State ex rel. Olson v. Claney

At the general election, April 7, 1914, there was submitted to the voters of the village of Newman Grove the question of license or no license for the sale of intoxicating liquors. The election board received and counted 233 votes, of which 117 were for and 116 against license. At the *722same election there were to be elected three village trustees. There were five candidates for these three offices, whose names all appeared on the ballot “by petition.” Below the names of these candidates there was printed on the ballot on two separate lines, “For Saloon License,” and “Against Saloon License.”…