Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1914 — COUNTY TEMPERANCE FORCES ORGANIZED [ARTICLE]

COUNTY TEMPERANCE FORCES ORGANIZED

Constitutional /Prohibition for Indiana Wfll Be Urged by New Organisation.

The union, service in the interest of the Anti-Saloon League, held at the Presbyterian church Sunday night brought out a fine representative crowd of people. Dr. Madison Swadener, of Indianapolis, who is associate state superintendent of the league, delivered a very forceful and eloquent address. He gave the saloons some very ha'rd knocks and revealed the true political corruption of the liquor forces of the state.' ' ' z . This Monday morning a called meeting of the temperance forces was held at the Methodist-church and a county organization was formed to work for the securing of prohibition In the state’s new constitution in 1915. The following executive committee was appointed to represent Jasper county: Bev. J. C. # Parrett, Judson Perkns, John I.’Gwin, B. D. Gomer, L. H. Hamilton, Rev. P. C. Curniek/ Rensselaer; John Ott and Rev. E. H. Bull, of Remington; 8. D. dark, of Wheatfield.

This committee will meet at Remington Monday evening, May 25th, to complete the county and township organization of the temperance forces of Jasper county. This anti-saloon league organization will circulate temperance literature and will try to reach the "dry” voters of the county and have (then vote for /the? holding of a constitutional convention next November, so as to give the state of Indiana an opportunity to put constitutional prohibition in the new state constitution.