New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Syracuse for Saloons De-
spite Billy Sundays
Aid in Campaign
Women Voters
Outnumber Men
Mt. Vernon and New Ro-
chelle Are i'm Wet
Column

Ine DaLtle between Lne WetS ana
{ drys which has been going on for two
days at the polls in thirty-nine COM
munities Of the state was on its way
to nip and tuck finish early this
morning, with the vets slightly ahead
They appeared to have won in twenty
eities, while the drys had only nine
teen. H..
Among the cities where the vets
verevictorieus were Syracuse, Mount
Vernon, New Rochelle, ogdensburg,
Schenectady, Oswego and Amsterdam.
The "dys" appeared to have won in
Binghamton, the home of State SEN
stor William Hill, author Of the SEN
ate resolution to ratify the Federal
amendment; in Auburn, Elmira, Cort-
had, Jamestown. Johnstown and
Wasertown.
Everywhere, the yepprts Indicated,
as feminine vote was heavy. but the
sunen seemed to have been divided
sspcn the question in just about the
same proportions that the men were.
Both Mount Vernon and New Rochelle,
nearby communities with a consider
able number of women voters, went
vet
The Anti-saloon League claimed that
the drys would carry twenty cities as
aminimum, while they hoped for thirty
out Of the thirty-nine.
The biggest setback for the drys is
Syracuse, where they put forth the
greatest energy. Billy Sunday came on
from Chicago and made addresses at
three mass meetings. Chancellor Day,
Of Syracuse University. took promi-
nent hand in the battle, and the drys
aully expected a victory. The vets
utter the count last night were cor
respondingly jubilant.
Women Voters Divided.
About 80 per cent of the registered
$500 men and women voted. The vote
OF the women was bitter disappoint-
ment to the drys, who had counted on
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them. Returns show that the women
split about 80 per cent each way on
tne proposition to oust the saloons and
mat majority Of them voted to re-
'ain the drug store and hotel licenses.
Some Of the districts containing a
nsge foreign born population voted
seven and eight to one for the vets.
while the wards carried by the drys
were By the smallest margins. Heated
arguments started in some Of the dis
u1cts over contested ballots. and at
nearly midnight in one district in the
university section the workers had not
:sarted to count the ballots. The vote
~ the missing districts, however. will
ao' materially affect the result.
Close Vote In OKdensburg
The result in Ogdensburx is exceed
asiy close, the vets winning apparent
Vby about 100 votes.
Aiddietown, Orange County, went
ofy, while Port Jervis, in the same
county, on the other side Of the Sha-
Hangunk Mountain, went wet.
Inc vets carried Schenectady, due
svuotiess TO the large Socialist and
..Dor vote, the votes of the men ex-
ssealng that of the women, while in
the men. ' VIZ "'" N
>. ...naca went dry by f. large majority.
~. women determined the issue. About
sEsv' women voted, and it is estimated
sn1s 10 per cent Of them voted dry.
.ne wards in which most of the men
na women who are identified with the
ish University reside went dry by
nke majorities, the 4th Ward beating
-. saloon by So4 and the 5th by TT.
s;amsstown gave very large ma
.Ssy Tor prohibition, considering the
ins ~ % a. me city. the dry margin reach
x.a!ass me result in Watertown also was
5xs'se' 5xass' the drys winning by about
NAY Contest Watertown
~ inc liquor interests in Watertown
hsx. W.spannH 70 start an action ia
Nv s,s siection declared illegal. They
diey. ,nsAIned petitions from sixty SOL
nov In training camps. asking 10,
I. Dkht 70 vote on the question. Il
n,saasd sassrtsd by the drys that this very
ee,..on was passed upon by The
" this. ~' "''"1fSo
IT, st.snotisss the women ali over the
~ VII taks credit to themselves for
iermssy sy Victories. AZ they quite uni
ar.my heid II to be 4 moral issue. An
nssnsns 49, In favor of the liquor busi.
y" economic or business grounds
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