Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1911 — ELECTIONS OCCUR TUESDAY IN MANY “DRY" CITIES. [ARTICLE]

ELECTIONS OCCUR TUESDAY IN MANY “DRY" CITIES.

Elections to Be Held Under Proctor Measure That Author and Others Agree May Be Unconstitutional. -

Elections will be held in~a- number of cities Tuesday to determine whether saloons will be reinstated. These are to be the first * elections held under Proctor Act No. 1, which is known as the democratic platform law. As the author and others are so thoroughly convinced that the law is not constitutional that they are trying to pass another ljaw to take-its place, it is hard to tell what the effect of th? elections held under it will be. Applications for saloon licenses hre pending in most of the cities where elections are to be held. *~t Delphi was voted “dry” J;wo years ago. By the Proctor law ii becomes “Wet" unless this election carries for continued temperance. The fight at Delphi is a hot one. Lafayette on one