The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1930, Page 2

RARITY EN ENTRY | SHOWING MAJORITY PORBINEDRY SDB = South and West North Central’! Sections Split So as to Give Enforcement the Lead MODIFICATION IS AN ENIGMA): Each Faction Claims tho Middle Course Count Really Is “in Its Favor The vote for repeal of the cigh- teenth amendment continues to load with over 41 per cent of the tota! of 3,175,072 ballots returned from the e1 tire 48 states in the sixth weex’s ri ‘urns of The Literary Digest’s natio: wide poll on prohibition, as publish- on in-tomorrow’s issue of the maga- The ‘break-up of the grand total gives 916,681 votes for cnforcement: 951,475 for modification; and 1,308,- 816 for repeal. ‘This shows over 28 per cent of the total vote for strict enforcement while practically 30 per cent favor modification to legalize light wines and beers. ‘With the poll still far from com- plete The Literary Digest announces the returns to date as greater now than total returns from any previous poll ever undertaken by the periodi- cal, including their heretofore most oopular national referendum in the Hoover-Smith campaign of 1928. Dr. William Seaver Woods, editor- in-chief of the magazine, stated that he anticipates nearly 2,000,000 more returns in the Reve ee from pres- ent incoming ball With first honed from Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming this week every state, and the Dis- trict of Columbia, is represented in the tabulations. The addition of effected Kansas Remains Bone Dry ‘Kansas continues to be the only dry state to date with almost per cent of its vote for enforce- ment and only 18 per cent of its re- urns for Connecticut, Louisiana, New Jer- , and Rhode Island cach give a ity of their vote for repeal: Connecticut appears to have the wettest ore of all the states over a 50 per cent vote for re- peal and but 18-per cent for enforce- saga Island is a close second. the only two states in the inion that: have never ratified the amendment it. ‘The dryest vote by national geo- Esco ee sections is registered in the West South Central States, which in- cludes Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, — the wet state of Louisiana. ‘The wettest sentiment is noted in| the Middle Atlantic States of New x New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Literary. Digest states that it | is being attacked more for the un- dertaking of this poll than any prev- ious one. Five pages of the current issue of the magazine are devoted to zestful comments on the “straw” ref- or SIXTH REPORT OF THE LITERARY DIGEST PROHIBITION POLL (From the Literary Digest tor April 19, 1930) State— Alabama, Arizona Arkansas Californi Colorado SBS Ssete see: Seaawes sown: Minois’. rf Towa . Kansay Ohio. Oklahoma Oregon. Penneylvania j ithode Island West Virginia. Wisconsin lw yoming | State Unknown For For Moko ccorasat. Beer en, Hotel we eon SSFnownSames aseacs: eenas iios 75 83 1 arn rere: is% ee a 915,681 light wines and beers’ erendum from women throughout the country. The Literary Digest announces that both the wets and the drys seem to be claiming the vote for modification, which approaches one-third of the to- tal returns, and that for purpose of compromise it suggests dividing this vote between the two extreme wings of the controversy, which, split be- | tween them, would make a total vote for enforcement of 1,301,419 and 1,784,554 for repeal. Who Gets Modification Vote? friends,” The Literary Digest states editorially, “are claiming the modifi- cation vote as a legitimate part of their outfit. They are lumping it with the enforcement vote and credit- ing the total to the policy of retain- ing the eighteenth amendment. “They argue that many sincere Pprohibitionists, disgusted with the scandals of enforcement and anxious for reform, have marked the modifi- cation square as a compromise, rath- er than vote either for repeal or for @ continuation of present conditions. “On the other hand, the wets con- the modification vote, which specifies light wines and beer, and have no { hesitation in lumping it with the re- eal total as the anti-prohibition vote. “Obviously 951,475 1s & prize worth fighting for. “Added to the enforcement vote of 1,867,156 in seer to repeal. r added to the 1,308,816 repeal vote, it would launch an avalanche of {2,260,291 ballots against the eighteenth amendment. ' Some Marked Deuble “Perhaps the truth should be sought, as usual, somewhere between two extremes. In other words, per- haps the modification column con- tains both dry and wet votes. If its 915,681, it would make a. total of | Island, and 1, Do you favor the continuance and strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and Volstead law? 2. Do you favor a —_— of the Volstead law to permit 3. Do you favor a bacco of the prohibition amendment? total up to date were split fifty-fifty between enforcement and repeal, the result would be: “For enforcement, 1,301,419; for re- Peal, 1,784,554, “But the may be far re- moved from fifty-! + eirg there is no way of ascertaining it. “Possibly, however, some light may be thrown upon it by the proportion of ballots marked in two squares. These were excluded from the count as defective, but they have been saved, and The Digest proposes to have them “Some of the defective ballots are forcement, marked for ent and modifi- cation, others for modification. and “An increasing number of our dry | counted. sider that they have a clear title to | worth. the modification vote of ca ee “New England (Maine;:\New Hamp- |: Massachusetts, shire, Vermont, Rhode it): . Enforce- ment, 27.8 per cent; modification, 27.55 per cent; repeal, 45.37 per cent. | “Middle Atlantic (New Xork, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania): Enforce- “East North Central " In- diana, sin): Enforcement, 28.80; modifica- tion, they sg 30.82. 38.04; |‘Hat Box’ Gyroscopic Invention 4) “gouth Atlantic (Delaware, Mary- land, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Lang Me tira South for modification; and 146,697 for re- Peal. JOHNSON SEEKS NEW JOB ane Paul, heen 18.—(AP) ra signing as appraiser for the state rural credit bureau, Lg shored tative John A. 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