Evening star., 1933-06-04
REPEAL. VOTE FAILS
TO STIR INDIANA
Indifference on Eve of Elec-
ton Disconcerting to Wet
and Dry Leaders.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, June S.-Indiana
voters today seemed steadfastly indif-
ferent toward the special election to
be held Tuesday which will decide the
States stand on the question Of re-
pealing the eighteenth amendment.
The apparent apathy Of the voters
was disconcerting to both wet and dry
organization workers but they hoped
in the days remaining before the cleo
tion to arouse q laggard interest.
At the election Tuesday 32s delegates
will be elected to the convention to be
held June Is at which a formal vote
will be cast either for or against rati-
fication Of the twenty-f1rst amendment,
which would repeal the eighteenth
amendment
The dry forces have concentrated on
Indiana, Bishop James Cannon, jr., one
of their most militant leaders, having
described this State as the real battle
ground in the repeal fight"
Bishop Cannon of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South has partici-
pated personally in the effort to elect
dry delegates to the Indiana convention
and he has been joined by two bishops
of the Northern branch of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Bishop Edwin
Holt Hughes and Bishop Edgar Blake.
F. Scott Mcbride. national superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, has
also spoken in behalf Of the dry dele
gates.
Ant-Saloon League Active.
The dry campaign has been carried
on largely under the direction OF the
Indiana Anti-Saloon League Of which
L. E. York is superintendent.
The vets have campaigned under the
banner of the United Repeal Council
in which six liberal organizations
joined. William Stokes is executive
secretary Of the council.
Leaders on both sides have made no
last minute revisions Of their estimates
that only about SO per cent Of the
qualified voters will avail themselves OF
the opportunity to vote on the amend
ment.
Repealists in their campaign have
placed much reliance on economic ar
giments. They have pointed to Pres
ident Roosevelt's message proposing the
industrial bill in which he said that
taxes imposed under it should carry
provision for their reduction or elim-
nation Cd As fast as increasing rev.
enues from improving business become
available to replace them; CD when
ever repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment, now pending before the States,
shall have been ratified and the repeal
Of the Volstead act effected. The pre-
prohibition revenue laws would then
automatically 60 into effect and yield
enough wholly to eliminate these tenn
porary Unemployment taxes"
They also contend that q regulated
liquor industry will result in an impetus
to commerce and agriculture and will
be an adjunct to lower property taxa
ton.
Drys Point to Gains.
The drys have countered with the
figures showing industrial gains under
prohibition as compared with prepro-
hibition statistics. 80
The vets will have the advantage Of
having at their disposal large part Of
the Democratic party organization
Postmaster General Farley's recent ap-
peal as Democratic national chairman
to party workers to work for repeal az
an economic measure was followed by a
similar appeal from r. Earl Peters
State chairman.
One prominent Democrat, Earl Craw-
ford Of Milton, speaker Of the House Of
Representatives, has been working with
the drys, however and has stumped the
State extensively in their behalf
But on the wet side Is found arrayed
Henry w. Marshall, Lafayette pub
Usher and former Republican national
committeeman. He has advocated re-
peal as step toward economic revival.
Indiana will be the tenth Stat. to
vote on the repeal amendment. Illinois
vote comes Monday. Michigan, Wis
consin, Wyoming, New York, Delaware,
Rhode Island, New Jersey and Nevada
have already taken steps favoring re-
peal.