The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04
FAIRFIELD COUNTY DRY VOTE IS sl8 ID 8; BRIDGEPORT AND OTHER TOWNS HEREABOUTS ON DRY SIDE
Constitutional Amendment , Recommended By Large 7 Majority Litchfield
 { County Only One In Eight { to Roll Up a Majority for
 ( the Vets.
Especial to The .Farmer.)


 | Hartford, May 4-The vote of the Fairfield county members of the house of representatives against the S-wet" report of the committee on excise, in the house late yesterday, Was IS to S. Both Iridgeporters were in the dry contingent V There was only one county, Iitch- f1eld, the bailiv-ck of J. Henry Rora- back, which gave a majority for the 4wets.''
 s The strength os the vote was a surprise, even to veteran observers of the legislature, although there had abeen little doubt but that the vote of lthe "drys'' would be stronger than ever before.
 $ The question on which. the roll call vote was taken was the accept ance of the majority report of the committee, agains- the dry constitu- ,Eona1 amendmenfs
 The amendment prope sed will be Published with the. acts of this as- sembly, and at the next assembly, will be voted on by both house and senate. If it receives a two thirds vote in both houses, it will be submitted to the people, and if the people vote favor ably it will become illegal to man ;ufacture or sell spirituous and intoM- eating liquors n Connecticut The roll call vote follows.
 FAIRFIELD COUNTY
 a-Gilbert, Bethel; German, Dan- bury; Conrad. Huntington; Knapp. New Fairfield: Rupf, Newtown; Briggs, Sherman; Huxford, Stamford; Wakeman, Weston t% Nay-Chew. Bridgeport; Blakeslee, Bridgeport: Camp, Brookfield; Hoyt, Barien;: Tammany, Easton; Lacey, Fairfield; F. E. Morgan, Fairfield; Bilion, Huntington; Sherman, Mon roe; Candee, ~Norwalk; Shaw, Red ding; Ryan, Ridgefield; Benedict, Ridgefield; Foord. Stamford; Blake man, Stratford; Morehouse, Stratford; l; Berger, -TrumbuIl; Sherwood, West port
 HARTFORD COUNTY
 Yea-Messrs- FiIley, Douglass. Palmer, Bartlett, Myers; Thompson. Emmons., Covert. E. F. Hall, Hoskins, Grant, Spencer, Crockett
 Nay--Messrs- R. E. Case, Jarvis, Elasson, webster Burke. Brewer, H. Qiaswold, T. G. Case, Cogbett D son, Churchill, Emo. F. H. Barnes, Walker. Thomson, w. w. Savage, Buck. Tnrney. & F. Brown, Mitchell, Bowers- Fs E. NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
 Yea = Messrs. MoHey, Sullivan. Munson, Marsden, Eange, w E. EaSage, K B tssnitfrs{ Js D. Brawn. ,Jr-.. Reilly, Gaine, Rose, Eatons Mahoney Fitzhenfy. F. Healey- $ Nay2MessrH G. T.. Clark. Wood fng, Barker. Peasley. R. H. Morgan. Cooker. Ives, Hayles, Ga1laTd, Lupa- yer, Hicoclk, Goddard, Prisk, Warner
 NEW LONDON COUNTY. q. Yea --i Messrs- Hampstead, Holt, Fox, Bailey. Henderson. Pierson. Buteau-
 Nay-Messrz Sweeney, Gillette, E1-. Sart,s DeWolf, Date, F. E. Williams Hoxfe, Allyn, Harding. Ra9mond Bradford. c H. Stone, Bates, Hol1o- well, Rogers, Wilcox, Babcock, Geary z WINDHAM COUNTY. Ss Yea-Messrs- Knowlton c. H. Will Hams Sheldon, Swain, Kent. Bowin Fenton, Laramee-
 S Nay-Messra Atwood, Miller, Bak- err, C. E. Buel, Mills, Back, Wright, F. H. Paine, Kent, Mofitt, Mowry, Back us, J. A Paine. Hiscox- LITCHFTEID COUNTY.
 Yea-Messrs- Roberts. Kellogg Northway. Preston, F. D. Griswold. Potter. Rayenscroft, Pack, Jones, C. N. Hall Todd. Cau1. Reel. Eustice, Rudd, Waitt, C1axton Chappuis, Aver Al D. L. Vain, L. F.. Case
 . Nay-Messrs- Day, Frazier, Hayes, Cooper, A. H. vaiT-. Pratt, Chase, Grannis. Beckwith. Collar. Minor, Leavenworth. Fulton, Stoughton. Wei gold Ford. Skilton, e. B. Cow1es, Hitchcock.
 ]MIDDIESEX COUNTY.
 ! Yea--Messrs- Smith, D. E., Parme- lee, BirdEey, Bushnell and Kelsey n Nay-E-Messrz- Bliss, Coe, Page. Stone, C. G.. Luther, Ack1ey, Dunham. Markham, Rose, Hazen. Nelson, Boardman. Goodrich, Adams and Southworth-
 HOLLAND COUNTY.
 q Yea -- Woodward, Kingsbury, Wightman, Deardon H. Martin, Tal- colt
 NayAHutchfnson. Higgins. Hewitt, Keefe, L. Smith, Keeney. Fuller, Heald. Towne. Horsman,. Bugbee Whole number voting ->~-.-- 225 Necessary for passage to prevail 113 Those voting yea ------- S2
 3r Those voting nav 143