The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-10
Superintendent of the Indiana
Anti-SaIoon League Gives
Out Figures.
NICHOLSON LAW WORKINGS
THE SITUATION BEFORE THE
MOORE AMENDMENT BECAME
EFFECTIVE.

South Bend, Ind. Aug. 10.-The
Rev. E. S. Shumaker, of this city. SUI
perintendent-elect of the Indiana An
ti-Saloon league, has compiled statis-
tics, showing total of 10 dry town
ships in Indiana, with a total popula-
ton of 1,041,33 fifty-three wards.
with a population of 1o3, $50, and
twenty-four districts, with a popula-
ton of 94,S00, making the totals ISL
for the dry townships. wards and dis
tricts and the total population repre-
scented 1,224,3 after deducting To-
900 for overlapping territory. Mr..
Shumaker figures that 33S townships
are dry without any known remon-
STRANGE, and they have total popu
lation of 367, 642; that sixty-two town
ships, with a population of 9S,156,
were made dry by remonstrances I'M
der the Nicholson law. and that SO
townships, the population OF which is
575,527, were made dry By remon-
strances under the Moore law.
In the cities, Mr.. Shumaiier's sta
tistics credits the Nicholson law with
five dry wards with a population of
300, and the Moore law with twenty
five wards having a population of g.
$50. Without any known remcnsrran-
ces, twenty-three wards having Il pop
uiation of 10000 are dry. In addition,
twenty-four districts with a popula-
ton of 94,S00 were made dry through
action of city councils. Since May /.
1905, 904 saloons were either closed
or prevented from operating, after de-
Quoting thirty-eight from the totals
for places that were twice remon-
strated against. OF this number 797
ce, ninety by city ward and fifty-five
by residence district remonstrances.
Mr.. Shumaker figures there are only
306 wet townships in the state.
Comparative Statements.
Mr.. Shumaker in compiling his sta
tistics makes the following compari-
sons with conditions May 1. 1905, be-
fore the Moore amendment to the
Nicholson law became effective, and
at the present time:
Townships Then = Remonstrance
townships. 169; dry townships ir ali.
SAT: population of remonstrance town
ships, 2SS,53S; population of dry town
ships, 71S.749; remonstrance town
ships lost in six months. So: people
losing their remonstrance standing,
102 900. Now-Remonstrance town
ships. 374; dry townships in all. 71o;
population of remonstrance townships
677 ,12S; population of dry townships,
1 ,041,335 wet townships made dry
and only thirteen lost, III; people
gained by remonstrances, 3S5, 145.
Cities Then-Remonstra wards,
5; dry wards in ali, %; residence dis
tricts made dry, 9; population in re-
wards. 300; population
in dry wards, 4O,350; population in
residence districts $4,000; not dry
city. observation-disclosures wards, %;
dry wards in all, 81; residence dis
tricts made dry, "a; population of re-
wards, 1860; population
in dry wards. 103 $50; population Of
residence districts, 94,S00; dry cities,
5.
State Then-Population of territory
without saloons, S1O.799; counties en-
tirely free from saloons, 2: dry county
seat towns. s. Now-Population of
dry territory, 1,224.375; counties en-
TREY free from saloons, 5; dry county
seat towns. 90.