The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-24
THREE COUNTIES
OBJECT OF ATTACK
BY DRY FORCES
New Bill if Passed Will Call
For Contests in Bourbon,
Fayette and Clark
LOCAL ADHERENTS
CONFIRM REPORT
Uncertainty AS From Which
Angle "Drys" Will Pro-

That three counties in Kentucky,
and possibly four, viii be the object
of attack by the temperance forces
! in event of the passage of the bill be-
fore the Legislature requiring twenty
five per cent. of the voters of the
county instead of twenty-five per cent.
of each precinct in the county, to call
a local option election, is evidenced
by local advocates of the cause of To-
cal option.
For the past several weeks there
have been secret movements on the
part of the prohibition leaders look
ing to an early loca1 option election
simultaneously in Bourbon, Fayette
Clark and possibly Scott county, the
latter county now being in the wet"
column as a result of a decision Of
Judge Robert l.. Scout Saturday de-
claring void the late election held
there.
The bill before the Legislature has
J already passed the Senate and from
the information gained it is evident
that it will pass the House when it
comes up for consideration before
that body. The dry forces feel con-
fident that it will pass the lower
branch.
The dry advocates are almost sure
| that if this law becomes effective,
and it is almost certain the Governor
will approve the measure, that they
will be able to sweep the three coun-
ties already mentioned and it is plan
ned to hold an election in the three
on the same day. This idea of hav-
ing the local option on the same date
in each county, it is said, is to prevent
the liquor forces in one county from
working in the other.
For some time past it has been
known that the prohibition advocates
in this city and County have been
working under cover and awaiting
for the Legislature 70 enact the new
county option law and it is said that
everything lis cooked and primed" for
an early tilt with the liquor forces.
This was practically admitted yes
terday when a few of the temperance
people were approached on the sub
iect. but there are other matters
which makes a local option election
, problematical However, it is almost
certain liquor traffic will be attacked
from one angle or another.
A prominent temperance man was
asked yesterday if there was anything
: in the report which was published in
the daily papers Sunday to which he
replied that the report was all truth
but the fact that the State wide pro
, hibition bill before the Legislature
| had not been acted upon, made it un
, certain as to how they would proceed
, in the fight against liquor, which il
, | is said, will come some time during
the spring.
, In the event the Statewide bill is
r enacted into law, and the other bill
r before the body is approved, then, II
2 | is claimed by the temperance peopft
: that they will make a fight to brins
: about temperance all over the State
y but if this measure fails of passage
and it being almost certain that the
/. bill requiring only twenty-five PEI
2 cent. of the voters in the county Il
a call an election, will pass, then, the!
a will take UP the fight under the coun
a | ty unit law.
Il 1t is claimed of the temperance PEG
iple that they are meeting with con
i siderable encouragement along al
: lines and the days of the saloon IL
( Paris, Lexington and Winchester ar
e numbered.
That it will be obliterated in all o
l. the three counties is almost certain
e from the view Of the prohibitionists
z Ebut if the new law is passed one o
the hardest fought battles in the his
J, tory of Kentucky will be waged at tn
S polls.
e On April II, 1907, the last local or
n ton election was held in Paris whic
s was under the old election law, an
q until a few weeks ago no intimatio
has been made by the temperate
people of their intentions to wage ar
other fight in the city and county. L
}. a. majority of the "wets" the majorit
torious by a majority of 282. Sine
]. that time the saloons have been we
|. regulated and while it is concede
l. practically that the city would retur
S a majority for the "wts" the majOrit
p in the county against them, it
Il claimed by the temperance people
" wouff- more than offset It, with, tn
IS result the saloons would be force
f. out.
n The cause of the Sgitation in LIE,
(. ington is attributed to the utter di
S. regard of a number of disreputabl
Ie saloon keepers for the Sunday clo
" ing laws, keeping open on electio
Ell day and selling liquor to minors. Tn
,e lawabiding wholesale and retail dea
IL ers have taken every precaution
prevent the temperance people frol