Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-11-07
CITY VOTES WET" BY 225O;
RURAL COUNTY DRY" BY O20
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course OF Interstate commerce. Il
cannot legally be brought by auto
mobile from Pennsylvania or Mary
land into Delaware. In quantities more
than one quart. for the machine
wonld be subject TO conllscatlon and
the driver subject TO arrest How
ever IL could be brought In any guam
titles from pennsgrOve or the New
Jersey shore direct TO Wilmington, lot
\ would not then go through the rural
Mad wilmington gone dry" along
alon- with rural New Castle county, u
uo.id have been unlawful under the
Reed 'boue-dry" federal law, TO have
shipped any LIQUOR into Delaware,
after July 4 next.
While scores of warrants had been
sworn out by the "drys" in anticipa-
ton OF fraudulent voting, there was Dut
one arrest during the day-th9t OF
Samuel L. Burris, a dry worker, on
a charge OF intimidation-and three
arrests on bribery charges last night
which were dismissed in city court To-
day
The vote cast yesterday In the city
was much short Of the registration
The returns show 22,0i5 votes cast In
the city, while the registration was
26,239
The ''Nets" carried the First, Second
Third. Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth wards. while the
"drysn carried the Fifth, Seventh and
Ninth wards. Ten years ago they car
rled only the Ninth ward and that by
a small majority Yesterday 1t gave O
dry" majority Of s7i, the largest given
bv any ward I'm the city, one way or
the other. The "drys" carried every
hundred IN rural New Castle except
New Castle hundred Seven years ago
thew carried but three hundreds.
Both sides exerted themselves TO get
out as many voters as possible yes
terday. and while clashes were frequent
between the workers there were no
serious disturbances Policemen were
stationed at each polling place TO quell
trouble or make arrests, but were not
called on except In few Instances
MORE
Talk Of Prohibition Law.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
"wets" carried the city by 2,259 ma
jority, there was considerable talk IN
dry circles last night and today that
an effort would be made either In spe-
clal session OF the Legislature or at
The next session by the "drys" TO- pass
a prohibition law for Wilmington.
one report was that the dry mem
bers OF the Legislature might petition
Governor Townsend 10 call a special
session Of the Legislature TO enable
them TO nut through a prohibition law
for Wilmington.
That a special session would be call
cd for that purpose was regarded by
many persons as highly improbable,
however.
What the Leaders Say.
"A victory Of the people," said John
C. Stack, manager Of the campaign Tor
the license forces. this morning. when
he was asked for o statement as to the
result Of yesterdays election. win
everything against us, the 'drys' hay
ing absolute control Of the election
machinery, we won Il Is most graft
tying after the hard work of the cam
palgn. On behalf OF myself and tn
committee l wish 20 thank all thos
who aided us IN presenting our argu
ments 10 the public. and the public FOL
its verdict"
Caleb Z. Burchenal, chairman Of
the Wilmington Antl-License Commit
tee, said In commenting on the re-
suit;
"The dry organization did splendid
work. The wet maioritles Of ten
years ago were held down In the vari-
GUS wards that were the strongholds
of the license element, and we gained
IN dry wards. but not enough TO
overcome the wet majority.
However, we have won the county
which is partly due TO the fact that
strong fight was put up in this
city"
Horace C. Eastburn. attorney for
the Department Of Elections, made the
following comment upon the election
last night TO a representative of VIII
mington News:
IN company with members OF the
Department OF Elections I visited many
OF the election districts of the city
That the department was called upon
20 iron out some difficulties in a mum.
Der OF polling places. but on the whole
the election machinery ran very
smoothly. There was practically nj
friction among the VETS and dry
election officers, and in my judgment
the election was conducted with a:
great a spirit Of fairness as any cleo
ton that has been conducted In The
city In many years.
"The vote generally was an honest
vote and It was fairly and lmpartially
counted and returned. and the De-
partment Of Elections has expressed
itsef as generally gratlfled with the
manner In which the election officers
conducted the election -