Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-09
CITIES OF STATE
VOTE FOR LICENSE
"WET" AND DRY" TERRITORY RE-
MAINS ABOUT THE SAME
AFTER ELECTION.
SPARTA VOTES IN SALOONS.
Monroe County City Returns to "Wet'
Column After Two Years of
No License,
"DRYS" GAIN IN SMALLER TOWNS

W IIu the result OIL 1ueSuay 5 eleCuOnS
! throughout the state known, the wet"
and dry territory in Wisconsin remains
about the same as it was previous to
the election. Complete returns from all
districts have not been received, but
enough votes have been counted to de-
termine the sentiment in the various
towns and cities on the license question.
Larger Cities Vote "Wet."
/ The result of the election shows that
in almost every case the larger cities
Of the state voted for license, while
many of the smaller towns and villages
either remained in the dry" column
where they had placed themselves in
! previous elections, or have for the first
! time voted out licensed saloons
Among the contests Of special impOr-
lance to the prohibition interests was the
battle waged III Burnett county. The
| entire county with the exception of the
! village and town of Grantsburg had been
! dry and the PrOhibitionists made a
| strong campaign to GUST the saloons from
their one stronghold i'll the district. They
were successful and Burnett county is
new completely dry"
Sturgeon Bay Is DRY"
| Sturgeon Bay furnished another sur
! prise in the election. The county seat of
| Door was considered Z stronghold for
! the wet forces but when the votes
! were counted it was found that the sa-
! loon interests had lost out MOndovi also
joined the dry ranks, as did many 9th
err small cities and villages in the north
western part of the state. Sparta, which
| two years ago entered the no license
ranks. Tuesday voted in the saloons by a
! plurality of 30.
About Evenly Divided.
The division in the state was as fol-
lows:
Dodgevile, Fennimore, Platteville, Pc
Rts spa A4pe Fox I Ede A RTsf
rior, Ladysmith, Blooming Grove, London,
Marinette, Oshkosh Genesee, Galesyille,
Dor, Trempealeau, Rhineander, Clinton, Ed
gerton, Ashland, Browntown Gown, Scott
town, Baraboo, Neenah. Markesan. King
bel. Coon Valley, Chippewa Falls. Black
River Falls, River Falls, Clear Lake, Ham
mand, Baldwin.
Bloomington, Cumberland, Chetek, DaI-
las. Whitehall, West Salem, Mondovt,
Jacksonport, Sturgeon Bay city, Blair,
Osseo. Eleva, Grantsburg, Milton Junction,
stoughton, Brodhead, Albany Tillageey, De
catur down), Viroqua, Lawrence town,
! Neba CANON, Hawthorne fOwn), Stoughton,
Oregon, Brooklyn, Deerfeld, Cambridge,
J
diers Grove. Richand Center. Readstown,
Viola. La Fargo, Chamberlain, New Rich
| mond.
| License Wins in Appleton
Many notable contests marked the
election in the larger cities of the state.
| The license and no license people were
| in a bitter fight to the end and resOrted
to almost every known method to bring
out their respective votes. Appleton
tI1rn cd otin l1y full tn 10
a severe wind and hail storm and the
city went for license by over 500.
Oshkosh was retained by the ''wets''
by an overwhelming vote, John G. VOss,
the license candidate, being elected
mayor by a plurality Of about 5000. A
feature of the contest at Marinette was
! the serving OF coffee and sandwiches at
the polls by both factions. License won
by a majority Of about 600. Among the
other cities that remain wet are Be
lott, Ashland, Neenah. Eau Claire and
Superior. In each of these cities the
advocates of no license put up vigor-
Gus campaign and the license element
! wont out by majorities less than those
registered two years ago.
Tie Vote at New Lisbon.
Many small villages voted this year
! for the first time on the question of IL
cense and in these places the LIQUOR in
|
and Three Lakes voted wet by bal
lot of 3 to /. Pewaukee, where the
! ''drys" expected to score, went against
| the Prohibitionists by vote of 100 to
81. Cumberlan, Chetek and Dallas in
Barron county voted dry" while Barron,
the county seat. went wet by a ma
jority of Is. The vote at New Lisbon
resulted in a tie, the license and no IL
cense forces each receiving 113 votes, no
license winning as a result of the tie.
| Stoughton remained in the dry column
by vote of 70. West Salem, which
has been in the license column for fif-
| teen years, voted to GUST saloons. The
vote was close, there being but 20 votes
majority. -Four saloons which have paid
a license of $500 year will be closed.
Groffman Defeats Stole.
Charles A. Groffman was reelected
mayor OF Manitowoc in yesterdays cleo
ton by a majority of 500 over Henry
Stole. Socialist. The Socialists elected
only one alderman of seven in the city
and no supervisor, there being a net
one supervisor.
Democrats Win at La Crosse.
The Democrats and the ''wide-open
| town. platform made a clean sweep of
| the election at La Crosse Tuesday, ORR
]. Sorenson being elected mayor. The
entire Democratic ticket was elected.
| SorensOn ran on platform advocating
the lifting of the lid placed on the
town by Mayor Anderson.
NEGROES DENIED ELK EMBLEM.