The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-05

X0or campaign, which ends when the
~ QI1e close tonight. is the greatest ever
Ke&ed IN Michigan, The dry leaders.
xeqlizing the magnitude Of the fght
~ have challenged. have left NJ
I0u6 unturned The liquor advocates
.yfe equally aroused. for they stand to
Vim q great victory or an overwhlem-
ing and crushing defeat.
N Of4ARLoTTE, Mich. April 5.-That
local option will carry In this county
.tss practically. conceded, although the
majority for dry will be considerably
less than Il would have been had the
vote been taken. month. ago. Char
.lotte and Grand Ledge can be depend
% ON to go wet but the liquor men
admit that the outcome In Eaton
Rapids Is doubtful, which Is an admis-
sion OF defeat, as the vets need ma
jority In all three cities TO offset the
local option majoritios in the rural dis
tricts. The only thing that would
save the vets Is the fact that local
option as Eaton county remembers
The law previous TO May /. 1905, was
farce OF the rankest sort. Now tho
edrys insist they will see that the law
is Enforced, II the voters will give II
another trial. The drys closed their
campaign In this city last night with a
big union meeting In the opera house.
Rev. Adam Clark, OF Eaton Rapids,
superintendent OF the local option
forces, gave the principal address and
predicted dry vote by an overwhelm-
ing majority. The city and townships
elections are practically lost sight OF
because OF the interest In the loca.
option fight.
ANN ARBOR. Mich, April 5.-Bo;h
sides made speeches on the liquor
question last night. Judge A. z. Blair.
Of Portsmouth. o., addressed a large
audience in University hall in the In
terest OF local option. President An
sell, of the university, presided. Ex-
Gov. Peck, of Wisconsin. spoke TO
big crowd In the Whitney theater.
Both sides see victory.
MUSHROOM. Mich, April Sit Is
expected today's election will see the
largest vote In the history Of the vari-
Gus townships. A large number or
women are permitted to vote through
the provisions of the new constitution
to bond Muskegon county for $4,000
for new roadways and bridges. Rep.
resentatives from the various town
WINES INA wards are also to be chosen
f0r the county board. ere NJ
'~-sY lse -iQuor question will be decided
at the next county election and will be
the sbitterest anti-saloon fight ever con-
Quoted IN Muskegon.
BAY CITY. Mich, April 5.-The
mayoralty candidates. z. K. Evans, Re-
publican, and Mayor Hine, Democrat.
presented public service franchise plat
forms. The mayor claims credit for
Saving the city 100000 by blocking
1.-The Northern Michigan Power Co. fran
..chise. Evans replies, in denial and
offers franchises on terms favorable
Ito the city. The contest between the
candidates grew more bitter as the
hour for election approached.
An afternoon newspaper owned by
Detroiters charged Labor Commission
'er Fletcher. who IL running for alder
!. man on the Republican ticket in his
ward. with being a tool of corpora
tionE and q man unfit for ONCE. Fetch
er challenged the paper to show where
he was influenced by any one other
wise than properly.
GREENvILLE. Mich, April 5-Thc
--drys held two mass meetings last
, night and the vets one. ]. Earle
4I3rowne, of st. Johns. was the principal
speaker for the vets, and Kelly Searls.
OF ithaca, for the drys. II was pre-
dicted last night that the city would
70 wet, but the rural sections will
roll close vote.
FLINT, Mich, April 5.-The local
option campaign was brought to q
close yesterday. Seventy-five residents
of Pontiac arrived here on a special
car. after which there was a parade
of about 900 men. women and children,
headed by the Salvation Army band
playing Onward. Christian Soldiers"
Speeches were made from q transfer
wagon. The last appeals for the aboli-
ton of the As saloons In the county
were made at meetings In the churches
and on the street last night. The
wets, are confident of victory, and so
are the drys. The latter are especial
~ optimistic over the result In the
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, April 5.
Church bells tolled at intervals Sum
day calling the drys 10 prayer. and
big mass meetings were held at which
banners were displayed bearing these
words, aBoost Berrien county; the sa-
loon. must 60" Today for the first
time In IL years, the voters OF Berrien
county are passing on the local option
issue. The vets claim the county by
between 800 and 700. and the drys
predict. a majority of 500. Seaborn
Wright. OF Georgia, spoke 70 1.200 per
sons in the opera house for the local
optfonists. Berrien went wet by p
900 IL years ago.