Deseret Evening News | 1909-01-02 | Page 1 | Prohibitionists Anti Local Option

I PROHIBITIONISTS ANTI LOCAL OPTION Laws Providing for it Declared To be a Farce Being Nothing But Temporary Expedients ANTI LEAGUE Loch 1001 horns lh ot of Chloo Trouble to l be That let Get Votes Chicago Jan a new years ot of the tho party outlook the Pro have looked INked WIth the tho league by declaring that local boat option laws laW are a 0 arce that they are nothing but temporary expedient with little or no real al gain to Ute the cause end and that wherever they have baye been pealed theY have out GUt down the flu vote ot of the Pro Prohibition ticket rite rhe survey of the n from national I headquarter Wee was written by Michael J 3 ot of Philadelphia It anal time the returns of the re recent recent cent election eJection and gives point to the paradoxical assertions recently made by KUKene W V Chalin that the small mall maller or er the Vote vOle the party In 1201 1101 the greater reater would be its vote In un 1212 The writer points out that In states that parsed loc local laws the Chatin vote tell felt oft while In that turned down tho th bills bill ot of the L League ague Ch n got cot more vot VOte than Swallow did In HOt 1204 In part It reads It Ls is almost true tru that AU all the thu t of at whIch the n temperance bout boat were 11 made possible by th the 1 er crease ot of our party rote vot Th The eon On Verse vane II also true tWe Where here the Pro vote Tote foils off ott the lay It to the or organIzation and nd do not hut hiitt tal I to turn them down which helps hels to tn In InCrease are Crease vote Ole County Count option wherever utI h ha proved harmful to time tho Prohibition Prohibition tion party part and will do so 0 until the honest men who It learn wha t a farce It really nally Is In Iti Ita opera It If the whole hole country showed a proportionate l loss In the Prohibition tion party vote yot t to that shown hown In Ohio Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Oregon the state In which County laws law have be n paSsed since Inee the cam eam campaign pahn ot of nOt 1204 Mr II l hahn Would have polled about 2011 votes ote the smallest Vote ote of sn ny polled by any of our can since 1384 1114 On the other hand band It the whole country showed a pro proportionate gain In lit the Prohibition party vote vole us aa shown hown by the tho states where 18 option was waa turned down Mr ChaIn Chado would wOld have I poU d SUG flore the highet voto VOt Tell over polled lUr Si a proW