Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1911 — Mass Meeting of Citizens Called For SUnday Afternoon. [ARTICLE]

Mass Meeting of Citizens Called For SUnday Afternoon.

There will be an important Union mass meeting of citizens at the Rensselaer court room Sunday, October 29, at 2:30 p. m. Rev. D. B. Johnson, state superintendent of The Indiana State Civic Union, will address the meeting. Mr. Johnson comes highly commended as an entertaining speaker and one of the organized "leaders in social, moral and civic reform in this country. . The civic union is being organized throughout our state and is enlisting the cooperation of the best people everywhere.. :. ' ' Warsaw, Alexandria, Tipton, Noblesville, Greensburg, Fraqklin, Bloomington, Bedford, Attica, Crawfordsville and Frankfort are ameng the many important centers that have taken up the movement. The Civic Union is interested in all the vital moral issues such as the purity ot the the Sabbath, profanity, gambling, obscene literature, immoral shows, the social evil in its several phases, temperance, sanitation, industrial justice, and the peace movement. The Civic Union seeks to unite ali good citizens of a community for the study and discussion of all important public questions, the election of good men to office, the active cooperation of all good citizens with the public officers' in law enforcement The state organization is the federation of local organizations and seeks to promote .legislation on all moral issues. 'The Civic Union movement is a revival of good citizenship. It is not a political organization in the sense of opposing candidates for office. It has Its basis in citizenship and therefore appeals to earnest men interested in the moral welfare of the community and commonwealth and you should plan to-adend this meeting. j T ,\