The Cairo bulletin., 1913-11-05
MOUND CITY AND
NOUNDSVOTEWET
By BIG MAJORITY
,spirited Contest Closes With Saloon
People Victorious Over
Prohibitionists.
BELIEVED WOMEN AT POLLS
DEFEATED THEIR OWN ISSUE

The efforts of the Prohibition
marty to close the saloons in Mound
city and Mounds proved of no aVali
nj Yesterdays election. The con-
tests in both cities caused consider
able excitement. and until the re-
turns were finally counted, both
parties claimed the victory Auto
mobiles, were used freely to take
voters to the po Is, and the leaders
of the temperance elment did every
thing in their power to get enough
of their supporters to the polls to
defeat their opponents.
The saloon people conducted their
campaign in quiet manner, and
when the polls opened, found enough
voters to cast the ballot in their
favor so that they carried the cleo
ton by a majority OF 327 in Mound
EIty end 100 In Mounds
pr0hlOltlBnlSGS bltjfl.
Much bitterness was felt by the
pronibitionists, who had gone to a
great deal OF trouble to carry their
point. They commenced early with
campaign speeches on the street
and in the churches, and careful
canvass was made of ali the women
entitled TO vote, in an endeavor TO
get their pledge to vote yes to the
question shall this be ant-saloon
territory. In this they were LARGELY
successful, and the majority Of the
women voted in their faFor.
Charge Vets Repeated.
II was charged BY some that leHee
wdrhora VINO are not ontitloa to .
vote were sworn in az residents in
order to cast their vote for the vets
and great many negroes and others
were taken from MounG city to
Mounds and from Mounds to Mound
City, and cast vote at both places,
Also it was said that may voted in
both precincts OF Mound City.
The saloon supporters believe that
the women defeated themselves in
this campaign. Four years ago,
when the women did not have the
right to vote, the saloons were voted
out OF Mound City by a majority OF
mcre than hundred votes. A
great many men. it is believed,
voted the ,other way at this election
merely to show their dislike for
woman suffrage
In the first district of Mound
City, the votes We're No, 293, Yes
lS0. In the second district they
were No, 4S9 and Yes. 275. Mounds
is wet by 100 majority Utlin and
Grand Chain are dry with vote Of
about to L. Thebes is dry by 60
votes. DuQuoin is wet by a major.
ity of 300.
Rev. Anderson ATTACKED,
Some OF the temperance people IN
Mound City attacked Rev. j c. An
derson. rector of st. Peters Epis
copal church, believing that he was
in favor of open saloons. The mis-.
understanding arose from remark
made by him at temperance meet
ing at the Methodist FDisrona
church one night last week, it /:
stated When asked his views il
regard TO the coming election, it il
said he replied Would 1t avail II
anything if the town was dry" II,
explained later. it is said that hi
meaning was that it would not d.
any good to have prohibition an,
have the saloons wide open as the
were in Kansas and other place
after prohibition was voted.
Rev. Anderson said he had take
part in the statewide temperate
campaign in Michigan, and had ais
worked in favor of prohibition i
Kansas. He said he was greatly mis-
represented in regard to his y1ows il
the matter, as he always has bee
in favor of prohibition.
In telephone convo ~sation las
night with reporter for The Cair
Bulletin, Rev. Anderson would hav
nothing to say except that no kne,
nothing at all about any such mis-
understanding.