The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-30
Democratic and Republican
Counties Furnish Surprising
Results in the Fierce 0p-
ton Fights.
THIS BORNE OUT BY
THE ELECTIONS HELD
On the Face of the Figures
And the Dope Bucket En-
tireIy Upset IT'S Hard to
Make Forecasts.

Indianapolis, May 29.-The follow
ing counties that are republican have
voted themselves dry: Wabash, $50
majority; Huntington, 1900; Grant,
2 .1S3; Howard, 1,433; Gibson, 1914;
Elkhart,, S73: Delaware. 1856. In all
of these counties there was a hard
fight.
The following democratic counties
have voted dry at local option cleo
tions: Decatur, 1,7OS; Switzerland,
800; Adams, 1,O44; Shelby, 745; Miami,
1906; Ohio, %: Jackson, 362; jefferson,
1O6; Monroe, 419; Madison, 1,26S.
Wabash Was First.
Wabash county was the first to hold
local option election after the law
was enacted. Every possible effort
was made by the temperance people
to carry the county for the moral ef-
feet 1t would have on the members OF
the legislature when it came time to
vote on the bill to repeal the local op-
ton law. Equally strenuous efforts
were made by the liberals for the same
reason, and the result was red hot
fight. Wabash county generally
gives a Republican majority Of about
1900.
Decatur county, in which is located
the city of Greensburg, is democratic,
and there was warm fight over the
local option question, but the county
rolled up one Of the largest dry major
tiles of the season.
Was battle-ground.
Huntington county. republican by
about 500, was the battle ground for a
big fight Both sides were we'll or
ganized, and much money was spent
But democrats and republicans alike
led the dry forces. The drys had the
support of republican and democratic
newspapers.
Switzerland county, democratic, Is
one Of the smallest counties Of the
state and contains many people of for
eign birth, and yet 1t gave a dry ma
jority Of SOONEST remarkable when
the size of the county is considered.
Grant county, one of the rockribbed
republican counties OF the state, which
is always good for a republican major
ity of 5000 to 1900. was the scene Of
bitter contest in which every posi-
bic political game was played. There
are 1900 veteran soldiers at the ma
tional soldiers home at Marion, and
this precinct in which they voted went
wet by big majority. and yet the
county went dry by the enormous total
of 2,1SS. Evidently some one besides
republicans voted dry, for the city OF
Marion went wet.
Howard Republican.
Howard county. another strong re-
publican county, in which saloons have
always flourished and in which Koko-
mo was for years a wide open boom
town. came through with dry major
ity Of 1.433.
Adams county was the biggest sur
prise of all. This is a democratic
county. by 100 majority. There are
many Germans in the county. Adams
is one of the counties that is represent
ed in the state senate by Steve F1em-
ing, the Fort Wayne brewer. the &C.
cepted leader Of the fight for the re.
peal Of the county option law and the
recognized head of the brewers OF In
diana 1t was thought certain that
Adams would go wet, but it gave dry
majority OF 1.O44.
Shelby is another democratic county
In which the saloons fought for their
lives, but they lost out when the cCun-
" went dry by T45.
Counted on Miami.
Miami county, democratic was one
county that the vets fully expected to
carry IN order to punish Burton Green,
democratic member OF the house. who
voted q the special session for the pas.
sage Of the local option law. Green
vas defeated for renomination and q
Republican w. elected In his place just