The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-08
COUNTY CASTS 10000 VOTES, THE
LARGEST NUMBER IN ITS HIS
ToRY-coUNTRY DIS
TRIcTS WET.
CHARGES OF WHOLESALE
FRAUDS MADE BY "DRYS"
AneLsaIeon League Head Declares .
Municipality Never Before Expert.
sneed Such illegal votine-No
More Option Elections for
Three Years.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 8. - Henuepin
voters have declared against local
prohibition by a majority OF about
5000.
Hennepin cast nearly 10000 votes,
more than the most vivid imagination
conceived prior to election day. OF
the IS city wards, in Minneapolis,
voted wet and 4 dry. The country
district Joined the wet column. There
can not be another option election in
this county for at least three years
by the terms Of the law.
DR.. George B. Stafford, president OF
the Anti-Saloon league, makes charge
that the election was won by whole
sale frauds at the polling places. Not
within the memory of man, he de-
elares, has municipality experienced
such wholesale illegal voting.
The four wards which voted dry
were the Second, Seventh, Eighth and
Thirteenth. The Second went dry by
q few hundred, the Seventh by inches,
the Eighth by only fair majority,
considering its size, and the Thir.
teenth proved dryest Of all.
Third Ward Wet, 8 to 1.
The First ward was about as wet as
ward could be. The Third voted
wet better than three to one. The
Fourth piled up nearly 1000 wet ma
FORTY and the Fifth about a thousand.
The Sixth, tiniest Of all wards, did its
little best with 700 majority for the
vets out of about 1000 votes cast.
The Ninth was little better than
thousand wet The Tenth didn't quite
reach the thousand majority mark.
The Eleventh went wet by about 500
and the Twelfth gave the vets a SUBJ
stantial majority. The country indi-
Gates itself Of wet preference by about
500.
Last fall at the general election a
grand total Of 51,9S7 votes were cast
in city and county, excluding the
female vote, there being lib of these
cast. There were registered and privi-
legged to vote at that general election
60,603 males and 2,165 females. As
women were not permitted the privi-
lege of the ballot in this election the
vote can be properly compared only
with the male vote of last fall con-
sidered high figure.
Like Lee-Hammond Contest.
The election returns followed close
~ the returns of the Lee-Hammond
contest of last fall when liquor was
the principal issue between the two
candidates. There were 43,927 votes
cast in Hennepin for these two gu
bernatorial candidates and Mr.. Ham
mond had $3.50 more than Mr.. Lee.
In that election Mr.. Lee lost every
thing but the Eighth and Thirteenth
wards. He lost the Second and Sew
enth, carried by the drys by small
majorities, by narrow margins.
Unless one should cite the rural
portion of Hennepin county it could
not be said that any particular section
went far away from advance predic.
tions. OF course, the drys were sur
prised at some of the wards they
lost, but those they did lose were
wards they figured their narrowesi
majorities in. And rural Hennepin
was claimed in advance by the wet
forces by majority somewhat more
substantial than indicated on the face
Of the returns.
Fraud Charges Numerous.
Nothing approaching riots or gen
eral disorder marked the battle at the
polls. There were number o
charges Of fraud. Three brewery EN-
ployes were arrested at Seven Cor
ners for violation Of the corrupt prac
tees act in that they were alleged t,
have peddled wet hand bills. Severa
men were taken from the polling plac
In the public comfort station OPPOSITE
the Nicollet hotel, the Nineteenth pre-
cinct of the Fourth ward, always
battle-ground precinct in which tn
forces of whatever reform is pendin
count on getting the worst of it, 9th
er such arrests were made. Thes
men were released, no charges bein
made against them.
Unregistered Voters Cast Ballot.
That which marked the electio
more than anything outside of tn
emphatic protest against adoption {
prohibition was the number of III
registered voters who cast their ba
lots.
DR.. Stafford makes claim that thes
voters were largely imported for tn
occasion or repeaters. 1t is concede
however, that the wet or dry issu
aroused the voters of Hennepiu coul
ty as never before, creating an int
est which brought to the polls me
who apparently have neglected tn
duty of citizenship for years.
German Note Is Unsatisfactory.
Washington, Oct. 5.-The note pr
scented by Count ]. H. Won Bernstort