Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-18
70 FIGHT 1HE PETITION
Union Temperance Meeting Held and
Counter Petitions to Be
Circulated.
Rev. Earle. of Waterloo, Makes a
Strong Address From the Anti.
Saloon Standpoint.
Mass Meeting Being Arranged For
Sunday Night-Rev. Abrams
Repudiated.

The churches and those opposed to the
open saloon do not propose to allow a
new saloon petition to be secured With
out at least going on record in opposi-
ton to it. Following close on the in
auguration of the work of securing
supreme court should declare the petit
lions under. which the saloons in Mar
shalltown, Des Moines and elsewhere
are operating as invalid. the opponents
of the saloon have commenced a cam
paign.r
A union meeting of the churches re-
presented in the ministerial union WAS
held in the Presbyterian church Wednes-
day night addressed by Rev. Earle of
Waterloo. The church was packed. the
audience was characterized by its large
proportion of business and working
men. Closest attention was given to
Rev Earle during almost two hours of
a clear presentation of his theme. He
estimated first from a business stand
point, and taking the statistics for the
country he showed Marshalitown's
drink bill ii up to the average to be
$lS0,000 per year. His plea WAS that the
same dollar could not buy liquor and
bread; that S1S0,D00 spent for liquor
meant the same amount detected from
other trade. Further. he said that for
each dollar received as revenue hescoud
prove the saloon cost s. for the care
of crime, paupers and insane. The
meeting was pre-eminently characters
lied by pronounced determination to
oppose the present saloon petition. Lists
OF voters pledges were rapidly filled
with names against the saloon petition.
The meeting adjourned planning for a
monster mass meeting to be held Sab
bath night at the Methodist church, the
matter being left in charge of an eX-
ecutive committee.
REV. ABRAMS HERE.
Rev III. II. ABRAMS, superintendent
of the Iowa Anti-Saloon League, came
to town this morning from Des Moines,
and called at the T.-R. office to say
that he came for the purpose of assist
ing in combating the present petition
by the circulation of a counter petition
He said also that the plan decided or
some time ago of having the names
of the signers printed in circular form
and distributed broadcast would be
adopted, as 1T has been in Des Moines
because he had found in his experience
in other places that names are some
times forged
REPUDIATE MIR. ABRAMS.
One of the pastors who is leading il
the movement to discourage the sign
ing of the new saloon petition wa
asked today if Rev. Abrams had bee,
summoned 10 the city to take part il
the work. The pastor was surprised 4
know that Mr.. Abrams was in the city
and asked the T.-R. to say that he wa
no. asked toscome to the city, that hi
coming Vas unannounced and that h
had absolutely nothing to do with tn
present fight. Asked in regard to tn
publication of names. the pastor sal
that was a matter that had not beel
considered and that it was a question
for the executive committee to decide
The minister's say that the present eff
fort Will be confined solely in the direc
ton of securing pledges from voter
that they will not sign the lnulct peti
ton. and those pledges are all they ar
asking for They say 1t is not a flgh
against men, but for principle.
Those circulating the saloon petitio
say they have in the neignborhood Q
1000 slgners, and that they Will max
an effort To secure 800, which will b
considerably moro than half of thos
who voted at the last general election