The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-04
Hundreds of People Gathered
At the Coliseum in After.
noon and Evening to Hear
The Addresses.
MRS. STANLEY MAKES
VERY STRONG APPEAL
Lines Up Children on the Plat
form and States They Are
The Real Issue Wants
Woman Suffrage.

vVVIsS0li QUIZ dye
About 2.J0O persons last evening
gathered at the Coliseum to assist in
the last dry" rally OF the campaign.
Speeches we're made that aroused the
enthusiasm of the advocates OF the
cause as it had not been aroused be.
fore The pictures of homes. depraved
by drunken fathers were painted In
vivid words The black race toinedAwfth
the white and 1t was asseresA BY one
speaker that the whites freed the
slaves and now the blacks are about
to save the whites. Two states .con.
tributed speakers to the cause and
the optionists. who have pOaed
through the Ohio experience gave to
those OF Wayne county. who now ere
in the midst of the struggle, THAR
ideas and suggestions.
Parade Of Children.
Preceding the afternoon meeting q
parade of children was held. Tue
streets were covered with mud and
this fact Is said to have influe6coA a
number Of mothers against permitting
their children to take part in tho Do.
rade. The youngsters assembled at
the Grace M. E. church and ChrisalaA
church and united at Main and Tenth
street. A band played hymns and the
marchers seemed to enjoy the occa-
sion. despite the condition Of the
street. The children carried flags and
signs suitably inscribed. The parade
was as cosmopolitan as could be GRE
ated. All sections of the city contri-
buted. The dirty-faced unkempt
youngster marched alongside OF the
pride of .the family" The color line
was not drawn and blacks and white
mixed heterogeneously.
Mrs. Stanley Eloquent.
An address was delivered by Ma
Stanley of Union county. president Of
the Womens' Christian Temperance
Union. Her words were full of fervor.
She urged votes for the sake Of the
boys and girls and appeared optimistic
as to the outcome. She declared IL
would be an eternal shame for Wayne
county to refuse to strike q blow
against the licensed saloon.
Asks Woman Suffrage.
Mrs. Stanley made a feryent appeal
for woman suffrage. You turn loose
the hell hounds Of saloons upon our
boys and yet refuse the mothers. ..sxsry-
one of whom imperiled their liWs for
their children. the right tO.shov>1hel1
minds upon the questions byssheesaght
of the ballet" declared the spealssr.
About fifty boys were called ~ Mrs.
Stanley to surround her - shp pso4oed
upon the rostrum. She spoke ofsA. re-
cent visit she had made to the manu-
featuring concerns of Ric1mon1 and
told how proud the manuf4ctqrsrs are
Of their finished product. She said
she had been told at the tlme how
much the finished product incFeBes
the value of the raw material. Thea
referring with outspread handD.to the
boys clustered about her Mrs. stan
ley said: These tofm@the rsw mutssial
of the saloons. Now Whsa VIII b the
finished product? Look at thesesboys:
these fine. manly y0ang rfUlo98s md
then remember that one tn GNeEysn ave
men nils drunkard's grave. Mothers
which Of these will it be? Which viii
be number I've: VIII It be~yUur boy:
Will it be this little fellow tclAapinS
Now will the finished product q thu
raw material be an upright Aoaest
man. or will il be his destiny 70 MI
the drupkard's grave. You have the
opportunity to help decide"
Makes Denial a stery.
The speaker said she wished to taas
the time to deny story In circulof1on
in Richmond streets. that = man
came from Liberty and bought y$22j
worth of household furniture and told
the merchant he wanted to pay for IL
with a check, so the people Of Union
county could have evidence that by
driving out the saloons they had driv-
en- business away form the Liberty
merchants Mrs. Stanley said she had
gone to the banks at Liberty and found
no such check had been drawn upon
either institution and had inquired OF
a number of Richmond merchants and
all said they had made no such sale.
Talks Of Blind Tigers.
Stanley said she would rather pass
down the streets any day and meet
tiger that is blind than one with tW0
good eyes.
John Rutledge Of Cleveland. O.,
known as an Irish orator concluded
the meeting with stirring appeal. His
remarks were well received and loudly
appiauded.
Last Nights Meeting.
Abo,,t the game sfxed crowd that ~
in attendance at the afternoon meet
ing gathered al the Coliseum in the