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Show HEAVY VOTE BEING CAST IN MAINE PORTLAND, MS., Fpt. 11. Maine today to-day la voting to decide whether the prohibitory pro-hibitory amendment shall be retained In the constitution. . With Idesl election day weather there was every Indication that the vote would he unusually large. Prayer meeting will he held throughout the day in many churchea. If the license advocates are successful today, there la said to be every poeelblllty that Governor Plalsted may be prevailed on to call a special session of the legists-tureto legists-tureto take action on the repeal of tbe state law. which In effect In trAaame on he constitutional amendment and tke enactment of another law for the regulation regula-tion of Ihe liquor business. A local option op-tion law, such as prevails tn Maseachu-setts, Maseachu-setts, la svhat the license advocatea aeek. In the regular course of events, the matter mat-ter would not come up before the -legte-lature until January. ISIS, when the com-pkfXlnn com-pkfXlnn of the state government might be much different from that of tha present body. The morning vote tn the cities was even larger than was anticipated and In many places fully one-third of the entire vote waa caat hy noon. In the manufacturing manufac-turing centers the heavteet vote waa deposited de-posited during the convention hour. Both sides worked hard te get out the early vote and automobtlee and caniagee of every description were preesed Into service ser-vice of Indifferent voters to get them to the polls. |