The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-03
''Dry" Element Hopes to Have
Enough Signers to Put Lid
on Jackson and Jefferson
townships for Two Years.
CLAIM VICTORY BY THREE
NAMES AT CAMBRIDGE
Close Finish Expected When
"Reminiscences Come in
Jackson Twp. Has Never
Driven Out the Saloons.

Despite the TACT that the vets OF
Jackson and jefferson townships were
able to win over many of the original
signers of the blanket remonstrances
which will be filed with the county
auditor late this afternoon. the "drys"
claim that success has been achieved.
Many of those who withdrew their
names to the petition were induced to-
day to again sign the remonstrance.
The county commissioners will pass
on the two remonstrances on Mon
day and in event it is found the re-
monstrators of each township have a
majority of the voters. the commits
sioners will declare the townships
dry" for a period of two years, under
the law.
Should it happen that the "drys"
have majority in each instance, this
county, with the exception of Rich
mond, will be freed from legalized sa-
looms for the first time in its history.
Hagerstown. which is in Jefferson
township, has been dry for two years
while Cambridge City always has had
several saloons and at the present
time there are four in operation.
At $3.50 o'clock last evening the
first list of Withdrawals was filed with
the county auditor. "A representative
Eof thA~assrets ~ufE y1ekz0n township.
filed forty-fiye withdrawals. while a
man by the name Of Davis of Hagers-
town. former saloon keeper of that
place, filed eight Withdrawals that re.
lated to the Jefferson township re-
monstrance. At IL o'clock last even
ing eleven more Withdrawals were
filed by Luther Young of Cambridge
City, making the total number of with.
drawals from the Jackson township re.
monstrance petition amount to fifty
six.
"Wets" Take First Step.
The 'wets" had to take the first
step, and last evening was their last
opportunity for filing Withdrawals
The "drys" have an advantage in that
they do not have to file their petition
for remonstrance until late this even.
ing and hence have an opportunity to
induce the Withdrawals to again sign
the remonstrance. A list Of all those
who withdrew their names from the
remonstrances was obtained by the at
| torney for the 'drys" last evening
The organizations in the two town
ships were informed and today every
effort was made to have the withdraw
ais resign. with some success.
"Drys" Say They'll Win,
Wilfred Jessup. attorney for the
'drys" stated this morning that he ex
pected the blanket remonstrance peti
tions would be filed with the county
| auditor at about O'Clock this evening
He said that at meeting of the tenn
perance organization Of jackson town.
| ship last evening, it was announced
that If every signature to the remon
STRANGE was bona flde, success ha6
| been achieved by three votes. In addi
tion to this small majority, those pres
| ent, including the merchants, manu-
facturers, bankers and professiona
! men, promised to increase it by get
ting many to sign who had remained
| heretofore neutral to either side. Th1
''drys'' of Jackson township anncdncet
| that they expected a majority of fft,
by the time they were ready to al.
| the remonstrance petition.
| At Hagerstown the movement is il
charge Of Merton Grills. acting as sec
retary Mr.. Jessup was informed thi
morning by Mr.. Grills that the temper
ance forces would be victors. I,
| jackson township it is necessary tina
the "drys" have $50 signatures to tn,
remonstrance petition while in Jeffer
son township only 2So names are re
quired. The law fixes the number b,
declaring q blanket remonstrance ef
fective only when it contains half o