Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-17
FOR THIRD FIGHT
ON SALOON HERE
Local Option Forces of Rock Is
land and Moline Lay Plans
for Campaign
MEETING AT AUGUSTANA
Held Under Auspices of College Pro-
hibItion League-Statisticsa are
Presented.

lana anu MO4lue SdNikSAtu OF AucNS
tana college yesterday afternoon and
decided 10 fight the saloons in the two
cities in local option elections next
spring. At the conclusion of sd
dresses by half a dozen speakers. the
following resolution presented by w.
L. Aster of Rock Island was adopted
unanimously b. the meeting:
"Resolved. That it is the sense of
mis- meeting that a local option Lam-
TaiGn be inaugurated and carried cut
with all yigor next spring in Rock
Islard and Moline"
Following the adoption Of the reso-
luton. a committee of five laynien
was chosen 10 cooperate with the
Ministerial Alliance of Rock Island as
20 ways and means of inauguratiEg the
campaign. The members are J. II.
Hauberg. W s. Parks, w. !. As.c-, 7.
X Rhoods and r G. Summers Rev.
J. II. Miller announced that the or
gsnisation for carrying on the ngh, IN
Moline had already been commenced,
and would be perfected during this
week.
QUOTES POLICE STATISTICS.
Dr. Gustave Andreen. president of
.sugustana college. presided ov"r the
meeting, which was Icid under The
Guspices of the Augustara Prostitution
league 4 member of the league. L. l..
Jones. was the first speaker. present
ing some figures that had been gath
cred by the league on the liquor uaf
fic in Rock Island. He declared that
out of 2S7 cases filed in he COUNT
court, 35 per cent were for ihe i'lsGGi
sale of liquor and 20 Der cent were
against houses of ill-faEr. OF 1Gl
charges of illegal sale Of iioror, there
had been only five convictions. and IN
IS cases against houses of illfaIie,
there were only three convictions. He
declared that the present moral status
OF Rock Island was a serious detri-
ment to the college. ard wcs keeping
many prospective students from COM
ing here. He insisted that The college
and student body had right to de-
mand that the city be made clean.
W. 5. Parks. one of the Rock Island
delegates TO the prohibition con yeIl-
ton at Columbus, Ohio, related some
of his experiences at that meeting lie
declared that Illinois had the secooJ
largest delegation at the convention.
state TO a campaign involving The
abolition of the liquor traffic from the
United States.
Rev. J. II. Miller of Moline. speak
ing on Present Day Unity of Ten
perance Forces" declared that ''toJ
long already has the flag of this couu-
try hoated over the saloon and pro-
tected il. while it has been destroy- Z
ing our children. Now it must float
over the home. for its protection /
against the demon drink. The decree /
has gone forth. the saloon must go" /
WOMEN - AID TO CAUSE
Rev. A. F. Bergstrom of Moline told
Of "Womans Part in the Conquest" /
praising the women Of Illinois fo- the &
manner in which they showed their
colors in the recent local option cleo .
tons in several parts of the state
Why shouldn't the women vote?' he .
demanded. Isn't il a fact that the
women of America are far superior to .
the men in all questions of morality?
The saloon is a moral question, and .
The women have a right TO raise their
voice against IL. The women know
what the saloon is. They know that
no one ever drank himself rich. They
know that no one ever drank himself
happy. They know that the saloon
never made a happy home. They know
hat IL never benefited a child ! see
lie handwriting on the wall for the
iaioon. since the women of this state
have the ballot. Ten sta-es are already
Try and fights are going on in every
5ther state Of the union. We are in
, 10 Eu1
saloon men know It and they are try
nE to have the woman suffrage bill
declared unconstitutional. But il the
ict is so declared, well call the legis-
ature together and have another bill
passed"
ALCOHOLISM 4 DISEASE.
Boomerang Saloon Arguments"
vas the subject of Rev. r :. Haney's
address. He spoke Of the personal lib
,rty argument and the other that pro-
iibition doesn't prohibit The individ-
iars liberty extends Just to the
'oint where the other mans right be-
,ins- he said. Society has certain .
lights and liberties. on which the in
ividual must not infringe. No one
as a right 10 spread a disease. Alec
olism is a disease. and society has a
light TO prohibit IL. , Down in Ten
lessee the governor has been
given police powers to enforce /
be prohibition law in all parts Of the ,
tate"
Speaking on Essentials for an Eff
ective Campaign" Rev. J. l.. Vance 5
Z Rock Island. said: IF We have :
definite object in view-that the sa- q
BON must go and stay gone-we will
ct enough votes among ourselves. |
ur wives. sisters and mothers TO &C. {
omplish IL And IL we can accomp-
sh this purpose. we viii have enough Z
otes TO take care OF any administra- |
lon that would presume 10 wink at I
he law. We must have a perfected {
rganisation. We must have money. {
re must have divine help from on $