The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-03-31
LICENSE
DIET AIL.S
Figures of Interest Compiled
BySt. Adams Messenger
LICENSE VOTE INCREASED
Bennington and Rutland We're
Only Counties Serving a
License Majority

st Adams, March 3l.-In order that
the vote at the March election on the
question of licensing the sale OF intox.
icating liquor may be preserved in
tabular form for reference, The Mes
senger has prepared revised returns
from every town and city in the state.
The corrected returns show that the
vote resulted in license majorities in
"a towns and cities and no license ma
Jorities in 2l2 towns and cities In one
town, Salisbury, the vote was a tie,
but this was counted as a no license
town. Last year 40 towns and cities
voted for license, 205 for no license,
and one town, Brunswick, did not
vote at all on the question 10 1903.
SO towns and cities voted for license
and 100 for no license.
The total license vote this year was
2O,929, and the total no license vote,
26.949, giving no license majority of
5000. In 1904. the total license vote
was p, 735, and the total no license
vote was 2S,662, giving no licence
majority of 6,927. In 1903 the total H.
cense vote was 30.36s, aud the total
no license vote 25,053, giving license
majority Of 5,3l5. 1t will be seen that
the majority for no license this year
shows falling of from last year of
BOZ. The total vote cast this year was
47,S7S, compared with 50,397 in 1904.
and 50, 42l in 1908, falling of from
last year OF 2,5l9 and from the year
previous OF 7,543.
Nineteen towns and cities chan red
from license to no license and fifteen
towns and cities from no license to IL
cense. Last year fifty-three towns and
cities changed from license to no H.
cense and one town from no licease to
license.
The towns and cities this year
changing from license to no license
are; Barre city, Barre town, Brattle.
boro, Dummerston, Fairfield, High
gate, Hyde Park, Maidstone, Milton.
Norton. Orwell Richmond, Rutland
town, South Burlington, Swanton,
Wells, Nottingham, Windsor, aud
Woodbury..
The towns and cities changing from |
no license to license are: Arlington. |
Brighton, Isle La Motto, Ludlow,
Northfeld, Plymouth, Roadsboro, |
Richmond, Rutland city, Sandgate, |
Stockbridge, St Adams
town, st George, and West Rutland.
Two counties, Bennington and Rut.
land, show majorities for license. Last
year Bennington and Chittenden coun-
ties gave majority for license.
No town in the counties OF Caledonia
Orange, or Orleans voted for license
10 1904 no town in the counties O;
Caledonia. Grand Isle, Orange or Or
cans voted for license, while In 1903
Caledonia was the only county solid
or no license.
The towns and cities voting this
year 10 license the sale of intoxicat.
ng liquor are given by counties as
ollows:-
Addison County-3; Hancock, Shore.
lam, Vergennes.
Bennington County-6; Arlington.
Bennington, Pownal Readsboro,
'andgate, Searsburg.
Caledonia County-None.
Chittenden County,; Burlington.
Chichester, Shelburne, st George.
Essex County,; Brighton, Can.
an.
Franklin County--3; Richford, St
Ilbans city, st Adams town. /,
Grand Isle County-l; Isle La Motto.
Lamoille County,; Morristown.
Orange County-None.
Orleans County--None.
Rutland County,; Brandon, Cas-
eton, Fair Haven, Poultney, Rutland
ity, Wallingford, West Rutland.
Washington County,; Montpelier. .
Iorthfeld.
Windham County,; Guilford, Put
ey.