Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-11-06
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Second Representative district,
BridgeSilie and Greenwood. s39 ma
I joritys for, no-lieense.s.. BID .at
I Third ReDrdsentatire district, Lower
Nanticoke .Seaford. q majority Tor
no-liceuse. 1 e,tL "7 f-7 sT'7
Fourth Representative district.
Bethel 50 majority Tor license.
Fifth Representative district, Laurel
and Delmar. To majority for no.
Sixth Representative district. Poll
Dam and pagsboro, Sc majority for
no license. s
Seventh Representative district, Min-
vile and selbyviiie5 sss majority for
nozlicchse. g- T1 0"F f'0o'
Eighth Representative district. In
dian River. SO majority for license.
Ninth Representative district.
Georgetown, IS majority for no.
license.
Tenth Representative district. Mil
ton. Lewes and Rehoboth, 76 majority
for no-license.
The towns OF the county that voted
dry" were:
Lincoln, Bridgevillo Greenwood
Lower Nanticoke. Laurel. Dagsboro,
selbyville, AIliville. Georgetown. Mil
ton and Lewes
About 5000 votes were polled, or
1900 less than were polled at the last
State election.
Discussing the Result.
All night men fingered about town
discussing the result OF the election.
The "drys" were enthusiastic. but the
VETS were a sorrowful lot. The
"old stagers," who all their lives have
been familiar figures about the hotels
in the town, were discussing with vital
concern the problem Of where thot-
were going to get their next drinl7
New Castle county was the only dis.
trict in the State that offered them any
hope. and yet, they argued, It woul'N
not be an easy matter to get up thee
whenever the spirit" moved the4
The only consolation they got was a \,
Of the thought that two years he'et',
the license cause might win in "a ~
paign for re-submission. ivy -
! however, is a long time betty ,,.a.'
for some Of them. OH S,ia,,
Drinking Men Voted "Dry' U.s. ''''
/ Everybody here agref ~
drinking men OF the key 49,. a.
Georgetown dry why Count ','9' ta
not been made clear, y tbev S,a - ~ ~
the idea Of putting MESS =, W. w. - ne, ns
' 's.eir way DuIlnsf temptation out o.
pearance sat on 70, - ,,.,,,., 10 -
dangling their Court n TIo 1''ss 49, ~
were approach9 fest en-. ma sir - 49,
they asked to = ~. - 90. = ites
saturday niglE "a py many many. men WHOM
were arrest K, the two rail lo,'Sss =,
.s.. ,ed for drunkenness and
~, - the streetseo they voted
i,,saueu TASTED ohatheir action and
'il1ewa agwith their acquaintanees TO dc
That they proved a power
vs. ~ the saloon was borne out by
FvsS9 ksult Of the day.
I ben and Preachers Helped.
~. yoli'iciiins of 10th parties, preach
and women brought about the aBo-
III on Of the saloon in Sussex. All
4 ~ the forces exerted themsel yes. or
Ee politicians Robert G. Houston, for
I Per Republican collector Of port, and
| pr. Caleb r. Layton. who has the
= Eubernatorial bee in his bonnet. took
the most active part against license.
1 Al one time nearly the entire clergy
was persuading men to vote dry" The
! women, got invthoir good work when the
linen came into W. c. T. L. headquar-
tcrs to feed on the free lunch of tempt
ing sandwiches and coffee. the odor
from which could be detected at the
polling place in the old Court House
not 100 feet away.
Smashed a "Wetv Lantern. "'n'
The day was not void Of incidents
out Of the ordinary. In fact one
threatened some bitterness in the early
morning hours. The night previous
some OF the most enthusiastic of the
vets transformed an immense punp-
kin into a Jack o. lantern" but in
stead of the figure being that of a
goblin it was that OF a campaign sign
Vote wet" was the ORDER it gave
from its high position in one of the
trees on the. squares 1t flashed out the
words like a beacon until midnight
and nothing happened to a.. But when
the morning dawned the "drys" located
u ana soon reduced it into material
for pie, by means OF sticks and stones
The eassauit somewhat provoked the
VETS but instead Of showing their
displeasure in words they perhaps
voted wet as the lantern dictated.
vi tVc HieFt For DrlberS.
To say that but few men accented
money In return for their support of
license is only fair. but had not the
enemies OF the saloon been on the
alert all over the county for bribery.
Il is probable that many men would
nave succumbed to this pernicious
temptation. 1t was asserted that only
$4,000 had been sent into the county |
Tor campaign expenses and much. of /
TINS went into the proper channels |
There was no open attempt at bribery. |
such as has characterized some re-
cent Sussex county elections. although
IL was whispered that some few men
got 81 each for their votes.
Political Concern for the Future.
That The result Of the election will
have some influence on politics in the
next state campaign was the opinion
OF everybody, II was pointed out that /
both Kent ana Sussex counties would
send solid delegations Of the friends \
of no-iicense to the Legislature andl,
INTO county Offices, and thai sooner or
ater Dronopnced temperance party
would be organized Of men who todav
are members OF the principal parties
Ihis would lead evehtulfily 10 an
amendment 70 the state Constitution
providing a law such as that which
las made Afafnc = Prohibition STATE