Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-09
1000 SALOONS IN
ILLINOIS CLOSED
BY WOMEN VOTE
Sixteen Counties, Ill Cities and
200 Out Of 800 Townships
Added to Dry Column
by Their Ballots.
SMALL FIGURE IN CHICAGO
No Female Candidates Elected,
But They Helped Defeat Sew
eral Bond Issues" Bath
House John" Wins.
SMALL FIGURE IN CHICAGO


tor the first time in Illinois townships,
yesterday aided In closing more than
1000 saloons, adding 16 counties to tne
80 already dry and barring the sale OF
intoxicants in approximately guy OF sne
800 townships in which local option
was an issue.
Their victory included II cities which
Bloomington, Galesburg, Elgin, De-
catur, Canton, Freeport. Belvidere..
Monmouth, kewanee, Lockport and
East Galena. Rockford, Mattoon and
Galva were kept in the dry column.
No city or township which was dry
was lost by the anti-saloon force, but
Springfield, Quincy. Rock Island, Wau-
kegan, Aurora, Joliet, Alton. Moline.
Dixon and West Galena remained wet.
In Springfield q majority of women
voted for saloons. and In Joliet the
women We're almost equally divided as
to saloons.
In addition to the so counties in
which no liquor can be sold, the fol-
lowing counties Joined the anti saloon
column: Boone. Brown. Christian,
DeXalb, Dewitt. Shelby Fulton, Henry,
Jersey, Knox. Livingtone, Macon. Nc
eago.
How Women Voted.
Incomplete returns placed the worn-
EMS vote al 40,6S1 dry and lS.lSl Wet.
Tho mems vote was about one-elghlh
greater than the wonens and was ap-
proxilnatelv 60 per cent wet.
Women elected so female TOWNSHIP
officers. 2G township collectors. three
town clerks and member of the board
Of education in Springfield
Although 73 per cent OF the women
registered in Chicago took advantage
Of their newly gained franchise at yes.
terday's municipal election. none OF
Il toe fpv. ri
council was successful receiving only
q scattered vote.
Alderman John {" Bathhouse y
coughlin. who for score OF years has
represented the First ward. won by
nearly 1000 votes over Miss Marion
women voted for him than for Miss
Drake and he won by to l vote.
The vote in Chicago totalled nearly a
half million. Out OF a total of 2l7.6l4
women who had qualified. 15s.es6 voted.
The number OF men who voted was
Chicago's new council remained DEM
ocratic OF the new council, 40 Will be
democrats, 81 republicans. 6 progress
Bives and three independents.
Bond Issues Defeated.
Votes of women helped defeat a prop
osition for comprehensive subway
system to cost s130,000,000. The sub
way proposition was lost by $4,000
votes Another public policy question
providing for home rule in the regula
ton of public utilities. was successful
by 1000.
Five bond issues totalling sS,35o,o0O
for city departments and for the county
hospital. were defeated by large major
ities. One bond issue providing $3.50
900 for municipal bathing beach inn
provements was successful.
The socialistic party had an alder
manic candidate in each of the 30
wards. In most of the wards, the So
cialist vote was third and in one ward.
place. The total vote polled by the So
cialist candidates was S3.yUo
Still After 1.-THE Bath"
The suffrage forces, who had united
to support Miss Drake, We're Jubilant.
however, and declared this showing
was the entering wedge by which they
expected ultimately to defeat Coughlin
and Michael ("fIinky Dink'D kenna,
who have represented the ward for
nearly quarter OF century.
Numerous charges of irregularities in
voting were made to the election com
mission by Miss Drake's campaign
managers.
The township of Proviso, one of the
Cook county townships outside Of the
city Of Chicago. which was reported
last night to have been voted dry, was
today shown by the complete returns to
There are n saloons In the town.
ship and a large amusement park. as
we'll as a number of summer gardens
and road houses in which liquor Is dis
pensed.