Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-08
Forty of the 54 Towns Voting on the License Dues
 tion decide Issue in the Affirmative
SIX MORE LICENSE TOWNS THAN LAST YEAR
Stoninston and Pain6ed Included in Wet Coumn-Gris- woId Returns to No-License-Mayor Mahan Reelected in New London by Largest Majority Ever Given Mayor -Democratic Victories in Three Other Cities.

New Haven, Oct. 7.--The little towns" of Connecticut held their an- uual elections and town meetings to- day, and while local issues held the in- terest at home. the chief interest as far as the state was concerned was In the vote on the license question. Large gains were made by the 'wets' today, and there are now s1 license towns in the state and S7 no-license, as compar- ed with 75 license and 9S no-hcense last year.
 Vote on License Question in 54 Towns.
 Fifty -four towns voted on the license question today and 40 voted in favor of license and IA against 1t. The towns of Griswold, Barkhamstead and Berlin voted from license to no-h- cense, while these towns changed from no-license to license: Bolton, New Can- aan, Canaan. Plymouth, Plainheld. Gov entry, Brooi1field and Stonington.
 While the town of Stoningiton last year voted license by a vote of S4S to S14. the matter was taken to the courts and on a recount the town was found to be dry"
 Handsome Majority for Mahan.
 Several cities held their mayorafty elections today. Chief interest center el on New London. where Mayor Bry- an F. Mahan, democrat, was reelected after bitter campaign. Mir Mahan is also the democratic candidate for congress from his district. and his op- ponents used this argument against him. Nevertheless he was swept into office on a landslide and received the largest majority a candidate ever re- ceiyed for the office in that city.
 Mahan Has Majority of 772.
 Mayor Mahan received a vote of l. sos to sS4 for Samuel M. Prentis, the republican candidate, giving him ma- jority of TIP. Mahan's election was accompanied by a democratic land- slide. but one republican being elected, and only by the narrow margin of Il votes.
 The Aldermen Elected.
 The successful candidates for alder men are: Edward J. pray d, John ". Cochrane q, John g. Ryan d, James F. O'Leary d, and Robert s. Small r.
 The compiextion of the common council changed today from republican to democratic. Two democratic and one republican salectmen were elected. The republicans got but two officers, the democrats making a clean sweep.
 A JolIification Parade.
 The democrats had jollifcaticn parade tonight and Mayor Mahan was serenaded with several bands. He made a brief speech, thanking the vot CTS for the honor conferred on him again.
 Democratic Mayor Elected.
 In Norwalk. Mayor Finnegan, dem- ocrat, was again reelected. South Nor walk elected Dr. R. M. Wolfe. dem- ocrat, mayor by close majority. In , Stamford the democrats carried the principal offices, but deferred action on the matter of commission govern ment until later ip the week. The so- cialists boiled a smaller vote than was expected in Stamford, but the pro- gressives came to the front with near ly six hundred votes. As a rule the progressive party did not figure in the elections today to any extent, as 1t placed no tickets in the field.
 Wet First Time in 50 Years.
 The town of Ridgeheld will be ''wet" this year for the first time in just fifty years. The town of Saybrook (Deep River voted on the question for the first time in thirty years, but went for no-hcense by a substantial majority.