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Show NOW SEEDS' TO BE PROHIBITION PORTLAND, Me., Brpt. 13. Revised rfturni on the question of the repeal of tbe prohibition constitutional amend, neat at 1 oVlotk this morning reduced the majority against repeal 93. The. total vote stood: For 0,8! Against .': 60,511 Frederick O. PiMett, secretary of the Main Son Partinn Local Option league, tonight said: "We do not concede that the amendment amend-ment has been reaffirmed There has been to much rnntrs'lit'tion in the re-turna re-turna that we 4o not fnww what the rrsalt is. We ahall wait for the official of-ficial canvafs of the rote, and at that time shall decide whether to take steps to seeare arf inspection of the ballots." After a dir of almnot constant surprises, sur-prises, it appeared tonight on the fare of the returns from town and eitv clerks in all but 11M towns ' and plantations, that prohibition waa not defeated in the special election of yesterday yes-terday as indicated last night. The results re-sults thus far tabulated show a majority major-ity for prohibition of Most of the towns yet to be heard from have been unofficially reported with smill majorities favoring retention reten-tion of the prohibitory amendment in the constitution, and any change in the rote of these placca is likely to help the prohibitionists. In addition to I he ltWThatnTtry ahosi n by the clerks' rrttirns, there are fifty more Vdry" votes known to exist in Portland which are not included in the city clerks' report, because of an admitted ad-mitted error. .- The change from an apparent victory vic-tory by J 00 majority for tbe wet side, to 500 votes in favor of the drys, came after prohibitionists had conceded defeat, de-feat, and report of those who sought to repeal the eonstitntional amendment had sent out numerous statement as to what would be done next. On the other referendum questions before the people yesterday, that proposing pro-posing to make Augusta forever the capital of the state and that favoring the direct primaries act, were earriod by largo majorities, according to returns re-turns at hand tonight. |