The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-25
QUAKER !. MINISTER
BLAMES FOREIGNERS
FOR wet VICTORY
The Rev. T. Kenworthy Tells
Palladium Eagles Lodge
Held Men in Line For the
Vets.

Among the many causes assigned
for the big wet majority in yester-
days local option election, by the
Rev. Truman kenworthy, pastor of
the East Main Street Friends church
and dry leader, was the alleged fact
that Richmond's population is made up,
to large extent, of persons who have
been reared to drink.
In explaining this the Rev Mr.
kenworthy said while these persons
are by no means drunkards. yet they
like liquor and consequently used
their ballots in assisting the wet ele-
ment to victory.
The minister also said that during
the last five years a large number of
foreigners have taken up their resi-
dence here and that these men did
great deal towards turning the tide
for the vets.
Drys Gail Wet Bluff.
Asked his opinion whether there
was any illegal voting the pastor said
he believed there was very little. He
said that an attempt was made to vote
men who were not legally qualified,
but that this bluff was called by dry
! workers.
"The educational campaign. Of
course, did some good, but it did not
seem to change the sentiment much
Many voters believed the story that
business would be injured if the city
went dry. Some lodges, the Eagles
being one, I believe, held their men
in line for the vets. Then there are
/ great many people in Richmond who
like their liquor don't mean by
this that they are drunkards | was
at the Twenty-fifth precinct most Of
the day and that was where the in
terest centered. l don't think there
was much illegal voting. The vets
tried to bluff some persons in as early
as o'clock, but we called their bluff.
All I know is that Richmond is wet.
A number of shop people and large
| number of foreigners were on the wet
side"
| Herbert S. WeedI really don't
know whether the educational cam
paign brought any results or not.
have not doped it out yet how to &C
count for the big wet majority.
.-@ People Are Cowards.
| Herbert Pettijohn-The people oi
courage to stand up and do the right
thing. I believe that there was toe
much of that self-satisfied spirit OF
the people. However. I do not think
| that the educational campaign did a
/ lot of good.
DR.. J. NJ. Thurston-I always hum
! bly, bow to the will of the majority
| but I don't have to go to hell with
them There are too few men in
Richmond and too many mice. have
more respect for them who worked
for the vets than the church mer
, who voted wet. In the Civil war / al
/ ways had more respect for the mer
who were shooting at US than the
northern men who sympathiZed witt
the southerners. It's the same thing
in this fight
Rev. E. G. Howard-I cannot &C
count for the big wet majority
Causes for it are yet to be deter
mined.
Rev. Conrad HUBER have no state
ment to make.
Mrs. Robert Randall-The w. c. T
US are going to keep to keep righ
in the battle We are going to worl
for an amendment to the national con
stitution now pending. Under all cir
cumstaDces, | believe Richmond viii
go dry in two years from now.
Sees Victory Ahead.
Timothy Nicholson-We are loyal
and being republican we can onl.
cheerfully accept the ruling of tht