The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-04-06
BATTLE OF THE
VETS and DRYS
TWO WET COUNTIES CHANGE TO
THEORY SIDE. BUT LIBERALS
HOLD TWO FIRMLY.
R0SC0MMON AND CLARE DRY
Twenty-Eieht Saloons Put Out Of
5usiness-The Results Shown by
Latest Reports.

With some OF the heaviest voting
on record in local option campaigns
the drys in Mondays election carried
In the four dry counties in which the
question was resubmitted, and appar-
emily, in Ingham county, the storm
center of the campaign, increased
their lead somewhat over the vote OF
two years ago, when the county went
dry by a majority of 1,1Os,
Baraga and Clare were the two
counties in which the question was
submitted winning in Delta and Man
istee, where the question had not be
ceeding 1000. Baraga. captured by
the drys, was also virgin territory for
the Michigan Anti-saloon league.
Ingham county began rolling up dry
majorities from the first precinct re
ported. The townships did as expect
ed-went heavily dry and the city
came through with some surprising
results. The First ward, accounted
the premier stronghold of the vets,
went dry by 101 votes with all the
country precincts and five of the II
city precincts in, the drys led by l.
CAT. This majority will be cut some
what by the remaining city precincts,
but the drys say the figure will not
go below 1900.
% Saloons Go Out Of Business.
The voting in Lansing was unusual
ly heavy and very slow because of
the lack of voting space.
Jackson county, second largest In
which the question was submitted, re-
NAMED wet by 577.
Baraga and Clare, the two dry
trophies, gave majorities of 70 and $40
respectively.
Twenty-eight saloons will go out of
business as a result Of the election, "a
in Baraga and in Clare.
The three other dry counties re-
NAMED safely in their column. In
Wexford the dry majority jumped
from 90 in 1914 to nearly 900, 10 out
of 20 precincts giving a majority OF
564. Mecosta remained wet by PIT,
as against 1872 in 1914. Roscommon's
figures indicated an increased dry ma
jority as seven out of nine precincts
gave a dry balance Of 113, as against
total dry majority in 1914 of Al
Clare, which went wet in 1913 by 1913,
gave dry majority Of 3d. with only
ono procipct ,,,iccipu
schooIcraft Stays Wet
The wet counties came through with
big majorities-Delta defeating the
dry by 1868 and 20 out of % precincts
in Manistee giving a wet majority of
1,409. Schoolcraft, in the upper pen
insula, went wet by So on a light vote,
scarcely twothirds of the voting
strength of the county turning out.
Ogemaw remained wet by 112 MAORI
ty as against 20 in 1914.
Lake county remained wet by SO ma
jority, as against II in 1912. Nine
teen out Of % precincts in Iosco coun-
ty gave a wet majority of 81 The
two missing precincts will not alter
the result, it is believed, although
they may cut down the already mar
row margin.
Heavy voting was reported from
practically all counties. Ingham and
Jackson leading. Iosco was an eX-
ception, the vote being reported very
light. Mecosta county, Governor Fer
ris's home, reported a full vote and
from Cadillac, Wexford county, came
word that 1900 out of possible 1000
votes had been cast.
Roscommon-With four small pre-
cinLts to hear from, Roscommon coun-
ty goes dry by 113. These towns are
expected to swell the dry majority.
The proposition to bond the county
for $4,000 for good roads carried by
over 200 majority.