The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-30

Two hundred and seventy seven
saloons and five breweries will close
In twelve counties in Michigan at
midnight tonight The local option
forces claim the credit for outlawing
1872 saloons and breweries. because
eight counties voted TO continue local
option. making total OF twenty coun-
ties that are in the dry column.
Ienawee. lngham Cass, Lapeer.
Sliawassee and ST. Joseph are the
most populous counties In the dry
column All OF these with the eN-
ception of St Joseph We're in the wet
column before the recent election. In
cliided in the list of cities that Will
have dry regime after tonight are
Lansing. the state capital. Adrian the
metropolis of Lenawee county, and
Owosso. the capital OF Shi:wassee.
Sixteen counties. with $40 saloons.
decided for the license system in the
recent election. Two OF these We're
in the dry column. but switch back
to the vets at midnight tonight. They
arc Oakland and Wexford. The mum
her OF saloons in Pontiac the capital
Of Oakland has been reduced from
% to 10.
The total population OF the 20
counties that went dry in the last
election Is 03.734, while 42l,9l4 peo-
PIE live in those counties that voted
Tor the license system. Oakland coun-
Is returned TO the wet column by a
majority OF 1913, while Wexford
swung back by 1874 The population
OF Oakland is 45.746, and of Wexford
1927.
rhe drys and vets have not chang
ell their plans. adopted Immediately
after the last election OF continuing
the fight in the state. The former
claim the election was a victory for
them. and that they will continue to
win counties to the cause of temper
ance The vets meet this statement
with claim that the local option
wave is on decline and that the
voters prefer restricted licenses 10
local option. They point TO the re-
suit in Oakland as supporting their
claim that local option is failure
when liquors can be brought in from
other counties.
A school of politics has been inaug-
urated by the Prohibition state cen
trail committee for the purpose OF
teaching workers to go through the
state recruiting the party member
ship and securing pledges OF votes to
the Prohibition party ticket this fall.
This school Is part OF the plan TO
hire 200 workers and keep them at
work until November in an effort TO
swing the state into line for prohibi-
ton.
b. c. Hoyt. q Kansan and veteran
of prohibition fights, is the teacher OF
the school He will begin his work
at Richland. near Kalamazoo, May ,
and continue teaching there until
May IA Then the school will be
transferred to Arbola township, Tus-
cola county. and from there TO Thet-
ford township. Genessee county. All
party workers will go through this
school before undertaking field work
They will be taught how TO approach
voters, the arguments to be used in
getting pledges and the way TO form
q permanent organization in towns or
townships where they are engaged In
organization.
At the present time pledge cards
are coming in at the state central
committee headquarters at the rate OF
$50 per day. OF these only about 10
per day are from men who have
heretofore voted the Prohibition
ticket. The campaign is going on
principally In the townships and vii
lagos but will be brought into the
cities later.
The Prohibitionists made a test OF
strength Ia the township elections
April 6. and succeeded In electing 20
men 10 Office as supervisors. highway
commissioners and other like offices.
one hundred other Prohibition candi-
dates we're defeated by ten votes or
less. In only one township where a
test was made did the party fail to
land at least one man.