The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-04-09
VOTE RESULTS IN
ILLINOIS TOWNS
MANY OF THE LARGER PLACES
DEFEAT LOCAL OPTION
DRYs WIN SOME VICTORIES
Saloons Now ousted from All Of Win
nebaeo county--Decatur Also
in the Prohibition
Column.

ny LOW magnify Icy AoA FhANB eNNA--
and every other township In Christian
county except Assumption went dry.
Rock Island, H., Apr. 8---Rock Is
land voted for saloons, S,44S. for to
1867 against. The country district
where saloons have been licensed gen.
orally went wet" by small majorities.
Lincoln, ILL.,, Apr S.--East Lincoln,
saloon territory, voted 6S4 for local
option and SS4 against.
Monmouth, H., Apr. S.-Monmouth
township and city gave 102 majority
against local option proposition. Five
townships of the remaining IA went
dry; nine not heard from.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Apr. S.--Blooming-
ton voted against becoming anti-sa-
loon territory by 1911 to 1880.
DanviIle for Saloons.
Danville, H., Apr. S.--Danville town
ship, containing 92 saloons, voted
against local option by large major
ity. Georgetown township, the only
other township in Vermilion in which
local option was the issue, went dry
by small margin.
Pontiac, ILL.,. Apr. S.-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. 8.-Joliet township
went in favor of saloons by 2,474 ma
jority. Local option received S,102
votes. Four townships voted saloons
out, and three remain wet, all by close
votes. The Florence vote was a tie.
Kankakee, Ill, Apr. s,--Kankakee
county voted in favor OF the saloons
by majority of 1918; the total vote
was 1886. Every township In the
county where they haa sal legHEs 4 y esst "
wet
Hoopeston. ILL.,, Apr. s.--The saloons
polled but 269 votes out of g total of
1904 ballots cast Hoopeston has been
dry town for 80 years.
Freeport, Ill, Apr. S.-Freeport went
in favor of the saloons by a majority
OF 734.
Wlnnebaso County Dry.
Rockford, ILL.,, Apr. Winnebago
county voted out Sc 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 164.
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, H., Apr. S.-Belvidere
voted against the saloons by so ma
jority.
Decatur, ILL.,, Apr S.-Decatur voted
against the saloons by 1,041 majority.
Half of the 16 townships in Macon
county heard from voted the same
way.
Dixon Dry; Sterling Wet.
Dixon, H., Apr. s-Dixon went
dry" by 106 votes. Sterling went
wet" by a majority OF one vote.
Centralia, H., Apr. S.-Centralias
township gave the saloon forces al
majority of 339 votes, out of 1850, and;
as a result Centralia is the only town
in Marion county going wet" Salem.i
Kinmundy. odin and Sandoval voted
out saloons.
Murphysboro, H., Apr. s.--Fourteen;
of the 16 townships in Jackson county
were won by the anti-saloon forces.
Murphysboro went wet by 139 ma
jority. Grand Tower was the only
other town in the county going wet.
Carbondale went dry" by 175.
Benton, H., Apr, Each of the II
townships in Franklin county went
dry" with the exception of Goode
township, Benton was carried by
the anti-saloon forces by a majority of
270.
Leland, H.. Apr. S.--Leland, Adams
township. went dry" by III to 75
votes
Republicans Gain in Chicago.
Chicago. April S.-The republicans
made a gain OF ten aldermen in yes
terday's election in this city. The
new council will contain A republi
cans and 20 democrats, The makeup
of the present council is S5 demo
Gratis, Independent democrat and 81
republicans.
The election was confined entirely
to aldermanic contests in the various
wards. There was no direct issue in
volyed, except where, in eight or tel
of the city wards. the election of the
aldermen hinged somewhat on tn,
Sunday closing of saloons In Cool
county, outside of the city OF Chica
go, elections were held in numbe
of townships and in a few OF thes'
local option was the issue
A signifcent feature OF the election
was the manner in which the mucl
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