Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1911 — Nonpartisan "Dry" Movement Brought Many to Indianapolis [ARTICLE]

Nonpartisan "Dry" Movement Brought Many to Indianapolis

Ex-Governor J. Frank Hanley was the central figure in the meeting held at Indianapolis this week of the “om-ni-partisan" convention, called to further temperance interests in Indiana. The meetings were well attended and the afternoon session Tuesday brought about 1,400 people togetherfrom all parts of the state. The meeting demanded the re-en-actment of the county unit local option law, while the resolutions adopted also urged state wide prohibition at the earliest possible moment. Mrs. Culla Vayhinger, president of the W. C. T. U. of the state, spoke at the afternoon session, and was loudly cheered when she asked the men of the convention to aid in procuring the right of suffrage in Indiana. Dr. John P. D. John opened the night meeting with prayer. State Senator Frank C. Tilden, one of the few democrats who voted against the repeal of county local option, presided at the meeting. J. Frank Hanly spoke at night, making an eloquent appeal to the people of the state to again adopt county local option.