The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13

Colorado had voted for prohibition.
law by 6,O12 majority without a single
male vote being cast for prohibition,
there being .213,425 women over 81
years of age in Colorado. Up. 49, Alb
Wyoming legalized gambling for
about 40 years after women had the
ballot, and had neither statewide
prohibition nor local-option laws.
About six years prior to the adop-
ton of women suffrage in California
Los Angeles voted on local option, and
the measure was defeated nearly 2 to 1.
About a month after women had the
again voted on and the saloons won by
nearly 3 to 1.
December, 1912, Los Angeles voted on
the question Of abolishing free lunches
feated and lunches are still free in Los
Angeles aloons. Missouri and Con-
necticut have statewide laws prohi-
biting free lunches in saloons. ,Pasa-
practically for its entire history-had
been a dry city, but soon after women
were given the franchise the sale of
liquor was legalized. Pasadena had
in 1910 2,6S8 more women over 81
years of age tha men-about 20 per
cent.
December 2, 1913, Santa Monica, Cal,
voted wet, ballots nearly 3 to / for
liquor, to be sold on Sundays and
nights. The Los Angeles Times of
December 3 says the triumph Of de
mon rum" and the sparkling. cabaret
is attributed to the women, who voted
2 to 1 against a Sunday drought: Total
vote for the saloons and Sunday IL
quor 2.173 against S14. Letter under
rector Of United States Census shows
that in 1910 Santa Monica had 2,462
males and 2,74S females over Fl, years
of age-2S6 more women than men,
yet we have the sale of liquor legal
lied in cafes all night n on Sundays
in a city of homes of less tina 5000
(7,S47) people, and I doubt that a paral-
lei can be found in any state where
Redondo, Cal, voted on local option
October ID, 1918. The. saloons won.
Los Angeles Times of October IS says
that both sides claim the result was
due to WOmen + votes Gonn,a+ton asas
voted on local option November s,
1918. The saloons won, (see Los
Angeles Times, Nov. Z, 1879
sa San BsFn u 50, f is1ii. T See L f0F t the
geles Times, Jan. 81, 1910 =,
At an election in California April
10, 1914, out of 10 cities n towns
voting on the liquor question. 9 voted
ford, population 1929, and MERGED,
population 3,102, both of which had
been dry, returned to the wet column.
See Los Angeles Times, April IA, 1914.
California is dry, and 10 counties out of
81 in Colorado are dry.
In Colorado Springs, Colo, where
the sale of liquor was prohibited for
ton about two years ago, and liquor
selling was legalized. Colorado Springs
had 819 more women than men over II
years of age in 1910. Ietrer of Dl-
rector Of Census, Feb; 2S. 1910 ~
Of the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., you will find that in he 6 states
that had women suffrage January /
1912-California, Colorado, Wyoming,
were 1925 liquor dealers paying
special license to the government fol
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1913
From page "a, Abstract of United
| States Census 1910. you will find the
suffrage states above mentioned had a
population Of 5,163,47S, 1 liquor dealer
for every 1876 people of the s states
For the remaining AZ states and Dis
trict Of Columbia there were 226, 24i
liquor dealers paying license for the
same period. The AZ states and Dis,
trict Of Columbia had a population Of
| Sc, sos, 1913, or 1 liquor dealer for every
| $50 people, or about n half the mum,
Der of dealers per capita than the wo'
/ man suffrage state require, and ther
we are told by the suffragists tina
they are not favorable to the liquor
interests. Kansas, oregon, and Ari
zona only adopted woman suffrage No.
vember s, 1912. Kansas has been 8
prohibition state for more h a q
years.
At local-option elections in Illinois
April Z, 1914, about eleven hundred sa'
looms out of 5000, where election:
were held, were abolished, IL dry coun,
ties were added to the 80 already dry
making AZ dry counties out Of the loo
counties in Illinois.
Kentucky, where men alone vote, has
80 dry counties out of 120 in the state
and Missouri has 65 no-license coun-
ties out of ia in that state.
Iowa a II dry counties out Of 9E
counties in the state; and in Minnesota,
at election April 7, 1914, ~two-thirds
of the counties where local-optiOn
elections were held voted dry, and
towns tina had licensed saloons for 60
years voted dry by mems votes.
Eight out of twelve counties in
Michigan h voted on the liquor
question April 8, 1914, voted dry, in