Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
SALOONS FOR MILAN.
License Ticket Comes Out on
Top in a Holly Contested
Election There.
O. W. THAOHER CHOSEN PRESIDENT.

Ladies of the Town Join In the Temper
ance Crusade and Furnish Luncheon
to the voters-Port Byron Registers
Against Liquor-Results at Coal Valley,
Rapids City and Elsewhere.
Saloonkeepers at Milan will con-
tinue to do business at the old stand.
For some weeks it was question
whether the Jig would not be up for
tangle-foot dispen sers in that village
after the spring election, but the sus-
pense was broken when the vote was
announced at the close of the polls
last evening. The boys who tip the
high ones say the saloonkeepers are
overjoyed, and may, in orGer to prop
erly demonstrate their appreciation
of the effective work done for their
cause by the ''crock-tippers' union",
have another story built on their hop
bowls.
1t was probably the hottest election
that ever occurred in the town that
nestles on the shore of the great Hen
nepin canal. The temperance people
made strong fight. They had been
agitating the movement to close up
the saloons for months, having en-
gagged professional lecturer
who did the temperance cause
more harm than good-to appear
at the town hall for several
nights in their efforts to educate the
residenters against the iniguity of the
saloon. The anti-license ladies served
lunch while the voting was in pro-
gress, and doubtless won some of the
sturdy stownsmen over to their side
by appeasing their appetites free of
charge with daintily served delicacies.
The supporters of the peoples or
license ticket put up an equally ener-
getic fight. and left no stone unturned
to bring TO the polls every man within
the corporate limits who they thought
was favorable to their cause. The vote
was as follows:
President-C. w. Thacher, p, 100;
q. III. Honens, al. 80; clerk, j. III.
Crawford, p, 103; Arthur Chopper,
al. n; trustees, Thomas Cannon,
p, 100; Willis Benn, p, 90; George
Tenges, p, 80; S. p. McMichael, al,
50; S. K. Wilson, al, 81; c. III. Smith,
al, 81; police magistrate, q. f. Brown,
p, 1O1; S. w. Heath. al, 80.
AntI-LIcense Wins at Port Byron.
At Port Byron the liquor question
also figured prominently in the cleo
ton. The citizens ticket candidates
were for modification of the ordi-
nance giving to the druggists more
leeway in the selling of liquor for |
medicinal purposes. The anti-license
ticket was victorious, electing for |
trustees j. w. Maxwell, b. Y. Ais |
brow and Frank McMeekin, n major
ity of the village board. while the |
citizens party elected f. NJ. Rogers |
for president, James Swisher for trus-
tee and Julius Linke for clerk.
At Coal Valley it was merely a
choice of candidates. The citizens
ticket won. The vote: For presi-
dent, Robert Patterson, C. Al; S. l..
p, 81; clerk. William Gala
han, C, &c; trustees, j. Ellis, C, SO; ID.
ii. Lyons, C, 46; e. b. Knapp, C, 80;
Murt Conner. p, 20; Robert Sommer-
son. p. %; police magistrate, j. T.
Patterson, c, II.
Observation-Disclosures won by eight
majority. For president. John Hunt
ley, c, license. defeated Charles Bur-
goyDe, temperance. A. Simmons ran
for clerk on both tickets. For trus-
tees, William Strohmeier, John Beau
mont and Bert Brookman, C, de-
feated Charles Hayes, Theo Simmons
and Bert Huntley, t.
Rapids City-For president, w. Fl.
Sherman. C, 80; Peter McCarl. ind.
%; trustees, G. Il. Marandille, C, %;
Peter Mark. C, IS; j. p. Vogel. C, IS;
+. NJ. Mitchell, i, "a; II. G. Adams, i,
81; Jacob Risch. i, &c.
Hampton-The election for village
officers resulted as follows: President
Of board, w. l.. Black; clerk, +. Hen
inc; council, o. j. Guckert, Joseph
Hermes, c. j. Fulcher.
Cordova-The result of the village
election was a majority of 80 for the
license ticket: President, w. r.
Frieek; trustees, Jasper Forsythe. w.
L. Marshall, Henry Durant, A. S.
Haynes.