Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

prominent during his administration as an
advocate Of prohibition and had obtained
the passage of the Rose county option la
| by the legislature. In the campaign he
| was opposed by Judson Harmon the DEM
| ocratic candidate. who was supported by
| the more liberal voters of the state. The
! result was that Ohio gave Taft 5000 plu-
rality. but in spite of this sweeping repub-
| lcan victory the republican candidate on
! a prohibition platform went down in de-
! feat and his democratic opponent was
! elected by over 10000. State Senators
! Rose. Sites, Neck and Drake. who We're
! lieutenants of Harris in his anti-saloon
campaign. were defeated Rose was
| the father of the county option law and
| Drake the chairman of the committee of
the legislature having charge of all tenn
perance legislation.
In Illinois the anti-saloon people CEN
, tered their fight in an effort to capture
the legislature by county option. Returns
show that they were overwhelmingly de-
feated - per cent of the members elected
TO the senate and house being opposed to
county option. The leader of the local
option forces in the last Legislature, o. F.
Berry. was retired.
Result in South Dakota.
In South Dakota the question of county
option was squareIy presented to the peo-
pie of the entire state under the initiative
and referendum. The prohibitionists and
the Anti-Saloon Leaguers had joint head
quarters and made a vigorous fight. Coun
ty option was defeated by 1900 The de-
feat of the question is more decisive in
South Dakota because it is a purely agri-
cultural state and in recent years had
experience in state prohibition
The Anti-Saloon League selected Rhode
Island as a point in which to test its
strength in New England. Two weeks be-
fore the election, under a decision of the
Il 6nn for
the state as whole to vote on the ques-
ton of license OF no license. A short but
lively campaign followed and resulted in
the vets retaining all the towns and
cities they had and regaining seven more
towns that had previously gone dry. The
aggregate ma iority OF the towns favoring
licenses was 10000 or more.
The Vote in Tennessee.
The verdict of the voters of Tennessee,
who in the June primaries voted against
state wide prohibition, was sustained in
the general election. At the primaries
Gov. NJ. r. Patterson, democrat, opposed
+. w. Carmack editor of the Tennesseean
of Nashville. Carmack favored state pro-
hibition and after his defeat bolted the
primary decision and the platform and
continued his fight for state wide prohi-
bition. Patterson was reelected by 5000,
running 10000 ahead of the national
ticket. A majority of the legislature is op-
posed to state wide prohibition and will
stand by Gov. Patterson's policies.
The main issue in the election of leg
islature in Minnesota was county option.
The fight was carried on in nearly every
district and the contest progressed
Candidate Jacobsen, republican nominee
for governor. came out squarely for coun-
ty option. He declared against the sa-
loon in general. The result was that
while Taft carried the state by 10000,
Johnson, the democratic candidate for
governor was reelected for third term
by over 10000 and the legislature is two
to one against county option.
In Colorado. Wisconsin, Nebraska and
Idaho the issues were Identical The
county option question did not enter into
the state campaign, but an effort was
made by the anti-SalOon forces to cap
ture the legislature. In all three states
the attempt failed and majority of the
legislators chosen in each state are OPP
posed to county option.