Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1909 — “WETS” STRONG IN TIPPECANOE [ARTICLE]

“WETS” STRONG IN TIPPECANOE

Taxpayers’ League Causes Sentiment to Change and -May Win Victory. Lafayette, Ind., April 19.—The “wets” will not make any big demonstrations in the present campaign, but will work quietly to bring about a victory for the licensed saloon. There has been quite a change in the sentiment in the county and while it seemed at first absolutely certain that the “drys would carry the county by a sweeping majority, it now looks as though the result will be very close with a chance of the “wets” carrying the day. This change in the wave has been brought about by the Taxpayers’ League, which is composed of farmers, merchants, business men and bankers, all heavy taxpayers, which is not allied with the brewers or saloon keepers, but is working for a cause of its own. Mass will be held every night this week by the “drys” and they will be addressed by ministers and laymen. Both sides are organizing their election boards and are getting ready for the bitterest fight ever / waged in Tippecanoe. The election commissioners met this afternoon and elected John T. Higgins president.