The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-01
PROHIBITION IN YOUNGS-
TOWN.

The Mahoning Courier comes to
US full of joy over the resell of a
contest with the dram~sollers of
Youngstown. We condense from
It's columns the main facts:
Tho widest excitement that ev-
or prevailed at any election IN .his
city, was witnessed at the election
for the raUItiGatioH or rejection Of
the prohlbitory liquor ordinance,
submitted to tho vote of the people
yesterday. The poll was opened at
SIX o'clock IN the morning by u
brisk vote, both for and against rat
ifcation. BY seven o'clock the ex-
element spread from the polling 10
the ~adjacen: districts.
"a proclamation previously is.
sued by Mayor Mckee, closed every
saloon and IiG%uor-store in the city
excepting three or four back doors
as was evident from q few top>gal-
liant sails which Wore carried to.
ward the close of the day. This
enabled the liquorOdealers to take
a hand in the engagement, which
was done with a determination
worthy q better cause. Every
face wore ar expression character
istic of the struggle. There were
nc ~1oiterers, and but few, if any,
neutrals among the motley crowd.
Nearly everybody had an opinion,
and many were free enough to ex-
press il.
at vas soon manifest that the
struggle would be ono of intense
feeling. The liquor dealers started
a game which surprised the Tenn
2erance people. They had scrIp>
ture and other notices printed and
conspIcuously displayed. urging the
people TO vote according to their con-
science! They were met by the
friends of Temperance with the
same weapon. Scripture and other
notices, indicating the choice of
the wise, hung upon the walls; and
we believe these silent monitors
flashed conviction 10 many a heart,
and secured many a quiet vote in
the aus of right.
by eight o'clock the opposition
grow more exclted-fast as the votes
came in, they did not come fast
enough TO suit them. Livery car
riages were impressed into the ser
vice, and printed streamers tackled
to the sides told the p~asser>by that
they were engaged in the whisky
interest. Load after load, load al
ter load, of voters wore carried 10
the polls, where they were greeted
with cheers. Whisky trIumphed
IN anticipation.
"Wouldn't the ale flow free at
uight2'
Quietly those who favored the
ordinance carried on the contest.
Not an inch Of the field was yielded
during the day. Their forces were
judiciously distributed. Every in
dividual was intensely interested,
fiuctuatlng at times between hope
and fear. AT the ballot box a vigI-
liant committee was posted, to pre-
Won't illegal voting. The opposition
had q like committee. The result
was the refusal of~ nearly n hun
dred illegal votes, four fifths of
which were IN the interests of the
Whispering.
mo quarter was asked or gwen
by other committee. Every man
not certainly known 10 be a legal
voter was challenged, and in aec0r-
dance with the facts elected was
allowed to vote. Nearly all of those
challenged, however, were COMPEL
cd to swear in their votes.
AT seven o'clock, the hour NAM
ed in tho ordinance, the poll was
declared closed. Both sides mani
tested uneasiness. The strength of
each party was spent, and doubts
as TO ;he result were expressed by
both. so completely was each Ignor-
ant as to the real position. The
count was begun, the vigilance
committee of the opposition aiding
in tho work. Twenty minutes
passed. The immense crowd silent.
ly and anxiOusly waited the result.
There must have been fifty to sew
enty-fve saloon keepers present.
One or two individuals were offer.
ing 70 bet that the noes would