Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1910 — “Wets” Gained In Elections Held Tuesday in Illinois Cities. [ARTICLE]

“Wets” Gained In Elections Held Tuesday in Illinois Cities.

In the “wet” and “dry” contests in Illinois Tuesday, the “wets” made a considerable gain. Danville, Bloomington, Decatur, Rockford, Dekalb,. Dixon, Harvard, Clinton and other -towns that voted "dry” two years ago, reversed their votes and saloons will now be started in them. Pontiac voted for saloons after having been without them for ten years. A few towns also voted against the saloon, where the bars had been running before. F. Gilzinger, of Francesville; Lou D. McConnell, of Oxford, and O. W. Nill and E. J. Miller, of Hammond, are registered at the Makeever today.

There are still a number of reckless automobile drivers, especially among the younger class of owners or drivers. Several people have complained recently to the Republican about the speed at which some machines are driven on the road, about carelessness when horses shy and atxmt frequent failures to conform with tne law about tooting the horns to give warning. One man today made specific charges against a youth who had three or four friends out for a drive a few days ago and who he says came up from the rear and dashed by his buggy without warning and badly frightened his horse. Later they ran -by another rig in the same manner and the horse ran for some distance endangering the lives of the three women who occupied the buggy. The boys were unmindful of the danger they were placing others in and probably ignorant of the fact that they were violating the law in a manner might mean a large fine. The auto is all right, but the drivers should remember that other conveyances have rights that must be respected.