The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-06-11
THE CAMPAIGN ENDED.
RESULT OF THE PROHIBITION
ELECTION IN \. &. TOWNS.
Raleigh. Winston. Henderson,. oxford
and Other Towns ..Dry"...t kartotte.
Gold >boro, and Others ..Wst,-.

Gold >boro, and Others ..Wet.''
: The elections in the various towns Of the
state. on Monday last, To determine
whether or not whiskey should hc licensed
passed of quietly and without the slight
est disturbance. Great interest Was mani
tested AZ every place where an election
was held The campaign was a heated
one. The ProhibitioniSts in Raleigh in
Goldsboro. in Charlotte and III other places
! waScd such war on the liquor traffic ss
has never been wagcd before Thos, who
opposed the measure were also ~ early
and late fighting aS only campatgn,r~ can
tight 10 drive back the tide ot public sen
tlment that threatened the overthrow 81
the traffic
At the Capital.
In Raleigh every effort was made Is both
sides. The Prohbitioulsts met night after
night and day after day. They prayed They
spoke, they lcctured, they sung and he en-
thusiasm waxed instead of waned until the
closing of the polls. The Anti'a We're we'll
organized. In open air they met, they
talked and they spoke. All day Monday
great crowds stood around the polls and
worked-each for his side of the question
The Prohibitionists, both white and color
ed, made every effort TO carry the elec
ton, and the Anti's were equally Jealous.
but nevertheless the strenuous work on
the part of each side, the best order pre-
vailed. The friends of Prohibition, their
opponents and the liquor dealers them
selves We're perfectly respectful TO each
other There was no loud demonstrations
or boistrous talking during the day. Sev
eral representatives of wholesale liquor
houses in Richmond and elsewhere were
here and worked around the different polls
doing all they could in quiet gentecl way
to defeat the measure. All day the result
was in doubt, both sides claiming that IL
would be III their favor. Towards the
close of the polls il was known that the
election would be very close and great
anxiety prevailed.
The first voting place, officially heard
from, was the 3rd ward, which gave a
Prohibition majority of S-a slight vic
tory for that side The next official news
was from the 4th ward, which returned a
ma ajority of SO for License, heavy loss
from what had been claimed by the Anti's.
Next came the 9TH ward with l23 majority
for the ''drys," - less than had been
claimed by the friends of the measure.
This threw the result in great doubt and
excitement ran high. Next came the re
turns from Oberlin with 43 majority for
Prohibition. Still the doubt prevailed.
In few minutes the lst ward responded
with 81 ''dry." This gave the ''dryS" a
majority of 2ll with East Raleigh to hear
from. eve will get more than II ma
jority in East Raleigh said an Anti. "We
have counted all the time on over 300. ="
In few seconds "a yell went up from a
crowd who had gathered in front of Metro
politan Hall, and all down the line was
echoed East Raleigh only ISL majority
for License" This gave the "drys" clear
majority of go, and the greatest enthusi
asm followed. In ten minutes MetrOpoli
tan Hall was running over with men, old
men and young men, white men and col
Ored men, professional men and laboring
men. The returns were read and from a
thousand throats came yells OF rejoicing
kilograms began coming in from other
places and when Oxford, Henderson, War
renton, Winston, LOuisburg and klnston
fell in line with Prohibition majorities
cheers as loud as a thousand pair of strong
lungs could make them almost lifted the
roof. Sevaral short speeches of congratu-
latiOn were made, and the only lull to the
general rejoicing was when dispatches an
nounced Prohibition defeat in Durham
Godsboro and the other towns that went
wet
The Vote in Raleigh.
The following is the official vote in Raj
eigh township. The First, Third and Fifth
Wards have large white ma alorities, while
the voters of the Second and Fourth are
mostly colored. At the two outside pre-
cincts the colored voters are also in the
majority: