Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-07
LOCAL OPTION is
Theme PRESENTED
Al MASS MEETING
easing Session OF County Con
velltion Of Dry Forces Held
at Skating Rink.
RAISE FUNDS FOR FIGHT
e..,. Mcbride Declares Rockford
...rs Are Exsssersted-mor-
row on National Campaign

-..,ogrtv convention Of dry work
I'D last evening with a mass
Al lie skating -iuS. Five hun
go ,supp.rtcrs OF the local option
90 bravcd the elements for the
,,,po, q OF hearing noted state and
-. n lecturers discuss Gle issues Of
,Ts a proceeding campaign
ne session was Co start az 100,
,-. w1s delayed. owing 20 the ~ q
.--5vaI OF the speakers Prof Ihaich-
- ts.u1erauce singer. op-usI win
-, t. song. T. %. Haubcrr leader
=. thp IoczI campeiCa. presided and
"a ICED r. scot, Mcbride. sta-e su-
LIT eadauL l1r- Mcbride reviewed
- work ALREADY accomplished
,l'rou, .hou- the r-lt--
m @ Ifquor interests misr,present
,ets,ard will nor fslt square" he dc
I'D lie claimed that Sire posters
N rac an stores 90 dry Rockford were,
s1ar- Grated ard uz rue. and also that
~ b 1tels in that CRY were more pros
rrro1s under tho dry administration
tfzu ever before.
Take Oah.
ee1-re ". Morrow. field secretary
,,bs national forces. commenced his
,sdrsrs by asking all pres1n- 20 arise
and take the following covenant;
-Wift Gods help. w- viii see this
ding through" BE was present a.
useib,E in Columbus. Ohio. where
200 mon from every state iu the
uaiou me- and formed tie Auti-SalcOn
Lar ie Of America. Las December a
dsler Hion Of citizens 100 s-rong
uarcl ed % % the cGpito- building in
Wasa ,nEt1u and presented resoiu-
tons for nationwide prohibition \
Eve ear campaign has been mapped
ouf. and $4,000 for the state and
1900 $50 for the country will be need
year 20 carry on this work The
Ioczi people were urged 20 assist in
INF, work. and a good sum was col
lsefsd last night
IN John j. Wooley. AZ one time
Prob Ibition candidate for president.
eioss the meeting with his talk He
sats that the present Auti-Saloon
IsaEre Is an Outgrowth Of the old pro
hIbition party. with political feeling
and party lines eliminated. He said
prob ibition speakers were formerly &C .
cord ID little attention. but that the
mart er g. now looked upon in an en-
tireey different light and the cOnserva-
tive bu -iness men are beginning To
taks an interest in the campaign. and .
vitf their assistance the project could =
be carried through.
Simply Prohibition.
AZ the county convention luncheon /
a. noon Mr.. WOoley had made a point I
that he was glad now in discussing .
he presen- local option campaign. TO .
be permitted by these I'm charge OF i. 4
70 apply the phrase prohibition" for .
on his last visit here under similar
conditions. he was cautioned by the .
CON mittee in charge of the local OBJ
ton campaign not TO use the word
prohibition" as f. might be inimicaI
% rae cause Now the men who be-
heTad in Prohibition are out in the .
Opsi
Women Meet
mass meeting for women was held .
Yesterday afternoon a the First Ieth-
odat church al 3 o'clock Mrs. G. W.
Ee!s presided and Introduced Rev. r. 4
seett Mcbride Who was the first
spelker 10 address he gathering. Mr..
no ride gave the new '"ci-i;ens" an
ih't -uctive talk on how TO vote. He
EMPHASIZED the great importance OF
hsr undivided help in this campaign.
"a ing that the situation was in thcir
haIds.
I'nn J. Wooley and George W. Nat.
IoN touched briefly upon the state
national work \ good sum was
'@i'ea Tor the cause a. the meeting.