The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-03
NEITHER FACTION
FEARS THE RESULT
OF THE ELECTION
Both Vets and Drys Are Con-
fident That They Will Be
Victors in the Ballot Battle
On Friday.
WADE CLAIMS A LARGE
MAJORITY FOR "DRYS"
Committee in Charge of Wet
Campaign Expect City Ma
jority to Overcome That of
The County.

Friday the people will decide wheth-
er or not the saloons shall remain
within the precincts of Wayne coun-
ty.
The campaign has been a quiet one,
almost dull, up to the present time.
but today it is topic of general con-
versation. Both warning factions ap-
pear to be equally pleased with the
outlook. 1t is hard to judge how the
vote will go in the city of Richmond
as the average voter. especially the
business men, maintains a sphinx like
silence as to how he will mark his
ballot.
Both wet" and dry" leaders con-
tend that this general reluctance on
the part of the voters to announce
their positions is favorable to their
respe ctive cause.
Wade is Confident.
The Rev. R. J. Wade of the county
local option committee stated this
morning that he was still positive that
the drys would carry the county by a
majority from 1900 to 1000.
What will the city of Richmond
do?' he was asked.
We will carry the city by a small
majority. The vets will carry the
first ward and probably the second
ward. The drys will carry the fifth,
sixth and seventh wards, sure
Vets Are All Smiles.
The committee which has been con-
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be confident of victory Friday. They
are of the opinion that the county will
not be as solidly dry as the option
committee believes and they think
that the city will go wet by a large
enough majority to overcome the dry
majority in the county.
The vets expect to carry the first,
second, third, fourth and eighth wards
by substantial majorities and they ex-
pect to hold down the dry vote in the
other three wards. They think Cam
bridge City will give a good wet ma
jority.
Campaign Was Clean One.
The campaign in this county has
been cleanly conducted by both sides,
fact that has caused much com
ment among out of town people who
have visited Richmond the past three
or four weeks. No dirty politics has
been played. The drys have conduct
ed more vigorous campaign than
their opponents, advertising exten-
sively and conducting public meetings
throughout the county. AS in other
counties the women have been an i'm.
portant factor in this campaign, wag.
ing a vigorous fight for the drys
Unlike conditions in other counties
in the state the drys in their cam
paign in this county have not had the
active support of the press. The
Palladium has maintained a neutral
attitude, throughout. The Evening
Item has waged an active campaign
for the vets, contending that licensed
saloons are preferable to blind tigers.
Up to today the Morning News had
kept hands off the fight, but this
morning printed lengthy article ad-
vocating the cause of the VETS The
vets state the attitude of the local
press has been of great benefit to
their cause. Both vets and drys state
that they have been satisfied with
the course pursued by the Palladium.
If the weather is favorable Friday
the indications are that the vote will
be as heavy as that polled during the
November elections. Every effort
will be made by each side TO turn out
the vote. In this the drys will be
assisted by the Women's Local Option
committee.