The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-12
S. E. Nicholson, Nationally
Known as Prohibition
Worker, Consents to Act as
Chairman of Drys.
PETITIONS WILL BE
SENT OUT SHORTLY
First Steps for Calling City
Option Election Taken by
Committee of 100 Late
Wednesday Afternoon.

First steps for calling wet and
dry option election for Richmond
were taken yesterday afternoon. when
the One Hundred Committee in ses-
sion at the Y. NJ. G.. A., unanimously
adopted a resolution to circulate Pc
tition for such an election. The One
Hundred Committee had charge of the
Honeywell revival and was retained
as the nucleus of the prohibition or
ganization. The drys hope to hold the
election within few weeks.
After much persuasion S. Edgar
Nicholson, chairman of the Honeywell
revival committee, consented to head
the prohibition committee and take
active charge of the campaign in Rich
mond. Mr.. Nicholson is one of the
most prominent Anti-Saloon men OF
the United States and editor Of the
American Friend. He is the author OF
the Nicholson laws which for mum
ber of years regulated the liquor traf-
fic in the state.
Nicholson In Charge.
Chairman Nicholson will head the
executive committee OF five members
and will have charge of the temporary
organization preparatory to the for
nation of the various subcommittee
The executive committee met at the
Y. NJ. c. A. this afternoon at 2 O'Clock
but no announcement Of its work has
been made as yet.
Personnel of the executive commit
tee has not been made public.
The question of circulating peti
tions will be taken up at the meeting
this afternoon. Just as soon as the Of
fetal word is given the petitions will
@. 1@x~ - ~l>t go, ~sr woo,
Prohibition leaders say they are conf
dent they will be able to obtain more
than the required number of signers
for presentation to the county com
missioners.
When the required number of sigma
lures have been obtained it is then
the duty OF the commissioners to eX
anime into the legality of the petitions
and if found without fault they will
name a date for holding the election
The One Hundred Committee viii
be the nucleus of the larger commit
tee to take active charge of the cam
paign," said Chairman Nicholson thi;
morning. Every organization, every
interest, and in fact every person in
terested in the success Of the anti
saloon campaign will be enlisted un
der the banners of the dry forces.
To Enlist All Workers.
"The committee managing the Hon
eywell revival was limited to one hun
dred members, but the bars will be LEI
down now and all workers will be Civ
en- some work to do. 1t is being plann
ed to hold a mass meeting next Tues
day night at the tabernacle. The pro
gram, it is understood, will include al
out-of-town speaker
The announcements of sub-commit
tees will be made in a few days. They
will include: Speakers bureau, peti
.tion, literaure, personal canvass anC
finance.
The present plans of the executive
committee include city-wide canvas:
so that all homes in the city will bt
reached.
Liberal leaders are quietly prepar
ing for the fight which is to determine
whether Richmond is to be wet o.
dry, but have made no announcement
of their plans. They say they are con
fident of defeating the effort to max,
the city dry.