Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1886 — Prohibition in Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Prohibition in Indiana.

Prohtbiioif was not an issue in the pnliticul Campaign of 1880, hut the llttpqliiican party having carried tho .State by electing the Governor, amt lr ving a int.jority on joint ballot in the b •" idatnre, it was thought to ho a gc»,ol time ta ftdvivuve toiupefe.rco work. Ac- ors.iiog'.y, Hcprh>e , *l.ulivo Hutson (a lU'puhuoau) intro need a joint roso--1 uio i. proposing an ntuendiuout to tub • O’fittitutiOii, prolih.itihg tin* mai.uftw:turO'.;r s »le of ’iutoxioatihg liquors for any purpose except for meonatuca), niodietiia! :tiid seient, tie purpose, ido not 'recollect the exact vote in the two Houses upon the measure; .suffice it to .say that it paq-od in both and was rti fened to tho suueooding Rogislamro for imure action. «

The action of tlio Legi-laMiro of 188 *, and the position taken oy the various political parties in the Slate, made Prohibition one of 1 the live issues in the Campaign off 882; tor the first time m many years (it hoi in the history of the State) the temperance people wore united and work tor one purpose, tovyil: tho control ot tiib begisiatu.'e; and ailuougii the plan ot woik was hastily made, and nut partially performed, (the temperance people in some Counties apt, being well orgiunzeGM the result showed that whatever tne ohnneos foiylfitWiibitioii may bo when sulimited to the people for their ra ift ea on ot* ntjeoli m, mat trie question ot subni.ssiou could certainly be carried Wttetwver tffe people would t arnesih and throughly work for it Here was a new work, carried through only one campaign, ami yet the t* mperanoo people had in the legislature a good majority on joint ballot. . The quisuou of submission proper neyor came to a vote iu toe Sedate of 1883 but tee vote on th'* judicial stable of4e proposed auuiuiuients. showed the standing of that bmly on tho question of submission as plainly as a direct vole on the question itself could h ive done. Taking that as a test, we have in the Senate 23 v.>tcs in f.avur, and 26 against suomission; in the In-use <SO in favor and 87 agains*; making majority on joint ballot of, 27 vo es in favor of submission. Those f ivoring übmission iu the Senate, wire: C- 1

Republicans, 18; Democrats, 6. Agai at suotuission Democrats 22; Republicans, 3. Absent—Republican* 1 (Hosteter), present and not voting, DeuHHuat, 1 (Willard). Total vote — Republican 42 Democrat *8 Vote in liie Houser For submissi n —Ue utileana. 41; Dem >erats, 18; (ir* entiacker l, Again-t submission - Dcmnerats. 36; Republicans. 1; Democrat* not voting, 3. Total vote—Republican 42, Democrat 5,8. i, he absent were E<cy* Price and WUliaufs ot Rosev.) Please notice thn only one Republican too nicer of the legislature-was absent, and that only one iu the House (Gerber) and three in the Senate (BichpW'ky. Van Voriusand IV eh) vote I agains submission, and that of tne Democrats the< e were absent or not voting four, and of those voting I f -eight were against temperance It is being repor ed for the purpose of maki g political capital, that tnemimi'O th * l.eg * ■iture, and especially Re u lie ms, sta\e>i away from their s -a 1 the issue of teiuoerance. the f iregoicg s atement of tite wi pi ore the men who circulate such stores to be- si nderers. as far as reh« to the Republican metnbets, as Ot l\ one (Neua’or Hostettet). was »tiswnl, and he being paired with a Dcm<*or,t (Willard);'and ot the Dem> crate all voted but four, and one ot the tour wss paired: so 'he doilging could o 1\ ap ■lv to the three Ih mocra's, Kiev, fri e and Williams «t posey.

T« e *.empc;rao<-e »eople ot the State saw- wh t thev could d *, md took eoucag , looking to ih<- tu ur« with bright ho v. But u.e temperance people w»re u ' the onl\ ones who had prvccived the -huaiion ; the whiskey iu|i>r»4 saw * t: o ! and- writing ou Vbe waif’ aud rv lute i that something must be done, and hat quickly, or their peculiar budne s would be in danger. One thini *«* p! t}<. eitb-r the ti»m»**ran e p*opie must bo divided, or tree whiskey must take a bach seat. To-day the temperance people are divided. Was that division the work of a friend or an enemy? Was not the organisation of the new party calculated to divide the temperance people? Has it not accomplished that purpose? It is liketv that a majority of those who advocate the new part}' plan are honest in their convictions, and devoted to the cause of temperance: but their honest convictions and devotional spirit have been, and now sure made use of. to delay and prevent Prohibition. No class of mettare more pleased to see a division among temperance men than the saloon internetit » not their candidates that will be "ground to sow dvr." AH the same, if you don't approve of this division yon are oppo»> lug the W. C. T. U. tso'we are told.) Well, go on with the grinding. We may be reduced to powder, but wo doo t furaleh fuel, nor utre the crank—

WM. W. GILMAN.