The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
n0NDAY 'sELECIION
|M|tLs mot AFFECT
FUTURE ACTIVITY
Vets and Drys VIII Not slacken
Efforts Regardless Of Result in SO
Counties-Brewers To Appeal
For Rural Vote.
Both Sides Continue Battle in State
81 Fight Gets Hot in Kent
81 County.

X No matter what the result OF the
R local option elections TO be held IN
IS Michigan counties next Monday,
!. both vets and drys will not slacken
their efforts afterward. out will take
the results merely as a test OF
strength and lay plans for next year.
B The drys want to submit a consutu-
! tjonal prohibitory amendment within
= year or two. The vets wish 10 win
y hack the territory they have lost aud
Z 10 combat the prohibition wave.
In the cities of the state the vets
have had the better OF the argument
20 far while the drys have had the ad-
I vantage OF the agricultural vote. The
\ Tendency now is 10 carry the fight 10
the villages and farms.
For a great many years the Anti
Saloon league and kindred organiza-
tfons have been after the rural vote.
AayS q brewer. They have sent out
literature and speakers and held
The farmer has more time TO read
during his slack season than the city
uDechanfc or laborer. 1t Is natural
1or him to consider and debate the
troblem of government Now, the
} only side that has been shown TO the
nrmers was the side OF the drys. We
have never put our side of the matter
before these voters at all.
Now we are going 10 give the
FARMERS and villagers chance 10 hear
both sidea We shall send out liter
oture and our speakers TO them. All
We want isla fair hearing and fair con-
liberation"
Says Answer ls Simple.
Some one asked me why, II we be-
1ieve that trial OF local option will
convince people that prohibition laws
ore not feasible, that we opposed the
enactment of such laws. The an
swer is very simple. II you were told
that removal of your appendix would
prevent your ever having append
citis and leave you feeling well after
the effects OF the operation were past,
would you rush TO hospital and get
your appendix cut out at once? You
would not, because you would not care
to endure the pain OF useless opera
ton.
Local option Is IKE an operation
and the brewers are the unwilling
patient. while whisky may be snug
gled easily into dry territory. beer is
bulky and requires care in handling
and An cooling. II cannot~b handled
as readily and so the brewers, trade
diruinishes." a-.-......s.-.-.~--.y-.
Another reason given by the vets
for the opposition OF the farmer TO
the saloon Is that the country saloon
is usually a place for consumption II
y whfsKy. The slackness OF work In
winter, gives the farmers hired man
the leisure time 60 hang around a
country saloon and drink more than
IL good for him.
: Some OF the evils attached to such
saloons are expected to Ne cured by
the operation OF the Warner-Cramton
law.
Activity in state Continues.
The activity OF the vets and drys
IN the state continued today. They
are determined that nothing shall be
left undone in their fight TO present
the issues to the voters In clear and
forceful manner. Much attention is
(. being paid to Kent county, where the
nght has become hot. The result Of
the election In that section will have
wide significance. because it will de-
termine IL the saloons influence in the
city has changed in the past year.
In all the close counties where local
option is to be submitted this spring,
the opposing sides have lists OF al
legged fraudulent voters who will be
challenged IL they attempt to vote
Monday. The Anti-Saloon league has
such lists in Grand Rapids. Lansing
and Port Huron TO a greater extent
than In other districts.
I'VE do not find any evidences OF
extensive colonizing," stated Mr.. Hud-
son, at Anti-Saloon league headquar-
ters." There are names which we
have looked up in many places and
we shall challenge all voters who APP
pear to be of doubtful right. The ex-
tremely heavy registration in some
districts has called our attention TO
this. But the situation Is not a bad
one"
Just now the fight is centered in the
larger cities in which the question Is
to be submitted. Grand Rapids and