Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1915 — CITY HAD ALWAYS BEEN WET. [ARTICLE]

CITY HAD ALWAYS BEEN WET.

New Council Votes Against Issuing Licenses. Danville, 111., May 1.-—By a vote of 8 to 6 the Danville city council today voted to refuse licenses to saloons here. Seventy-six saloons are affected. At the township election in March the “wets” carried the day. At the city election a “wet” mayor was elected but a majority of the councilmen elected are “dry.” This is the first time in the history of the city that the town has been saloonless. The city council chamber was packed with people anxious to see what action would be taken.