The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-03-18
HELD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Continued from page 1.

elections during The past 20 years we
had been only traing; that we would
"play ball' tins time and roll up ma
jority that would make the "wets" go
away back and sit down. They talk
about a good saloon" he said, land
don't know that there is no such thing
as a good saloon" He had been ~
business for many years in Hartford
next door to a saloon and thought prob.
ably tue Hartford saloon was as good as
any, and be knew from experience that
there were no good" saloons. Mr..
Olney gave many practical reasons why
we do not want saloons In Van Buren,
county and told what might be expected
from the wet" forces at the last minute
before election. He believed that Cass
county wol.d vote dry" that Berrien
county would soon get ashamed of her
self and, in fact, the question was in the
air everywhere. Why, even Chicago has
taken 1t up and will vote upon the ques-
ton, and 1t will not he long before we
will cease to be a nation of drunkards
George III. Myhan, post master at
said that the city of South Haven was
better organized than ever before TO fight
against the saloon that the business
men and factory men there are doing
everything within their power to keep
saloons out of the county. At meeting
the evening before $500 had been raised
In South Haven for the fight, 5000 of the
90 hx
Nelson piano factory Mr. Ny han also
stated that the report which had gone
out from South Haven in regard to the
building of new boat and also a magni-
ticent hotel in case the county went
wet" was false. 1t was only one of
those old "chestnuts," be said, which
are always sprung on similar occasions
He also read letters from Nj. A. Myer-
and f. 5. Cable, vice president and pres
ident of the Gable Nelson Piano Co., in
which they stated that they were deeply
interested in the situation in the county
and that the local committee could de-
pend upon them to do any thing in their
power to keep saloons out of the county.
Mr.. Myers is To speak on the question
III ooutu ildNou anu ptTudpS elSeWueTe
aud wanted efforts made to have the
factory men at the meeting, as he is
deeply interested in their welfare. f.
). Rauworth, superintendent of the
piano factory, is chairman of the South
Haven city local option committee Mr..
Myhan also spoke Of the resort business,
which the "wets" claim would suffer, if
the county went "dry." Twenty years
ago, he said, there was 20 resort business
there. and it has grown steadily during
all these years The resorts do not want
saloons. This remark was especially
significant in view of the fact that Mr..
Myhan is owner of the largest resort in
the city.
Space will not permit a review of all
the speakers. The singing was 10 charge
of h. A. Hoffman of Benton Harbor
Judge Anderson presided at the after
noon session. Reports were received
from every township except one as to
what had been done and the plan OF
campaign.
The county w. G. L. U. was repre-
sented and remarks were made by mapy
al the meeting who were business men,
which showed how deeply the business
interests of the county are concerned in
regard to the outcome of the local option
campaign.
A substantial sun was raised with
which to carry on the campaign.