The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-05
THE PROHlBITI0NISTS
Expect to Organize Every County
in State for Next Election.

Iowa Prohibitionists are getting
down to brass tacks" The state cen
tfal committee intends to organize
every county in the state with county
chairman and resident precinct com
lmitteemen.
IN addition to the county organiza-
ton, the state committee al the con.
ference held in Oskaloosa Friday and
Saturday, has decided to place a pro
ihibition ticket in the field in all mn
nlcipal elections, next spring. Wher.
ever there is an office to be filed they
propose to have man nominated.
Saturdays Program.
TWO questions were before Satur-
days session of the conference for
discussion. The first was the PRO
hibition Press" There are two state
papers and three national papers and
the circulation is not what is desired
Effort will be made through the party
organization to secure a circulation of
at least as many subscribers, among
the five papers, as there were votes
for Chain for president, over eight
thousand. ~ 3d..
In addition to the effort toward
boosting the prohibition papers, there
will be systematic circulation of the
speeches of Chain as the best ex-
ponent of the prohibition philosophy.
In talking over the political situas
ton and in taking stock of resources
and accomplishment, the conference
held to the opinion that better organ.
iZation was the one thing needful.
District conferences will be held at
various towns in the state to start the
work of definite organization. Con-
lferences are to be held before Christ
mas at Des Moines, Ames and Mar
shalltown, and following the holidays
at Muscatine, Clinton, Sioux City,
Waterloo. Fort Dodge and other large
working centers of the state. The
national conference will be held at
indianapolis January IL to 10.
Oskaloosa will have a prohibition
ticket in the municipal campaign next
lspring. Men will be nominated who
are OF the prohibition party. This
lis the program that is to be followed
out to the letter. The party is to
stand upon its principles and it's
merits.
A feature of the Saturday program
was a chalk talk by Theodore Turner
Iof Corning, who took up q half hour
or so at the University chapel where
the meeting was held.
Endorsement of the work of the
conference was voted by the members
iof the state committee, of whom a
quorum was present. Those of the
state committee sitting in the confer
Ience were r. H. Williams of Oska-
loosa, state chairman; O.. d. Elicit,
vice chairman, Cedar Rapids; e. f.
Hoag, Muscatine; Fred T. Stevenson,
Iof Madrid; J. c. Corkey, of Winterset,
was represented in the board meeting
by MI. Fetter from Des Moines.
Field workers We're appointed, Will
N. Cork and w. G.. Dean, both of the
Wisconsin field. Mr.. Cork started
out today,--Monday--t hold meetings
lat What Cheer, Thornburg and Victor,
while Mr.. Dean goes to Indianola,
Ackley and Charleston. State officers,
State Secretary Alfred B. Tayntin,
the field workers and members of the
state committee, will gather at Des
Moines for the district conference to
be held next week
Oskaloosa will retain headquarters
Of the state organization, as it is the
home of Chairman r. H. Williams.
Harmony marked the proceedings
of the conference from beginning to
adjournment and the feeling prevailed
with those present that great progress
had been made in the direction of
The following resolutions were
adopted by the conference:
Resolved, that this conference fav-
ors the systematical circulation of
Chains speeches in Iowa with the
ultimate object of reaching every vot-
err in the state.
Whereas, the liquor problem APP
peals most strongly to the ordinary
voter as local proposition, and
Whereas, the local problem is en-
tirely involved in the refusal of liquor
licenses and the enforcement of law,
a matter of administration. and will
always remain the dominant issue To-
cally as well as nationally until the
liquor traffic is destroyed, therefore
be it
Resolved, that we urge the state
committee to make this the next CEN
ter of interest in party activity and
heartily cooperate and assist in local
nomination and campaigns of this ma
ture wherever they are initiated"
Recommendations
I'VE recommend organization in
county and precinct and where posi-
BILE the establishment of prohibition
clubs.
I'VE recommend the effort to in
crease the circulation of party papers
I'VE recommend the distribution of
and especially of Chains
speeches"
Dinner Csc at the Senate