The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
PREPARING FOR
THE CAMPAIGN
ANTI-SALOONIST TO HOLD
CONVENTION IN MONTH
OF OCTOBER.
Talk of Prohibition Amendment &c
the Constitution of the State al
Next Assembly.

Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. 3..-The
course to be PIN sued bv the Anti-Sa-
loon League will be def rmdned
probably al a conference OF the ex-
-cutive committee and other prom :
ent WI rke here October A. A cab
has been issued fo- meeting at
that riIne.
1t is said that the committee viii
consider action NC ssary for the en-
forcement II the liquor laws in dry
that some decision will be reached as
TO what tire league will ask OF the
next legislature.
Probably no other conference t.
be held here this year will be on 81
much importance to the state gener-
ally and to the two old political par
ties in particular, as the attitude the
league will take is expected to In
huence very largely the demands foI
more temperance Legislation.
III the radical members prevail r
is expected that decision viii be
reached to ask for a statutory state,
wide prohib6tion law, which, 1t
feared by party leaders, may inject
the temperance issue into the cam
paign in a way that will make il
very hard to fandl
Speculation as to whether or no.
the local option crusade is to be re-
ssnned at once by the Anti-Saloon
league has been aroused by the hold
ing of an election this week in Union
county, which voted to remain dry
When the crusade was dropped IN
June IT Was the understanding that
it would be resumed in the autumn
and that some OF .he larger counties
Ike Vigo and Alien would be tackled
then.
The Anti-SaHoou league leaders
have spent busy summer gathering
statistics on the situation and in
Strengthening their organization.
1t was declared, today. however,
by one OF them that the crusade is
not 10 be resumed at This time and
that it is probable there will be no
elections III any OF the laree wet"
counties with the possible exception
OF ST. Joseph and Knox
Seventy-hve couu1-r have voted
on the local option question. Sixty
three have voted dry" E. NJ. Barney
superintendent OF the Indianapolis
division OF the Anti-Saloon league,
says that the couuties, that are dry
by remembrance win hold local op-
ton elections as re- idly as the re-
monstrance expire.
The league proposes to keep them
ON the water-s~agon and is comhdeni
that none of them will be voted wet
No plans are being made now FOL
elections in cities like Indianapolis
Evansville and Fort Wayne.
Barney says that an effort may bt
made within a few weeks to vote
South Bend and - Joseph courstj
dry" He thinks it likely that there
win be an electio in Knox anC
Dearborn counties. A petition for al
election in Knox was filed severa
months ago, but the commissioner
refused TO order an election.
The Anti-SaIoon league is said t.
have given up Indianapolis as
hopeless task.
1T is said that the league will t.
to hold the dry territory it ha
gained and that it will go ahead witt
a vigorous campaign for state-w1d
prohibition. Only by obtaining state
wide prohGbfnon do the league lead
ers hope to dry up the larger coun
ties.
Some Of them are convinced tina
statutory statetwide prohibition
would hurt their cause as they d
not think it would be possible t
stop the salt of liquor IN indianapolis
and the larger CITIES under the law
They say that a situation would arts
simdar to that in the critics an Main
that have a ''wet" tendency
If the advice of the men an charg
Of the league is followed it is sal
that NO attempt will be made to err
act a statutory statewide law but thu
the entire strength of the organize
ton viii be used in an effort to pt
through a resolution for a srate-wid
amendment TO the constitution.
Conservative leaders Of the leagu
say that the latter plan is preferabl
although it viii AXE longer that wa
to make the entire state dry