Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
LIQUOR FORCES
ON DEFENSIVE
Question wl|I Be Put To-
Severe TEST Al Nearby
Illinois Elections
Vote oi 'xomea ID That State
Is Expected 70 lelp To-
tereSt Of "Dfyj'

... ss OOSOOV 49, - 20. tr.
Chicago, ILL.,, April Pin the city
and township elections to be held
throughout Illinois next Tuesday the
liquor question will put to the sever.
est test to which it has ever been
subjected in this State. With the pos
sibility that 1000 saloons may be vOt:
ed out of existence, the liquor inter,
ests are fighting with the desperation
that comes of q knowledge that de-
feat means death to their business.
The a%nti.saloOn forces, on the other
hand, are supported In their battle by
a feeling of confidence that they are
on the eve of the greatest victory
they have ever WOn in this State. On
both sides the struggle is being con.
Quoted with as much vigOr as ever at
tended a political contest In Illinois.
T%hirty-one out of the 1902 counties
of Illinois are now entirely dry"
That numerous counties will be add
ed to this list as a result of the com.
ing elections is generally regarded as
a fOregone conclusion. The liquor In
terests r plainly on the defensive
and are fighting with a view to keep,
ing their losses at the lowest mini
num-.
The "drys" have filed petitions in
about 200 townships and cities which
vote next Tuesday, These voting units
include a total of more than 800 VII
lagos and cities. Under the local 0p-
ton law the unit may be q township,
city or village. lnasmuch as most
include some rural territor.
ity, besides one or more villages,
towns or cities, the "drys" in most In
stances prefer to have the vote based
the township as a unit. r. Z.
In addition to the townships and
some of the larger cities that vote
next Tuesday about thirty additional
cities and villages nov with saloons
will vote on the saloon question April
81. Chicago, Peoria and East St. Louis
are virtually the only large cities .of
the State in which the saloon issue
will not be voted on before the end
of the month. No great attempt. was
made to force the issue In Chicago
this year, though a small group of In
did make an unsuccessful
endeayor to obtain the $4,000 sigma
lures necessary before the question.
could be- brought to a vote. Peoria ia
the largest centre Of the distilling In
dustry in the country and for the
time being any attempt to swing 1t In
to the dry" column is considered
hopeless. The proximity of East st..
Louis to the great Missouri metrop-
oils initiates against the success Of
the dry movement there and caused
the %anti.saloon league to defer any
attempt to make the question an is
sue at the coming election. n. 9
The most important of the down.
state battles is being fought in
which mas been consider
hopeless by the "drys" in former
years. Other leading cities where the
question is to be put to the test Of the
ballot include Bloomington, Rock Is
land, Decatur, Freeport, Aurora, Mat
tO0n, Moline, Danville, Galena, Mon.
mouth, Alton, Dixon and Mount Sterl.
That the ''Wets" are on the defen-
siye throughout the State is evidenc.
ed by the fact that they have filed
petitions In only about a dozen cities
and towns which are already dry"
In eighteen counties thu saloons are
making their last stand. .A.
The "drys" have bee.l aided in their
campaign throughout the State by MI
merous prohibition leaders of wide
prominence. Among those who have
the State in the interest of the
movement are John G.. WOolley who
was the Prohibition candidate for
Of the United States in 1900
and DIR. Howard Russell, founder of
the National Anti.Saloon League.
Alarmed by the vigorous campaign
Of the "drys" the liquor interests, as
represented by the Illinois State
Brewers Association, the Distillers
and JoDbers' Association and the LID
uor Dealers Protective Association;
planned two weeks ago to make d
campaign in all doubtful
districts in q special train, with q
brass band and an army of orators.
The plan was abandoned, however, on
the advice 50f some of the liquor deal
ers who believed that such a demon
stratton would. only serve to make the
anti-saloop pedple more determined IN
their fight.
TIE Mpst5dl4taiieting feature OF tho
strhgglee fNm tie viewpoint of the
saloon element Is the fact that In
most places the women will vote for
the first tfmesin the local option con
tests It Is remembered that several
small towns which voted on the saloon
question Mast November were made
dry. by the ,,women's votes. For tho
coming elect kns the registration Of
women in the small cities and towns,
has been unusually heavy and the
are confident that with the aid
of the Women. they are certain to win
sweeping victories.
VICTIM OF cRAzEo ASSASSIN.
Dr. AYt4E ssEorfeits Life for Profss.
UN4afional Zeal. IS
MyYlXeh4A april 2.-Dr. Edgar de
Mott-SStryker; an American surgeon
n charge of a large hospital at Hol-
kol, Chosen (korea), was shot and
killed by a japanese, according to d
cablegram received by Edward H.
Loud. father OF Mrs. Stryker, at his
Brooklyn home. 1rhe message, sign
ed by Mrs. Stryker, said her hus-