The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-28
Indiana Anti-saIoon 0rQanlza-
ton win Make Hard Tenn
perance Fight at Municipal
Elections.
TO BOOM CANDIDATES
FAv0RlMG THE CAUSE
District Superintendent Are
Now Busy Laying Plans to
Prevent Option Repeal Two
Years Hence.

Indianapolis. June 2S-The Indians
Anti-Saloon league 10 preparing 10
combat the brewery host In every city
In the state where municipal elections
are to be held next fall with . view 70
favoring the candidacy OF omcials Who
will enforce the laws against Saloons.
This campaign will BE- wased particu-
larly In those cities whose counties
have voted ON the liquor question M
der the local option Law.
Instructions have been given to the
district superintendents thruugAout
the state to pay particular attentioa %
the city elections In the places which
arc already dry and do all In their
power to nominate and elect candi-
dates who will favor the anti-liQuoe
movements. District superintendent
have been asked from the hoadQuar.
ters Of the league in Indianapolis %
write letters to Temperance workers.
instructing them to work for The can-
didates who avowedly wtll b fAvos.
able to the Temperance cause ana %
follow up the letters with psssuoal
Visits looking to the same end.
clreuIstes ~ Papse.
The league = also prseering = ~
crease the circulation oe N oncial p
per. tho American Issue. publishsd tn
the interest Of the tsmperancs move
ment. Plans are being made to sscnrs
agents for the paper In the various
cities where the circulatioa increase
10 most needed. and . liberal commis-
sion 10 offered to those who secure =
list Of new subscribers. Tho present
circulation Of the Issue 10 600. ana
an effort 10 TO be male to have Il
reach the $4,000 mark. Tue Rev. u
8. Shumaker, superintendent Il the
league. stated recently that 10 h ce
the belief that II one-half Of the money
Floyd county campaign had been uso0
I'm circulating the American Isano
among the people q tho county ths
result would have been . mnch lare9
Temperance vote. In some eountieB
arrangements are made 10 purcAnoo
1000 copies and have them mailed to
the voters.
Will Psrpstasaee n1essaseNG
In addition to this the leasne =
planning to wage fight for ths -
forcement OF the laws In the dry cpun-
ties Plans are on foot to peepetnaxo
the anti-saloon movement In evesy
county. township. city and ward With
. view to detecting Law violatosn.
With this end In view district s1per-
intendents have been instructed 1fuD
the Indianapolis of1ces Of the lea0Do' -
allow the onlcers of the law to OtnD
the violations wherever possiblo. bot
in the event the omcess fail oe re1hso
to do 10 private prooecutions ase %
be instituted
Already the league is laying paans %
elect . legislature In two yeaeo ftun
now which viii be favorable - -
Temperance cause. The workers have
expressed the belief that the liquoP
forces are already laying plans 70 cap-
ture the next Legislature WITH . visw 10
repeating the county local oDtioa lnw.
and to the end that tho leasusss wm
not be caught mapping they psoposo
to lay their plans now With . visw %
heading of the Candidates vho WIN
not favor the retentioa q the local -.
tion Law.
A resume Of the work dons bx -
league shows that sixty-two eounfleo
have voted dry under the local oDe1uo
law. the total dry vote IN thess eosa-
ties being 1880. Under the local =.
ton law 00o saloons have been ouoeo1,
and in thtse saDo counties Lila -
looms have been ousted BY rs0naB.
trance There are eight eountjes ~
dry by EeOomGtrnnce, mAking . toen2
of seventy IN the stats whers thsso -
no licensed saloons.