Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-27
HOT PROHIBITION FIGHT.
The FIRST Large City In the U. 8. has
an Exciting Election on
Prohibition.

ATLANTA, GA, Nov Con Wednesday next
will close the most remarkable contest ever
carried on in any southern city, when Atlanta
will decide whether the sale of liquor shall be
prohibited or not. For ten years temperance
agitation has been carried on in Georgia, which
has so far succeeded that now out of 1877 coun-
ties OF the state the sale of liquor Is only allow
ed in fifteen. These fifteen counties are the
seats of large cities. where the liquor element
has large property interests at stake.
The principle by which the agitation was car
ried on is known as that of ''local option" 1t
has been broached in each community as a
moral and public measure, thus meeting the
support of both political parties, both colors and
the entire moral sentiment of society. 1t was
not until the movement reached the lnrge cities
that any serious opposition was met These
local option elections were held under special
ats of the legislature. The business interests Of
the large cities were always strong enough to
prevent the passage of such local option act US
FAR as they were themselves concerned, hence
the legislature passed general local option bill,
under which the ordinaries of the counties
were required to order elections upon the petit
ton of given number of citizens.
| The first city to which this was applied was
Atlanta. An election on the question was or
dered by Ordinary Calhoun on the petition of
| twenty-eight hundred voters to take place No
vember Is. They began a canvass which has
| developed most remarkable features. The high
est vote ever cast in Presidential year was
little over 5000. The registration in this elec
tion has run up to 1900. The Prohibitionists
organized a strong committee, backed by near
| ly all the preachers in the city, with Senator
| Colquit, District Attorney b. II. Hill. and other
| prominent men actively at work The brunt OF
| battle however, has fallen on the shoulders OF
| Rev. ]. b. Hawthorn. the celebrated Baptist
| preacher. Rev Sam. Jones, Col. Sam. Small.
| Rev. Atticus G. Haygood, Rev. w. II. FELTON, and
others have for ten days been addressing audi
| ences OF from five to eight thousand In Sam
| Jones's gospel tent.
The Observation-Disclosures have been equally
| active. being led by Julius Brown, son of Sena
| tor Brown Hon. Albert Cox any many others
| They have been particularly active in commit
tee work. The most remarkable political fen
ture of the campaign hGs been the breaking up
of party and color lines. The meetings OF both
parties are attended by white and black, and
earnest efforts have been made by both sides tr
capture the colored voters; for this purpose
have speakers of both sides addressed large
bodies of colored men, but they have imported
prominent colored speakers, such Bishop
Campbell, of Philadelphia; Bishop Turner anc
ex Congressman JEFF. Long. The ladies' too
have taken up the contest with vigor. In ,
word. every element of society. all ages, sexe
and colors are stirred up, and nothing else Il
talked OF but prohibition. The general feeling
is that II Atlanta goes for prohibition the move
ment will spread rapidly through all the south
| eru states,