Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1917 — Organize a Jasper County Forum. [ARTICLE]

Organize a Jasper County Forum.

A good sized audience was present Wednesday evening in the east court room and an organization was perfected which will have in charge public gatherings dor the purpose of discussing the proposed new Indiana state constitution.

The organization hare was formed independent of any other and was named the Jasper County Forum. The permanent officers selected were: President, Charles M. Sands; vicepresident, Moses Leopold, and secre-tary-treasurer, Louis H. Hamilton. A committee to draft a constitution nd by-laws was appointed by President Sands. The committee members are Mrs. John I. Gwin, James H. Chapman and J. Budmian Fleming. The address by the Rev. John Steel, associate secretary of “The Presbyterianßoard of Temperance,” was a masterly address and he arrayed scientific fact after scientific fact to prove that alcohol is humanity’s most deadly enemy. The address was one of the most forceable temperance arguments ever delivered in this city. The next meeting will be at the call of President Sands and it is the desire of those now connected with the Jasper County Forum to interest every citizen in the county so that there may be a full, free and intelligent discussion of the important law that should be written into the new Indiana state constitution.