The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-04-09
WON BACK BY VETS
THiRTY.NiNk ILLINOIS. .ToWNel
VOTE FOR RETURN or
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BITTER CAMPAIGN IS wAoEDl

Springfield Keeps lie ears-Rookferd
and Decatur "off the Wason"-
"Wets" Victorious the Rule In
Scores Of Elections In Wisconsin,
Springfield. ILL.,. April 7.-Nlection IN
260 Illinois cities and towns on the
saloon issue show decided reversal
Of the vote Of two years ago and, if
anything, indicate a marked tendency
to return to the wet" column. Numer-
GUS cities having a large population
and which had been controlled by the!
dry" were reclaimed by the saloon
advocates.
The liquor interests regard the re-
suits "as return to sanity" The an
tisaloonists say the people will be
only stirred to greater opposition to
the saloon and will demand county,
option. 's'.'~
Springfield voted for saloons by a
majority Of 1915, which is a reductions
Of 500 from the result two years ago.
Rockford Won by Liquor Forces.
Rockford, the largest city in the
middle west without saloons. was won
back by the liquor men by small
majority. Decatur, Dixon, De Kalb and
Belvidere were few of the other
places whore the dry" victories OF
two years ago were nullified. But the
''drys" failed to gain an entrance to
such cities as Danville, Aurora, Joliet
and Bloomington.
Galesburg went dry, but the mas
jority was much less than it was at
the previous election. Rock Island
and Moline are wet" by smaller ma
jorities, Elgin remains wet, while Ba-
tavia and Geneva got off the water
wagon"
Pontiac declared in favor of bars
after being without them for twu
years. Other towns that have dealt
a blow to prohibition are Harvard.
Sycamore, Lacon and Clinton.
Bloomington Majority 10 Doubled.
Bloomington registered decisive
victory for the liquor forces, the ma
jority there-S40-in their favor be-
ing over twice that of the previous
election. The Rockford victory caused
much rejoicing on the part of the
"wets." Decatur was wrested from the
"drys" by 500 majority. reversing a
dry majority Of 1920 two years ago.
Mattoon is another city reclaimed
by the VETS" A fierce campaign
there reached Its climax on election
day in riots and charges Of fraud.
DRY" workers assert that with cam-
eras they snapped advocates OF the
liquor traffic in the act Of buying
| votes.
A summary of the returns from GAL
towns shows the following results:
Dry towns that went wet. 49,.
Wet town that went dry, 10.
Wet towns that stay wet, u.
Dry towns that stay dry, Ill.
Milwaukee Has Socialist Mayor.
Milwaukee, April milwaukee has
its first Social Democratic mayor. By
7.109 plurality, Emil Seidel won over
Dr. John M. Beffel, Republican, and
Vincenz J. Schoenecker, Democrat, in
the election. seidels plurality is the
largest In a municipal contest in the
history of the city. The Social Demo-
Gratis will control the common council.
having elected the seven aldermen-at-
large and carried IA wards of %. This
will give them 81 of the IS aldermen.
"Wets" Rule Wisconsin Election.
wet" victories were the rule in the
scores OF license elections held in
Wisconsin. Notable in the list OF
| cities which refused to vote out liz
cense were Racine, GAINESVILLE, New
| Richmond. Barbaboo, PlattevilleI
River Falls, Waupaca, Galesville, Hud-
son, Monroe and Trempealeau, while
the most important change from wet
to dry" was Edgerton, wet" two
years ago by 30. which went dry this
year by a margin of nine votes.
stoughton, Lodi, viroqua and Cumber-
land remain dry" New Richmond,
which went wet" this year, was dry"
for nearly two years.
"Drys" Win 20 Counties In Michigan.
Detroit, Mich, April 7.-Complete
returns from the local option election
in Michigan show net majority OF
| $3.50 for the "wets' in all the coun-
ties voting. though the "drys" car
ried 20 counties to 16 for the "wets.'
The dry" victories were on in
those counties where the saloon is
only minor factor, while In the morS
critical counties the "wets" swehA
everything. There are 40 dry" and
'43 wet" counties in the state
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NEGRO MURDERER is SHOT