The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-22
DRYS v|CTORS
IN ILLINOIS
Votes of Women Gust Saloons in
Town Elections.
ONE OASIS IN DJ PAGE
No License Territory Is Extended
Until Fewer Than 200 Town
ships Remain in the
Wet Column.

Chicago, April 21--Illinois drys yes
terday landed on old King Alcohol
again. About one-half the twenty-one
incorporated cities and villages that
balloted on the saloon issue voted to
chase them from their borders. No
new counties were added to the "en-
tirely dry" column. but the no-license
territory was extended until less than
200 townships In the state are now
wet.
The most extensive success of the
drys was won in Du Page county
where three out of four communities
that had the question up closed the
dramshops. Lombard, Naperville and
West Chicago, all suburban territory,
went dry, while Elmhurst remained
wet
Feminine Vote Decides.
The feminine vote was the deciding
factor In at least two of the Du Page
dry triumphs. In Naperville ATS wom-
en- voted dry and 295 wet, while Of the
men 222 voted dry and 2s6 wet. The
dry proposition carried by 1T votes,
through the strength rolled up by the
feminine electors.
The outcome was similar in West
Chicago. The men voted for the sa-
looms. They cast 277 dry ballots and
368 wet. The women were against
the saloons almost two to one. They
voted 365 dry and 1877 wet, and the
dramshops were put out OF commits
sion by majority Of SO.
Lombard went dry by a margin Of
102 votes, and Elmhurst remained wet
by 46s.
Beardstown and Cuilom remain wet,
The women In Cullom gave wet ma
jority, as we'll as the men.
One Of helmost bitter fights was in
Ottawa in La Sale county. The vets
won by 1890. This was another CON-
munity In which the women voted wet.
The men voted by 1,150 majority and
the women favored the saloons by q
n1sjority OF ITO.
Heardstown.. Dixon and Morris re-
manned wet. In Beardstown the or
binary vote OF 1900 was raised to
3,700. The women gave dry major
ity, but they were overcome by the
masculine vote In favor of saloons.
Morris, in Grundy county, remains
In the wet column, the saloon advo-
Gates rolling up majority Of lit in
the city election. T. H. Hall was
elected mayor on the Republican
ticket over the reform candidate by
large majority. Twenty saloons were
affected.
Gardner went dry by 33 majority,
the women being responsible for four
saloons being knocked out
Dixon remained wet through a ma
jority cast by the male voters.
Drya Win In Litchfleid.
Litchfleld was hailed by the drys as
one of the victories OF the day. The
city voted to abolish the saloons by a
majority Of 600, and in addition 1t
elected all dry candidates. This Is
the tenth election on the saloon CUES.
ton, and each time before the vets
won.
Auburn went dry by vote Of e1a
to 40.
Oanville to Issue Licenses.
The returns show Danville's city
council will be for saloons. Mayor
Will C. Lewman was reelected by
2,0oO plurality He was on the Repub.
lican ticket and was opposed by LIN
coin Payne on the Citizens dry. and
Louis Plat, independent.
The returns indicate that the city
council will stand seven wet and seven
dry. The nearby village Of George.
town voted to remain dry, 3e1 to "A.
Morris, high license town for 80
years. voted to remain wet by a plu.
rality Of 1T. The vets cast 1,252
votes as against 1,175 by the drys.
Gardner in the same county. Grundy,
went dry by 90 votes. the vote stand
ing 26s to 234
In Henry county. Atkinson went dry
by the slim margin OF FIVE votes, con.
tributed by the women, while In Rock
Island county, Andalusia remained
wet by 26 votes.
In Madison county. Troy, which the
drys expected to carry, remained wet
by 81 votes, while New Douglas, In
the northeast corner Of the county,
went dry by seven votes. Edwards
Vile, which did not vote On the issue,
reelected a wet mayor.