The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-26
Farmers, Who Drys Feared.
Proved to Be MainStays
OF the Cause.
HITCHRACK WAS BuGABO0
CHIMES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
WAKE VOTERS AND THE COL
LEGE PROFESSORS AND STU.
DENTS LEND HAND.

bloomington, mo-, May 2b.-COnLrd-
~ to general expectations. the farm
ers OF Monroe county yesterday saved
the local eoption election for the
''drys' by favoring that side of the is
sue strongly. On the face of the re-
turns the ''drys" won by majority OF
400 It is believed this majority may
be increased slightly by the official
canvass.
been expected to give good lead for
the "drys'' gave wet" majority of
e..
Hitchrack W. Children.
The hitchrack fight, which was in
5ected into the option campaign and
which 1t had been feared would cause
the farmers to vote against the tenn
perance cause, did not count as the big
factor the VETS had expected.
1.-The farmers evidently thought more
Of their children than of hitchrack
around the court house when they en-
tered the booths today" declared
Chairman Breeder of the "drys" to-
might.
The Indiana University precinct was
the banner one for the "drys.' giving
them a majority OF 127. No saloons
are effected by the vote, but the re-
monstrance which made the city dry"
would have expired in October.
Thousands Of people were on the
streets to hear the returns last night
and the dry" forces held an i'm
promptu jollification, which continued
until late hour.
Up until ? o'clock yesterday after
noon the rain poured in torrents and
the voting until that time was not
heavy. The vote after that hour all
over the county was almost as heavy
as at general election. The autos
and vehicles that had been standing
idle in front of the dry and wet
headquarters. were put into use and
kept busy until time the polls closed.
In the forenoon the "wets" made an
attempt to vote twenty-five Italian Ia
borers who constitute the work gang
on the Indianapolis Southern and who
have been living in work train on
the side track, but this move was coun-
teracted by the vigilant work OF the
s'drys."
University Head Works in Rain.
President Bryan Of Indiana UNIVERSE
" was on duty In this precinct and re-
manned on the outside all day long in
the rain, lending his assistance for a
temperance victory.
Late in the afternoon the "wets''
made the statement that the "drys"
were voting students OF Indiana uni
Nersity by the wholesale and threaten
ed to file affidavits against them In the
morning. The .wets'' challenged
about fifty students during the day,
but each student made an affidavit to
the effect that he is a legal voter here.
In one OF the university precincts
the wet and dry" workers had a
heated argument over the question OF
allowing students to vote. but violence
was prevented by the cooler heads
present. The "drys'' were sorry to
zee the rain yesterday as they believed
That q bright clear day the farmers
would be too busy to go to the polls.
The farmer vote was feared by the
dissatisfaction growing out of the
hitchrack question.
Al, hour before the average Bloom
9ngtonian arose from bed the universe
Nv chimes were used yesterday morn
Ang for q concert by the "drys." Among
the tunes played to awaken the town
were Home. Sweet Home" "Ameri
ca'' and Onward Christian Soldier
During the entire day the court house
and church bells of the city pealed out
ut intervals. The Young Peoples
Federation led In an early morning
prayer service at the Kirkwood Chris
tian church, and the service was kept
mp all day long by leaders from the
different Conversations