The Archive · 1922

NATIONAL CAPITAL VOTES: WET

The East South Central States call for no special mention beyond the fact that the vote of Kentucky, €tate long famous for its whiskey, is less emphatically opposed to the existing law than are the New England and Middle Atlantic states although its, adverse majority reaches the substantial figure of 59 per cent. The West South Central division is chiefly notable for the to one against the ex reported from "Louisiana, and the fact that this State is one of two (the other being Maryland) in which the votes for the total repeal of the Prohibition Ameadment, independent of those in favour of a modification of the enforcement law, exceed the votes for the continuance of the law as it stands. The fouth Atlantic states form an interesting division, extending as they do from the southern boundary of Penn.ylmania to the Gulf of Mexico, and including most of the oldest and most famous southern States, as well as the national capital. All of them show substantial majorities against the existing law, 172 votes being recorded against it for every 100 in its favour. The national capital vote is strongly against the Jaw as it stands, 230 votes being recorded against it for every 100 in its favour.

The mountain states show similarly large majorities in favour of either modification or repeal, the vote in Montana, - Wyoming and Arizona being more than two to one against the present law. All the Pacific states help to swell the adverse majority, California, in particular, giving only 14,655 votes for the enforcement of the present lar out of a total vote of 42,080.

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