The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-30
CANADIANS WILL co DRY
Prohibition Thought to Haro
Swept the Entire Dominion
THE VOTE PRETTY LIGHT
Reports as Received at Quebec On to =,
Late Hour Last Night Clearly Ind,-
cate That Prohibition Carries
by a Large Majority.

Quebec, Sept. 29.-One OF the most inter
esting elections ever held in Canada will
take place to-day. In every election dis
trict Of the dominion the electors will vote
upon prohibition. Never before has the
question of prohibition been submitted to
the people of so large a territory. In all
the provinces of Canada the people will
be given the opportunity to express them
selves as for or against the absolute pro-
hibition of the sale, manufacture. impor-
tation and use Of any and all kinds Of
intoxicants in Canada. The liberal gov-
eminent now in power has given no idea
TO the people as to what course will be
followed in case the vote is in favor of
prohibition. 1t is not expected that more
than half the registered vote of the do
minion will be cast on this question and
the opponents of prohibition saw that
ever If prohibition is carried the liberal
government, on account of the small vote.
will refuse TO enact any prohibitory laws.
upon. the ground that the vote does not
give a fair and adequate expression of the
win OF the people.
During the past ten years the question
OF prohibition has several times been
submitted to the people Of the various
provinces, but never before have the
people Of the entire dominion voted upon
II. Ontario will be the last province 10
vote on prohibition. The plebiscite was
taken on June Is. 1894. when 1872, 497 voted
for and ll0.797 against, making a total
vote of 800. 400. or GAS per cent. Of the reg
istcred vote Of the following year GSg5,.
on the pollcd vote %. 81 per cent. of the
registered vote was for prohibition and
IN per cent. against. At tho dominion
general election OF 1891 the registered vote
was 56S, IS9, and the vote polled 300. 49,,
Taking the four provinces together. It
appears that the total vote Of 1e1 COS has
been polled for prohibition and 1872. 1873
polled out of a registered vote of 631. SO
at the time the various plebiscites were
taken, or i7.2d per cent. OF this 1925 per
cent. which voted 31.37 per cent. was cor
prohibition and 15.S9 per cent. against.
At the general election OF 1891 the total
registered vote in the provinces of on
tario, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Prince
Edward Island was 729, 57S, and the vote
was $3.50 per cent. of the registered vote
as compared with 1926 per cent. of the
registered vote polled at the different
plehiscites. IL does not appear. therefore.
that the vote on the prohibition question
has been as light as is generally stated, IL
being only 1864 per cent. below the vote
of 1891. after one of the hottest political
campaigns ever known in Canada.
Victoria, Il. C., Sept. 29.-Following 10
the vote of Victoria to-day on the prohi~
bition question: For, SO; against, LIS;
majority against, 31S. While the vote was
larger than expected, II fell several hum
dred short of that cast at the recent pro-
vincial election.
The vote on prohibition in Vancouver
City resulted as follows: For, 1,OOo.'
against, 562; majority for, 43s.
Vancouver, b. c., Sept. 29.-Returns
from the province of British Columbia up
to $3.50 p. m. give the following vote on the
prohibition question: For, 2,035; against.
1891; majority for prohibition, ga.
Quebec, Sept. 29.-Reports from all parts
of the dominion indicate that the vote for
and against prohibition has been larger
than was expected. The indications to-
night are that prohibition has been car
ried by a large majority, but probably
not more than half Of the registered vote
of the dominion has been cast.
Halifax. n. s., Sept. 2q.-The voting in
Nova Scotia on the dominion prohtbitive
plebiscite was light and showed a marked
public Indifference. The majority in Nova
Scotia province for prohibition, with the
returns not quite complete, is 21,526.