Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-08
LOST IN SMALLER TOWNS
Over 1000 Licenses Have Been
Denied Renewal.
LOCAL OPTION IN 1928 PLACES
Little Change in Colorado as Re-
suit of the Elections-"Wets'
Gain One Township.

CHICAGO Apri! S-The great liquor
contest in Illinois has resulted in
drawn battle. with the saloons winning
decisively in most of the larger cities.
but losing in scores of smaller ones, LOLA
saloons being voted out of existence. The
returns as collected by townships are
even more impressive from the prohibition
viewpoint SoS townships. more than
three-fourths of the total number, being
closed to the saloon.
Only by winning in the larger cities did
the liquor interests save themselves from
complete rout. Where the ''grogshop
was not an economic asset in city gov
ernment the proh'bitionists had the ad-
vantage Where financial questions en-
tered largely they lost. The saloons were
on the defensive. Where they win they
have nothing but what they had before
and the losses were clear loss.
Returns from the LOO townships of
the state are incomplete and it is not
possible to state with eXactness how
many saloons will close their doors thirty
days hence as result of yesterday
oalloting. The figures available place the
number at over 1.CO0. being for the most
part in towns which had from flVe to
twenty-five saloons each.
Chicago Bond Issue.
CHICAGO. April S.--Of thirtyfive alder
men who were elected in Chicago yester-
day. twenty four are republicans One of
these latter ran as an Independent. but
politically he is a republican. Mayor
Busse will enter on the second year of his
term with a larger party majority back
of him than any mayor has had IN the
last thirty years. The campaign was Civ
en- political and even a national' tone
by the presence of Mr.. Buses two I'M
mediate predecessors-Judge Dunno and
Carter H. HarrisOn-on the stump. Inc
wards visited by the former mayors an
swered with general republican gains.
The county bond issue o. S2.COO.OGO for
building new infrmary and consumption
hospital was adopted by an overwhelm
ing vote in city and county. The total
vote in the entire county for the bonds IS
i71.GS? against the bonds. 6a.52o The
majority for the bonds is 1O1, 564.
Saloons Gain One.
DENVER Col. April S.-Thirty-five
towns in Colorado in which elections
were held yesterday voted on the ques-
ton of local option. Nineteen of these
elections resulted in no license and six
teen voted to license saloons. The anti
saloon element won over four towns that
We're formerly wet" and the liquor ele-
ment made gains of five towns. giving
them the advantage o" one in the total
of changes. Arvada, Silver Plume. Lyons
and Cortez. where saloons have been in
operation. voted to abolish them. In Lit
Teton. Sterling. Holly. Brighton and La
mar, formerly dry" the people decided
TO license liquor selling.
Vote in Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, April S.-Complete re-
turns show the election OF Thomas T.
Crittenden, jr. democrat, over Henry NJ
Beardsley. republican, by a plurality of
1,e11 votes. The complete democratic
ticket with the exception of police judge
and city treas urer. were elected In addi-
ton the democrats also secured the entire
upper house ticket and nine out of four
teen aldermen in the lower house This
gives them complete control of all branch
es of the city government. The heaviest
vote in the history of the city was polled
At IndepenG ace Mo. the democratic
ticket with the exception of two alder
men, elected
Al Kansas City. Kan. the democrats
and republic ans elected aldermen. With
the aldermen VINO hold over the council
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