The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-28
Local 0ptionists Of Oregon Be.
Iieve Vote in November Will
Further Their Cause.
CLAIM SEVENTEEN COUNTIES
Think They Have Fighting
Chance In Four aud WIN Work
M Hard to Garry Two Other
Subdivisions.

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high keyed expectations Of the foes OF
| rum have run of at tangent, and
they know whereof they speak, the
liquor business In oregon will suffer
jolt on the Sth day OF November that
win make It look like a Russian battle-
ship, for II the calculations of the dry
crowd are anywhere near right, they
certainly have the other fellows on the
go on the other hand the advocates
of spirltus frumenti and the unre-
stricted distribution thereof have
hopes OF holding good part Of their
ground, although It Is morally certain
that they see the handwriting on the
wall in more places than one,
In the face Of these conflicting hopes
and fears the fight goes merrlly on,
Hither and yon the liquor men are
sending out tons OF literature, railing
against the very idea Of prohibition,
and detailing in terrible terms the aw-
full fate which visited other states
when they took such step as TO
abolish the liquor business; worse
than the narrowing tale of the nerve-
racklng prohibition spellbinder when
recounting the woes of drink.
on the other hand. the dry element
has its orators in the field. showing
the voter the way, the truth and the
light in this vexed question. Colonel
John Sohieski, of Los Angeles, who Is
running for congress on the prohi
ticket in California Is out; DR.. II, l..
Tiffany, OF Rochester, n. Y, Is ming
ling his eloquence with the stars; j.
NJ. Glass. OF Berkeley. Cal, moves the
multitude, and r. Foster Stone, OF
Missouri, does likewise Besides these,
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whack at the subject in their several
communities every once in a while
and thus the good work goes on.
E. o. Miller, secretary of the state
prohibition committee. after consul
ting his political log yesterday
afternoon, lined up the various coun-
ties OF the state something after this
wise:
Pretty sure prohi-Yamhill. Tilla-
nook, Benton. Lane, Linn, Douglas,
Coos, Jackson Lincoln, Sherman. Gil
liam, Umatilla, Union, Malheur.
Crook, and Moro and Polk, should the
technicalities advanced against the pc
titions in those two counties be re-
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Good fighting chance-Clackamas,
wasco Grant and Columbia.
Fighting for and hope to carry
washington and Marion.
No word has been received as to
whether an election will be held In
Wallowa or not, but should there be
Mr.. Miller says, the pronis win win
beyond a reasonable doubt. Brother
Glass, who is working in the counties
of Jackson, Coos, Douglas, Lane and
Linn, has reported that in his judg-
ment these subdivisions will line up
on the dry side of the fence without
much question.
AS to Multnomah, few have any
hopes of carrying the county as a
whole. All believe, though, that they
will cut deep inroads into 1t in places.
For instance, It is believed that the
two "gin mills" at Sellwood will nave
to close up shop and decamp to a less
dry climate. Sunnyside, they think,
will get rid of a thirstquenching es-
tablishment that has long haunted.
like an incubus, the good members
of the w. G. T. u. Of which there are
host in that residence community.
And there is Montavilla! Verify, say
they. the signs Of the times are that
Captain Schneider and William
Grimes, who have long been tnorn
in the side Of the dry people Of that
suburb, will have to join the thirsty
caravan.
But the entire county will not go
prohibition. This is the verdict Of all
of them. And there is a reason for 1t,
say they, for as Finley McKercher said
yesterday, when discussing 1t, we
can't very we'll expect 1t to go dry
with all the preachers fighting It," and
thusly did Finlay McKercher sound
the keynote of general discord
which prevalent among the brethren
even unto this day.
And this presents the old story OF
the divided house as applied to tne
versus -whiskey element. The seeds
of that old squabble still slumber in
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