The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-27

sion of territory. The state recognizes
the county and deals with the county
as such in their business relations. The
laws Of the state are, as a rule, applied
by means of the machinery furnished
by the several counties, etc"
In keynote address in Fort Wayne,
Aug. %. declared unequivocally in
favor of county local option, and that
he would veto a township and ward
local option bill. declaring: IF I am
elected governor. / shall earn
estly recommend to the legislature the
passage of county unit local option
law. II the legislature enacts
into law the plan proposed by the
Democratic platform, I shall likewise
register my veto against such action,
and thus endeavor to prevent the final
passage of such legislation"
Without exception in every cam
paign address has declared in favor of
county local option, and that he would
veto township and ward bill. He has
also declared in favor Or retaining our
present remonstrance law.
He was not responsible for the call
ing of the special session of the legis-
lature, but when the same was called
he at once threw his whole influence
in favor of the passage of the county
local option law, and it is safe to say
that without his influence it could
never have passed.
Since it's passage has, in every ad
dress, declared he would veto any bill
repeating or weakening our county To-
cal option law. This he has fearessly
done in the great liquor strongholds of
the state. He has never hesitated to
declare his position, even when urged
by his friends to be more cautious.
Is opposed by every distiller, brewer,
saloon keeper, bartender and every So
called personal liberty advocate in
the state.
His triumphant election will be her.
aided everywhere as a distinct victory
for righteousness, and will be such
signal defeat for the brewers as never
before known in Indiana. Its moral
effect upon the nation will be beyond
calculation.
Marshall on Option.
In first keynote address on June 4,
in Richmond, declared that the town.
ship and ward are the proper units
saying: when each of the parties
recognized the right to license the
sale of intoxicants then manifestly it
| must be true that q vote upon that
question should be reduced to the low
est unit of self-government; otherwise
the doctrine Of local government
is farce" CAS- a matter of fact, every
Democratic state in the union has
either county local option Or state
wide prohibition.)
In second keynote address, at about
this time in Salem, declared: THE
township has always been the unit Of
government. This is simply an effort
to exercise the right of policing the
liquor traffic, and as I, myself, believe
in the doctrine of local self government
I am in hearty accord with the Demo-
cratic party upon this question.
I hope some time it will be under
stood that I am the candidate of the
Democratic party and nobody else
He repeatedly declared he would not
say whether or not he would sign a
county option bill, but on different oc-
casions declared if he did not believe
the Democratic platforms correct that
he would get off the ticket.
On the 9th of Sept, in a Democratic
conference, he said: Il freely suggest
that no Democratic legislator should
vote at the coming special session of
the legislature for the proposed coun-
ty local option. That question is now
before the people as a campaign is
sue"
Since it's passage has repeatedly de-
| clined to say whether or not he would
sign bill repeating or weakening
county local option law. Finally, on
Oct. 6, in Lafayette, he said: Il have
been asked by Governor Hanly if /
would sign a certain bill prepared by
him repeating the county option law.
To this I say no. unless the legisla-
ture should also re-enact the Moore re-
monstrance law and give to the people
vote by townships and wards as de-
clared for in the Democratic plat.
FORM" CThe Moore remonstrance law
! is retained in our county local option
law.
| Every distiller. brewer, saloon keep
er. bartender and so-called personal
liberty advocate is openly and earn
estly working for his election, each sa-
loon being a center of political activity
for Marshall.
His election will be everywhere re-
garded as a great brewery triumph,
will be almost certain to mean the
repeal of our county local option law
and the ascendency of the basest ele-
| ments of our citizenship.