The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-28
ANT|-SALOON
LEAGUE PLANS
FOR DRY STATE
Continued From Page One)

discovered after the election that they
favored county local option, will make
vigorous effort to put through res
olution for statewide prohibition.
The Anti-Saloon league is working
on the republican members to convince
them that they owe it to their party to
continue their support of county local
option in spite of the generally accept
ed view that it lost on that issue. The
plan now being pursued is to show the
republicans that there is no political
reason why they should repeal the
county local option law or stand for
the plank in the democratic platform
advocating the ward and township
units.
This has appealed strongly to some
of the republicans who are literally
inclined. They are saying that they
might vote for the repeal of the law,
but that they are not going to indorse
amend it by substitution of the ward
and the township as a unit.
Ward and Township Unit,
The brewers hope to get the county
local option law out of the way by the
enactment of the ward and township
plan of the democrats. The outlook
is that the democrats will put through
bill in the house providing for the
| ward and township scheme, but that
they will meet with much resistance
from the republicans in the senate.
However, if all of the democrats in
| the senate vote for the ward and town
ship unit, it will become a law that
way, as there are five or six Republi-
cans who have come to the conclusion
that there is no political sense in
sticking to lost cause.
There seems to be much doubt
among the republicans as to what
course they shall pursue regarding the
| ing that to assist in the repeal of the
amendment of it will bring about an
| other disaster. There is a strong and
powerful element that declares that
unless the law is repealed the republi-
cans will have the same fight two
years hence that they made this time
Either horn of the dilemma is dis
tressing to the republican leaders. es-
pecially to the ardent followers OF
Senator Beyeridge, who will be a can
didate for reelection during the com
ing campaign. They are more con
cerned than any one else.
| 1t is said that some of Senator Bev
eridge's appointees are quietly urging
the republican legislators to vote fol
the repeal or the amendment of the
law, believing that to be the best way
to bring about the reelection of theil
leader. If the Beveridge organization
works for the repeal of the law it /:
very likely that the Anti-Saloon league
will be defeated. as the former will
have strings to enough republican
members to seal the fate of the meas
ure. 1t can keep it on the books o.
repeal it.
Governor-elect Marshall, it is said
! will not refer TO the local option mat
ter in his inaugural address. but it il
believed that Governor Hanly viii
make strong appeal for giving it ,
trial.
I Some of the democratic politician
: are showing that they regard the coun
. ty local option law as such a good car,
for their party that they are advocat
i ing that it be left on the books for tw,
more years. Several strong democrat
} ic papers are taking the view that i
| the law is not repealed now that tn
} republicans will be defeated two year
} hence. which would mean the retire
7 ment OF Senator Beverage and tn
/ election of democrat to succeed him