The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-02
BOONE COUNTY IS
TO REMAIN DRY
SaIoonless County Decides by
Big Majority to Remain
On Water Wagon.
NOT A CHALLENGE MADE
OWING TO THE FACT THAT FARM.
Frs COULD NOT PLoW, A
HEAVY VOTE WAS TURNED OUT
WOMEN WORKERS.
NOT A CHALLENGE MADE


county, which has been dry" for two
years, yesterday voted by a majority
of 2.446 not to allow the saloons to
return. The sweeping victory is taken
to mean that the farmers and bust
ness men of Boone county are pleas
ed with the conditions that have pre-
vailed since the saloons were ousted
two years ago.
The brewery interests made a
strong fight to carry the county. as
they had circulated much literature
among other counties that recently
voted, In which 1t was stated that the
business men and farmers were dis
satisfied with the conditions that re-
suited from the county being dry"
The majority is the third largest
Of any county that has yet voted by
the county option law and stands first
In proportion to population.
DRY" Forces Expected 1000.
The dry" forces were much sur.
prfsed at the size of the majority.
Their poll showed a majority Of about
1000. They had no hope of carrying
Center township. in which Lebanon is
located. Only two of the forty pre-
cincts in the county went wet"
These two were in Lebanon.
When the result was known the
church bells and the court house bell
of this city were rung. The streets
were thronged with people rejoicing
over the outcome of the election
Big Vote Is PoiIed Early.
More than half Of the county's total
vote had been polled at s o'clock yes
terday morning. When the polls were
opened at 6 o'clock in the city at some
precincts more than 100 men were in
line waiting to vote. Both the "drys''
and "wets" were on the alert early.
They ran a neck-and-neck race in
Lebanon until noon. when the "wets",
discouraged by the reports from the
outside townships, deserted the polls
and announced that they conceded the
county dry" by 500.
This did not cause the "drys" to
cease their efforts at getting out their
votes. A score of automobiles were
in use in the county all day by the
"drys."
BY noon four-fifths of the entire
vote Of the county had been polled.
The heavy rains Of the last few days,
and especially that of Monday night,
was responsible for the big majority
Of the "drys.~ The rain put blowing
out of the question and with the fine
clear day that rounded out yesterday
morning practically every farmer vot-
ed before 8 o'clock. In the rural dis
tricts the "wets" had no one at most
Of the precincts to look after the vot-
ers.
The women in many precincts out
side Of Center were Of great assist
ance in getting the vote out. This
was especially true in Thorntown,
Advance and Whitestown. They were
ceaseless in their endeavors to get
every dry" voter to the polls. After
getting man to vote they pinned q
badge on him.
Lunch and coffee were served at
Thorntown. Advance and Whitestown.
These three places were strongholds
for the saloons up to a few years ago
and the women wanted to make sure
of q dry" victory. In Lebanon the
women failed to take any interest in
the election.
Never before In the history Of the
county did an election pass off as
quietly as that Of yesterday. There
was no trouble at the polls and not 4
challenge Of a voter by either the
.'v9ts" or the "drys" was reported