The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-04
NEWSPAPER CAMPAIGN
NOW PLANNED
Ants Are Not Dunted By Defeat in
Tippecanoe, and Point to Delaware
Program So Arranged as to
Leave Only Nine Wet Counties in
the State Within Short Time.
TIMES BUREAU.
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis. Ind. May 4.-The Anti
Saloon league has arranged a program
which. if it carries out the way the
| league figures will leave only nine
wet counties in Indiana within a very
short time. These counties viii be Mar
ion. Vigo Vanderburg, Allen. St. Jo-
seph. Porter. Lake. Dubois and Parry.
After Lake County in June
And it announces that in June Il will
| go after Lake. Porter, Dubois and Per-
~ This would narrow the wet coun-
ties down, il these counties voted dry.
to Marion Allen, Vigo Vanderburg and
| st. Joseph.
1t may be that st. Joseph will then
be called upon to decide whether it
shall or shall not retain saloons. though
no announcement is made along that
line. 1t is the idea OF the league. how
ever. to keep right after all Of them
until 1t has drivsn liquor out IS the
very last county from which it can be
driven.
The league is determined to hold To-
cal option elections in the following
countless Laporte, Pulaski. Fulton.
Madison. Clay, Franklin. Ripley Dear
born, Floyd. Harrison. Clark Spencer.
Warrick Knox and Posey. In all Of
these counties elections have either been
called or petitions are being circulated
for elections The league believes that
it will be able to carry every one of
tn counties named. though there is
some doubt about success in Knox, La
porte and Clay. Vincennes is in Knox
county and the fight there is intense.
and the brewers are confident that they
will be able to win out there.
Some Counties Too strong.
any effort will be made toward holding
county option elections in Marion, Al
len. Vanderburg and Vigo counties this
year. for the league is saving those
counties until tie last for the reason
that it will cost large sum of money
to conduct campaigns in these counties.
1t is estimated that it would cost $50
600 TO make the fight in Marion county
alone The league says it Will wait un
til il gets through with the other coun-
ties before 1t tackles job of that mag
nitud~
The Anti-Saloon league is not daunt-
ed by the defeat it met in Tippecanoe
county last week Whenever you say
Tippecanoe county to a member of the
league he answers: But how about
Delaware county, Tho league fully
understands that it is up against the
!
county dry. because of the large for
eign vote in that county. but the offc-
tails believe they VIII be able TO pull
through and drive out the saloons. At
least the league is preparing to make
the effort and hopes TO pull off the
election in the early part OF the sum-
mer
In all of the counties in which there
is any doubt as to the ability of the
: drys to win, 1t is the purpose of the
, league to send in a competent man TO
take charge Of a newspaper campaign
] against the saloons. This plan was
tried in Delaware county. and the enor-
nous majority which that county gave
4 a few days ago against the saloons
e shows the value Of such a campaign.
( without this the league believes. the
y result might have been entirely differ
\ ent So it is likely that a campaign
, Of this kind viii be tried in Lake coun-
ty Just who will be the dry news
= paper man in this case Is not known,
but the officers Of the league say they
have several men on the string. any
: one of whom could go there and do
good effective work.
> It is realized by the league officers
; that it would be almost useless to even
try to run the saloons out of Allen
: Vigo and Vanderburg counties-at least
e at present. They believe these coun-
: ties will be the last ones to go dry. and
" they may not be made dry at all except
/ through an amendment to the consti-
tuition for statewide prohibition. It is
known, however. that strong inhu-
ence is at work seeking to bring on al
election in Allen county. but it is no
= at all likely that it will succeed thi.
le year. In Marion county nothing vii
, be done. at least. until after the cit,
n election this fall There is an inclina
l. tion on the part OF the league not ,,
n mix the liquor question with city poll
tics this year.