The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-04-26
VOTERS DANISH FIFTY-FIVE BARS
AT ELECTIONS HELD ON APRIL l6
Two More Counties Are Added to Saoonless List Making
Total Of Fihy-Eight All Dry
WOMEN VOTERS OVERTURN MEMS Wet MAJORITIES
Vets Succeed Holding Five Wet Places But Capture No Dry Iero
PRIMARY PROSPECTS HELPED BY VICTORIES

Fifty-hve more saloons will be
compelled to close their doors as
result of the elections in cities and
villages on April 10. Two more coun-
ties will become entirely saloonless,
making a total of So OF the 102 in IL
1nois without barroom within their
borders. East Moline in Rock Island
county went on record against the sa-
looms and completing the job OF max
ing Rock Island county one of the
honor roll counties of Illinois. Two
weeks previously Rock Island voted
out Al saloons and East Moline by
an overwhelmingly dry vote decided
to continue as anti-saloon territory.
Savanna. the last remaining wet spot
in Carroll county, proved its patriot
ism by outlawing the wasteful liquor
traffic with majority of 231 dry
votes. Nineteen barrooms will go out
of business. St Charles, in Kane
county, decided to do more towards
helping win the war than possible
with ten saloons, wasting the wealth
and decreasing the efficiency OF its
citizens. A majority OF 10 was reg
stcred against the saloons. The re-
suit was said to be quite surprising to
the wets, who were very confident
tilat St. Charles wotsfd continue as
one of the territorial possessions of
the vets. Down in Randolph county,
in the city of Chester, six saloons
by a majority of II against continu-
ing as wet territory. AS in the April
? elections the women's votes against
saloons proved decisive factor. At
Savanna the men voted wet I'll to
AS, while the women voted dry rs
TO 308. Thus the vote by the women
overcame the wet majority by the
men with 231 to spare. At St.
Charles the mems vote resulted in a
majority of 200 for saloons. The total
women's vote against saloons was
$40, leaving a net dry majority of
110.
At East Moline the male vote was
5o1 "yes" and 742 mo" Here, again,
the women saved the day, voting 748
Eyes" and only 334 no." the net re-
suit being a majority for the drys of
263. In Chester only 22S men voted
against saloons while 316 voted wet.
The women voters overturned this |
wet lead by the men, casting $40 dry
ballots and only 181 for saloons, leav-
ing II in favor of moving day for the
saloonkeepers.
As no dry cities or villages were
voting to discontinue as anti-saloon
territory, the four cities captured by
the anti-saloon forces represent net
gain.
The cities and villages voting which
failed to free themselves from the liq-
uor traffic on April 16, with the num-
Der of saloons in each, are as follows:
Blue Island, Cook county, 43 sa-
looms; Mounds, Pulaski county, 8 sa-
looms; Arenzville, Cass county, 3 sa-
looms; Worden, Madison county, 5 sa-
looms; Itasca, Du Page county, 2 sa-
looms.
The elections on April 16, ending
the annual Illinois spring drive
against the alcohol strongholds, re-
suited in the loss of one township
by the drys. Manlius township in La
Sale county has the unenviable dis
tinction of being the only one in the
state to return to rum rule of the Il
dry townships voting on April 2, and
the thousand or more dry townships
that could have voted on this day but
did not because the dry plan has
proved so satisfactory that the vets
did not file petitions.
Banner township in Efhngham
county, previously reported as return
ing to the wet column, is shown by
later reports to have continued sa-