Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1917 — TWO STATE CAPITALS GO DRY [ARTICLE]

TWO STATE CAPITALS GO DRY

Saloons Onsted From Springfield, 111., and Madison, Chicago, April 4. —Approximate! ly 400 saloons in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota will be put out of business as a result of the “wet” and “dry” elections yesterday. Three important cities—Springfield, the capital of Illinois; Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota, voted to banish the saloon. In addition a number of smaller cities and villages decided to go into the “dry’’ column. In Springfield the women carried the day for the Anti-Saloon League, casting a majority of 2,335 against saloons, while the men gave the saloons a majority of 1,887, in a total vote of 21,124. Three years ago, at the last contest between the “wet” and the “dry” forces, the women of Spring-, field gave a majority of 278 for the saloon. Complete returns from the electlon yesterday show that the Democrats won twenty-two seats in the city council, the Republicans

.twelve and the Socialists two, giving the Democrats almost a twothirds majority in the council, with forty-three votes to the Republicans’ twenty-four and the Socialists’ three. The Democrats’ net gain yesterday was eleven. The Democrats also elected the city clerk and city treasurer. . The total vote cast by all parties was 389,871, or 49 per cent of the registration. Fifty-six per cent of the registered male vote was cast, while women only voted to the extent of 37 per cent. The total Socialist vote was 38,479.