The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-07-13
MEN IN THE FIELD

NEW W6U IN uc fIelU
Anti-Saloon League are Putting New
Mon in the Field to Further
Its Work. |
The Anti-Saloon League, the
headquarters OF which are in this
city, is preparing to engage in a very
active campaign during the summer
and fall nndel the direction OF Act
ing Superintendent Carhart. Five
new men have teen secured who will
immediately take up the work of the
League.
Rev. Walter Nj. Grafton, former
pastor of the Presbyterian church of
Dell Rapids. has been employed by
the League to do field work. and he
will for the present work i'm the
north part OF the state. covering the
counties of Roberts, Grant. Deuel..
Hamlin, Codington. Clark. Day and
Marshall. Mr.. Grafton has had con
siderable experience in dealing with
the work of the League. Rev. Ira
E. Schiller, Of North Dakota, will be
an assistant to Mr.. Grafton, and the
two will work i'm conjunction. Mr..
Schuler has been associated with the
W DIRK i'm the prohibition state OF
North Dakota and is familiar with
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Raymond A. Carhart. a son of the
acting superintendent. has recently
become associated with the League
and during the time he is not en-
ployed in doing field work. will be
of material assistance in the head
quarters office. Ralph G. Shearer,
who Just graduated from Dakota
Wesleyan University, has also been
added to the field force, and with
his ability as a speaker. which has
been demonstrated in his winning
in the Interstate o%ratorical contest,
he will be of much assistance. For
some time the League has been With
out an attorney as an advisor on
technicalities in the license law,
but it has just associated Mr..
Lauritz Miller with it's Headquarters
and hereafter the young gentleman
will look after the legal duties OF the
League. Mr.. Miller is a graduate OF
the law department Of the state
university at Vermillion. The ser
vices of Mr.. Miller are placed at the
disposal Of any town in the state to
conduct the prosecution of any
liquor law which comes under the
business OF the League. No charge
is made for his services. other than
his travelling and hotel expenses.
One OF the features of the work of
the summer and fall will be for the
League to block all efforts at repeal
Of a section Of the license law,
which requires a petition to be
circulated each spring authorizing
a vote on the granting of licenses.
Until the Iietland case was decided
by the supreme court of the state.
it has been lie duty Of the League
or prohibition party to circulate a
petition for the vote. Previous to
that time it was the superstition
that when a vote was held on license
and it carried that 1T was unneces-
sary to vote Oh the question again
until asked for. The supreme court
interpreted the. law to say that it
was obligatory Tor a vote to be had
at each spring election. Under
those circumstances it wasn't
necessary for the League or the
prohibition party to show any
interest in circulating the petition
for the vote. 1t is now the desire
of the saloon men OF the state to
secure an amendment OF that section
of the law TO do away with the
requirement to have All annual vote
on the question, The League
officials will put forth their strong
est efforts TO retain this section Of
the law.