The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-13
WET And DRY FIGHT In OHIO
is BEING BITTERLY CONTESTED
EACH SIDE CLAIMS THAT VIC
TORY - SURE BUT ARE.
WORKING HARD.
Interest 10 Especially Keen In Belmont
and Jefferson counties-Mest-
inos Will BE Held.

With only three weeks remaining In
the Ohio campaign before II is brought
to q close. the interest In the wet
and dry" fight continues to be the
leading Issue and interest seems to
be lost in the party tickets as well as
the Woman's Suffrage amendment 10
the constitution. which will also be
voted upon at the election
The prohibition workers have al
ready opened their campaign and
speakers from several Of the prohi-
bitin safes are being brought to Ohio
to take part In the campaign which
promises to be one OF the most bitter
ever fought In the Buckeye state.
Rev. Samuel Small of Georgia. but
recently registered as an Ohio voter.
will take an active part In the inter
ests OF the Anti-Saloon League. Rev.
Small recently returned from Virginia
where he took a prominent part In the
wet and dry fight In that state and
the dry victory IL credited to him.
He made a large number OF speeches
while In the state.
In n recent address In East Liver
pool he stated that the Buckeye state
would go dry by at least one hundred
thousand. Several other prominent
speakers will take part in the fight.
including Wayne b. Wheeler OF the
Anti-Saloon League. From now until
the close Of the campaign. the dry
advocates will have meetings each
evening in the different counties in
the state. Belmont county. across the
river. which embraces Martins Ferry.
Bellaire and Bridgeport. is taking a
prominent part in the fight and either
the vets or dry have meetings ar
ranged for each evening till the cam
paign closes.
The county at the present time is
dry. being voted dry twice under the
Rose County Local Option law. the
FIRST time going dry by a majority OF
,.26S. and three years later when an
election was held under the same law.
the majority was only So. gain o.
nearly 1900 in three years. The pre-
dIctions this year are that the county
will go dry by several hundred major.
ity owing to the fact that Wheeling.
which was wet at the time OF the last
election has gone dry. and II is claimed
that IL will effect several hundred
voters when they cast their ballot this
year.
Home Rule WORKERS.
The Home Rule wor kers will also have
several prominent speakers in the state
during the rest OF the campaign the
most important which will be A. T..
Gardner, secretary OF the Home Rule As
sociation OF Cincinnati. who Will make
a tour OF the state in the interest OF the
amendment. Their meetings will be
different from those held by the Prohi-
billion workers as they VIII have bands
TO furnish music. They opened their
tight In Belmont county last evening
with Gardner appearing at the Bridge
port Opera House and delivering an ad-
dress in favor Of Home Rule. The liter
ature distributed over the state by both
sides shows that large amount OF
money has been put into the campaign
and an effort will be made to have every
voter In the state OF ohio to go to the
polls on November to cast their ballot.
The vets are also basing their claims
on the large amount OF workmen who
will be thrown out OF employment by
the prohibition amendment n IL Is put
into effect as they claim that there il
already small army OF unemployed al
ready in the state. The dry workers
are ready TO take receptions to these
statements and have speakers who can
answer all OF the questions advanced by
the Home Rule Workers. Large posters
have been placed on all OF the bill
to support the Home Rule amendment.
Fight IN Jefferson
jefferson county in which Steubenville
IL situated will also make "a great tight
on the wet and dry issue. and the dry
workers are claiming the county by a
large majority. a. the largest city. Steu-
benville Is now In the dry column. while
Mingo Junction. a short distance below
II wet and the few saloons that are IN
the town are doing a thriving business
"a hon nm eli ton A.
held in that county. "a went wet by sew
eral hundred majority. but shortly af-
ter the election the new law. giving one
saloon for every hve hundred persons
was put into eject and several saloons
were put out OF business.
The proprietors OF the places that were
forced out OF business by the new law
petitioncd for an election under the
Beai city law and the required number
OF names were secured In n short time
and an election held In which the cfN
went dry by several hundred majority.
Mingo. which went wet at the time or
the county election. stili remained 30
and the few FALCONS that remained are
doing a great business.
The drys IN Jefferson county IN an eff
fort TO make votes for the prohibition
amendment are taking persons into
MinEo and u D. said that In the last
several weeks they have made several
hundred more VOTES by this process
n the Home Rule Issue H. successful
II will repeal the Rose County local on
tion Law. now In force and will give
cities voting the privilege % home rule
70 which many claim that they are on
---ied A. the law nov stands. where
counties vote dry. IL remains so not
withdrawing the fact that the cities all
vote wet The drys claim that N tho
Home Rule amendment carries the
present law will he repealed but state
ments from leading lawyers all over the
state disprove these claims a. they
state that ~ viii only prevent the legis-
lature from the passing a state wide pro-
hibition amendment.
Tho drys stiii stick 20 their claim that
they will not be- satisfied with anything
except state wide prohibition. and are
bonding every effort 90 have the same
added 20 the constitution n a. also
claimed that both sides have made p
number of enemies a. result 81 their
active part taken IN the fight only
recently n was reported that three
butchers in bridgeport were - b. boy
cottcd because they became members or
the Belmont county Home Rule asaocia-
ton. but the matter was finally settled
and everything ls working along smooth
lV ~ the present time
Several prominent speakers from this
city win take part IN the ohio campaign