Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1917 — Wets Forge to Front in Ohio As Count Nears End. [ARTICLE]

Wets Forge to Front in Ohio As Count Nears End.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. B.—At the end of the second day following the prohibition election in Ohio, the result of whether the citizens of Ohio will be subjected to a wet or dry state was still in doubt, but with complete returns from the eighty-eight counties, sixty-seven of which had turned in official reports, the wets were leading by a majority of 3,463 on the face of the returns. This figure included, however, a gain of 1,832 wet votes in Hamilton county officially allowed by the board of elections, which had not been reported to the secretary of state today. An announcement made by Secretary of State Fulton from figures compiled in his office gave the wets a majority of 588. This figure included all except one county and 1,832 gained in the unofficial vote of Hamilton county.