Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1908 — First Option Fight to Be In Wabash County. [ARTICLE]

First Option Fight to Be In Wabash County.

The first of the county local option fights under the new law Is expected to occur in Wabash county, although it is the plan of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League to have the warfare break out in several other counties about the same time. Whitley, Huntington, Marshall, Randolph and Jay counties are likely to be scenes of battle before t;he first of January. Discussing the situation Monday morning, R. C. Minton, attorney for the Anti-Saloon League, said that the “dry” organization has teen perfected in Wabash county and almost enough names have been obtained on the petition for an election. With the presentation of the petition to the county commissioners it can not be more than forty days before the election is held and it is expected to' be less than that. In the other counties named, he said, progress has been made by the residents Interested in voting the counties dry and petitions are expected to be filed within a short time. Other countlse are preparing for a conflict, too, though it is not expected, he said, that action will result before January. Among them are Lawrence, Putnam, Morgan, Wayne, Deleware and St. Joseph. The fact that a legislature is in session, he said, will not have any bearing on the plans of the league, although, he admitted, success by the local option advocates at this time might affect sentiment in the legislature. The league, he said, is proceeding on the theory that the county local option law will not be repealed.—lndianapolis News.