| Show tah to Ratify Amendment Battle Commences Commences' in States t E Prohibitionists Are Hopeful t. t t N t 51 sd Irl NE of ot tho the first acts of the Utah f 0 ONE legislature In January 1919 t l t will be the ratification of ot the thedoe nw doe constitutional amendment for na national national na- na prohibition This seems to be the unanimous opinion of public men questioned to today today today to- to day on the subject Should there be bo beav boa bor a av special session of the legislature r action will ill be taken on the amendment amend- amend EJ I ment went then then it is declared All holdover state senators are arc dry dry is is iR explained and with Utah in the ranks of tho the prohibition states tates n now It is unlikely that any person 1 unfriendly to 10 national drough can be elected By United Press CARSON CITY Nev Kev Dec 1 19 Prohibition on will be the principal issue l f at i. i the tho next general election in NeVada Ne Ne- Vada ada da as as the result of the passage by h. h congress congress of the prohibition constitutional t nal amendment It It Itis is expected that that a bitter fight will be made over j l seats in the legislatures legislature uro Drys are arc confident of winning the ther r election but are uncertain whether the prohibition amendment will be beI ratified by the 1919 legislature because because because be- be I cause cause so many senator in that sest ses- ses lion will be holdovers They are confident con con- fid nt of putting the ratification resI resolution res res- I through two years thereafter t however By United Press CHEYENNE Wyo Dec 19 Al Albough Al- Al f- f bough they concede the fight on in indorsement In- In of the national prohibition constitutional amendment will be close political lead ears of Wyoming I. I today forecast that tho the state will Join the ranks of the drys at the next election elec elec- tion in the fall of 1918 Little doubt of the passage of a statewide dry meas measure measure ure was expressed as prohibition has the open Indorsement indorsement indorsement indorse indorse- ment of both Democrats and Republicans Republicans Republicans in Wyoming Congressman Mondell the only Wyoming solon present when the vote was taken in the tho house Monday on oni i tile the constitutional amendment cast t his ballot for the amendment This is taken here as an indication that Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans ns of the tho state will support the tIle national dry provision Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic leaders have already indorsed indorsed in- in dor ed it I Prohibitionists are planning a thorough campaign on the statewide i issue sue during the new nev year Invitations Invitations Invitations have o been hen sent Colonel Roose- Roose velt veil and and d William J J. Bryan to o visit II tho the state and assist By Soy United Press Pr Press ss' ss BALTIMORE Md Dec 19 Mary l Mary Maryland's lands land's are aio drawing battle lines fines today for the coming fight on the ratification of tho the dry amendment to tho the constitution George Gcorge W. W W. Crabbe lea league ue superintendent superintendent superintendent for Maryland said that the legislature which meets on January 12 13 undoubted would ratify the amendment Equally confident is the theother theother theother I other si side le Present indications indication are ate that the tight fight t will be bo hot with ith a slight advantage in or fa of the the the-drys drys By Dy y United Press Pa Ia the Dec 1 19 Gov Gov Governor Brumbaugh's statement last night that it was useless to call an extra session of the legislature to consider the prohibition tion amendment if the temper of the of-the the body is the same now as when it defeated the local option option option op op- op- op tion measure before it last spring and his declaration that the people 0 of Pennsylvania must elect the right sort of oC representatives if they wish Pennsylvania to ratify the tho amendment amendment amend amend- ment indicates a warm fight which will ivill start immediately and terminate in the May primaries I The 1917 legislature defeated the local oeal option bill offered and refused I to calendar the Mitchell dry for the headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- war bill prohibition quarters this morning declared that the fight fo for foj prohibition will be carried carried carried car car- ried direct to fo o the people By Dy United Press 4 SAN FRANCISCO nANcISCO Dec 19 Prom iso ise obtain ob of an energetic campaign to tain tamp ratification by the next California California Califor- Califor nia legislature of the national prohibition prohibition tion amendment was made today by Franklin Hichborn spokesman for foi the California league Not only will the campaign take the form of a statewide effort to arouse I sentiment for national prohibition but in every assembly and senatorial district candidates indorsing the amendment will ill be given the active support of the dry organization Hichborn said The legislature meets again January 1 I 1919 To carry the amendment we must increase our representation in the by thirty three thirty three and in the senate by two Hichborn said aid Late I in January the league will hold a state convention at Fresno and anda a definite program to assure I tion's success in the legislature will willbe willbe be mapped out By United Press I DALLAS Tex Dec Texas 19 19 Texas dry I leaders started out today to put Texas Texas squarely in favor of nationwide nationwide nationwide nation nation- i wide prohibition They predicted the Lone Star state stale with a large majority of its vast territory already dry by local option would be one ono of the first wet states to ratify the amendment passed by the national congress There is no doubt dry leaders say but that there will be the necessary majority in this states state's next legislative legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive body to ratify the amendment Wets Vets were plainly pessimistic There is every indication that Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Hobby will call a special session session session ses ses- sion of the Texas lawmaking body in 1918 and it is probable that at this session Texas will go o on record favoring favoring favoring favor favor- ing the national drouth By United Press Il INDIANAPOLIS Ind Dec 19 ln In In Indiana diana wil ratify the national prohibition prohibition tion amendment at the 1919 session Hession