Raskob are both Democrats, the former has displayed considerable acrimony toward the latter over prohibition and he intimated the substance of Senator Robinson's story in the course of a recent editorial in his newspaper—United Press, The Straw Vote New York, Apr. 5.
Giving the results of its poll of the United States on the subject of prohibition, the "Literary Digest" announces that, out of the forty States canvassed, only two have shown majorities la favour of! enforcement of the present orchibition laws, namely Kansas, a stronghold of Puritanism, and Tennessee, which is noted for its stern fundamentalists The "Literary Digest" states that, cut of 2,000,000 votes counted up to o: the present, about forty-two per cent were in favour of the repeal of all prohibi nearly thirty per cent. favoured modify the present law, and the remainder ered In every southern, state exent Tennessee the combined vote for mecdification of the present law oF for its repeal was larger than the vote for its enforcement. The vote of the State of Marzland for eon plete repeal of the prohibition law exceeded the votes for modifies end enforcement Grandmother of Prodi 4.000 votes for fu! of. prohibition, 2.500 for modifienand 4,000 for repea'—Reater.
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