The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-04-11
RepubIicans Win Sweeping Vic
tory in the Aldermanic Elec-
ton in Chicago.
: ELEcTIoN RESULTS ELSEWHERE
David ). Rose Chosen Mayor OF Mil
waukee for Fifth Time Kan
sas City Goes Democratic
In Nebraska.

btlWecn ls-OO uuu l,opO buloOns
will be closed In the state of I'LL
nois for two years as a result OF the
vote on local option in l,150 OF the
I295 townships OF the state, accord
ing TO returns The local option
forces made gains In all OF the rural
districts throughout the state. with
two or three exceptions. Madison,
St Clair, and Kankakee counties
were not affected by the crusade.
In all. thirty-hve counties will be
without saloons.
Most OF the larger cities out IN the
state voted wet by large maJorities.
Tho antisaloon forces won IN Deca-
tur, closing G3 saloons; Rockford GO sa-
looms: Belvidere, IL saloons; Taylor
Vile, IL, and Mount Carroll, T.
Dwight, the home or the Kelley
cure. was the only former dry town
In Livingston county that went wet.
The prohibition forces lost by 5s
votes
Mayor, OF MRttooD Resigns.
Mattoon was voted dry. Lewis l..
Lehman, mayor OF the city, resigned
his office when he was Informed that
the drys had won. lie Is president OF
the First National bank and trustee
OF the University OF Illinois. Sterling
went wet by one majority. The bal
lots were locked up in the vault OF the
First National bank TO prevent tam
pering with them. A contest VIII be
made IN the courts and recount
sought by the local option lenders
Danville. Bloomington, Joliet. Spring
field. PelIin, Freeport, Kewanee. Au-
rorn, Elgin. and Woodstock remain
wet Aurora was carried by the vets
by a majority OF 1,GO0, and Joliet
vent wet by nearly 5000 The 81.
loon forces won Elgin by nearly 1,40O
votes. The local option forces were
showed under IN Springfield, the ma
jorlty for the saloon reaching 1850.
In the eighty-four counties in which
vote was taken on the local option
question about twosthrds OF the coun-
ties are either wholly or nearly dry.
Lyons IN Cook county was carried by
the drys by majority Of 300. The
majority for the vets In Danvlle IL
$500.
Larger Cities That Went Dry.
Among the larger cities that rave
been carried by the Prohibition
forces. and the number OF saloons az.
fected. are the following:
batavia 10, Belvidere rs, Charleston
~. Decatur CO, DeKalk 20. Dixon 10,
Galcsmound 4. NATION %, Moreland
2. Newport 2, Paris 81. st Charles 3.
Rockford GO. Sycamore -. Yorkyille
3, Walnut 3.
Among the cities which are safely
wet arc the following. Aurora.
Bloomington. Elgin, Galcsburg. Joli, (
Amboy, Kankakee. oregon. Rock ISL
and. Springfield, Sterling Wausegan.
proviso. Gacna. Kewanee. Gray's
Lake. Moline. Antioch. FTecport. West
Deerfield. Maine Rock Falls. Tiskil
WA. Sublctte. Gcncseo. Danyille. Nor
rls. Minooka. Seneca, Marseiles
Worth. Thornton. Napcrvllle. Muir
physboro. Pckln. Ohio. Troy Grove.
Compton. Mendoza, Newton.
Chicago AIdermanic Election.
A sweeping Republican victory
gave Mayor Busse's administration
complete and undlsputed possession
81 the city hail. The days victories
converted Democratic majority OF
two I'm the council into a Republican
majority OF eighteen. Twentyfour
Republican and eleven Democratic
nFirmen were elected
,Of the twenty one Democratic ccun-
taincdsoniy ten, and added one from
the Republican side OF the chamber.
The Republicans. besides holding
thirteen out Of the fourteen OF their
council seats that were in the bal
ance, captured eleven from the enc
my. The 100000 bond issue for
the erection OF new county lnhrmary
was carried by more than two to one.