The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-12
THE AN NT|-SALOON
LEAGUE IS WITH
THE REPUBLICANS
Stand for the Party Because
1t Took Up the Leagues
Cry for County Local Op-
ton.
LEAGUE A FACTOR
IN STATE POLITICS.
It Is Aggressive and Will Do
Much in the Political Arena
During the Present Cam
paign.
Especial Correspondence.)


democratic state convention declared
in Indiana for local option with the
township or ward as the unit. The
republicans, meeting few days later,
went the democrats one better on the
temperance question, and called for
local option with the county as unit.
The Anti Saloon league, before either
unit on both parties, and went about
educating the people 70 the point
where they would demand that plan Of
deciding the saloon question. The
Anti-SaloOn league must be considered
as a political factor IN Indiana this
year The interests against which it
opposes its arguments, remOnstranceS,
resolutions and petitions are prcpar-
ing to make themselves felt at the
polls this fall. In fact, the central
fight next November, and every inch
of the way from this time to NOVem-
! Der 3 election day, will be on the leg
slature. And this contest will con-
tinue next winter when the general as
sembly meets to carry out or to repu-
diate the pledges made in the political
platforms SO cheerfully put forth this
summer. On the one hand the Anti
Saloon league will work hard for the
passage OF a local option law with
the county as unit. On the other
hand the liquor interests will try to
clans will do what the people force
them to do.
I League Aggressive.
/ Because it is aggressive, because its
leaders are able men, and because it
has made itself positive factor in
the politics and legislation of the
state the AntiSalOOn league COM
mands its share of polite public atten-
! ton this year as never before. No po-
! litical observer can ignore the Anti
/ Saloon league or refuse to see 1t when
| it looms on the horizon.
| At this time the league is looking
after the matter of legislative nOmi-
nees. and is trying to prevent the NOM
ination, on both republican and demo-
cratic tickets, of liberal" candidates
! for the legislature. The liquor inter
ests have been busy in this line of
work also. and have been trying to
put their friends on Legislative tickets
wherever possible. 1t is understood
! tnat former Adjutant General John K.
Ward is acting for the liquor interests
+ in this Legislative campaign. 1t IS
said that he has not been signally sue
cessful in making republican nOmina-
tions to suit his associates.
! 1t is asserted that out of eighteen
state senatorial candidates and sixty
one candidates for representative now
nominated, not more than seven or
eight are to be counted as antagOnistic
to the county unit local option plank
of the republican platform. 1t is said,
further, that the democratic nominees
for the legislature are standing
squarely with their candidate for gov
ernor, on the democratic local option
plank.
Stands by Republicans
I The Anti-Saloon league says that it
is omni partisan and calls attention al
ways to the fact that it urged local Op-
tion and the county as a unit before
either party adopted that issue as a
shibboleth for the campaign. The
league stands with the republicans this
year in Indiana. because the rcpubli-
cans took up the leagues battle cry.
Advanced Legislation.
Advanced temperance legislation
has been adopted in the last few years
in fifteen states. including Indiana. IN
the fourteen states outside Indiana
| Ohio, Illinois. Michigan, kentucky.
Virginia. Georgia. Alabama, MISSISSIPPI
ri, Tennessee, Wisconsin. Oklahoma
Colorado. Delaware and Nebraska, the
legislative assemblies were composed
of 1SS republicans. LII democrats
three prohibitionists. thirty-six fusion.
lists, three independents and six social
democrats. While the prohibitionists
| have had large part in creating pub
lie sentiment, their part in the legisla.
tive end of the game has been small
as will be seen by the figures here Civ
en-. Three Legislative votes in fourteen
states for temperance laws is not big
showing for party of two generations
of consistent persistency. Just now
the prohibitionists OF Indiana and
probably those in other states. are de.
nouncing the Methodist church some
what testify because the general con,
ference of that church praised the An
ti-Saloon league recently. They are
charging also that Governor J. Franl
lCantinnad on Pam Snxanl