The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-13

Y has done valiant service in mary dl ,1aa,
III ont aspects Of Tho WOrk. LAC nus p ae,
X t1resent at the strategic points, addressing
whiting for tho papers, md furnlsliins
iiiijatfto OF High order IN tho develops
n lnent of the league (.
3 the assistance Of Rev. l.i !, Richardson IN,
who Inns shown excellent fitness Tor the
" work. :
stt}5@1n Keeping with the moral advance OF
4 financial strength. The total receipts o., Of
X tho state Anti-saloon League, for n, the
D year just closed have been si.i49.M. While
#{tl,is increase N revenues III virginia y, Is
Il Gratifying, stlll larger amounts VIII PC
snceded III the coming year to DO the oo wo 1s
~ before us as n league. LII Ohio IN. 1908 the
ANTI Saloon League raised sixty thousand
dollars TO pay ts current expense 10
too, were commensurate. AZ the stloo us
@s,hat have been closed in$Ohio during, inc
past eighteen months were placed IN u
row, allowing thirty feet for each saloon.
II would mako a street three and hall
miles long. 1t is believed th,lt the condl-
h tons OF our work in Virginia arc easier
than those encountered In Ohio, yet we
larger sums than we have had for tne
"a maintenance Of this cause, whose incrcass.
Bing demands outrun the expectations Oh
tho most sanEuine friend
II A PEOPLES MOVEMENT.
While persons IN nil Glasses Of society
IN Virginia are identified with the anti
e saloon cause, the movement springs PR.
MARTY from the masses. 1t IS not the
Y ores. upon the wave, out ground-swell
Il OF popular sentiment 1t expresses not
the fashion of a few, but the conscience
of the many The volume OF mail coming
shows conclusively that this movement
s. has laid hoid'of the masses OF our people
with a moral grip that only tighttens
with every seeming defeat. Great IDEAS
A., NJ, Ia, I,a
\ Especially SO rs regards this TEMPERANCE
AZ issue, for the masses have been the
sufferers from tho saloon.
The various methods that have been
adopted in dealing with the liquor a.,es-
three. What are they?
%$ a. The personal method: Total absti-
hence. The pioneer reformcrs tried to
persuade the individual to abstain from
,wh,skey. Such a beginning Of temperance
reform was natural and has resulted in
sn4 1el e. But the method ,.d a 2,
pnt the whole responsibility Of the
liquor evil upon the ndiv!dual's will and
8or or the saloon. which allures the indi-
Fdual to drink, or OF The community,
Anicf Kermit 8 the evil Of the bar-ronm.
effectual to ces, only with the individual
reform swun,; e the opposite extreme an Tll
whole liquor lower by working through
the State or national government. TO
this end a. sslarate political party az was
this cause iato prominence. and parted
larly in showing the responsibility of
The state hirh licenses the sao9n Ion
with the Individual seemed too slow. SO
the second !a:l Of working only through
Ptnli$ los M TOO 20 OF n a
personal and the political lies the moral
reform. Believing that temperance re-
Ing that tl-se four factors-the ndivid..
ual. the State, the saloon and the local
community enter into the problem, the
guide and mikes conscience its aim.
Hasty results are not desirable. The So
luton mus, be worked out by education
'nu a et REPRESENTATIVES, SiRs; ~ MoVEMENT.
Perhaps the chief gain q tn. temp rance
cause IN Vhgila is the facL that Il has
says that tits work is characterized by
zeal without knowledge simply shows that
he has not. WATCHED n;l its DEVELOPMENT nor
In reason. and aims only at practicable
ends. 1t KNOWS full we'll that it Is need
less to carry a community by local option
i whole peoplt OF tha. community are h art
\ lily in favo: Of such restriction OF the
4 LIQUOR trattia: that after all moral senti-
ment is the CHEF agency IN the enforce
1nent Of laws, and that the sober sense
of the community will eventually prevail
+ over any Temporary influence that lri9s
to rnislead or misrepresent the public
mind. The league is confident because
# is democratic having genuine faith II, IN
the sonndnnss Of the people and In the
& because It knows that the march Of con-
science. though. slow, Is sure. The league
is respectful of the rights OF: all. even
h.f
many engaged in the liquor traffic are al
heart good lncn and responsive TO moral
appeals. Only by conservatism can the
union OF al; the people against the sa-
+ III is viii, ruany encoura gements that
We enter lpol another year TWO lines
ticular.1 Fir.t. In requittal for the cnact-
& ment of heiptil legislation. let us strive
e only the more earnestly TO stir UP every
community 30 uphold the o!iiccrs III the
Z enforcement OF law.
Secondly, it must be the constant aim
Il of the eag1ie to arouse and solidity moral
sentiment ~ regard to the evil o. the
pare the way most surely for the ultimate
triumph of this cause.
5% One OF the most practical men In pun
4 lie life In. Virginia said the other DAY
& that a century hence people would be
5@aitterly unable TO understand that we or
This time were content 70 support our
nn9n te PfSaa derSfa ir1le
4 people, undermincs industry. destroys the
nome and breeds poverty. disease. vice
and crime. a result such as this-and ~
is certain 70 come-wlil be in response .
The inIquty o! the licensed saloon. Hence
the most imperative duty resting upon On
ths cultivation Of such moral sentiment:
'lae pleosnsnt presented the excuse OF
Hon. W. S. Mann, who Was on the pro-
gramme FOR an address. Senator Mann
was detained by imperative engagements.
but will deliver his address later during
IL the conventional sitting.
DIR. BLACkWELLlS ADDRESS.
Rev. Or. c. S. Blackwell, OF Norfolk,
addressed the convention. making fo!ce'
fuI ard elegant address that thrilled the
audience Ho calmly considered the ques-
ton IN all itg bearings and vigorously
repudiated the contentious that prohibit
ton does not prohibit and that anti-liquor
legislation Is an infringement " per
sonal liberty. He commended that AL
legislation IS 6umptuary more or less
g and that 10 man IL. organized society
at-. a., ~,