The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-27
BURIED BY VOTES.
Prohibitions Overwhelming Defeat-The
Amendment Rejected by Massachu-
setis-NearIy Every City in the State
Votes Against Prohibition and Helps
to Roll Up Adverse Majority of
Over 4o, 900.

A Boston dispatch of the 22d says:
Returns from l59 cities and towns show
vote of 80, 749 against the proposed
prohibitory amendment, and 50, 500 for
it. In this ratio the majority against the
amendment will be over 45, 900. So de-
cisive is this rejection that well-posted
politicians say 1t is not proba bic that a
similar amendment will be submitted
to the people again for several years.
Even Prohibitlonists admit that the
defeat is a crushing one, and that the
outlook for prohibition not only in
Massachusetts but throughout New En-
gland is very blue. Those who have
watched the progress OF the third party
say that prohibition sentiment is on the
wane in the East, and that the restrict
i've measure of high license is steadily
growing IN favor. The liquor law IN TINS
state is now substantially as follows:
Cities and towns must settle for them
selves each year the question of license
or no license. IN license cities or towns
but one license can he granted for every
900 inhabitants, except IN Boston,
which may have one license for every
$50 inhabitants. The fee for license is
81 COO per annum.
A large number of women were at
the polls to-day and fully two-thirds of
the prohibitio1y amendment ballots
were distributed by them. The vote
was much larger than expected. The
day was bright and cool, and both
parties exhibited unusual activity at
the polls. One hundred and tifty-elght
cities and towns outside of Boston gave
the following vote: Yes, 1851; no, 60
32S. This summary includes the vote oi
the following cities as follows: Worces-
ter, yes, 3,745; no, 1888. Spring
field, yes, l,733; no., i2.6O2.
Holyoke, yes, 1888; no, l,7Q6. Lawr-
2,2Sl no, 8, l49. Fitchburg, yes, 1901;
no. /, ,263. Brockton, yes, ,22O; no,
LAPS. Quincy, yes, 49l no, ,069. Hayer
hill, yes, sol; no, 1872. Taunton, yes,
l,l93; no, APO. New Bedford, yes,
l 1906; no, lao. Newburyport, yes,
40S; no, 935. Salem, yes, blank; no,
blank. Waltham, yes, $50; no, 1l9.
Gloucester, yes, 94l; no, 1,l42. Maiden,
yes, ,05O; no, 1,2l6. The vote of Bos-
ton is, yes, ii ,060; no, 81, ,075. Chelsea,
yes, 1872; no, l,Gl1. Wobern, yes,
1907; no, l ,479. Salem, yes, 2,0O9; no
$40. The amendment is defeated by
from 80 900 to 81, coo majority.
The vote as compared with last years
license vote is as follows: The twelve
districts, with tree towns missing, fer
license, 131 ,954; against license, 6S,272.
Th., vote last year was 126, ,1S2 for IL
cense; l09, 1888 for prohibition. The ma
;ority against the an mendment with the
towns of Norwood, Gossellold and See
konk, to hear from, is 1862. The
sceatest surprise occurred in the city of
Quincy, whele the amendment was de-
feated by vote of i ,t69 20 49l, the city
having voted no license last November
bv 936 plurality. Somerviile was the
only city in which a majority was cast
for the amendment, the vote being ,Sl2
to $40, but III several others the vote
was verv close In Fitchburg the
amendment was defeated by only 81
votes, in Newton hF 40, and in North
ampton by 46 votes.