The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-13
VOTE IN STATE ON
LICENSE QUESTION
ELECTION RESULTS IN LARGER
WISCONSIN CITIES RETAIN
ING SALOONS.
IMPORTANT GAINS BY DRYS
Tuesdays Election Bars Liquor From
An Increased Area-Sixty-three
Cities Go Wet and Drys
Win Forty-one.

Milwaukee, April Z. = Although
the drys failed to dislodge the vets
in the more important cities in Wis
consin where there were contests,
Tuesdays election added a number
of smaller cities and villages to the
states dry territory.
The most spectacular fight was at
Superior, where vets won out by a
margin of only 1877 votes in a total
of 5,571. At Madison the vets came
through with a margin of sol, de-
spite the hottest campaign of years
to put the states capital city in the
dry column. At Beloit the vets won
with majority OF 239, a consider
able increase over that at the last
election
Big Vote Is Cast.
Returns from all over the state in
dictate that the largest vote in the
history of Wisconsin was polled on
the wet and dry issue. Reports show
that both sides were better organ
lied than ever before, and nearly the
full vote turned out
Two Ties Recorded.
Statistics compiled from returns
| received up to midnight showed that
forty-one cities which were dry voted
to remain so. Sixty-three cities and
towns voted to retain saloons Nine
teen cities and towns which were for
merly wet were swung into the dry
column, while only four villages
which were dry went over to the wet
column.
All over the state the vote on the
license question was close, and in
two cases it was tie. At Beloit the
| drys had expected the result to be
much closer. The vets, on the other
hand, were given a scare at Superior,
and the result was much closer than
was expected by those who were fol-
lowing the campaign closely. The re-
suit at Madison was about as ex-
pected.
The successes of the drys were
confined to the following larger
places: Sparta, Hudson, Bayfield,,
Galesville, Plainfeld, Waupaca, all
dry for the first time, and Boscobel,
Washburn, Lancaster, which have
been dry before.
Result of License Vote.
Following are the places in the
wet and dry columns:
Wet-Cashton, Trempealeau, Penn
bine, Iron River, Sun Prairie, Min
era1 Point, Cobb, Ridgeway, High
land, Linden, Tomah, West Salem,
Campbellsport, Reedsburg, Beloit,
Ashland, Stevens Point, East Milwau-
kee, Portage, Arlington, Fall River,
Randolph, Friesland, Doylestown,
Douglas, Westfeld, Coloma, Han
cock, Richford, Madison, Whitewater,
Salem and Neenah-33.
Dry-MaZomanie, Bayfield,. Gales
vile, Blair, Plainfeld, Washburn, Ca
BILE, Pardeeville, Ladysmith, Wau-
paca, Hollandville, Blanchardville,
Boscobel, Lancaster, Barniveid, &C.
dar Grove, Oostburg, Town of Lynn
don, Holmen, Hudson, Whitehall,
Viroqua, Sparta, Grand View, Hay
ward, Sanborn, Wautoma, Cambria,
Rio, Leeds, Poynette. Kendall, On
tario and Norwalk-34.
Madison Wet BY 3O1.
Madison, April Especial. }
Madison went wet in Tuesdays
election by a majority of sol. A year
ago the city went wet by 81. The
total vote on Tuesday was S,311, the
largest ever cast in a Madison cleo
ton on the wet and dry question.
The feature of the election was the
heavy vote cast by students of the
university of Wisconsin, who largely
voted dry In the Fifth ward. where
many students reside, the majority
for no license was 624. Last year it
was 423. The campaign was the
most spirited over the license cues
ton ever waged here. One alder
man and one supervisor were elected
in each of the ten wards of the city.
The contests were nonpartisan. The
vote for Chief Justice Winslow in
Madison, where he has resided for
nearly quarter of a century, was
about 5000.
Superior Remains Wet.
Superior, April by a narrow
margin of 127 out of 5,571, Superior
voted to remain wet The drys
showed unexpected strength in vari-
Gus wards and for time threatened
to entirely wipe out the two to one
victory of the vets of six years ago.
The proposed $4,000 bond issue for
Women Win at kenosha.
Kenosha-The women of Kenosha
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