Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-03

New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 2-The so- called little town elections" in Con necticut today were featured by spirit ed contests over the excise question, and the dry forces made a gain of four towns. Fifty towns voted on the issue, six changing from license to no license and two changing from dry" to wet In two of the town the decision to change from wet to "dry' was carried by a single vote, Last year S1 towns stood license and ST no-license, and the year before the standing was 87 and 80 in favor of the drys. with the town of Branford split.
 Vote in No-Iicense Towns
 Canton-yes 235; no 264; no change. Cheshire-yes III; no 199; no change.
 Chester-yes S5; no 1858; no change. Griswold-yes 351; no 270, changed; vote last year yes 291; no 33S;
 Kent-yes 69; no 151; no change. New Canaan-yes 2S5: no 365; no North Canaan-no license by 35, no Westbrook-yes 70; no 7s; no Woodbury-yes 76; no 15s; no change.
 Vote in License Towns
 Barkhamsted-yes by 23-no change. Berlin-yes 361; no 223; no change. Bethany-yes AZ; no 39; no change. Branford second district-yes 100; no TO; no change.
 Brookfield-yes 119; no 61; no change.
 change.
 Canaan-no license by S6; changed. Last year yes -S9;i no 5S.
 Colebrook-yes by. 3S; no change.
 Cornwan-no license by [; changed; last year yes 123; no 10S.
 Coventry-yes 149; no 139; 70 no change.
 Darien-yes 371; no S93; no change. East Granby-yes 93; no 94; changed; last year did not vote and stood license.
 East Haven-yes 245; no 1Ss; no EIiington-Yes by 65 majority; no change.
 F'armington-yes 911; no 2S7; no change.
 Hamden-yes 23 margin; no change. Haddam-Yes by sixty majority.
 Killingly-yes 676; no 534; no Litchfield- 345; no 2S5; no Manchester-Yes s34; no sos; no New Hartford-yes by S5; no change.
 Old saybrook-yes 165: no "A; no change.
 Oxford-yes 11S; no 5S; no change. Putnam-yes 697; no 445; no change Plainffeld-Yes 396; no 497; change; Ridgefield-yes 210; no PA; changed; last year yes 2O4; no IFS. Simsbury-yes 257; no 258; changed; :; 4.
 Staford-yes 370; no 36S: no change Seymour-yes 419; no 393; no change.
 southbury-yes 1s2; no s1; no change.
 somers-Yes; no 129; no change. changed; last year yes 206; no 209. Sterling-Yes 118; no 95; no change. last year 452; no APT.
 Winchester-yes 1,026; no 765; no Windsor-Yes by 22 majority; no change.
 Recapitulation of Excise Vote.
 Following~is a recapituration: License towns not voting .......... 43 No-license towns not voting ...... 70 License towns voting .....-........ 57 No-Lcense towns voting ......... Is IotaI .........- ..'''' '..-''''' % oG License towns unchanged ........ 3l License towns changed ...''.'. No license towns unchanged ...... II No-license towns changed .-....-. The changes follow
 From Mo- License to License.
 Griswold by majority.
 Spra gue by 1855 majority.
 Canaan by 36 majority.
 Cornwall by [ majority.
 East Granby by 1 majority.
 Ridgefield by IA majority.
 Simsbury by 1 majority
 PIainfield by 101 majority.
 Avon-Yes 135, No 72; no change.
 Stonington-Yes 9G4, No 702; nc change.
 Windham-Yes by 245 majority; na change.
 Plainville-Yes by P majority; no change.
 Elections were also held for town officse. but no national or state politi- cal significance was attached to the outcome, the issues being regarded as purely local
 "Wets" Celebrate in Winchester. In Winchester, which remained in the wet column. there was a big cele- bratioD, the license advocates turning out with a band for a street parade. Under the new commission government the town will remain a wet spot" for two years, as no vote on this question will be taken next year. Tine election of town officers was under the new charter changes.
 In New Hartford the no-license 1bal- lots were an hour late in arrival owing to illness of a printer, but in the end the temperance advocates made a great sprint and got in a large vote, but could not overcome existing condi- tfons.