The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-17
W.C.T. U.COLUMN.
,oxpucrED By MRS. u. l. HOBBS.
ptOhibtionisis are Asked to Keep
Hands OF.

Ulysses g Humphrey, s'a's sup !"
!, Iodiana Anti Saloon League,
s.usd or sent from Ohio f1r this
.;,ion 's. a few months since, has a
Isns article in yesterdays News re
vrs ..,sipg temperance legislation inI
ssS,sns. present and prospective.
Il i especially notable 10 that 1t
..tnorl.dges the utter insufhciency
g,b. boasted Nicholson law in its
O,sssnt shape to successfully cope
rr;,h the onward march OF the So
Ioon. He points out several amend
msn,s q. being necessary and says
,bs demand over the state Tor
strengthening the law is overwhelm-
;os The airing which Prohibi-
,;onists have given As to the work
ne. oi the law is having its enect.
Tss halo surrounding it is being re.
noy,d
The amendments which be sdvo-
cate. are TO the ninth section OF the
n,ssan, lae SO as TO give voters the
nr;yeleVe OF demonstrating by coun
tiss and incorporated cities, as well
m by townships and wards, and .
,,mon,,rsnce once obtained TO bold
good for tro years. This is the
only plan he Gays thus far proposed
nncn which our forces can unite.
He argues strenously against thu
proposed change 90 thst the sppli
can't must secure q majority OF th'
voters in q township or ward to
pe,ition before the commissioner
can grant him . license. His posi-
ton is that IL the saloon-tssper II
forced to 90 about among the peo
pic pleading for his business, vhil'
our friends sit down and fold thsi
arms, the rssuls would be victor
tor the saloons in most instances
Our success depends upon our as
gressivecess.
i, nay be remarked that unds
ID. present plsn the saloon sppli
,snss do not sit down and fold thsi
AIMS willis rsmonssrancss are oein
procured against them. The.
could not work harder II the situs
ton we're reversed and they forces
70 secure the signatures OF major
ity OF the vctsrs.
supt Humphrey givss ofilcia
no.ics that tbs Efforts 10 secure 10
desired amendments must BE- IN
Ted. II some ssk for this 90
some for that, all are likely 70 B
turned down. !.
Still more, it must Be asked Il
in strictly nop-rartissn va!
Which 10 rs much ss 70 say II 20
Prohibl,ionists NEEDLE 10 this q
fair you will be ap, to bring soo'
ia defeat. He closes by sayir
that the Anti-Saloon League,
the self chosen agency for u
church, is the only force In u
field that can lead on in ouch
fight" and asks all who have pla
AID suggestions TO conmunics
with his office. !.
The Phalanx most decided
agrees With Mr.. Humphrey in thl
1t i. not the province of the Prot
bi,ion par y, and should not be
individual Prohibi,ionists TO spel
iis or their time and energies IN
forts to patch up any license Ia
Our state platform says Instead
compropiee measure like the o.
law, We demsnd . lss prohioiti
the beverage liquor traffic entirely
Ths, 10 our aim, and We ought Z
10 halt for IN instant TO tinker as
law which can never free the sti
from that traffic.
Neither should We allow oursel'
TO be chargeable with being
schemes that are being concocted
divide our [thE A. g. L ] force
Prohibitionists should give then
clear field, and when they sec'
the anne ndments proposed let th
have all the glory therefor. ln o
sr words let them have our sym
thy, while our money and lab
be given to building up . pa
whose success would kill every
loon in the afata. Amen.