The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-14
ELECTIONS IN ELLIS COUNTY
Few Figures Given for the
Benefit OF the Public

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public at large and without the
knowledge or consent of the cam
paign managers of the pros or antis
a reporter for this paper has gone to
the records and prepared the follow
ing statement showing the results OF
local option elections in Ellis coun-
tv since 1884. These figures are
given az a matter of news and not
with a view to either side being ben
Gifted thereby. In addition to the
elections held in Incorporated towns
and in justice of the peace precincts
elections have been held in several
school districts but as they are sub
divisions of some justice precinct
the result of the elections are not
given. As every precinct n d
school district in the county, with
the exception of the towns of Wax
ahachie, Ennis and Palmer, is dry,
the result of the coming county
election is looked forward to with
no small degree Of interest.
On March IS, 1884 an election for
local option was held in justice of
the peace precinct No. 4. in which
l32 votes were cast for prohibition
and fl against.
In justice precinct No. D, an elec-
tion was held on tho same which
date resulted in a vote of 81 for pro-
hibition and l5 against it.
On June y, 1884, justice precinct
No went dry by a vote of l6l for
and 81 against prohibition.
ON September 6, 1884, the county
election was held with the following
result: For prohibition p 0 4;
against prohibition 1876; majority
for prohibition 22S. At this election
the total vote was 1880, while at the
general election on November q, Of
the same year the democratic vote
pollsd for governor was 437l, or 2Il
votes more than were polled in the
/ prohibition election.
| The next prohibition election
| held ia the county was in August
| 1857. when the state election was
held. In this election there was Il
gain OF 1865 over the total vote polled
| in the county election In 1851 The
returns showed the following result:
For state prohibition 27ll; against
state prohibition 1881, giving the
antis in Ellis county a majority OF
| 616, or lacking s. votes Of being three
times as large as the prohibition
majority iB the county election.
This was perhaps one Of the most
interesting elections ever held in the
county and was parcipitated In by
all political parties as is evidenced
| by the fact that in the general eie-
| elton ia 1855 only 4763 votes were
least for the democratic presidential
electors, while the prohibition elee-
tors received ia votes.
In the general election in 1890 the
the democratic candidate for govern
| or received 1890, while only So votes
were cast for the prohibition candi-
date for governor.
On December 70, 1890, justice pre-
cinct No. went dry by vote OF 1T
for prohibition and 81 against.
| On january 81, 1891, another cleo
tion was held in justice precinct No.
in which i39 votes were cast for
prohibit ii and 65 against, giving a
majority of "a for prohibition az
against majority Of 81 in 1854.
The town Of Palmer voted on pro-
hibttion September 5, 1891, and went
dry by vote OF 26 to II.
On the same date an election was
held in Justice precinct No. 5, which
includes the town Of Italy, with the
following result: For prohibition
l2l0; against prohibition 14l; major
ity for prohibition g..
In the general election held No.
vember 3, 1892, the vote for demo
cratic presidential electors Increased
from 4763 to 47s5, while the vote for
prohibition electors decreased from
INA to 50. the same as east for gov.
eruor In 1880.
/ On December 9, 1898, elections
were again held ia Justice precincts
n ;, and q ana in the town 4 Pal.
mer In precinct No. 4 the vote
had ineraasad To Isl for prohlhition