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Balloting of 1895. 



From this table we see that of the total number of votes cast 

 61.5 per cent, were against the samlags while only 38.5 per cent, 

 were in their favor. This result may seem like a passionate re- 

 action but it was not. It was the expression of a wholesome 

 temperance spirit which had long been gaining strength in ISTor- 

 way and which was now given freedom of action. 



Having voted down the samlags the problem interesting to 

 all was : Will prohibition improve matters ? Before consid- 

 ering this, however, and as preliminary to this consideration 

 we shall do well to study the election records for the later years. 



