The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-06-22
PENNSYLVANIA GOES WET.
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT BEATEN
BY A BIG MAJORITY.

Philadelphia Alone Gives Over Ninety
Thousand Majority Against 1t.
PHILADELPHIA, June IS The Prohi
bition amendment in Pennsylvania was
defeated at the polls to-day by a majority
of from $50, 600 to 175, 600. This Is great,
er than even the most sanguine of the
liquor men anticipated. This city alone
gave SO, $50 majority against the amend
ment The total vote in Philadelphia
was as follows:
For the prohibitory amendment, % S75;
against the prohibitory amendment, 119,
625; majority against, %, $50.
For the amendment abolishing poll
tax, liz, 474; against the amendment
aholishing poll-tax, 10 94e; majority for,
o. 525.
Every fresh batch of advices from the
state showed nti-PrOhibitiOn gains. In
the agricultural regions where heavy
dry vote was expected, the figures
have fallen far below expectation. ALE
ghany county and Phtsburg gives %, 900
for license and every county in the an
thracite region is overwhelming against
prohibition.
Chairman Palmer, of the Prohibition
State Committee, admitted that the
prohibition amendment has been defeated
by majority of at least $4,000.
PITTsBURG June IS -To-day's election
on the Prohibitury An eadment was never
eaualled for strange sights aud sounds.
The streets were filed all day with
amused crowds watching for the brass
bands of the Ants and the infantile glee
clubs of the Prohibitionists. AS each
would appear the crowds greeted them
with cheers, and it made little difference
Oh which side the people were. Every
one seemed to be in good humor, ana the
election was freer from fights than any
election before known. The wagons con
tanning the brass bands of the Ants were
followed by those containing the glee
clubs of the opposition, and each opposi-
ton, and each alternately filled the air
with music.
The bands and glee clubs marched all
| over the two cities, and at many of the
| polling places groups of women were busy
irving to induce voters to take their
| tickets. Two or three cases of sickness
among the children and women resulted
from the exposure to the rays of the sum-
| and, while there was good breeze, the
day was very oppressive and hot. At
MANY polls the Prohlbitionsts and re-
| freshment stands served lunches and
soft drinks to all voters. The vote in
Allegheny county is withouG precedent
| for a special election, and rivals the lar
gest vote at any general election. Both
sides were at work early and kept it up
| all day. There we're no disturbanc es, and
| everything passed off as pleasantly as a
summer day.
There was not the feeling between the
two parties that would naturally be anti
cpated under such circumstances. Each
seemed willingly to give a point to the
other and harm oBy reigned supreme. The
me feature of the day was the remark
ably large so called west pocket" vote
which came out. Almost every man
came to the polls with his ticket in his
pocket, and evidently had long before
derided on which side he would cast his
ballot There was not the usual but
tonholelng" that is characteristic of an
election, and people were allowed to go
to and from the polls without any moles-
tation.
Allegheny county-25, 900 against the
Prohibition Amendment.
READING, Pa, June 1S.-Berks County
gives over 10000 majority against the
Prohibition amendment. The returns
show that it is undoubtedly the most
thoroughly Anti. Prohibition county in
Pennsylvania. No other county shows a
smaller percentage of ProhibitionIsts in
it's total vote. The result was surprising
to Prohibitionists and Anti Prohibition
lists alike. The city of Reading and
county districts poll an exceedingly heavy
vote.
Ia some districts it exceeded that of
the Presidential election last year. The
farmers in the rural districts came out in
full force. They are in the midst of hav-
making, but yesterdays rain rendered
the grass so wet that they were unable to
take it in, and so they took the day off to
90 to the election. In some of the town.
ships the Prohibition vote was exceed
ingly small, being as low as 10 to 20 in a
total vote of several hundred.
In the city the vote was surprisingly
large. Both parties had pollmen at the
polls, bringing out aged and infirm voters,
and teams were running all dav. The
ProhibItionists held two allday prayer
meetings in the church. The saloons
were closed. The contest Was hot one
all day long.
WEST CHESTER, Pa, June 1S.-Iudi-
dry" bv majority estimated at about
1900. West Chester polled 1875 votes.
and gave the Prohibition Amendment
majority OF rs.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
CARLISLE, Pa, June 1S,-The election
in Cumberland County passed off quietly.
Light vote poled throughout the county.
The result up to this hour, IL p. m,
shows the amendment has been defeated
by at least 500 to GOO majority.
HARRISBURG, Pa. June 1S-Support
ers of the Prohibition Amendment are
overwhelmed with the result in the
county, as indicated by the returns at
midnight. They expected a defeat, but
had no idea of the Waterloo in which the
local campaign eliminated to-day. In
Harrisburg Prohibition goes down under
y majority of 1876. While the Suffrage
Amendment goes 1856 majority in Dau
phin County, the majority against the
Prohibition Amendment is variously es
timated at from 5000 to $500 Twelve
districts outside the city give about 1900
majority against it. The Suffrage Amend
ment received no attention IN the city,
but was pretty roughly handled in the
country districts, the farmers looking
upon it as scheme to protect city poll
ticans from paying taxes.
Dauphin County gives about 5000 ma
jority against the Prohibition Amend
ment and probably 1000 majority for the
Poll Tax Amendment.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
CHESTER, Pa, June 15.-Delaware
County will give at least 1850 majority
against the Amendment. The returns
by districts so far, with 10 to hear from,
are as follows: Chester gives 493 against
the Amendment; South Chester. 229; AS
ton township. 100; Upper Darby, 46;
Middletown, so; Clifton borough, 40
Fernwood, 81; Upper Providence, SO;
Lower Providence, IS; Edgemont, 20;
Eddystone borough, 10; Tower ChIches
ter, 80. Those that went dry are: Con-
cord township. 80; Darby township. 33;
Darby borough, A; Media, 14S; Newton
township, IA; Upland, 90.
There are still ten districts to hear
from in this county, and the majority
now is 943 against Prohibition.
When you visit Baltimore, stop at the
Maltby House, wi ere will be found first
class accommodate, ms and exceedingly low
rates. Mch17tf