Massachusetts No-Licence Vote.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 355, 27 March 1908, Page 2

Massachusetts No-Licence Vote.

Early in December lut, 82 ciliw, and 321 towns in the State of Massachusetts, voted upon the qaesti m of license or no license. Out of this num* ber, u'» fewer than 18 cities and 241 towns either renewed their adharenoe to tbe no-license policy or adopted it f<e the first time. Tile q iestion is vo« * d on each year in this state and ma* j «nty of one either wiy either torus iquor out o- brings it bick. Thera »a< soms fl icnation at fi-st, bat naw .be great b ilk of be pl ices h ivs sei.led dawn into eithsr “wet” or “dry” arsis. Such al-eraiion as there it <ppearsto be in the no Easnse direa* tian, In 19q3 there was a clear majority iu the wb de state for na-liasmt f 1800. In J 907 ibis maj irity had advanced to 13,000. The total vote cut in 1907 was 199,933 for No-Li-cenjfi as opposed to a vi« of for license. W roe-iter (u j . V2 7.OO0) Lynn (pop. 74,000) no< , licin-e <>ti ims -coisiin. V.ry iu my large ci i r --» however voted by h.«ivy Utaj-Tities io retain their free 1 mu fr un > ■ i . n|> n i o-m