The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-03

<'Nothing but slush fund can de-
n us In the battle on the saloons
k(ch will be decided at Monday 3
oction In is counties" said Pliny
&rsh, attorney for the Michigan
nti-Saloon league. Saturday after
1on. He said the speakers for the
Iryss were winding up the campaign
q whirlwind manner, and that re-
>rts from all sections were exception
~ encouraging.
sunday evening concluded all the
5eaking engagements on both sides.
ko "spellbinders" for both the "drys
Ia the "wets" mustered their
sayiest artillery in Genesee, Jack
-. Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties,
mere the fight has ragged the hercest.
mas meetings were scheduled for
Is principal places In all OF the Is
mites for Saturday and Sunday.
While less pyrotechnics have
nrked the struggle this spring, the
fys have been pushing their fight
nletly. but with the firm conviction
at they have brought home plenty
Arguments to demonstrate without
hestion that the saloon is a menace,
la the "wets" are endeayoring TO
nooth the troubled waters by laying
&avy emphasis on the argument that
rohibition is wholly wrong and that
oktriction and higher licenses are the
|Gical solution.
The "drys" also have given general
nblicity to statements from the dis
Picts where the saloons have been
1<lawed TO prove that there have
ZEN more prosperity, thrift and hap
|nns IN home life.
'of the SO counties in Michigan 40
'n now dry. Eleven of the eighteen
.unties that vote Monday are dry.
The Anti-Saloon league distributed
following speakers in the various
|ricts to wind up the campaign:
ndRe A. z. Blair, of Portsmouth,
who disfranchised 1000 voters In
nxnss county, o., for selling their
&1lots. spoke in Bedding Saturday,
*d was booked to address big mass
|oeting In Ionia, Sunday; John q.
|ooley, candidate for president on
~ Prohibition ticket 10 years ago,
NJ Il present located In the Hawaiian
|1nnds, talked in Marshall, Friday
@xht: John f.. Cuneen, a prominent
|nfholic labor leader Of Chicago. was
, East Tawas Saturday, and will be
. Cheboygan, SUNDAY night: ]. e..
chr. lawyer OF Port Huron, In
mia, Saturday night, Portland. Sun
~ night: Henry r. Pattengill, for
~ state superintendent OF public In
<ruction, in Linden, Genesee county,
|nt1rday night. Flint, Sunday: Wal
~ +. Foster, representing attorney
G Lansing. In Kalamazoo, Saturday
IA Sunday: ]. F. Crandali, OF De
roit. at Marshall, Sunday; n. r. Jen-
ms. OF Hart, at Allegan, Sunday;
lev. G.. w. Morrow. at Bicksburg and
Saturday and Sunday; w.
I. Ferris, at Alpena, Sunday: George
Y Morris, prosecuting attorney or
Fuscola county, in Cheboygan county.
|,nday; william Hartzog. OF Tecmu-
"a. ut Port Hope. Saturday night,
Iorbor Beach, Sunday night; ex-Sen-
|for l.. ID. Dickinson, of Charlotte. In
)nss City. Saturday night, Caro- Sun
~ night: George A. Young. at Al
ran, Saturday night and Sunday.
, The "wets" distributed their prtn-
|lpal speakers az follows: d..
( Jerome e. Turner, Muskegon, at
Montcalm county, Sun
ny: Thomas ]. Mahon, OF Detroit, IN
<heboygan, Sunday; c. Homer Dur
nd. OF Cincinnati. In Benzie county,
|onday afternoon.
There were many more "spellbind-
~ on the "wets" side under the d.
ct charge OF committees in the
arious counties In which the battle
} raging.
II was stated that Rev. Stephen A.
glttliff, n Catholic priest. Of Pewa-
Is. Ionia county, would speak in
arson City, Sunday afternoon, say
ng that regulation and high licenses
vore the best way to control the
amor traffic