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Show MASSACHUSETTS FOR PROHIBITION, BOSTON. Mach 3 Massachusetts swung into line a ith tbe state supporting sup-porting the federal prohibition move- ..-.t thn cnnitf, tftrlnv TTitlfifd the prohibitory amendment by a roll call vote of 27 to 12. Similar endorsement endorse-ment was voted a week ago by the house l to 91. By this action Massachusetts becomes be-comes the first of the northeastern I states to ratify the amendment and j the eleventh in the entire country, i The states that had previously ratified rati-fied it are: Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky. South Carolina. North Dakota. Maryland, Mary-land, Montana, Texas. Delaware, South Dakota. To carry the amendment twenty-five other states must vote in! its favor. Prohibition forocs were elated to -night over the victory Church bells wi re rung for ten minutes in almost every city and town in the state announcing an-nouncing the result of the legislative! battle. nn |