The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-24
HEAVY VOTE
IN ILLINOIS
wet AND DRY ELECTIONS
HELD ~ MANY
TOWNS.
A NET LOSS FOR EHISKEY
About Forty Saloons Put Out Of
Business.-cairo Votes
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CHICAGO, April 21-Illinois took
another shy at the whisky question
today in various township elections,
with the result that about forty addi-
tonal saloons were put out Of bust
ness. Otherwise, the battle appears
70 be drawn for the gains and losses
as far as districts are concerned, seem
about even. A heavy vote was cast
everywhere. Jasper county went into
the totally dry column, Saint Marie,
with five saloons, the only wet spot
in the county. electing a Board of
Trustees expected to close them up.
On the other hand Schuyler county
shifts from the dry to the wet column.
This is due to the fact that Rushville.
which for twenty years has barred out
saloons, this time voted for license. 1t
will be the only town in the county
with saloons.
has thirty-five counties absolutely dry.
In many localities the county is dry
with the exception of one or two
spots. Ogie county made an extraor-
binary effort to get into the dry col
umn by wiping out the saloons in For
reston and Adeline, the sole wet
spots in the county, but the liquor in
terests won Adeline has one saloon.
Forreston has none at present, but
one will be installed Immediately.
Many Counties Contests.
In Logan county, New Holland was
the only town voting on the license
question and the "drys" won by ma
jority of two votes. Wenona was the
only city in Marshall county voting
and license was not an issue. In Ma
con county, Maroa elected an anti
saloon board. This county is now
entirely dry In Douglass county,
Arcola voted to continue dry.
Efingham, in Efingham county,
went dry after a most bitter fight by
a majority of twenty votes. This puts
twelve saloons out of business. 1t
was the first time in it's history that
Effingham voted on the saloon ques-
ton. In the same county, Altamont
went wet by thirty-two votes, retain
ing five saloons. DIETRICH, in the same
county, voted by majority of four
teen to retain its four dramshops.
In Kane county, Hampshire and
West Dundee, the only villages voting,
went wet The saloons have tie in
the Elgin City Council, but will have
no difficulty in obtaining license. In
Dupage county, Naperville went dry,
disposing of ten saloons. In Kanka-
kee county, Reddick, the only village
voting, went wet. In Marion county
the saloons were not an issue. Mere
dosia was the only place in Morgan
county voting on option, and it went
wet 1t is the only wet precinct in
the county.
In Cook County.
In many Cook county towns which
voted on the questions, honors were
about even In nearly all cases the
township went dry, while the towns
voted wet In Will county, Petone
went wet by sc votes; Wilmington
voted to continue saloons by MAORI
tv of 49, There are five saloons in
Petone and seven in Wilmington. The
vote was the largest ever cast
In Kankakee county Momence, Her
scher, Buckingham, Reddick and Che
banse went wet. The only dry spots
in this county are at st. Anne, Grant
Park and Waldron Momence is To-
Gated in two townships, one-half of the
city voting dry and the other half wet.
There was a parade of school children
and women, with a band, and they af-
terward assembled in the city square
and sang hmyns.
Champaign county retains one wet
spot, Ivesdale refusing to vote out Its
TWO saloons An especially hard fight
was made in Hanover, which has been
Try for seventeen years. 1t remained
Try by one vote.
Cairo Votes Wet.
Cairo voted wet by majority OF
If 3.34O. The vote was 4,O05 against
;65 for prohibition Cairo has seven
" saloons.
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