The sun., 1918-04-18
ProhibitiOnists Fail to
Sweep Many Localities
They Counted Upon.
RECORD TOTALS CAST
Syracuse and Schenectady
for Saloon, BinghamtOn
Against 1t.
WESTCHESTER BARS WIN
Women Appear to Have Split
Ballots Between the
Two Factions.
WESTCHESTER BARS WIN

Prohibition won in twenty Of the
th.rty-nlne upstate cities that voted on
the question yesterday and on Tuesday.
according to practically complete returns
this morning. Except in the case OF
Salamanca, latest returns showed that
every city that voted against the saloon
license voted against the three other
proposals for the sale OF liquor. namely
the wholesaler. the sale in hotels and
lie sale by pharmacists OH a physicians $
prescription Salamanca voted In favor
Of the sale by prescription.
Two of the three cities of the second
class. syracuse and Schenectady. wen,
wet, the former BY about $4,000. Bing-
hamton, the other second class city.
went into the dry column. The sale Of
liquor in the cities affected must stop on
October !.
Win. 1t was proved that the claims
Of the prohibitionists that half OF the
cities affected would vote against the
sale Of liquor was not without founda.
ion the returns showed that tho antis
rad misjudsed public sesskinent In -sev.
eral Of the more important cities.
Syracuse Goes Wet.
Perhaps the most striking instance
WIS in Syracuse, which voted wet by
about $4,000 majority. Schenectady.
Mount Vernon and New Rochelle. In all
os which places tho drys anticipated
substantial gains, went into the we,
column.
From the earliest returns It was ap.
parent that the newly enfranch!sed wo-
men voters did not cast their ballots
solldly against the liquor trafflc. Fairy
,onplete returns seemed to indicate that
hey split their votes on much the same
Lines as the men. and the result, as fsr
IS that element OF the vote was con-
cerncd was n distinct disappointment to
the p.ohibitionists In many localities
An analysis Of the figures shows that
the vote averaged about 20 per cent
!nore than the total vote cast in these
cities for Governor in 1915.
In cities like Syracuse and NewburS
wae<e the prohibitiouistS expected
larger vote. the explanation was mace
hat the newly enfranchised woman vote
and even tho entire dry vote had not
teen organized as we'll as the opposition
despite house to house canvassing by the
dr!S.
Dry Claims Too Large.
Altogether tine result seems TO indi-
cate tina; the claim of the prohibitionista
that the sentiment OF the State was for
prohibition was not we'll founded. The
claim was based on the assumption that
a great majority of the constituencies OF
the eighty -eight members OF the l.cSts-
lature outside OF the city OF New York
would indicate a preference for bone dry
egislation. It was the belief of some
o, the more ardent Of the d-ys that
>lffcient number Of upstate Assembly
men would receive a mandate yesterday
10 support prohibition to Offset the anti
rrohibiton sentiment among the sixty
two New York city members.
The ballotting was the largest ever
ast in any OF the municipalities. due
eh.eAy 10 the fact that 1t was the first
election IN which the recently enfran-
o.sei women OF the State had been
sNer an opportunity 20 exercise the
suffrage and the flrst time any voters
n the cities had had chance TO eN-
press tAc!r views on the liquor. question.
Hot FiGht In Westchester.