The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-31
GENERAL DESIRE
TO DROP OPTION
FROM PLATFORMS
Leaders of Both the State Re-
publican and Democratic
Parties Want to SheIve the
Present Issue.
ELECTION RESULTS
is CAUSE ASSIGNED
Republican Counties Are Co.
ing Wet and Dry, Likewise
The Democratic Ones
View of Situation.

Indianapolis. May 31.-There seems
to be general desire on the part of
the politicians of the state to drop the
subject of county local option entirely
from the platforms of the two political
parties in the campaign of 1910 One
can hear such talk on all sides, and
there is every indication that when
the time comes neither party will make
any recommendation on the subject.
This situation is due to the results
that have come from the local option
elections held thus far in the various
counties, which show that politics is
not cutting any figure at all in these
elections. Democratic counties are
going wet and dry. Republican party
leaders are leading both vets and
drys and democratic politicians are do
ing the same. In Ripley county, evena
Newton jackson, democrat, led the
drys in the election last Saturday and
William Kelly, democrat, and county
clerk, led the vets.
All Over the State.
So it has been all over the state
In Madison county Horace Stillwell
Eighth district. and all of the repub-
lican newspapers, fought with the vets
and Stillwell was the acknowledged
leader Of that side. Representative
Coahran, democrat, led the drys.
These are incidents that have caused
the politicians to come to the conclu-
sion that the best thing to do is to ig-
more the local option matter in the
parry platforms next year.
1t is not meant by this that neither
| platform will make any reference to
temperance legislation. 1t will be
only the local option matter that will
be left severely alone.
One Leaders Views.
One of the most prominet republi-
cans in the state said a day or two ago
that in his opinion the republican state
convention next year should merely
adopt resolution as part of its plat
form stating that the party has given
to the people of the state of Indiana a
law that affords them means by
| which they may decide for themselves
whether or not they want saloons in
their midst.
II they want saloons they can have
them II they do not want saloons
they can vote them out Of the county.
This is as far as any party ought to 60.
he said. 1t can furnish the means by
which the people may decide for them
selves. but the party has no right to
tell the people what they should do
on the subject when they go into the
booth at the election to cast their
vote. That, he says is matter for
the individual consideration and de
cision of each voter. and no political
party ought to dictate to him just how
he shall cast his vote.
| This man said that, not that the re-
publican party has done this much,
whitehall. that 1t has any right to do.
1t ought at the next convention to in
sert plank in its platform that will
read about as follows:
Reaffirms Position.
The republican party reaffirms its
position Of 1905 on the subject of the
control and regulation OF the liquor
traffic. and believes that the temper
ance laws now on the statute books
should be amended and strengthened
whenever 1t is found necessary in or
der to properly regulate and control
the traffic in intoxicating liquors.
IF the party undertakes to justify
| itself In the passage Of the local option
law" this politician said, st will get