The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-25
LIQUOR DEALERS
FACE HOT FIGHT
Anti-Saloon League Plans
Local Option Campaign
for Illinois.
PROPOSE TO RAISE BIG FUND
Leaders Look to Secure 100000 with
Which TO Carry on the Battle In the
Legislature and Say They Can Get
Larger Sum.

Peoria. III, dispatch: Local option
In Illinois and a fight TO the finish was
the slogan sounded Monday evening
a the opening meeting OF the Illinois
Anti-Saloon League. The Liquor
Dealers Protective Association will
be met at every point.
Flushed with success OF overthrow
ing Governor Herrlck OF Ohio. for
which they claim the credit. the ma.
tlonal and state officers in attendance
az the meeting here declare they Will
win their fight IN Illinois Plans look
Ing 10 the raising OF 100000 20 aid
the cause will be started at this con
ycntion. This IS the sum said TO have
been set aside by the liquor dealers
when they met In Peoria several
months ago
III they increase their fund we will
do the samue," said National Organ
izer Baker. We propose 70 win this
fight and TO do II quickly. There will
be no middle ground and victory now
Is almost In sight We are going into
the next state legislature and fight
harder than we did last spring and
we came pretty close then. We hope
TO win this time"
Reform leaders are Lauded.
THANK God for the Folks. for tho
TIanlys. for the Ia Follettes and for
the Rooseyelts OF to-day" This sen.
tcnce is the climax OF the address by
Rev Z. A. Baker of Columbus. Ohio.
national superintendent Of the Anti
Saloon Leagne. The large audience
which filed the First Methodist Epis.
copal church chcered the mention OF
the political reformers with hearty ap.
plause.
The speaker called attention to the
dangers that accompany extremes,
saying that the flush OF success may
bring a relapse due TO ultra-conhdence.
'As ministers OF the gospel" said
the speaker. I'VE should teach high
ideals, but II | were elected to The
state legislature would not attempt
20 make laws according 10 my highest
ideals. but would cndoavor TO lift leg
islation to a higher plane. In doing
so / would enact those laws up 10
which the public has boon educated
and place only those laws on the stat
ute books that would be sustained by
the people. always keeping one ideal
In mind, that CT lifting legislation to
a more advanced plane.
Tells Of Ohio Campaign.
Now. as TO the Ohio campaign. II
was positively nerye.racking cam
paign. The tariff and railway legls-
latlon, which were looked upon as the
probable issues, were cast aside by
Secretary Taft in his speech in an
Ohio town, when he declared that he
would not vote 10 continue the boss
ring In power in Cincinnati. This
sounded the keynote for the campaign
and the Anti-Saloon Association pro.
ceeded TO carry out the intention TO
clear the Offices OF the Objectionable
men.
Governor Herrick interfered with
the process OF the legislature on the
local option measures The Anti.
Saloon Association had demanded that
Herrick be not nominated, but party
leaders cast aside these pleadings and
renominated him. They predicted his
election by $4,000. That sounded
good, but the moral conscience OF
the people had not been learned.
They had not learned that no man is
strong enough In himself to defy the
people. Election day came around
and Herrick was defeated. running
from $4,000 TO $4,000 behind his
tickotn