The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-11


series of meetings in Muncie when the
league forces expect to be able to
vote the county dry, and then move
to Madison county The trio is caus-
ing the league more concern than any
other counties in the state because
they form the only large area of wet
territory in this section of the state
With these counties dry the league
figures that the early skirmishing of
the big battle to make Marion county
dry will have been won. However. the
league does not contemplate an early
assault on Marion county.
Counties Slated for This Month.
| The following counties will hold To-
cal option elections this month: Miami,
March 16, expected to go dry; Benton.
March %. counted as certain by the
league; Greene, March %, also counted
certain; Montgomery, March %, reason
ably certain to go dry; Ohio, March "a.
certain to go dry; Elkhart, March %.
certain to go dry; Bartholomew, March
80. g. hard fight expected; Jennings.
March 80. expected to go dry; Yermil-
lion. March 80. hard fight expected
on account of the foreign population
fl Clinton; Henry county. March 81.
already dry by remonstrance. Three
hundred and four saloons are con
| tions.
Brewing at Lafayette.
At Lafayette a meeting of the cen
trail committee of the Civic league was
held the other night and a special
cerned in the outcome of these cleo
committee of nine was named to con-
suit with committees from various
other organizations of the city and the
county concerning a county option
election. The committee will repre-
sent the civic league and the ques-
ton to be considered are whether ar
election should be held and If so when
The committee viii have genera
charge of the election If one is held
County Attorney John w. Morgan
of Columbus, has handed down an opin-
ion by which he holds that three sa-
loon men who sought to demonstrate
against the county commissioner:
holding a special county option cleo
ton have no appeal from the count!
commissioners to the circuit court o
bartholomew county. The drys il
that county are making an active cam
paign for the election which is to b
held the last of this month.
May Tackle Allen County.
One of the surprises Of the week /
the news from Fort Wayne that tn
Anti Saloon league is considering tn
question whether county local optic
election shall be held in Allen county
The matter has ben left with N. {
: Shirley, superintendent of the leagu
for that part of the state. There ar
$50 saloons in the county with a larg
following that greatly increased Sen
ator Fleming's majority in the las
election. Mr.. Shirley is taking counst
y with the temperance workers in tn
city and county and says he has nc
yet made up his mind. There are man
prominent democrats who predict tha
!. the county will give a dry majorit
and it is conceded that there is niue
anxiety among the saloonkeepers.
No organization has been effected b
drys of Henry county for the count
option election to be held there 0
March 81. but arrangements are be
n ing made for a meeting to be hel
e within a few days. 1t is understoo
d that the emperance workers expect I
Y give special attention to the new me
who have moved into the county with
t, in the last year on account of the lc
: cation of new factories. They sa
they have the names Of more than SO
who are not qualified to vote.
Mayor Hinchman. of Greenfield, ha
served notice on all parties that thel
Il will not be any halfway enforcemeI
Il of the law in that city. This city he
t, been voted dry" he says, and I sha
E, see that it is dry
y Cass County to Vote.
: Cass county has decided to hold
county option election on April g. II
county commissioners having made Il
announcement yesterday Orange cou1
ty is dry already, and a majority
r 900 to 1900 for the drys is predicte
p a report published IN the papei
y here that is attracting considerable a
le tention relates to the falling off of II
s state revenues in Ohio as a result
3 the operation of the county local OF
t ton law IN that state. This repo
'e says:
a. Largely as a result of the oper;
r ton of the Rose county local optic
law, the revenue derived by the sta