The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
WILL Vote ON TIE SALOONS
Prince George County Election on
Tuesday.
Both Sides Claiming Victory in Dis
tricfs where Vote Is
Close.
- to The wa.hinrton Hsrald.

/ Special to The Washington Herald.
| Hyattsville, May 9.-Tuesday the voters
in a large section of Prince George
County Will decide whether or not intoxi-
eating liquors shall continue to be sold in
those portions Of the county where the
| law now authorizes saloons.
Should local option carry, every saloon
/ In the county viii be closed on Septem-
Der l, 1865, Laurel and Evansville districts
are now under prohibitory laws and Will
not participate in the election. The same
/ is true of the corporation Of Hyattsvile
and the territory within half a mile Of
| the railway station in the town; also
/ within a radius of one mile Of Chllum
/ Han, in the Seventeenth election district:
| within one mile I'm every direction Of the
/ northeast corner Of the District Of Co
/ lumbia line at Chesapeake Junction.
within a mile of the post-off1ce al Clin-
ton, Surrstt's district, and within three
/ miles Of st. Mary's p. E. Church. Wood
/ vile, Aquasco district.
The local option forces claim a majority
/ ranging between 206 and 400 in the coun-
I ". It is reasonably certain that the
wet portion OF HyattsviIle district viii
vote against the saloon: Bladensburg dis
/ trict viii give a small majority for local
| option; Oxon HiI district will give a ma
| jority OF IS for local option; the dry
| section Of Chillum district will give a
substantial majority against the saloon;
/ Nottingham district win go dry" as Will
also Brandywine. AquascO and SuTratt.
II will be close in Kent and Marlboro
districts. Queen Anne district. where the
COlOred population predOminates. will
give a majority for the vets" and
Spauldings viii give large majority for
the saloon. Bowie district is likely 10
give a small majority for vets"
The LEGAL option forces have waged a
strenuous campaign, and large and en-
thusiastic meetings have been held in
every section OF the county. In many
churches services have been abandoned
and the pulpits occupied by temperance
orators. IN nearly all the districts the
women are preparing 10 furnish sand
wiches and coffee at the polls on cleo
tion day, and Sunday school children will
parade around the polls with badges bear
ing the inscription. Vote for Me-
In many of the Catholic churches a
| special service viii be held on the morn
L
sixty saloons in the county, the revenue
from these being about 5000 per year.
The local optionists claim that with the
elimination OF the saloons a sufficient
number of new houses will be erected In
the county TO Offset this loss. to say
nothing of the moral side OF the ques-
ton.
The anti-saloon people will have a vigi-
lance committee in every district In the
county, for the purpose of preventing, If
/ possible. the use of money, which. 1t is
reported, the saloon people will attempt
To use at the polls. The corrupt prac-
tees act passed at the recent session of
the legislature applies to this election,
and imposes severe punishment upon
parties guilty Of purchasing votes. Sen
ator William B. Clagett, who introduced
and had passed the law upon which the
people will vote next Tuesday is working
night and day for local option. With
him are many of the prominent Repub-
licans In the county