The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-29
COUNTY GOES "DRY" BY
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY


In the city OF Marion, the "drys'
carried eyory ward but two-thc first
aud second In the former the
"wets' secured a majority of 3S and
in the latter a majority or 113. In
the whole city but nve precincts vot-
ed wet They are tine "a" ''B'
and I'D" precincts of the first ward
and precincts "a and "B" of the
second ward South of Center street
the vets did not carry precinct.
The largest majority secured In any
precinct was given the "drys' In pre-
cinct "D' of the third ward where
they had 1O4. The smallest major
ity given either side in any precinct
in the city was given the drys in
precinct &C. Of the second ward,
where the secured g.
Outside of the city OF Marion the
| dry not only carried every town
ship except Richland, but they car
ried every precinct IN the townships
! where there are divisions and every
3 village in the county. Richland town
! ship voted 76 dry and 1874 wet. giving
the liquor Mon a majority Of 10S. the
largest secured in any precinct or
township by either side But even
at that the majority in Richland was
not as great as was expected
Caledonia village, heretofore a wet
stronghold, and counted one for big
vote gave the "drys" III and tie
l"wets' O.. a majority Of A Ma
rlon township North and Marion
, township South precincts each gave
the "drys' nice majorities. while
the former was expected 10 roll up
a big majority for the vets The
third ward gave the drys a majority
of 300 and the fourth ward, 239
The total vote OF the county was
Sr69, which is more than was pollcd
last November. ana Is the largest ever
recorded in the county The city
cast 1923 ballots and the county out
side OF the city of Marion, 4Oi6
Within thirty day, the saloons Ct
Marion county must go out Of bus
ness. The election was held under
the Rose county option law viii h
provides that the counties voting dry
must remain 20 for three years, when
another election may h. he'd If pc
tition having the required number OF
signerg Is filed with the county COM
mis~ionrrs or Common Pleas Judge.
asking for an election Thirty days
from today there will be manv VA
cant rooms In the city. aud II TIE
business of Marion imrroycs as he's
hrcn predicted under The new regime
there will be ample need for those
rooms
There are those who wonder how
II win be- when the county Is dry
Saloonh have ben here for many,
many years. and they will doub'lcs :
be missed by many even by those
who have never frequented them
Under the Rose law a persou my
have liquor IN his house either for
medical purposes or as a beverage.
He NAV order this liquor from any
ono outside Of tho county The M
rion Brewing ana Bottling company
will not be able - sell directly to a
consumer I'm this city, but first NUT
sell TO second party located Gu =
side OF the county aud the later
must sell aud ship the liquo, back |
in.' The penalty for Selling liquor
after thirty days ha, elapsed is $50
for the first olfen~c and minimum
fine Of 5000 for the second often e.
with imprisonment a part of both |
penalties at the discretion of the
court.
Public sentiment has much 10 do !
with the enforcement of any law or
laws, and If the Rose law is to b. +,
in Marion. public sentiment |
must be in favor of It, The decisive !
manner in which the "drys" won tn
fight against liquor aud the saloon
In this election leads to the belief |
that prhlic sentiment Is against tie
sale of liquor a. a beverage. It is TO |
he honed that this viii continue and |
that Illegal sale VIII not be t9ler-
ated |