Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-14
The Antl'Saloon League.

terian church Sunday night on the
Anti Saloon League question. Mr..
Afford Is State Superintendent of
the League and a very enthusiastic
worker. He said In part: II should
like to tell the people of Sisters
Vile something of the work and
method of the Anti-Saloon L sague.
There Is great necessity for chris
tian people to be interested In tenn
perance work. The church and Its
people can do much to forward this
movement and they have already
gained great results. West Virginia
| Is certainly In a deplorable condi'
ton at present from need of some
one to suppress the liquor vice.
Not many years ago there were
forty counties without licensed sa-
looms, today there are less than "a.
The opening of the large mines o.
this State and the building Of new
railroads, brings to Us vice that we
must help suppress, or In a very
short time we will find that our
whole State will be home for sin
sorrow and shame. IF you will lift
up the poor. ignorant and depraved
wIetches from what we call slums,
you must give this great question
thought-can you help unless
you suppress the saloons? Look at
the work going on at the polls on
every election day-vo votes bought
from men by whiskey, carried there
by the candidates for public Office.
Look what trouble comes from the
saloons. In Fayette county alone
the lives of eleven men went out to
eternity In saloons in less than one
week. Can we aythat church peo-
pie are not responsible IN part at
least for this? While they are doing
great work, they must do more.
1t was In 1898 that Arch bishop
Ireland of the Roman Catholic
church and Rev. Alpha J. Kynett,
then chai1men of the permanent
committee on temperance and
prohibition of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, happened to meet on
the train and naturally conversed
about temperance and the suppress.
sion of the drink tariff. They
agreed then that a platform upon
which all opponents of the saloon
should stand was needed. Soon
after this DR.. Kynett met DR.. Will
son, then president of the anti
saloon league of the District of
Columbia, and told him of his con-
versation with Archbishop Ireland
and 1t was arranged between the
two that the District of Columbia
League should bring about a Ma
tlonal conference. The outcome of
this was the organization of the
America Anti saloon League II
June 1895, In Washington, D. c.
It was In September 1898 that DR..
Howard Russell gave up his charge
In one of our city churches, and for
half the salary he had been receiv.
Ing he went to Ohio to organize
the League there. At the conven-
ton ia Columbus last fall, DR..
Russell told what this League had
done for Ohio, and made such an
appeal to the people that he raised
twelve thousand dollars to further
the work In Ohio. So you see what
this work means In that State.
The anti saloon League Is eutirly
non.partisan. It Is for the man
who Is right not for Democrat, not
for Republican, but for the man
who Is opposed to saloons. We are
now UNCONVENTIONAL, all church
people, whetherca tholic or protes.
tant are becoming interested In
this movement. You can help by
giving your money to this as we'll
as giving to the missionaries
They 60 out to teach the love of
God and help educate the ignorant
so the anti saloon League people
help Gods work along by irving to
keep out of the way this greatest
curse 10 our land, whiskey. There
are th-ee departments to Our
League. First the Legislative
department. 1t works to secure
the nomination and election of
proper men for municipal officers
and to send men to the legislature
who are opposed to saloons. The
officers of the League attend the
meeting of the senate and try to
put bills through that will suppress
liquor also minors law, and many
other laws In interest of temperance