The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-31
Instrument Praying for Coun-
ty Local Option Election
Bore Three or Four Thous-
and Signatures.
COMMISSIONERS WILL
RECEIVE 1T MONDAY
TO ForestaII Possibility of At
tempt TO Secure Injunction,
Petition Filed today Instead
of Saturday..

Late this afternoon a petition bear
ing between $500 and 1000 signatures
was filed with the county commission
ers. 1t was the widely heralded Local
option petition and asks the commits
sioners' to call a special election al
which time voters of the county will
determine whether saloons shall oper
ate for the next two years The peti-
tion is yoluminous looking affair. All
day long the men in charge of the mat
ter worked in the preparation of the
list. 1t did not contain nearly as many
names as might have been added &C.
cording to the statement of one of the
workers today.
Action Monday improbable.
1t is held likely the commissioners
will take definite action on the petit
ton at the first meeting of the Janu-
ary term. next Monday. This will be
the first meeting of the new board and
owing to the great press of other bust
ness it is hardly probable any decision
upon the matter will be arrived at be-
fore next Wednesday. The board will
have to be organized, it's officers elect
ed and other important matters Incl
dent to such an occasion attended to-
The commissioners intend to move
with great care in this matter. The
petition will be examined carefully
and the names of the signers inspect
ed. Consultation will be held with the
county attorney and all necessary pre-
cautions taken.
Election to Be Ordered.
There is no doubt but that the COM
missioners will order the election, as
requested unless some unforeseen in
tervention takes plac. There has been
talk of an attempt to secure an injunc-
tion. 1t was to stave off such a pos
sibility that the petition was filed to-
day instead of not until Saturday aft
ernoon, as had been planned to do or
iginally. The petitioners in Whitley
encountered difficulties because
there the petition was not placed on
file five days in advance Of the regu-
lar meeting of the commissioners. 1t
was to avoid such a contingency as
this the decision was made to file to-
day.
One member of the local option
league stated today more signatures
could have been obtained for the petit
ion had not the work been allowed to
irop. In some sections OF the city and
n the out townships no petition was
circulated. 1t developed that after it |
known that more than enough |
signatures had been obtained, lethar- |
,ic mood siezed some of the men en-
rusted with the petition and they |
leased efforts to secure additional |
igners. Many of the most prominent
workers for the petition are associated |
With the Y. M. c. A. and owing to the |
estivities at that institution this week
hey neglected the other project
Fight to Begin Jan. 10.
The campaign 70 secure favorable re-
urns for the drys. when the election is
allied will be opened in this city, Sun
ay. January 10. Judge Blair, of Ports
mouth, Ohio, has been asked to deIiv-
r an. address at a mass meeting of II
itizens. 1t is proposed to hold similar
MEETINGS at the same time in other
ections of the county and Cambridge
'ity, Hagerstown and other points
robably will be supplied with speak
rs. Judge Blair campaigned through
reble county few weeks ago and the
ffectiveness of his work was demon
Lrated by the returns at the election. Il
hen the county went dry by more Il
IAN 1000 majority. He discusses the |
roposition from the business and le-
al standpoint. He enters into the Il
of the liquor traffic and the II
feet it has on society. II
The work of the campaign will be in
large of committees of the local op-
on league. Definite organization will
: accomplished and the campaign will
? carried on by public addresses and Il
arsonal work. II
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