Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-09-11 | Page 1 | Maine Will Vote on Prohibition Today

MAINE WILL VOTE ON Pimm today Both Sides Ekisy Campaigning Sunday and Both Claim Victory. PORTLAND, lie., Sept. 10. With only a few hours remaining before the. actual otir- begins tomorrow, the campaigners campaign-ers for and against constitutional prohibition pro-hibition spent a busy Sunday Tonight both sides claimed victory. The no-llcense adherents were particularly particu-larly active in the cities, Sunday school children parading Ihe streets carrying banners Inscribed "Vote No," "Vote for Us," and similar phrases. More than 311.000 children were -in line In many of the churches prayers wee offered for the retention of the prohibitory amendment. amend-ment. In Portland today Congressman Richmond Rich-mond Pearson Hobson of Alabama addressed ad-dressed two meetings. ' Those who seek to have the prohibitory prohibi-tory clause removed from the constitution constitu-tion of the state were none the less active ac-tive but their work was done ' more quietly. The no-llcense taction estimates a plurality plu-rality of between IL'.Oon end 20T0B0, while the managers of the campaign for repeal are claiming a majority of from 5000 to 10.000. One of the biggest vote Iii the history of the state Is expected.