Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-06
Nebraska
MALONE CLAIMING ELECTION
Contest for Lincoln Mayoralty Seems
to Be Very Close.
BUSINESS MEN ARE WONDERING
opinion IL Divided rs to Immediate
and Ultimate Eject of Prohibi-
tion Policy Adopted by the
Capital City.

tErom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, May 5-(speolal.)-Lincoln
voted out the saloons Tuesday by a ma
jortty approximsting 35O. The First and
Second wards only were carried by the
wet element The prohibitionists held a
ratification meeting tonight to celebrate
the victory.
Low for mayor has a majority, on the
face OF the returns, of sixty-four. The
democrats wero claiming that Malone was
elected by q small majority, but the re-
turns received at republican headquarters
confirm the statement that Love pulls
through by about Sixty-four. 1t Is quite
likely that q recoun will be had, as Ma
lone and his friends have a set II FIG
ures which show a lead Of twenty-tnrec
votes over Love. They insist that lrreg-
ularftfes occurred in the counting Of
votes in precincts c OF the First ward,
b Of the Second and B of the Third
These are the wards which gave Malone
hts majorities, and the election boards
were supposed to bo rather friendly to
ward him in two of the three precincts
named.
The Democratic candidates said that IL
the official canvass does not show the
same figures ne has. or worry close TO
them he will demand a recount, Ho
added. however. that he wanted nv votes
counted for hin except those actually
cast.
Tho count complete on mayor gives the
following totals
Love. rep ''''''N' $500 '''' s'SSo99
Loves majority ......... .-., ~
The vote complete ON prohibition Is;
No license. . "a. S6aV
HiK-thirty closing .''S'Z'
Ms,o1tv S4s
Harpham and Powell. the present mem
bers of the excise board, are reelected
There was no fight on Harpham. but q
strong effort was made to put in r. d
spelts instead Of U. O. Powell 1t came
very close to succeeding.
For aldermen. T. "A. Pratt, w. e. Hardy
II. ]. Whitmore. A. L. Candy, Willisr
schroeder. r. o. Castle and Ernest Hopp,
are elected.
with five prectncts missing the hisl
school bonds have Received 3,463 votes
This is much more than a majority cas-
on the bond proposition. Whether tina
II a separate election because II is on
that Is held in the district and not in tn
city and the returns of It are canvasse'
by the school board Is a disputed ques
ton.
Cyubs May Have to stop selling.
Exciseman U. a.. Powell intimated tht
morning that the excise board might adop
a rule forbidding clubs or other organiza
lions maintaining rooms for their member
TO serve liquor. This would affect tn
Elk Eagles, several German clubs. tn
Country club and other bodies.
Mr.. Powell said he thought the prohibi
ton victory was not due so much to IN
failure of O'clock closing to bring salts
M 81 -. 80 AhN foot that n goo
many votes against prohibition were waste
NV bAnE dast In fhs negative IN both PROF
~oa,ttons. instead of the daylight saloon al
Tentative. s.
May ihJure Business.
An kinds OF opinions were expressed y
dbe streets as 90 the dry" victory in Lii
.o,n and the effects on business to follow
Among a number of citizens INTERVENE
on the subject, including bankers, asen'
for rental property, contractors and me
. chants, the sentiment seemed 10 Prev
that business VIII experience a temporal
setback from the simultaneous vacation
twonky-fivs storerooms and the thrown
NJ seN,enty five to 100 persons out OF en-
nlovrant. There were some, however WI
tooh the view thai business will be helps
instead of retarded by prohibition
Managers of the hotels expect that the
nafronAQ6a Will surfer lTOh pO
to the world that Lincoln VIII
longer have saloons. They believe IN
conventions will avoid this city and IN
travelling men and tourists VIII arreh
.hopovers elsewhere. The fact that omai
4 has reelected Mayor Dahlman ana -"
continue as wide open as the local aulht
,,,e. there can make II is looked upon
factor which will cause thai Guy 10
gaven the preference over Lincoln os
t.rra mart Of the travelling public.
n Is reported that a deal mas Oee"
ant completed for the sale or one Oh |
S~ts,, but that It will fall through pecd'
,ho bar privilege has been taken away
TIL. wholesale liquor houses are pu. :
y, business along with the saloons, inns
SaoSed upon byba mixers as the most serl'
ssract OF the situation, for a large sun
monev was brought to Lincoln every Se
ooileeted from saloons receiving one
Me- from this city. There are one