Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1917 — REMONSTRANCE FILED IN WHEATFIELD TP. [ARTICLE]

REMONSTRANCE FILED IN WHEATFIELD TP.

Remonstrance Filed Today By Citizens of Wheatfield Township to Oust Saloon There. 211 legal voters filed a remonstrance today with County Auditor Hammond. Having lost their fight at the polls, the women of Wheatfield township, more determined than ever, went to work and secured the signatures of 214 legal voters of Wheatfield township to a remonstrance against the saloon business in that township. Ln the election held in Wheatfield township Tuesday, May 29, there was a majority of 81 out of a total of 125 women votes. The petition filed today contains the names of a large number of women voters. Their right to remonstrate against the liquor business is claimed under the act immwi by the legislature permitting women the right of suffrage in all instances where the constitution does not prohibit the same. Thia being the first instance of a remonstrance including the signature of woman voters the decision of the county board of conganiaaioners will be watched with great interest by both the dry and wet factions of Wheatfield and elsewhere. ;