Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-29
FuIBl7IoN IN ILLINOIS.
!, Organization Throughout the
FF, ,rbe Election of Seven Men,
|. 4 the Legislature Claimed.
. Chicago Daily News

=, the Chicago Daily News.j
he reports received this early in
;cns the Prohibition party in II.
,a..s to poll over 10000 votes at
.I.c-ion. When the party met in
,t Springfield in June and nom
cate ticket there was virtually no
,o;zation in the State. In 1884,
osl votes were cast for st. John
;1ept, few counties were Or
with tickets in the field,
sixth and Seventh Congress
istricts put up candidates. In
,,,o for Neal Dow was 44O.
,ne convention appointed State
Committee of twenty members
=, each Congressional district,
NV. Hart, of Rockford, Chair
IR. A. Burnett, of Chicago, Sec
The work of organizing the State
once, and has progressed vigor-
Each member Of the State Central
rs sent to Secretary Burnett the
the prominent prohibitionists in
IN in his district. Circulars were
n to these prohibitionists, urging
organize their counties and to
lbs i'll their towns. At present
|hty counties have organized and
lfull county tickets. More than
Senatorial districts have nomi-
ndidates forthe General Assembly,
congressional district has in the
Inhibition candidate for Congress.
four hundred prohibition political
h been organized in the last two
with memberships ranging from
Ne to one hundred and sixty
The work is still progressing and
tpty in the State will be organized
oyember. U. u. Gilmer, the can
Or Superintendent of Public In
las been actively canvassing the
ID claims the election of seven
to the lower house of the Legis-
The work of organizing the clubs
aggressive in the southern part of
than in the north. In this Sec
party claims large accessions from
ocrats.
pmplign fund is not large. At the
invention $1,000 was contributed,
money is being used in the print
.mpaign literature and circulars of
on. Aside from this the expenses
E by the county candidates. George
stan has been engaged for four
in Marion County in September
onrteen nights in Whiteside Coun-
otpr.
kec County is the most active in
ton of any in the State. E. A.
of Kankakee, writes to Secretary
that John Bennett, Prohibihonist,
badly be elected to the Legislature
Of split in the Republican party.
Durhee writes from Mason, Eff
county, that Volney Willett, the
ion candidate for the Legislature,
be sure of election, and there is
chance for 81. G. Kellar for the
henry B. Ripley, of Ettingham, a
Democrat and wealthy man, is the
ZION candidate for Congress in the
tria, His wife edits q Prohibition
He has purchased q church build
bingham and converted it into a
he holding of meetings. The Pro-
vote of the county in 1884 was "A.
has five clubs, and Prohibition
POO is expected next November.
pan is constantly engaged in organ
ohibition clubs in Mclean county,
poll of 1900 votes is expected in
er. The vote of 1884 was 449
W. Nichols, state organizer,
G. Anderson, Prohibition candi-
the Legislature, will be elected.
|rohibitionists of Winnebago coun-
se the election of James Lamont,
ford, to the Legislature. Mr.. La
editor of the Monitor.
Seventeenth Senatorial District
Libltionists are hopeful of electing
Dow, of Sycamore, to the Senate,
G. Dewey, of Grundy County, to
7 house. Henry County has nine
Prohibition clubs, and the vote of
be multiplied by three in Novem-
be movement is booming in Logan
Lincoln has a Prohibition club
hembers, and over one thousand
Prohibition papers are taken in
PITY. A lecture bureau has been es-
d, and q demonstration will soon
at Lincoln. The Prohibition vote
Punty was $50 in 1884, and will, it
ed, be above 500 this fall.
Management of the campaign in the
seventh, Tenth. and Eleventh Con-
Pal Districts is in charge of Chair
", Hart, of Rockford. For the
Of the State the headquarters are
tary Burnett's office at 1856 Lake
hlcago. Cook County is in charge
fman B. M. Davenport. The act
nlzation in Chicago is the Young
l'lh, which meets regularly at the
r House. There are also several
IBIS.
party expects to gain much strength
Equence Of the failure Of the Anti
IL publican Convention, lately held
ny, to give any hope to Prohibition
ne Republican party that the party
onse the Prohibition cause. Many
cans, they claim, have been wait
me action of this convention before
to leave the Republican ranks.
o.al of the Republican State Con-
al Springfield to favor the submits
proh,bitory constitutional amend
me declaration Of the Democrats
State platform that they are OPP
submitting such an amendment
II claim, increase their vote largely.
county, where there are two sa-
p' IS on one ticket and a brewer on
F. They say there is no chance for
IN TO express his sentiments except
'he Prohibition ticket.
laF,y IS growing as fast as is healthy
sasa a Prohibition leader recently.
necessary that a new party, which
gre 1t such great struggle, should
foundations laid on the bedrock
'e'lce and judgment. 1t is neces-
convince u man Of two things be-
a'n become a good Prohibitionist-
H. ane license system, whether high
wrong, and every man who votes
"lly which stands for maintaining
system becomes acc ssory to the