The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-12

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Entered at Richmond. indiana, post
office ~ second class mail matter.
CONCERNING DUBLIN.
u communication signed by I'D. p.
Demree chairman OF the executive
CON- coming from the western part
Of the county was received at this Of
lace yesterday 1t is as follows:
Resolutions passed by the County
Local Option Organization of Dublin,
find:
Whereas, The business men and
newspapers ofSRichmond, Ind, were 30
snegetic in persuading the voters Of
tho city Of Richmond in the late cam
paign to vote wet for the selfish pur-
pose we believe Of lettering the m
encial condition OF the city at the cost
md expense to q great extent, to the
6alance Of the county and without re-
gard to the moral issue involved in
mo campaign.
And whereas Tho outside townships
east over I 100 majority dry votes and
by so-Aoing met the issue fair and
square upon its merits and without
thought Of collision of any kind for
oelf gain.
Now therefore be it resolved. That
No the dry voters and all others who
desire to, be fair and meet this greatest
Of all evils sQuarely upon its merits,
and who will not be party to or In
any way aid and abet the city Of Rich,
mond in her greed, do hereby declare
that We will withhold our patronage.
from the saloon and it's symptahizers5
trade with bushes firms in our county
or elsewhere. who are opposed to this
great evil.
d. p. DEMREE, !.
Chairman Executive Com.
The Palladium Is in doubt whether
TO take this seriously or as striving
after notoriety by q few men. The
policy of this paper is against free ad-
vertising even when it makes the ad-
vertiser out as smaller man than he
would like to be thought. The reader
will n0ticethat the document Is signed
By only one name. Query? Does this
mean that the Dublin citizens are
ashamed to put their names to such a
paper? It is to be hoped.
II this thing is to be taken seriously
there is only one way to take It. That
=. these citizens OF Dublin have been
wilfully mislead. These misguided In
diEiduals have been led to believe that
co,tnty local option is a thing which is
noDoption. They have been led to be-
neye-that county local option is prohi-
bitfon. They are believers OF the
words OF the brewers IN the last cam
paign when they said that County
Hocsl Option Means Prohibition It
n6es not nor never did.
Onthe other hand IL the persons be-
hind this boycott did not this they are
mailing an exhibit Of themselves.
CheirsOommittee was . part OF the or
Ann12tion which shouted SHALL the
people Srules' through the medium OF
bold face type in the recent election
and are-Unwilling to abide by the will
Octhemajority. In all other things In
S6aoeile there is only one way to char
ActMlxe such conduct. The man who
does not know how to lose gracefully
= the man who has not good lighting
hlooa.s II pr this man does not f.oe
- enemy and night over again; in 4
haashsll game 10 protests that the
eeA1r ode are ringers in fight he
throws stones and calls names.
It = . yellow streak.
We do not mean to say that the citi-
sens OF Dublin are this sort. But II
they sanction boycott and blackmail
there are not many gentle and endear-
Ing words which At them.
We can only say to the citizens who
appear to be misguided that they
come under the same category as their
I colah0fsr E. r. Thompson. to whom
10 said IN recent Issue:
County local option means the plac.
Ing n the hands Of the people OF any
county the right to decide for them
selves whether or not they wish the
sale az liquor IN their county through
the medium Of saloonA Il means
nothing else We are not discussing
whether or not this = right - wrong
we are discussi1g eo11 fact4 There Il
not thst us1 "a look r. the statute
VIC S had : demonstrationt Of the
Law MT 20 long Since