The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-04-16
CO DRY;
BIC. CITIES WET
RESULTS OF THE LOCAL OPTION
BATTLE AT THE POLLS IN
ILLINOIS MIXED.
Many Saloons Are Voted Out of Ex
lstence-Liquor Interests Are
Routed Generally In the Southern
Part of the State.

Saloons Abolished 1914
Townships Dry 1923
townships wet .............. 1874
Chicago, Apr. 8.-The great liquor
contest in Illinois has resulted in a
drawn battle, with the saloons win
ming decisively in most of the larger
cities, but losing in scores of smaller
ones, 1,014 saloons being voted out
of existence.
The returns, as collected by town.
ships, are even more impressive from
the prohibition viewpoint, 1928 town
ships, or three-fourths of the total
number, being closed to the saloon.
Only by winning in the larger cities
did the liquor interests save them
selves from a complete rout.
Springfield Keeps Saloons.
Springfield, ILL.,, Apr. S.-Springfeld
voted in favor of the saloons Tuesday
by 1880 majority. Taylorville, Pana
and every other township in Christian
county except Assumption went dry.
Rock Island, ILL.,, Apr. S.-Rock Is-
land voted for saloons, 3,44S for to
1857 against. The country district
where saloons have been licensed gen
orally went wet" by small majorities.
Lincoln, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-East Lincoln,
saloon territory, voted 694 for local
option and 1884 against.
Monmouth, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-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. 8.-Blooming.
ton voted against becoming anti-sa-
loon territory by 1911 to $3.50.
Danville for Saloons.
Danville, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-Danville town.
ship, containing 90 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.f 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 3,1O2
votes. -Four townships voted saloons
out and three went wet, all by close
votes. The Florence vote was a tie
Kankakee, ILL.,, Apr. s.-Kankakee
county voted in favor of the saloons
! by a majority of 1918; the total vote
was 3,435. Every township in the
county where they had saloons went
wet.
Hoopeston, Ill, Apr. 8.-The saloons
polled but 269 votes out of a'itotal O
1,2o4 ballots cast. Hoopeston' has beer
Z dry town for 80 years.
Freeport, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-Freeport went
in favor of the saloons by a majority
Of 734.
Winnebago County Dry.
Rockford, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-Winnebaze
county voted out Sc saloons; SO ot
these in Rockford and three in. Peca
tonica. The entire county is now anti
saloon territory. The majority agains'
the saloons in Rockford was 1854.
Aurora, ILL.,, Apr. S.-Aurora keepf
the saloons by 1000 votes. and Elgi1
retains them by 1926. Geneva, Ba
tavia, Blackberry and st. Charles, tn,
other principal towns in Kane county
voted against the saloons.
Belvidere, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-Belvider,
voted against the saloons by SO ma
tority.
Decatur, Ill, Apr. 8.-Decatur votet
against the saloons by 1,041 majority
Half of the 16 townships in~eMacol
county heard from voted the sam
way.
Dixon Dry; Sterling Wet.
Dixon, ILL.,, Apr. 8.-Dixon wen
f''dry" by LOG votes. Sterling wen
"wet" by a majority of one vote.
Centralia, ILL.,, Apr. S.-Centrall,
township gave the saloon forces a ma
jority Of 3391 votes out Of $3.50, an.
O. a result Centralia is the only tow