votes
Thursday.
1.-THE vets know today, as well as I
do, that the one and only hope they
have of beating us is that Of fraud, and
they are therefore preparing to prac-
tice it in the largest and grossest pos
Sible way" said Rev John F. Baggett
chairman of TennesseeS united pro-
hibition forces.
stand by the party and States
r-ghts," shouted repealists who have
atumped Alabama. This State and
Arkansas vote Tuesday.
we expect Alabama to go against
repeal by a handsome Majority said
Charles Rice, anti-repeal campaign
manager for this State.
And over in Arkansas repeal leaders
smilingly say lust wait and see, this
State is no longer in doubt"
But prohlbitioniStS disagree and pre-
dict a smashing victory in the home
State Of Senator joe Robinson.
Farley Speaks in Memphis.
The campaign for repeal reached its
James A Farley speaking in Memphis
in behalf of the party'S pledge. Presi-
dent Roosevelt previously had urged
Dixie to stay by its party platform.
The repealiStS have the machinery and
State organizations in the Democratic
South are powerful instruments.
Many church leaders have taken the
stump against repeal and their pleas
that prohibition is a moral issue has
sounded from the OZarks to the Gulf.
I Some ministers like Rev. Hay Watson
| Smith of Little Rock, pastor Of fash
ionable Presbyterian church, have
lined up with repealiSts.
MIR. Smith spoke last Sunday in In
tereSt of repeal. Several Little Rock
pastors will answer his sermon tomor-
row.
Lee Miles, chairman Of the Arkansas
Democratic Executive Committee, to-
day made public a letter frcm Post
master General Farley congratulating
him and other party leaders in Ar
kansas for their loyal work. in in
terest of repeal.
Observers say Arkansas will poll 150,-
600 to 100000 votes Tuesday.
United Forces for prohibition in that
State have conducted WhirlWi1d
campaign with sound trucks and say
many votes have been swung to their
cause recently.
PofI, C;daS (yto;-,
Up in Tennessee, prohibitionists are
claiming seven of the nine districts
Repealists are claiming six districts
Repeal advocates say the cities of Men,
phis, Nashville, Chattanooga and
Knoxville will vote to eliminate the
eighteenth amendment from the Con-
stitutiOn. The vets predict a repeal
majority cf "from $4,000 upwards to
any proportions in accordance with the
vote cast"
Charles Rice, who Is leading dry
forces in Alabama, says the total vote
for and against repeal in the several
States has been about SO per cent of
the last presidential vote. "On this
basis, the drys in Alabama will win by
a small ma ajority," he predicted. How
ever, we predict a heavy vote on July
18, and, therefore, expect Alabama to
go against repeal by a handsome ma
jority.
VETS in this State say it's all over
but the shouting. A. NJ. Tunstall, re
peal campaign manager, said at the
lowest estimate Alabama will go to l
for repeal
we will carry so of the ST counties
and the vote will be close in the re-
naming seven" he said I'VE do not
concede these counties, but believe they
will be decided by 100 to 200 votes
either way"
Louisiana Marks Time.
In Louisiana, Gov. o. K. Allen said
today that the Legislature there would
be convened "jllSt as soon as its taking
action will do any good to accomplish
repeal"
1.-THE Legislature meets in nine
months anyway" he said, "and unless
there are enough States with Louisiana
to repeal the eighteenth amendment
there is no need to spend money for an
extra session unnecessarily"
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of the Meth
Cdist Episcopal Church South, told a
Macon, Ga, audience Friday night that
no man knows how the elections will
come out next week.
Up at Knoxville, Tenn, Represent
ative James WadSworth of New York
urged Tennesseans to vote repeal as
matter OF States rights.
Virginia's Legislature will meet soon
to consider beer legislation and set
date for its referendum on the eight
zenith amendment. The session was
called over protest of the Governor.
Florida will vote in October. Agitation
for special session in Mississippi has
reached Gov. Martin Conner's ear. He
has suggested that if a special session
: were called, the Legislature should con-
slider beer and repeal at the same sit
: ting. MIssiSsippis Legislature will not
meet in regular session until 1894.
: North and South Carolina both will
! vote later in the year.