The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
SHUMAKER
Wells CHARGE
IN ISSUE OF TEMPERANCE
PAPER SAYS BREWERS
GAVE STOCK.
Declares Republican Refused
$4,000 to Fight for Option
Repeal.

In an article written for the
American Issue, the official organ
of the Anti-Saloon League, z. S.
Shumaker, superintendent OF the
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
makes the charge that the brew
ers, after their fight at the last
session OF the Legislature to OBJ
tain the repeal OF the county op-
ton law. rewarded a member OF
the Legislature who voted with
them and politician who backed
them by giving them brewery
stock.
He also says that a prominent
Republican politician was offered
$4,000 to lead the organization
fight within the Republican party
this year to secure the repeal OF
the option law. The politician,
however declined. Mr.. Shumaker
refused to divulge the names OF
the legislators, who, he says
through the Issue, accepted
brewery stock, nor Will he name
the Republican politician.
The brewers says Mr.. Shu-
maker in his article in the issue
"are constantly announcing they
are out of politics, but every time
that such an announcement Is
made the citizens OF Indiana car
rest assured that they are getting
into politics deeper than ever
He also charges that the brew
ers are using thousands of dol
lars through their literary bureau
i'm sending false bulletins TO lead
ing citizens all over Indiana tc
confuse and mslead them upor
this vital question.
Platform Discussed. l..
Mr.. Shurnaker in a statement
given out yesterday takes up the
platforms adopted by the Repub
lican. Democratic and Prohibition
parties in this state and declares
they are not at all what the ranl
and file of voters in each party
wanted. He urges the Temperance
people to organize at once 10
the campaign.
The question, he says tina
confronts temperance people Il
what is to be done concering thi
matter. He ventures to SuggeS
the following at this time. ans
says he will have occasion t.
suggest additional courses OF &C
ton from time to thine. He con
tinues:
Candidates for the Legislature
in all parties should be openl,
pledged TO stand for the retention
Of the county option law. Organ
ization of dry" voters OF al
parties should be secured as ia
as possible in all counties Of tn,
tate.who will pledge themselve
to support no one for the Legis
lature not openly commrtte t.
the retention OF the county op
ton law unimpared on on
statute books.
Citizens of all parties who be
lieve in the rule OF the peopl
should place the retention OF on
county option law above tn
| United States senatorship and r
CARELESS of the outcome of tn
senatorship itself. vote only 10
candidates known TO stand TO
the retention of the county OPP
tion.
Every effort should be made b,
temperance people in the differ
ent parts to induce candidate
already nominated 10 get RICH
IN this question if they are no
already right before thinking o
voting independently at the poll
in November.
| OF one thing we can be assur
Ted: The Indiana county option
law is in imminent danger o
being repealed at the next ses
sion of the Legislature and TN
less good citizens of all partie
can be induced to rise above par
tisanship the liquor men will
succeed in eleoting enough we
legislators in both the leading
political parties to secure the re
peal of the law.
We believe further that condi
tons in Indiana are such tina
very few candidates for the Leg
isature will promise to vote ant
use their influence for the reten
ton of the law. who will not alsC
pledge to vote for constitutions
prohibition. The brewers them
selves have SO manipulated tn,
political situation that they, hav,
invited their own destruction by
their pernicious meddling wher
otherwise they might have beer
succeeded in retaining condition,
as they are at the present time
Shumaker's charges are caus
ing some comment in politica
circles.