The editors were exceedingly fair in their appraisement of conditions. They stated that “In Kansas, the votes run 111 for strict enforcement, 34 for modification and 14 for repeal of the Amendment. Thus the Prohibitionists, it is seen, outnumber the combined ‘moists’ and ‘wets’ by almost three to one, a situation that is duplicated in no other State. Since this early vote was tabulated, a large number of returns have come in for Kansas and, even though we may be anticipating next week’s report of votes, it may be mentioned that this large vote is a striking verification of the conditions indicated by the small vote shown here. Kansas is for Prohibition, by approximately three to one. It is a significant fact, also, that this State has tried a dry régime for a number of years, and knows better than most others how it works.” But here again no thinking man, it seems to me, has a right to find fault with a State which wishes earnestly to go dry. Local option is sensible and reasonable; a certain territory could fence itself in, as it were, guarding itself from a menace, making all the strict laws it desired to protect its people from what it considered a tremendous evil. But it has no right to inflict its statutes upon its friendly neighbors, any more than the United States has a right to restrict drinking on the ocean, forbidding foreign vessels to enter our ports with cargoes of sealed spirits. It is interesting to note how the various States voted in this preliminary canvass. _DETAILED TABULATION OF THE FIRST RETURNS ON PROHIBITION_ NEW ENGLAND _For_ _For_ _For_ STATES _Enforcement_ _Modification_ _Repeal_ 1--MAINE 24 17 17 2--N. H. 16 13 3 3--VT. 16 6 6 4--MASS. 4,242 4,862 2,805 5--R. I. 7 14 17 6--CONN. 34 39 20 ------- ------- ------- TOTAL VOTES 4,339 4,951 2,868 MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES 1--N. Y. 6,169 9,315 4,966 2--N. J. 29 45 27 3--PENN. 8,307 9,139 6,573 ------- ------- ------- TOTAL VOTES 14,505 18,499 11,566 EAST NORTH CENTRAL STATES 1--OHIO 829 716 250 2--IND. 152 73 33 3--ILL. 9,312 12,012 6,621 4--MICH. 125 84 36 5--WISC. 75 69 22 ------- ------- ------- TOTAL VOTES 10,493 12,954 6,962