The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

After making q careful analysis OF
the official wet and dry vote In OHIO,
James w. Faulkner had the following
to say in the Cincinnati Enquirer:
This auspicious hour invites the use
of that old wheeze: Figures won't
lie. but liars will fgure!" So they
will, so they will. For instance. the
eminent generalissimos in command
of the prohibition forces, following
their annual licking. have given IL out
broadcast that the cause has made
glorious advance, and that surely next
year a great, scintillating and corus-
eating triumph will be achieved. With
pride and swelling chests they point
TO the reduction of the liberal major
ity from $4,000 to $4,000, and file a
claim to a dry gain of 10000.
prys Lost 10000 Votes.
But 1t isn't any such thing. II only
looks that way. AS a matter OF fact
| the drys resemble the frog in the well
who climbed three feet every day and
slid back four. They lost nearly 20,
600 votes at the last plebiscite over
the total of last year. Their seeming
gain was attributed to the falling of
on the part of the damp brethren
whose falling off was upward OF 4,OOO
Hon. James A. White. who acted al
the Grand Duke Nicholas OF the cam
paign, said on the Lords Day before
the election that X the farmers came
out the prohibition majority would b.
10000. Well, they came out in large
and even profuse quantities, tn
shrinkage in the grand total beini
found largely In the sin-soaked cities
where. according to official reports
there was no "saturnalia of crime" an
wholesale frauds perpetrated by tn
"lawless element"
No One Called TO Shed Blood.
Nobody, not even Hon. Wayne {
Wheeler, was called upon to ehed hi
blood in defense OF the sanctity OF tn
ballot, as it was copiously advertised
was imminent. Yet the $4,000 ma)o
ity did not put In it's appearance an
more than Hon. Graham p. Hunts col
fidently predicted majority OF $4,000
for the liberals.
More than a million voters, 1923. 81
to be exact, took part in the election
a most remarkable number, conside
ing the absence OF the stimulus
state and county contests. 1t was
fair and square ballOting. Applyin
the ratio Of the percentages attaine
by either side the fuller vote OF la
year. when the total was 1903 500, II
result would not have been differen
Indeed, the liberal majority wou
have been greater.
What was demonstrated is that On
Is not yet ready for statewide prohit
ton, but is satisfied with licensed
{ looms and local option. Adjustment
( conditions flowing from this feeling
{ shown by the steadily decreasing nul
I Der of retail liquor stores in comm
: mites where individual temperance
growing.
: Ohio Wet; Will Stay Wet.
), 1t Ia safe TO predict that IL the qua
:. ton is submitted in 1915 II will be {
}, feated again, as the average ma)o
ties of the several elections held IN
! cate that the state is liberal TO the
81 tent of $4,000 votes.
. Whether this submission will ia
. place will soon be decided at a conf
ie ence OF the dry forces. Under the
ID fuepce OF the dope" OF the misle;
:, Ing figures of last week the enthu
>" astic OF the organization are indu
Ing in the fantastic talk Of rushi
both of the state platform conventit
and demanding the adoption OF re
luton favoring statewide prohibits
Analysis Of Vote.
Analysis OF the figures does
carry any sDecial degree OF conf