The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-15
ISSUES APPEAL
FOR WATSON
Anti-saIoon League Says He
Should Be Elected to
Save Option Law.
BREWERS ARE AGAINST HIM
THEY KNOW HE WORKED HARD
FOR THE PASSAGE OF MEAS.
URE IN SPECIAL SESSION.
HACKERS OF MARSHALL.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct Is Stirred
by the renewed activity of the brewery
organization and all the other anti
temperance organizations, including
the new Liberal league. the Indiana
Anu-SaloOn league has issued an ap-
peal to the voters of the state to defeat
the efforts Of the brewers at the polls
on election day. The appeal is in be-
half of James E. Watson for governor,
upon whom principally the liquor in
terests are making their fight, and the
league explains why the brewers are
for Thomas r. Marshall, Mr.. Watson's
Democratic opponent. 1t is pointed
out by the league that the brewers
hope to repeal the county local option
law through the election of Marshall.
The statement issued by the Ani-Sa-
loon league is as follows:
Let it be understood that the brew
ers IF Indiana are against Mr.. Watson
for governor because he did all in his
power to secure the passage of the
county local option bill, and they are
for the election of Marshall because
Marshall tried to have the bill defeat
ed, and for the further reason that they
believe lie will sign a bill repeating our
county option law. They are not in
favor of Marshall because he is a DEM
ocrat, but because he is against our
courty option law. They are against
Watson, not because he happens to be
Republican, but because he favors
letting the people rule on this ques-
ton. Brewery politics is always saloon
Politics of the selfish sort and the en-
tire brewery crowd favors those who
favor the brewers. Albert Lieber,
Floyd Woods and John Ward are Re-
publicans, but they are doing every
thing in their power to defeat the can
dfdate for governor who says he will
veto any bill repeating or weakening
our county option law. They are work.
ing hand in hand with Crawford Fair
banks, Thomas Taggart and Joe Bell,
who are Democrats, to elect Tom Mar
shall governor of Indiana, and also to
secure the election of a legislature
eventually which will repeal our coun-
ty local option law and place the collar
OF the brewery upon the people. Upon
good citizens of this state rests the re-
sponsibility Of defeating this cunning
attempt to rob them of the victory they
have already gained:
Thomas Marshall has said that the
difference between the platforms of the
two old parties is only difference
. concerning the unit. The German AL
lance. however, in the resolutions it
| adopted at it's state meeting, calls one
local option, the other county prohibi-
ton, thus trying to deceive some peo-
pie into believing that the election of
those favoring our newly enacted
county option law will of itself mean
county prohibition.
Nothing is further from the truth.
The passage of the county unit law
does not of itself mean the chasing of a
single saloon. 1t does mean, though,
the comforting upon counties the privi-
lege of ruling on this question: right
| inherent in any government by the
people, and something which the brew
ers themselves are moving heaven and
earth to take away from the people.
German Name Banded.
What about the bandying about of
the honored German name by the brew
ers so asNto make it. the special cham
| pion of the disgraceful booze joints,
| dives and gambling bells owned and
run by the breweries of Indiana and
adjoining states? We respectfully pro-
test that there are many self-respect-
(rprnoonO in Ind NH h1Is
| that the American saloon has degen-
Grated so disgracefully that it is not to
be compared with it's forerunner in the
| fatherland, and that since the brewers
will not obey the law the people are
justly entitled to have the right to ban
1sh the saloon altogether where they
deem that the public safety requires it.
| THE trouble with this whole brew
cry outfit is that it is afraid to trust
the people in whose hands this matter
is now placed and to whom they will
be accountable for their good behavior
In the future. Their talk about the
right of the people to rule is all 'shilly
| shally' which deceives no one.
| The difference between township
and county local option is clearly
| shown by the elections in Illinois and
Ohio. the former having township local
option laws and the latter having coun-
ty local option. In Illinois eighty-four
counties held township elections last
April. Eighty-three of these counties
cast majority vote against the saloon.
but only Twenty-Five Of them went dry
because one or more townships in each
of these fifty-five counties which re-
NAMED wet had pro-saloon majority.
Yet the total majority in these eighty
four counties against the saloon was
5000.
| Advantage Of County Unit.
In Ohio thirty-six counties have
held elections under their county op-
ton law. which became effective Sept.
/. Thirty-four of these counties have
gone dry and only two wet. While we
have not studied the results of the vote
In each township of the different coun-
ties in that state, yet we are sure that
very few counties cast a dry majority
in each township. 1t is, therefore,
easy to see the great advantage of the
county unit as q temperance measure.