El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

sEDrys' Are Optimistic.
A feeling of optimism prevailed al
/ dry" headquarters during the morn
4 ing up to noon. Notwithstanding the
| claims Of wet advocates that they
would carry the city by big ma
| jOrity. That the residence precincts
I were going from three to five to one
| for prohibition was the statement
made at headquarters by a leading
worker, according to reports received
I from workers at the polls
Mexicans Voting 'fDry" City.
According to other reports the five
lower city precincts were turning out
| a heavier prohibition vote than nao
been predicted ''MeXicans are voting
drier than had been expected" was
the statement made by a worker.
Claim Clint and Ysleta.
we will carry Ysleta two to one"
was the statement at headquarters
and will also carry Clint We viii
break even at the smelter but there
are only a few votes there. In pre-
cinct %, where there are 500 votes.
1872 had voted up TO noon" This pre-
cinct was regarded as barometer for
the dry vote, as a heavy turnout in
dicated a good prohibition vote, the
prohibitiOnists claimed
Generally prohibition workers de-
claIed that they were well satisfied
with the reports received from work
erS, and they claimed that they telI
confident of winning the election.
A report received by The Herald
from Ysleta at 1 o'clock said that IL
was estimated the "drys" were ten
ahead in the ballot there.
Deming Wants No More Saloons.
Mayor NJ A Nordhaus. of Deming,
did not resign because prohibition is
a failure in Deming and did not ad-
nit that he has been unable to con-
troll bootlegGiug and disOrderly women
there according to an announcement
made Wednesday and signed by mayor
NOrdhaus. F. Z SamuelS, S i. Cox,
p. F. Hamilton and H. e. Bush. coun-
ciimen. and A. A. Temke. clerk and
city attorney. The Deming council
claimed that all reports from govern
ment investigators showed that moral
conditions in Deming have been con-
sidered excellent and that the people
OF that city would not willingly go
back to the saloon under any circum-
stances This statement. the Deming
men said, was made unsolicited on the
part Of anyone connected with the
prohibition fight in FL Paso.
Predict Dry City.
All OF the champions o. prohibition
who addressed the mass meeting at
the First Christian church Tuesday
night were positive that e. PasO city
and county would en-cr the cry
column after the election Of Wednes- l
day.
ne meeting helS DIES4QEQ over DI
T. n WingO and C. P. Putnam In
the speakers Mr.. Wingo
SAID he could think of no better way
Of expressing the sentiment Of the /
prohibition forces than TO quote the |
final paragraph OF The Herald edi- I
torlal OF Tuesday.
Judge Dan NJ Jackson said there 1
was no ''if" about the election The I
people of this city and this county /
have taken decency as leader and I
huge majority is to be rolled up IN /
favor Of making this city decently I
tree Of the liquor traffic" ne de- !
,lared- In Speaking OF the personal /
liberty side OF the saloon question, /
he judge wanted TO know when the l
ialoOn Or LIQUOR interest had eve |
the personal liberty Of /
anyone.
srOb'' Page DRY Advocate.
Robert ". Page told many excel
ent reasons why he was in favor Of 4
l dry" city. He said he had just
awakened to the fact that he should j
De actively engaged in fighting for
he cause and expected 10 do what he
,ould to show the people OF FL Paso
hot all the evidence obtainable
pointed to the fact that dry" cities
we're more prosperous and better
titles than those where liquor pre-
allied.
Gains Ground For 80 Years.
For two hours and - minutes 1T the
first Methodist church Tuesday "Cy- I
lone" Davis. Temperance lecturer. /
poke TO an audience Of several hun
red people.