The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-11
VIC. T.U. MN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
SOME EARLY HISTORY.
N. E. Shiel Tells How the Prohibition
Party Came to be Organized 10
Indiana.
TContinued from last week.

TContinued from last week.
A meeting Of the executive com
mittee OF both state temperance or
carnations was held in the \. Nj
G. A. building. The resolutions
were read, and motion was carried
TO make J. A. Houser, 4. B. Key
nolds and myself committee to-
make the call for rohibition State
convention, in accordance with the
resolutions. There were about ~
present, and only two-John Is
ronnor and John w. Ray voted
against it. Mr.. Reynolds left for
his home that evening. ! waited
few days for he and Houser to draft
the call as their constituents direct
ed. and finally had 10 make the
call with my own me-the only
ona attached TO it-and then the
war began.
Our state convention was held
July "a, 1884. Several attempts
were made to bribe me to oppose
the nomination Of a prohibltion
ticket. Failing in this, an attempt
was made to bribe ID. B. Ross to
start an opposition paper to oppose
the prohibition party movement
The third effort being a charm
they succeeded in securing two
preachers to allow their names usec
as editors on scurril lous sheet, mis-
called the Indiana Prohibitlonist
which devoted good deal OF space
10 yillifying me, and telling tn
temperance people that was IN tn
e,nploy of the Democrats, that on
narty was simply Democratic an
mex and that the Republican part,
i the only simon-pure, honest tenn
perance party.
This paper was sent only to tenn
perance people and ministers owe
the state. Anybody who knows M
knows that | am too good to play
trick. so it was the "other teller
who secured goodly mum ber OF II
great Indiana Prohibitionist; :
then got State O azetteer tor &C
dresses, and in the goodness OF %
heart TO scatter broadcast good pr'
hibition literature, supplied the 81
loonatics over the state with cop
of the Indiana Prohibitionist. In
short time after this the atmosphe
over at the Republican state con
mittee rooms turned blue on a
count Of the profanity, and the har
organ of the only really honest ten
perance party suspended public
ton. and thus swindled It's suoscri
ers, if it had any.
4 prohibition amendment w
carried in Maine by about 52 ~
majority. The Republicans at .
( same election carried the state
1000 majority. Barn door pc
: ters were put up about town, CALI
{ the people to great rally to cel
brate the great victory IN Malr
!, The .sother felIer' got out SOL
posters. urging attendance to I
d great rally to celebrate the pal
!, victory of 1900 and the PROM
e ton victory Of 50 900, and the
turned blue again.
! Many details could be slven'
= have already gobbled too mu
Z, space. ,oo ,
of der difficulty in English's OPP
% house Machine politicians
e. some ministers and practical" /
j ;,icians from over the state to CO
; and break Up our convention.
~ issued tickets, and they got lot
them, and eally in the morning
is had TO issue other tickets and o
lg about six Of the opposition got
It, and they resorted to every means
al ,hwart our object. Failing in
% thew got mad and held an opp
as tion meeting in the Grand OF
:, house, and appointed a commi
ho to confer with our convention au
the "advisability' Of nominal
he At this time. We had treated u
ne kindly, but had business to at
en- to; so on notion our charm
he Col. Ritter, appointed a comm'
~ 70 confer with the opposition {
mittee and in the meantime we
Wou W ahead and nomin ated K. 5. ~
The gins, Of Rensselaer,, Tor COVER
and a full state ticket. we ha
en- fight against great odds but
ing ceeded in estabis hing the only
ere ~ that dares oppose the grog :
lin A number Of the old adva
~. 80 guard having been called ne
!, (ierrish, Harrington, DOB 2
'he Keen, Brown, Copner but
and GOOD influence is still felt.
Others have been less active
cent years, to give room 10