The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
FOR OHIO DRYS
Wet Have The Worst Of the
Situation
BEER MAKES WEAK FIGHT

Liberals Disappointed With Process
Of Campaign While Observers Of the
Contest Believe Drys Will Win the
State Because of War Conditions.
Newspapers Give Vets Black Eye.
Columbus (Special) DRY managers
here believe Ohio will vote out the
saloons Tuesday, November 9th. Vets
admit the tide is against them, while
those who are watching the battle 60
ing on between the contending forces,
agree that the drys have the best of
the situation.
Here is the outlook as diagnosed by
the men who are on the bleachers
watching the battle.
If the drys get out their vote, they
will win.
Thousands of former vets will vote
dry this year.
The drys have put up more effec-
tive campaign than the vets.
The war is influencing many former
wet men to vote dry.
Now that soldiers are prohibited
from drinking, the same prohibition
should apply to civilians.
If drink effects the efficiency of the
soldier, it should not be permitted to
effect the efficiency of the men back
of the soldier.
Beer wastes more food stuff than
whisky. Now that the making of
whisky is stopped, there is no reason
why beer should be made.
The license law has proved fail
ure and now It is time to apply the
remedy of Prohibition.
Many of the brewers are pro-Ger-
man, and Ohio has no patience with
traitors.
These are a few of the reasons why
Ohio will vote dry as viewed by the
onlooker.
That the war has given impetus to
the dry cause in Ohio is the general
belief. The necessity of conserving
man power and food stuffs is univer-
sally recognized, and that the liquor
traffic wastes both is as universally
admitted. Then too, the disloyalty of
the German-American Alliance and its
close relationship with the pro-Ger-
man brewers has convinced many vot-
ers that ballot cast for a dry state
is a vote against German ally.
That the liquor interests have put
up weak campaign is acknowledged
even by the liberals. There has been
no effort to defend the saloon, and
even the license law has not been re.
ferred to. The old revenue and per-
sonal liberty arguments are regarded
as moth-eaten. No reasons worth
while have been advanced to cause
thinking men to determine to vote for
the retention of the saloon.
The worst blow given the vets is
by the newspapers. With few ex-
ceptions, the press of the state is ad-
vocating the adoption of the dry
amendment. A swift punch was ad-
ministered by the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, once the champion of license
but now asserting that license is a
failure, that paper commends Prohi-
bition as the only remedy.
Then the Columbus Dispatch and the
Ohio State Journal brought conster-
nation to the wet camp by declaring
for statewide Prohibition, while the
Toledo Blade, Youngstown Telegram
and scores of smaller papers are urg-
ing the adoption of the dry amend
ment.
These are few of the reasons why
the drys expect victory Tuesday, No
vember 9th, why the vets are panicy,
and why dry triumph is predicted
if farmers will go to the polls. A big
vote means Ohio dry, and the Ohio
Dry Federation is working day and
night to insure a big vote.