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Show MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGNS i CLOSING IN ILLINOIS I Chicago, April 3. Municipal cam- ( paigns are closing In many cities of , Illinois, and the elections next Tues- i day w ill be the culmination of many j hot contests. Fewer places than usual have the liquor problem as an issue, the ballots of a year ago having decided decid-ed the policy in a majority of cases for an other year at least. In pome cities, however, the old fight of "dry and wet" is on in tho selection of of-I of-I ficlals pledged to strict enforcement of the prohibitory laws. Political lines are closely drawn In most contest), although In Borne independent in-dependent candidates are in the field and are causing confusion. Women are showing unusual inter-I inter-I est in the local fights, in which they seldom have interfered heretofore except ex-cept when license was the issue. |