No Prohibition

Electton day was a cold day, especially for the prohibitionists. The vote was not quite so heavy as last spring, but it was almost as heavy and indicates the ïmportance attached to the (luestion in the eyes of the people that they should drive miles over rough roads in such a cold wind to cast their ballots. There had been a great change in pubh'c sentiment during the past three weeks. Tliree weeks before election pro: hibition wou ld probably have carried. But the campaign against prohibition was in too experienced hands and the arguments of those, who like the Akgus, saw that temperance and prohibition under the local option law were not synonomous, turued the scale. The saloons cannot claim it nor the prohitionists justly denomínate it a whiskey victory. That 1600 majority against prohibition was the work of temperance men, who have the proper control over tlieir ovvii appetites and dread the effect of a prohibition which could not prohibit and did not care to throw away $30,000 a year for a name. The figures are given below. Freedom of course is the banner "wet'' town and the sixth ward carries the banner on the "dry" side. Only the townships of York, Salem, Webster, Augusta, i'ittsfleld and Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti city gave majorities for prohibition. It was a close fitrht in Ypsilanti city and the majority was only three. Ann Arbor City gave a majority of 475 against prohibition, only the sixth ward going in favor of it. The prohibitionists made their heaviestgain in the first ward, which gave a majority against of 23 instead of 66 as a year ago. The second ward gave a majority of 274, the thiri 139, the fourth 77, and the fifth of 88, while the sixth ward gave 126 for prohibition. The anti-prohibiMonists made their heaviest gain in Scio and Saline. In Scio they gained 118 and in Saline af ter a big flght turned an adverse majority of 55 into a majority of 5á. They cut down the majority in York 90. They lost only in Ann Arbor city, Manchester, Salem, Bridge water and Pittsfield. The loss in majorities by theanti-prohibitionists I or the gain by the latter in these townships was, Ann Arbor City 13, Manchester 17, Salem 11, Bridgewater 28, Pittsüeld 6. The smallness of the gains made by the prohibitionists in anyone of these places is remarkable. In the olher townships are almost uniformly large anti-prohibitionist gains. As before stated there were 114 in Saline, 95 in York, 15 in Ann Arbor town, 26 in Freedom, 38 in Lima, 78 in Lodi, 49 in Ypsilanti city, 37 inLyndon,35 in Northfield, 118 in Scio, 48 in Sharon, 31 in Superior, 37 in Sylvau, 14 in Webster, 31 in Ypsilanti town 3 in Dexter and 15 in Augusta. The majority in the whole county against proliibition is 1633, an autiprohibition gain of 744. The vote in the county is as follows: That so full a vote was cast, at a special election shows how great an interest the people of VVashtenaw feit in the election. It is generally admitted than in the general apathy of three weeks ago, Washtenaw like the other counties, would have voted "dry" on a lightvote. But the subject was thoroughly discussed and the more it was thought of, the more voters made up their minds that it was not expedient to shutjout tne manufacture of beer in thisconnty and do away with eider and wine making for the benefit of other counties or attempt to enforce a law that would not enforce. VVashtenaw was the ürst county to decide against prohibition in the state and it was also the first county to poll a full vote upon the subject. Miss Irene Loomas, of Dexter, returned home aftera brief visit with her many friends of this city. Mr. Lewis Gregg, of Chicago, who has been visiling at his uncle'a on Iluron street, returned home Saturday.