At Edinburgh, on Aug. 21, after The total number of votes tabu-a short illness, William Simpson lated up to the present time is Burnet, son of the late Robert 708,805, and very surprising are the cent. (more than two to one) in the Middle Aélantic group. Still more significant is the fact that, of the 48 Etates of the Union, only two, Kansas amd Oklahoma, uphold the existing law, and the majority in Oklahoma is only 50. All the six New England states give large majorities against the law as it stands, the -vote in. Connecticut and Rhode Island being more than uva to one against it. Even Maine, that famous prohibition state of our younger days, gives a majority of 30 per cent. either for the repeal of the amendment or for the legalization of the sale of beer and light wines. In the Middle Atlan tic group, 81,261 votes have been received from Naw York, of which only 23,621 are in favour of the existing law. Of the 19,037 votes from New Jersey and the 55,622 from Pennsylvania, only 5,713 and ited without permission.
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