The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-21
He Is Told by Republican
Workers Must Take Right
Stand or Get Off of the
Ticket.
MASS MEETING ACTS
FOR COUNTY OPTION
RatIiff's Attitude Subject of
Church DiscusSionS-C0 Cor
respondence Asking Him to
Stand Right, Published.

1t is quite probable that the little
seance Republican District Chairman
Z. NJ. Haas and Republican County
Chairman L. S. Bowman held with
Representative Walter S. Ratliff last
Friday had more to do in influencing
him to make a public declaration that
he would support the county local op
ton bill than all the ministerial dele
cations and letters. post cards and
kilograms from temperance advocates.
Mr.. Haas stated this morning that
at the conference he and Mr.. Bowman
had with Mr. Ratliff he plainly told
the Wayne county representative Lnat
if he did not support his party by vot-
ing for the county local option bill,
he might as we'll retire from the ticket
because if he did not steps would be
taken to compel his retirement.
The day following this conference
Mr.. Ratliff addressed a letter to Gov
ernor Hanly stating he would support
the county local option bill. 1t is an
assured fact that the prayers CT the
local ministers and members of the
Wayne County Civic league lad but
little influence upon Mr.. Ratliff, as
he freely admits he bears them no
good will for their campaign against
him prior to the republican primaries
last winter.
Mass Meeting Acts.
Yesterday afternoon a mass inset
ing was held at the East Main Street
Friends church to take action on the
county local option measure. The
church was well filled with men and
women and a splendid address was
made by the Rev. E. S. Shumaker,
president of the Indiana Anti Saloon
league. The Rev. Shumaker aGvocat.
ed opposition to Representative Rat.
lift providing he voted against the
county local option bill. He gave talks
along non-partisan lines and made a
most favorable impression.
Senator Kirkman made an address
in which he pledged his vote for the
county local option bill. He promis
ed that the legislature would enact
this bill into law and predicted il
would stand, as he said the opponents
of the measure would not be strong
enough in the next legislature to re
peal it.
Ministers to Capital.
| The Rev. Conrad Huber announced
that six ministers have chartered 9
car to go to Indianapolis Tuesday an6
that the round trip fare would only be
$3.50. 1t is expe cted that delegation
of fifty or more temperance advo
Gates will make this trip. Before the
close of the mass meeting the follow
ing resolutions were adopted by (
unanimous vote:
Whereas, The contest is on In tht
state of Indiana between the allied
liquor interests and the people and
Whereas, The proposed township
and ward election method would
greatly impair if not effectually des
troy our present remonstrance law
and
Whereas, The proposed local optiol
by counties is in perfect harmon,
with the fundamental principles tha
powers from the consent of the gov
erned," and because it is another for
ward step in the direction of temper
ance legislation already sanctioned b.
the people of this state, and becaus
it would leave unimpaired Our pres
ent admirable remonstrance law.
! Therefore, Be it resolved that w
the people of Wayne county, State o
Indiana, in mass meeting assemble
do hereby give our unqualified apprc
val of the proposed legislation whic
will give to the people OF, the Who'll
state the right of local option b. cour
ties, and that We request our represeT
:, tatives in the present special sessio
|, of our state legislature to cast thei
ballots for local option by counties
Resolved, that copy of these rese
lutions be given to each of the loce
papers and to each Of our represent;
, tives in the legislature.
Wade Pledges Support.
The Rev. R. ]. Wade last eyenin
at the First NJ E. church spoke o
| the subject of county local option. j
. part he said:
Il told Mr.. Ratliff in conversatio
the other day that / would hearth
: and publicly commend correct att
tude on the great moral question c
the day as I would the reverse. No
that Mr.. Ratliff has declared his ii
: tention to support the county locs
option bill in the present special SCI
sion Of the legislature, I want to max
my statement good He will un
doubtedly be subjected to adverse cri
icism because of his declaration and
am sure that you will join with n,