Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-16
MEETING Of DRY
LEAGUE IS HELD
Object Of Organization to Support
Candidates Who VIII Favor
Right Legislation

A non-partisan Sank county dry
league was organized at a convention
, in this city Tuesday. All parts of the
county were represented. The pur-
pose of the organization will be: First,
to elect a state senator and assem-
blyman who will vote to ratify the ma
tional dry amendment; second, to
urge immediate passage of wartime
prohibition upon congress; third, to
help in securing a governor friendly
, to ratification.
The county officers were chosen as
follows:
| President-Frank Morley.
First vice-president, J. T. Bates.
Second e-president-E. r. Thorn
as.
Secretary-R. R. Grosinske.
| Treasurer-R. P. Peary, Reedsburg
The woman's auxiliary includes:
President-Mrs. George B. BcGilvra,
BaraboO.
| E1rSC VlC6-pI0Slu6uC- blduk,
Reedsburg.
Second e-president-Mr George
w. McCready Baraboo.
Secretary-Mrs. Eta Hubbard, Bar
aboo.
Treasurer-Mrs. J. w. Waterbury,
Prairie du Sac.
A constitution was adopted and
membership pledge circulated.
MASS MEETING
At the mass meeting at night Nor
man QuaIe was the first speaker and
he said:
To-day I was in bankruptcy court
securing from one of our brewers dam
ages because they failed to make good
their property debts. There are NOR
al and social and political debts which
they owe which would bankrupt all
the breweries in the United States.
Courts do not recognize such debts.
You cannot collect them by law. There
is a court which is above courts. This
court recognizes such debts. 1t is the
court Of public opinion. The public
opinion of America is rapidly con-
demning and banishing the liquor ev-
erywhere, and Wisconsin, in spite of
her great brewery interests, is not be-
hind other states in this matter"
MADISON MAN SPEAKS
N. C. Shirley, district superintendent
for the Madison district, Wisconsin
anti-saloon league spoke of the legis-
lative situation. Of sixteen hold-over
senators, twelve voted for house bill
81 A, the Evjue referendum; three
voted against it. One has been elect
ed since to fill a vacancy, so did not
vote on this measure. If these twelve
vote to ratify the national amendment
we need secure only five votes from
the II districts where vacancies occur
to give majority in the senate. The
assembly also looks hopeful.
Other things being equal, the man
who voted dry before should have the
call over a new man. Past perform
ance is better than present promises.
Your senator, George Staudenmayer,
was right from start to finish. So was
your assemblyman, George Carpenter.
And be sure you remember that your
congressman, John j. Esch's, vote
made the submission of a national
amendment possible. Stand by the
men who stood by you.
r. P. Hutton state superintendent
of the Wisconsin dry league, urged
especially that all citizens should vote.
; His address was largely composed of
epigrams. Some Of them were:
! at is the bad citizenship of the best
people that ails democracy.
/ "The best people stay at home and
: let the worst people represent them.
! every government is a government
for the governors. If you don't vote
you have no kick coming. if you get
raw deal from the government !
'"This state will go dry if the 100000
stay-at-home good people go to the
poles on primary day next September
for the primary and again for the gen.
eral election in November.
"The farmers complain the most
about government Well they get the
! worst because they vote the least.
Direct your campaign to get them out
especially. Don't let them slack on
election day" /
He took a shot at Governor Philip,
saying: HE jumped out Of the drying
pan into the fire, and was so wet he
put the fire out, but the fire is getting
hotter
The following were present during
the convention, which ended with a
mass meeting in the Congregational
church: R. R. Grosinske, L. B. Irish,
S. E. King. John Gillem, E. C. McFeet-
ers, Bertha Ballinger,, J. T. Bates, B.
F. Thomas, T. L. Davis, B. G. Wilcox,
F. A Nehs, William Engleman, Cliff
ford Capener, Earl Thomas, Rev. J. L.
Smith, Rev. G. E. Weed, c. H. Grub,
Rev. E. o. Coontz E. r. Thomas, Rev.
J. w. Johnson, Franklin Johnson, Mrs.