The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-19
CALL CONFERENCE
TO CONSIDER The
SPEAK EVIL
Anti-saIoon League Is Trying
To UnraveI the Problem of
Keeping Blind Tigers Out of
Dry Counties.
TEMPERANCE WORKERS
FIND NUT HARD ONE
1t Is Proposed to Have Law
Passed Making 1t Unlawful
To Ship Booze From Wet to
Dry County.

Indianapolis, Aug 19-Some time
the state officials of the anti-saloon
league plan to bring to indianapolis
q number of the best workers in the
cause from the various parts OF the
state, In order to add to the strength
OF the state organization at the head
quarters TWAS believed that by con-
centrating the forces in such man
ner better results could be obtained
than by the present method of MAIN
tanning separate workers in all parts
OF the state. 1t was believed that the
workers would thus become assistants
be multiplicity of counsel that would
be Of great value.
Have Quite a List.
Just who among the workers it was
proposed to bring to Indianapolis has
never been stated but it is said that
quite list was made. But the plan
has been dropped, and the work will
go right ahead just as it has been go
ing in the past, each district and each
county working for itself. all however.
under the central Jurisdiction and SUI
pervision of the state organization.
The anti-saloon league has much on
its hands just now. The fact that so
many of the counties of the state have
become dry by remonstrance or local
option election has not caused the
league to let uD on it's crusade for a
moment. True. the hot summer wealth.
er has caused let down in the strenu.
GUS effort that was being made some
months ago, but nevertheless the
league is keeping its eye open and
watching the progress of affairs in
the various corners of the state. The
great problem now is how successfully
to cope with the blind tigers that have
sprung up In nearly all of the dry
counties. And it is for this reason
that the league has called conference
in this city in October Of the temper
ance forces Of the state. The confer
ence will not be strictly an anti-sa'
loon conference but it will go further
and pay particular attention to thu
blind tiger and how to get rid of it
The league expects the conference t.
be attended by representatives of al
of the temperance elements of thu
state including the prohibitionists
While the date for this conference ha
not yet been definitely settled it i
known that it will be held in Octo
Der.
Many Blind Tigers.
It is belived that II this blind tige
menace had not grown to such proper
lions throughout the state, the plal
considered of bringing many of tn
workers from over the state to thi
city for organized effort would hav
been carried out but the blind tiger
especially in the form of social clubs
has become so numerous that the stat
officers OF the league decided it woul
be best to keep the local workers L
their own counties to get after tn
clubs.
These social clubs, which are bein
organized rapidly in many countie:
Are giving the anti-saloon league n
end OF worry In fact. the league doe
not know how to fight them. Tn
leagues attorneys and many others {
The best lawyers in the state have bee
working on this proposition for weeks
and they have not yet been able
and any law by which they can driv
out the clubs. Under the law clu
organized on the plan OF these club
can not be touched.
Lay Out Campaign.
At the coming conference. howeve
tt IL the plan of the anti-saloon pc,