The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
NO MORE SALOONS,
SAYS KNOXVILLE
BY A MAJORITY or NEARLY 1900
TOWN CLIMBS ON THE
WATER WAGON.

omen saloon. The result surpassed
even the expectations of hte most san
guine of the leaders OF. the temperance
cause. Knoxville cast the largest vote
In its history by nearly two thousand
and of that immense vote. the dr."
ticket swept the city by almost two to
one. The dry" ticket received 4,170
and the vets 2,255 votes. 1t was a
veritable landslide for prohibition.
Knoxville witnessed scenes today it
never saw and never dreamed of and
doubtless will never see again. 1t has
been an intense day, and the city to-
night is celebrating the overwhelming
majority given for prohibition. The sa-
loon men are crestfallen and merely
bow to the will of the people.
The town bestirred itself early this
morning and at o'clock hundreds of
women and children we're forming in
the different wards for the parade ar
ranged for 8 o'clock. At 8 o'clock the
parade, guided by squad of police |
men and held in line by attachments
of police, moved along the streets of
the city, fully ten thousand strong. 1t /
contained the rich and the poor, the |
halt and the manned, the masses and
classes, those from the mansions and
those from the classes. 1t swept
through the city begging, pleading,
clamoring and commanding The Sa-
loon must go"
Pathetic Spectacle.
It was pathetic spectacle and NOV
ed strong men to emotion. Hundreds
came in from the country side, and
every train into the city was crowded
and 10000 to 100000 people were on
the streets at 9 o'clock.
After passing through the city and
back, the different divisions separated
and went to the various polling places
and camped for the day.
At all the polling places men, women
and children held prayer services. Wo-
men and ministers as well as children
!.
was inevitable The saloon men were
checkmated at every move; some OF
them were rendered powerless; their :
workers were surrounded by women
who guarded them all day and pre- :
vented their working; lunch was serv-
ed at all the polling places, and the
fight never ceased until the last bal
lot was cast The city was raked :,
with a fine-tooth comb and every pos :,
sible vote was mustered, and the re-
suit was landslide.
The wet" ticket carried but two
wards in the city, and those by only
a fifth the majorities anticipated. Four
wards counted certain wet" turned
UP dry" majorities and dry major ~
tiles exceeded all expectations in all
the wards.
When the voting was done the >.
crowds moved from the polling places :,
10 the sewspaper Offices, where the
returns were bulletined and each
dry" majority brought cheer after
cheer. When the last ward was an
and the immense majority
s"'"e' '"'"' o'A0on' otl
ray street sent up cheer after cheer
nd sang the 'Doxology" and 'Ameri-
a."
camped on Their Trail.
In two wards where 1t was thought
lie "wets" would control hundreds of ~ ~
egro votes, whites and blacks of all on
ges and both sexes fought the live afo
ing day, and in one room over a sa- Ihe
ION where crowd of negroes were r.,
,cated. women and children blocked use
lie stairway and commenced prayer
srvice that continued for hours and
ept the negroes, thought 10 nave cen
zen bought for the saloons, blocked
r hours. In a raid over saloon led
Z Senator Templeton, three officers ,,,r
Id two ministers, one weiFknowH and
lsiness man and two negroes were Sen
injured with an alphabetically ar =
nged book of voters, and nearly r
hundred poll tax receipts secured in patti
vance. Several other arrests were
ade and others will doubtless fol-
W. M
It was the most remarkable day In MT.
loxville's history and will never be M
plicated. The temperance people ana
e making demonstrations tonight port
d Thanksgiving services will be held M
all the churches. The Legislature IL v
'missd 10 abolish saloons in Knox re,a "a
,e II the election resulted in ma ~
ity against the saloons, and the i'o ~
g,s,ature will now pass bill repeal w
: the citys charter \,
rhe date for the closing OF the sa- ~.
ms will be determined later There ~.