Evening star., 1933-07-19
Repealists Win All States.

against repeal OF the eighteenth amend
ment and for the retention of national
prohibition The 18 States which have
voted already include States in every
section of the country; they include
States which have been considered the
very backbone of the prohibition move
ment
The solid South" which a few years
ago was considered as solidly dry in
sentiment as it was Democratic. has
been smashed by the elections yeSter-
day. with both Alabama and Arkansas
going strongly for repsal. None of the
appeals which in the past have been
so potent. eminating from Bishop James
Cannon. jr.. and other dry leaders. were
able to stem the tide The solid South"
has been as effectually smashed this
year by the repealists as it was smash
ed by the Republicans in 1928. when
four of these States voted for Herbert
Hoover over Alfred E. Smith.
Tennessee Votes Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the voters go to the polls
in another Southern State, Tennessee,
to elect delegates TO a State constitu-
ton convention The repealiSts have
been confident of success there. and the
victories in Alabama and Arkansas
seem to point the way to another VIC
tory tomorrow.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas,
author Of the eighteenth amendment,
today continued to reaffirm his allie
glance to national prohibition. He in
sisted that the tWenty-firSt amend
ment would not be ratified and that
the necessary 13 States would be found
to block it. While he did not list the
States which he feels will oppose re-
peal, he did say that his own State
Texas, would be amcpg them. The
Lone Star State is scheduled to vote
on this question August 26. Reports
from the State indicate that it will
support repeal, despite the claims of
Senator Sheppard.
Oregon Votes Friday.
Oregon votes en- repeal Friday and
there a repeal victory is expected, too.
In August, in addition to Texas, votes
on repeal will be taken in Arizona,
Missouri and Washington.
Six States are slated already to vote
in eptember-Vermont, Maine. Mary
land, Minnesota, Idaho and New
Mexico. Florida is the only one now
voting in October and on November I
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
South Carolina are to vote.
States Ratifying Amendment.
The 13 States which have actually
ratified the tWenty-f1rSt amendment are
Michigan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island,
Wyoming New jersey, New York, Della
ware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts,,
Iowa, Connecticut and New Hampshire
The five States which have elected
repeal delegates to State conventions
which will soon ratify are Nevada,
California, West Virginia, Alabama and
Arkansas.
The drys have by no means aban-
doned the battle. They are doing ali
they can to prevent early ratification Of
the repeal amendment hoping that the
pendulum will swing back in another
year to their cause. In Missouri and
in Ohio they have sought to hold up
the election of delegates to State con-
stitutional conventions through the
vehicle of referenda on the acts passed
py the State Legislatures. The Ohio
Supreme Court held that the act was
not subject to referendum. In Mis-
souri, the attorney general has given
an opinion that the act there is not
subject to referendum, either.
Declared Unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court of Maine handed
the State Senate an opinion some time
ago to the effect that a State consti-
tutional convention consisting of dele
gates chosen at large to pass on the
repeal amendment would be uncon-
stltutional on the ground that it would
virtually be amending the Constitution
of the United States by a popular vote
1t Is possible that the dryS will make
some effort in the future to attack the
ratification of the tWenty-first amend
ment by State constitutional conven-
tionS whose delegates were chosen at
large, or were governed by the result
of the Statewide vote. Such proceed
ing has been the rule in most of the
State conventions. In Maine, a tradi-
tlonally dry State the election of dele
gates is to be held September IL, and
"a delegates are to be chosen un-
pledged, from the 16 counties appor-
toned according to population.
DR.. Scott Mcbride, general superin-
tendent Of the Arti-Saloon League. was
reported at the league headquarters to
be out of town. any statement regarding
the Alabama and Arkansas results it
was said, would have to come from him.
Rufus S. Lusk of the WASHINGTON
CrusaderS-an organization opposed to
the eighteenth anne merdment-said in a
statement that kid prohibition is out
on his feet and will take the count
good long count-on November 7,