The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-11-21
THE AMERICAN ISSUE
November Fl, 1913.

state university at Champaign Urbana where
sand students attend school,
The Womans Suffrage bill, which is a law, could
have been passed without the almost unanimous
of who nominated and elected by the help of
the Anti-Saloon League We believe that thirty counties
addition the thirty which have already outlawed the
LOOMS will through the help of this law, become anti
saloon territory In number of other counties portions of
them will be made free from the influence of the licensed
LOOM By the election of better local officials will also help
enforce the law in territory dry and which will be
made dry.
The Residence District bill passed both the house and
the senate by perfdy the Speaker Like
wise the blind tiger bill passed the and held up
in the house by the influence.
The Next Legislature
Already work has been done and is being done looking
toward the legislature of 1915 The primary will be held
September s. 1914 Candidates already being lined up
for the contest Organization work will be extended
and perfected in every county and community.
Another session of the Legislature with program for
option residence district option blind tiger and
antshpping bills should give complete victory the
liquor interests of the
Women Vote Out Saloons
In the precinct counties of the state where possible
in the fall the and dry question:,
elections held November Of these twenty-five voted
dry. notable example the largest city voting, Jacksonville
where the total number of voting 36352oS voting
dry and o54 voting The total in Jacksonville
against the Saloons the majority being 24o4 Also in
another county seat Virginia the dry majority 548 and
there voted for the saloons.
From present indications least three hundred elections
will be held April saloons township
organized counties of the and if the elections
of what will then happen, nearly all of them will
GUST the shops And here desire pay tribute
the splendid services rendered by the local W. c. T. u
CARNATIONS in the battles just fought We confidently expect
the W. c. T. u locals of the counties voting spring
take a most prominent part in the contests
Illinois Makes State Superntendents.
Not the least part of the history of the twenty of Anti
League work Illinois the she has had in furnish
ing leaders League throughout the entire
nation If Ohio be correctly termed the home of presidents Hi
deserves be known the home of state superintendent
of the AntSaoon League Ten of workers have become
superintendent either within the other states
Among them the present state superintendent of Maryland
Oregon New Jersey Washington Michigan and Minnesota and
A Scrog who served acceptaby in the state of Illinois,
E. Mclaughlin, who superintendent of Colorado and R.
Everar who superintendent of Maine Illinois has had
part the nations fight the saloon already in the
she has furnished and promises when the battle becomes
definitely national on her undivided help. The state
gave the Grant and Lincoln in those days when the
light Washington grew dm and the clouds gathered low
will be found wanting when the call march to
Washington to close up the dramshops in this country
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