PROHIBITION ISSUE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 110, 5 November 1926, Page 7

PROHIBITION ISSUE

BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY.

NEW YORK, 4th November. Both the "Drys" and the "Wets" claim that the election indicates an important victory for their causes, and give conflicting enumerations of the "Dry" and "Wet" composition of. the Congress. The anti-Prohibitionists won in six States. The Nevada voters answered in the affirmative the questions: "Should Congress call a constitutional convention to amend the Eighteenth Amendment?" and "Is Prohibition n. failure?" Tho Californiana voted "Yes" on tho question, "Should tho State Prohibition enforcement law be repealed?" Two States voted dry, Colorado saying "No" to the question, "Should tho State Constitution be amended to provide for the manufacture and gale of liquor whenever it is in conflict with the Federal laws?" and Missouri voting "No" on the question, "Shall the State Prohibition enforcement laws be repealed?" The "Drys" point out that the rereferenda are an unfair indication of national opinion, since many "Drys" were urged not to vote on the ground that the referenda were unconstitutional, and that there is noo clear expression of the popular will of the nation on this question can be seen in the fact that Illinois, which voted "Wet" by an overwhelming majority in the referendum, yet elected Mr, Smith, an avowed "Dry," as Senator over Mr. Brennan, an avowed "Wet." Similar conflicting indications are visible in other States.