The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-30

for spite. But the drys carried the
county by 1906.
Ohio county. the smallest county in
the state. the closes Indiana county to
Cincinnati and other wet spots, went
dry by rs, after the nastiest little
fight OF the season.
Elkhart county, republican, the
homo of Senator Proctor, the disciple
Of the licensed saloon. went back on
its senator and gave dry majority of
$40. 49,
Jackson county, democratic, also
gave an exhibition Of bitterness in its
local option campaign. Jackson
county is the home county of Thomas
Honan, speaker Of the house. who tried
to help repeal the county option Jaw.
1t is also the home OF Judge Joseph H.
Shea, democrat. who managed the cam
paign of Benjamin F. Shively for
United States senator, and who landed
the place for him. Shively, unques-
tionably was elected by the liberals
and the liquor people. and Judge Shea
proved himself one of the craftiest pol
iticians in the Democratic party in In
diana in that fight. But even he and
the regular democratic majority in the
county counted for nothing when it
came to local option, and the county
went dry by 362.
The Hardest Fight.
Delaware county, republican by 5000
always, was expected to go wet be-
cause of the conditions in Muncie,
where the saloons were supposed to
rule everything. The hardest fight Of
the entire lot of elections was made in
that county. because this was the first
county containing large city that
held an election and the people were
anxious to see what a large city would
do. Delaware gave the record break
ing majority of 1856 for the drys, and
more than 100 saloons were driven out
Of business. Party lines cut no figure
in Muncie. Democrats and republicans
alike were in the thick OF the dry fight.
jefferson county, democratic. went
dry by JOG. The city Of Madison went
wet by more than 800, but the country
wiped out that majority. Jefferson Is
a river county and everybody regard
ed it as safely wet before the election.
- Had Bitter Contest.
Monroe county, democratic, in which
the city Of Bloomington and the lndi-
ana university are situated had bit
ter fight on its hands. The county was
dry by remonstrance, but it is charg-
ed that nearly as much liquor has been
sold there since 1t was made dry as
was sold before. and there was every
indication that the county would go
wet at tho election. But there. like
in many other counties. party lines
were wiped out and all parties voted
dry. The majority was 40.
Madison county is now doubtful
county politically. It has practically
always been a republican county, but
during the last three or four years it
has been electing democratic members
Of the legislature. it is believed. for the
sole purpose Of trying to head off anti
liquor legislation. But in the last
house, Madison county had one repre-
sentative. William NJ. Coahran. who
was temperance man. He voted
against the repeal Of the local option
law. and when a local option election
was called In his county he placed him
self at the head Of the dry forces and
led the fight against booze. The re.
suit was dry victory BY 1.26S. Mad
ison county is now counted in the
democratic column.
Wayne county, the first county to
vote wet, Is a heavy republican county
and Quaker community. And yet
1t voted wet because tho saloons In
that county have always been Law
abiding and have never incurred the
Ill will Of the public. a. they have In
most places.
cass Democratic.
Cass county is democratic, and II
narrowly missed going dry, the wei
majority being only 1O6.
Blackford county. also democratic
had narrow escape, the wet MAORI.
ty being only 134. Blackboard county
gave Marshall. democrat, for governor
majority Of about 500.
Spencer county. republican by 200
situated on the Ohio river, went wet
by 43.
Posey county. democratic by only
| 500. gave wet majority OF 1449. show
/ ing that others besides democrats vot
| ed wet Posey voted wet becaus<
vanderburgh. with Evansville. is hel
next door neighbor. and the Posey
county folks knew that is their county
went wet 1t would merely drive hea
people to Evansville for their drinks