The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
Anti-saIoon League Report
Shows About Half of Papers
Friendly, Rest Unfriend|y, or
On Fence.
TWO LOCAL MEN ARE
ON DIRECTORS BOARD
During the Year 70 Counties
Voted Under the Option
Law, Fifty-nine of Them Co.
ing to "Drys."
palladium Specially

lnQldnapOllS, lnO.. Jan. 4.-WQen the
trustees of the Indiana Anti-Saloon
League met this afternoon at the y. M.
c. A., in this city, nearly all of the
members Of the board were present to
consider weighty questions. 1t was
regarded as likely that the trustees
would make a declaration of the policy
to be pursued by the league during
edged by all that this was matter
that required the lnost careful consid-
Grafton and thought, in order that no
mistake might be made. AS has al
ready been stated in these dispatches,
the important question to be settled is
whether the league shall declare in IA
vor Of state wide prohibition at once.
1t is believed that the trustees will de-
eide that now is not the time to press
for such an object. though the decis-
ion will probably not be reached I'M
til the night session.
e. S. Shumaker, state superintend-
ent of the anti-saloon league, made his
annual report showing the work done
and the things accomplished during the
past year. The report contained
much Of interest.
Expenses Of League.
1t showed that the total expenses of
the league during the year were SO, 10
and the total receipts, $50 ,22339.57 Dur
ing the year 70 counties voted under
the county option law. Fifty-nine wet
counties voted dry, eliminating $50 sa-
looms. Twenty dry counties held cleo
tions and remained dry. Four coun-
ties that were dry have not held cleo
tions. Thirteen counties voted wet,
their aggregate majority being 1872 3333
The sixty-six counties that went dry
gave dry majority of 81, 922.
Just to show the amount of work
done in these wet and dry campaigns,
the report shows that in the first
thirty mine counties that held elections,
there was total of GIG speakers, 1851
addresses made, 1908 inches of adver-
Using space in newspapers used, and
1885, 15 pages of literature distribute
ed. Twenty-Five daily papers in these
counties were friendly to the dry
cause, twelve unfriendly and fifteen
Neutral. Ninety-one weekly papers
were friendly. twenty unfriendly and
forty-eight neutral. The total ex-
pense of the dry campaign in these
counties was $3O,4.7. 1t is estimated
that the total expense Of all of the dry
campaigns held thus far had been $46,-
OPT.
Exceeds Expectations.
The report declared that the local OPP
thing that the league representatives
had hoped for, but that 1t had exceed
ed the expectations Of most of it's
friends. Mr.. Shumaker traced the liq-
uor legislation that has been enacted
in Indiana. showing that it has pro-
crossed by leaps and bounds ever since
the legislature in 1875 passed the law
which provides for remonstrances for
cause. and he pointed out the great
work done by the churches of the state
in the interest of advanced liquor leg
islation.
The board OF trustees Of the Anti-Sa-
loon League. consists OF fifty-three
members. OF these. fourteen are trus-
tees at large. and the others are repre-
sentatives of the various protestant
denominations in the churches, and
two from the Womens Christian Tenn
perance Union. The following is a
list of the trustees
Trustees at Large.
Trustees at large-Timothy Nichol-
son. Richmond: Rev. F.. E. Taylor,
Rev. F. o. Ballard, Rev. Joshua STAINS
field, A. X. Hollowell and O. H. Pal
mer. Indianapolis: Milton Hanson,
Westfield: Rev. c. Huber, Richmond !;
G. l. Reeves. Columbus: B. H. Brown
Valparaiso: Fred Rohrer. Berne; Har-
ry w. Whitcomb. Shelbyville; Rev.
Father c. P. Baron: Yorkville; NJ. S.
Blish. Seymour.
Northern Indiana Methodist Confer
ence-Rev. O. A. Traube, Columbia
City: Rev. w. W. Martin, Button.
Indiana Methodist CONFERENCE.-THE
A. Hhrlstone and Rev. c. E. Bacon, In
dianapolis.
Northwest indiana Methodist Confer
ence--Rev. M. h Appleby. Lebanon;
Rev ID. M. Tillotson. Lafayette.
Indiana United Brethren Conference