Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1915 — A Cartoon By H.C. Milroy That is Full of Meaning. [ARTICLE]

A Cartoon By H.C. Milroy That is Full of Meaning.

H. C. Milroy, of Delphi, is an artist of ability and a cartoon is published in The Carroll County CitizenTimes that he drew following, the tragedy that cost the life of Nightwatch ScalTbn. It is headed A promlef and a Solution,” and the picture shows the cities of Logansport, Lafayette and Delphi. Delphi is located in the center, of the picture, represented by a lustrous sun.* On each side is a circle, one representing Lafayette, the other Logansport. Inside each circle is a line of whiskey barrels. The towns are linked together by two serpents with their heads spitting venom. Out of a barrel on each side is a hideous skeleton. Each has a pistol in each hand. ’Die Lafayette skeleton is shown killing a man, presumably the Delphi nightwatch. The Logansport skeleton is taking the life of a defenseless woman who lies in a bed. Above Delphi, which has been a dry town for several years, which is shown as the radiant rising sun, are the words, “National Prohibition.” Commercial reasons caused businessmen in Lafayette and Logansport to support the wet side of option elections and crimes of the most revolting nature have -resulted and their inspiration traced to the poisonous cup. Delphi unfortunately has a class of people who visit the adjacent cities to procure whiskey and other intoxicants and moer unfortunately still it is visited by drunken men and boys who have been raised in the shadow of the breweries and the licensed saloons. Mr. Milroy’s cartoon has a cheerful and hopeful appearance and we hope reverently that the horoscope the rising sun suggests may be brought about that the thinking people will be so horrified by these whis-key-prompted crimes that they will stand firmly against liquor at every turn. .