The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-12-19

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council, on the ground that 1t had no
authority to call an election, and that
there was no provision for meeting the
necessary expense.
The saloon men made their next ap-
pearance at meeting OF the council
held May 81, at which they secured from
the council pledge that, 'ff an election
should be held, it would be governed
thereby and act accordingly" Together
with the record Of this action Of the
council was published the call forthe cleo
tivn, as follows: -''In accordance with
the foregoing resolution notice is hereby
given that an election will be held at the
voting room Of the town hall on
Wednesday the 18th day of June, 1894,
between the hours Of | and Sp. III. to get
an expression of the electors OF The
village on the question Of local option
This call was signed, ''many citizens,
but as far as could be learned, the multi
tude simmered down to two individuals.
In calm review of the campaign that
followed the most astounding feature is
that two men should be permitted to
rouse this community, and to call up the
electors for q special vote. 1t would be
difficult to find another instance III
which two men who were known to be
dissatisfied with u certain feature OF the
communal law, have been permitted to
challenge the community, and to sum-
mon them to the polls upon an issue
which had already been settled by an
Overwhelming majority, which had stood
for seven years as part and parcel OF the
village law, and had within three months
received the seal of vigorous and sue
cessful prosecution by the administration,
Another reflection, there appeared just
at that moment the value Ofthe W. ?. A..
For if it had not been that such an or
ganization was in the field, with its
record of successful work, and ready now
to take up the challenge Of the liquor
men, who can tell what would have been
,, the result? 1t is not unlikely that the
friends Of prohibition, scattered and un-
organized, alarmed at the audacity of
the liquor men, would hive suffered the
election to 90 by default, and the saloon
: would have been recalled to its place Of
9 power and mischief in t.o town. But as
: it happened, Or shall we not say, by
: good providence the w. i. A. was in thu
: field; it promptly accepted the challenge
t of the saloon, and summoned the citizens
g to rally for the defense Of their homes
0 SIyer did town have liyelier. a clean
er, more successful campaign thanwa:
!. carried on for the next three weeks
! The churches devoted their evening ser
s vices, on one Sunday evening was held
union mass meeting with addresses by
s score Of our leading citizens, Harry B
y White, Of the state league, spoke once il
/. the opera house. The ladies' OF the W
d C. 7. U. rendered valuable assistance b
n circulating petition to voters, whic
!, received some 600 signatures; the agita
r ton was promoted through the press an
If by posters and circulars;but most tellin
ID Of all was the work done by the can
10 paign committee under the energeti
Te leadership Of Mr.. E. +. Webster. Acarefr
lie canvass was made Of the electors, th
rs whole cOmmunitywas thoroughly arOuset
he and on June 13, the most important day,
is as one old resident declared, ''that tn
IN town has seen in thirty years." IL
u friends Of the home buried the friends
Is the saloon by vote Of 41S to 178.
Of was splendid fight, one Of which Il
Association may be justly proud, and f
he which all good citizens may devOut
'e- thank God.
d. There followed few desultOry effOr
er, to devise new evasiOns Of the prOhibito
)r- ordinance, and to introduce the traffic
nd wheels from a neighbOring city. T
,e- officers Of the Association at once sOug
he and obtained an opinion from emine
he legal counsel that the visits Of the be
led wagon were clearly violation Of 0
lr- local ordinance. When this opinion "
ng communicated to the proprietOrs Of Il
The moving saloon they did not wait for pr
ecution, but discontinued its semi-weel
OF visits. b@t
lad OF the remaining time there is Lit
its to chronicle. Perhaps the most decis
led witness to the efficiency Of the yea
ied work is the reluctant and silent teI
gal mOny afforded by the departure from
nst town Of one who has been the chief ?
Who moter Of this unholy and misera
The traffic. The fact that such man
am come to the conclusion that yelling
let is not profitable place in which to
the business, is an unanswerabIe argum
aid, for the value Of just such an organi
ace public means Of defense as the Assoc
cor tion. Let it be understood that there
Ove- nothing personal nor malicious in
art opposition, Am not right in say
the that if such a man or any other citiI
that who has been implicated in this wre
the ed business, should now cut him
the clear Of all association with it,
its should enter on some legitimate and
fed. full trade or employment, every man
ma US would gladly reach out to him
lace right hand Of fellowship and help,
and none more cordially than the member
Feb. this Association Is it not SOP
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