The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-16
COUNTIES co DRY;
BIC CITIES WET
RESULTS OF THE LOCAL OPTION
BATTLE At THE POLLS IN
ILLINOIS MIXED.
Many Saloons Are Voted out Of Ex-
istenes-Liquor interests Are
Routed Generally In the Southern
Part sf the State.

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Chicago, Apr. S-The great liquor
contest In Illinois has resulted In n
drawn battle, with the saloons wfu-
ming decisively in most OF the larger
cities, but losing in scores Of smaller
ones, 1.014 saAoons being voted out
OF existence
The returns, as collected by town.
ships, are even more impressive from
the prohibitions viewpoint, 1928 town
ships, or threefourths OF the total
number being closed to the saloon.
Only by winning in the Tsrger cities
did the liquor interests save them
selves from complete rout.
Springfield Keeps Saloons.
Springfield, ILL.,, Apr. S.-Springfield
voted in favor Of the saloons Tuesday
by 1,S00 majority. Taylorville, Pana
and every other township in Christian
county except Assumption went dry.
Rock Island, H., Apr. s.-Rock Is.
and voted for saloons, 3,448 for to,
1857 against. The country district
where saloons have been licensed gem,
orally went wet" by small majorities.
Eincoln, H.. Apr S.-East Lincoln.
saloon territory, voted 694 for local
option and SS4 against.
Monmouth, H., Apr. 8l-Monmouth
township and city gave G02 majority
against local option proposition. Five
townships Of the remaining Ia went
dry; nine not heard from.
Bloomington. Ill. Apr. g. S.--Blooming.
Ton voted against becoming antt-sa,
loon territory by 2,971 TO $3.50.
DanviIIe for Saloons.
Danville, ILL.,, Apr. 8--Danville town
ship, containing 92 saloons, voted
against local option by a large major.
ity. Georgetown township, the only
other township In Vermilion in which
local option was the Issue, went dry
by a small margin.
Pontiac. ILL.,, Apr. 8.-Every town
IN Livingston county voted against the
saloon excepting Dwight, Chatsworth,
Flanagan and Strawn. This city went
dry by 1853 majority.
Joliet. Ill.,. Apr. s.-7Joliet township
went in favor of saloons by 2,474 ma
ioity. Local option received 3,102
votes. Four townships voted saloons
out and three went wet, all by close
votes. The Florence vote was a tie.
Kankakee. H., Apr. 8.-Kankakee
county voted in favor of the saloons
by majority of 1913; the total vote
was 3,436. Every township In the
county where they had saloons went
wet
Hoopeston, ILL.,. Apr. S.-The saloons
polled but 269 votes out of total Of
1904 ballots cast. Hoopeston has been
a dry town for 80 years,
Freeport, ILL.,. Apr, s,-Freeport went
In favor OF the saloons by a majority
OF 1874
Wlnnebaso County Dry.
Rockford, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-Winnebago
county voted out 66 saloons; SO Of
these in Rockford and three In Peca-
tonica. The entire county is now anti
saloon territory. The majority against
the saloons in Rockford was 1874.
Aurora, ILL.,, APR. S.-Aurora keeps
the saloons by 1000 votes, and Elgin
retains them by 1926. Geneva, Ba-
tavia, Blackberry and st. Charles, the
other principal towns in Kane county,
voted against the saloons.
Belvidere, ILL.,. Apr. 8.-Belvidere
voted against the saloons by 80 ma
jority
Decatur. Ill. Apr. S.-Decatur voted
against the saloons by LOAF majority.
Half OF the 16 townships In Macon
county heard from voted the same
way.
Dixon Dry; Sterling Wet.
Dixon, ILL.,, Apr. S.-Dixon went
dry" by 106 votes Sterling went
"wet" by a majority OF one vote.
Centralia, H., Apr. 8.--Centralia
township gave the saloon forces a ma
jority Of 339 votes out OF 1850, and