Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-08
Despite SIedge-hammer Blows
Dealt by Prominent Men Of
All Parties and Religions,
Drys Are Defeated,
SECRET BALLOT PROVES
PULLING TO MANY
Election Is Spirited but Free.
From Bitterness; ProhiS Con-
cede Defeat at Early Stage
of BalIoting,
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Santa Fe, June THE vets won q
decisive victory today after a most
remarkable campaign at the most
unusual election this city has ever
Witnessed They carried every ward,
the total vote in the city being LOO.
of which GIG were wet and 4S4 dry,
the majority for the vets being 1872
as against AZ at the last local option
election six years ago.
A number of ballots were thrown
out because they were not properly
marked or not marked at all.
BY wards the vote was as follows
No. /, 146 wet, 143 dry; No. 2, 206
wet and III dry: No. 3, 147 wet. ia
dry: No. 4, ia wet and ITO dry.
While the vote was very heavy
one. there were no disturbances at
the polls, and early in the day II was
conceded that the vets would win by
at least 125 majority.
secret Ballot a Novelty.
The secret ballot was a novelty to
many a ward heller and voter. The
voter could procure no ballot except
from the election board, and he mark
ed his ballot in n booth which only
zone voter could enter at time, After
marking the ballot he folded IL, hand
ed it TO the election manager and it
was placed in the ballot box 1t was
all very simple, but kept the politi-
clans guessing, and more than one
voter not only those of the ignorant
kind, but many of the highly intelli-
gent class, confessed afterwards that
they marked their ballots differently
from what they had intended,
An extraordinary feature of the
election was the work done at the
polls by high officials In ward No.
4, Chief Justice c. j. Roberts was the
most tireless worker for the drys. In
ward No. 3 II was Supreme Court
Justice II. H. Hanna. in ward No.
District Judge Il. c. Abbott and in
ward No. l Supreme Court Clerk Jose
D. Sena. State officials. including
Governor Mcdonald, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor f.. c. de Baca, Secretary of State
Antonio Lucero. had lined up for the
drys. while opposing them were Unit
ed States Senator Thomas b. Catron,
District Attorney Alexander Read,
Mayor w. G.. Sargent. seven of the
eight city aldermen and nearly all the
county officials.
Ministers Work at Polls.
Two ministers of the gospel worked
at the polls, and Federal Judge w. II.
Pope came out openly for the drys.
Women served hot coffee and sand
wiches at the polls. 4t
Strange to say, the best of nature
prevailed, and the contest was devoid
of the bitterness that usually accom-
panies a local option election. True
a number of votes were challenged,
there We're charges of Intimidation by
both Sides and a number of eminent
citizens, when they came to vote,
found TO their establishment that they
had not been registered and would not
be permitted to swear in their vote.
District Attorney Alexander Read
declared this afternoon that there
would likely be an aftermath before
the grand jury and In the courts UNI.
less the aggrieyed parties cooled down.
The verdict at the polls is accepted
philosophically by both sides, the
vets promising that the ten saloons
In the city will be strictly regulated
and will probably be cut down to six,
or perhaps four. The drys threat
ened to see to 1t that the saloons OBJ
serve the law, especially as to Sunday
Observance and the selling of liquor
to minors. .sg