of the Indiana legislature it was confidently confidently con con- predicted by Indiana Anti- Anti saloon aloon f league leaders today At the thela thelast thelast la last t session of the legislature the house voted for fora a statewide prohibition prohibition prohibition tion bill 70 to 28 8 and the senate 38 to 11 Anticipating the tIle prohibition fight in the legislature liquor interests have already started campaigns fo for foZ 1 elections of wet legislators By United Press I TRENTON IRENTON is N. N J J. J Dec 10 There There is no likelihood that New Jersey will be bo I among the first of the states to ratify the prohibition amendment to the national national national na- na naI j I constitution At the session of the legislature to I begin next month the state is expected to take its biggest step in m liquor legislation legislation legis legis- I lation and pass a local option law This i I will enable the various arious counties to decide decide de de- I cide tide the wet and dry questions for themselves as a matter mattei of home rule I While Homo somo of the local option interests interests in interests in- in in fn the legislature are for the thel I bill as a step to prohibition tho the majority majority majority ma ma- have championed it solely be because because because be- be cause it is a homo home rule measure and they would not be bo In favor of enacting legislation that would be man maniC mandatory ator upon the entire state as a unit By United Press I j FRANKFORT Ky Dec 19 Ken Ken Kentucky I tucky one of the first states that will willI j vote on the amendment making the nation dry is is' is expected to vote I i tion Nearly c every cery everyone ery one of the officials in I I each house received his office after I promising to vote dry The state Is now i I without liquor in most sections through the action of the unit law which has been in force for s several veral I years I IDy Dy By United Press ALBANY N N. N Y Dec 19 11 The The prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- amendment to the federal fed constitution constitution constitution con con- will not be ratified this winter winter win win- ter by the New York legislature ac according according according ac- ac cording to political leaders in this city The temperance interests will be bemore bemore bemore more concerned in the 1918 session in working for the passage of a a. bill prohibiting prohibiting prohibiting pro pro- tic manufacture and sale of alcoholic quor for foi beverage purposes I during the war and the period of demobilization de do- mobilization The same interests will also be active in preparation for the local option elections in this state next spring Prohibition sentiment in the state has increased since the last election through the adoption of woman suffrage suf suffrage suffrage frage and temperance leaders say the federal amendment will bo adopted by byu byl u a l large vote ote when it is submitted By United Press ST ST. PAUL Minn 1 Dec 19 With With their machinery all ready for a fight on ona ona ona a bone bono dry amendment to the state constitution the dry organizations of Minnesota were today prepared to tomake tomake make malte the 1918 1915 elections to the si state tc legisla legislature ure a edged double affair At these thes elections election the dry bone-dry amendment will be offered to a referendum refer refer- Drys were confident today that they could pass the state amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment ment as well as elect to the state legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature a majority sufficient to ratify the tho national amendment nt in the 1919 session DrY Diy forces s in the state were coordinated coordinated at a i recent meeting g. g By Cy United Press r r I HARTFORD Conn Dec Dee 19 State State officials today refused to venture an anI opinion as to the action the Connecticut legislature will take tako on the prohibition li I amendment The legislature convenes in January I I By United Press CHICAGO Dec 19 Dry Dry forces in Illinois will center their fight for tor ratification ratification rati rati- of lof tho the national prohibition amendment on on seeking to control the regular legislature in 1919 rather than asking a special session 1 P. P Scott Mc- Mc Bride state stat superintendent of the Anti Antl- saloon league announced today Last year the drys had a majority inthe inthe inthe in in- the senate but lacked the house by ten votes Only ten of the seven fifty-seven members of the lower house elected from Chicago were dry The drys pl plan m to win eight more seats for Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago in the September primaries and I between eight and a dozen new ones downstate Meanwhile the the dry Chicago federation federation federa federa- tion is circulating petitions for a local option vote in this city elty next April By United Pre Press re s sST I ST ST. LOUIS Dec 19 Missouri Missouri will I ratify the national prohibition amendment amend- amend ment political observers predicted to- to day They pointed to the fact that the thelast thelast thelast last legislature was dry and they count on the election of an equally dry legislature next vt fall Statewide prohibition was defeated In Missouri in 1910 and 1916 because i the preponderance of the wet vote was with th the the- cities St St. Louis leading StLouis' StLouis St St. I Louis' Louis strength in the ne next ct election I how however eyer can be measured by the fact that it will have but out three representatives tives in the legislature I I I By United Press WI WILMINGTON Del Dec 19 With With three counties of this state already under under un un- un- un der del prohibition and Wilmington the I largest city in the state the place where intoxicating liquors can be se ses i cured the tho dr dry l leaders claim today that with six days das to wage the fight In be behalf behalf behalf be- be half of of- the of-the the constitutional amendment Delaware as a state will ratify the amendment of congress By United Press MILWAUKEE l Dec 19 Wiscon Wisconsin's Wiscon Wisconsin's sins sin's prohibition battle will be at the polls In in next Novembers November's general elect elec- elec t Ions Both sides today declared their I confidence o r dence of electing a moo majo trim legislature There is only e emote I mote chance that any prohibition amendment willI will at the special legislative se sea ses' I called caned Ly by Governor Phil Imo month h. h 1 |
