The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
In other quarters, too, tho view pre-,
wills thht Mr.. Bryan has such a com
lnanding lead as. to insure his nomitin.
tion. although tho Johnson md Grey
fully with the claim that 400 de1egatcA
MAY SUPPORT DEMOCRATS
Such Tendency, shown D,y Antl-snlboA
Forces, May become More General
Times Dispatch Bureau,
wnshlnrtn1. Isl &. .Inlv

i Tiincs-Dispntch Bureau,
4 MunHey building,
\ washington, y. c., July A.
Political leaders OF both parties ara
watching with great interest the move
ments OF the Anti-saloon Lcague and
other, Liquor org nnizations with re-
Prohibition has not been an import
ant factor In national politics. but
there is q probability that 1t Will
become al, important factor III this
campaign when 1t is remembered that
tho unti-saloon movement has succeeds
ed In closing saloons at tho ratio OF
thirty a day for the past twelve
OF tho United states now 1ivc In dry
Territories" IT is evident that tho
anti-saloon people could cut quito q
figure In tho November election II
they desired to doa1 Tho 4 question Mho
orally been purely local, or. ut NOS.
onlyiStatc-wide intits application. Now
that so much territory is under pro-
hibitlon laws. and anti-saloonists ara
demanding that the Federal govern
laws as to permit tho States TO make
their local legislation effective. The
Hopburn-Dolliver bill, permitting the
| States to assume Jurisdiction over in
rival at a State line. is q piece OF leg.
islation most heartily desired by ail
the prohibitionists, Candidates for
G0ngIess Nv VIII be asked the ,d drest
I''Will YOU. OF will you not. vote for n
measure similar to tho EIepburn-Dol-
liver bill7' Upon the reply to that
question Will depend the rAsult OF the
election In many districts. according
to tho claims OF tho antt-saioon people.
Give Democrats the House.
If tho antI-saloon leaders can per-
sunde their followers to subordinate
All other questions to the liquor issue,
tho chances for tho next House Of Rep
resentatives going Democratic Will be
greatly improved. In the eventHof
the election OF a p emocra tic House,it
chatrmenFof the important committees
will be named from among those DEM
ocrats now serving in the. House. II
would also s., mean that the Speaker and
largely from the South and tn ercfora
would be favorably Inclined to suci,
legislation as is demanded b., tho pro-
plc believe that q Democratic Speaker
would rcorganize. the committees SO al
to give the. anti-saloon sympathlzers
control OF the Committees on Inter
District OF Columbia.
Under .he Cannon regime these COM
mittces are hopelessly against the an
tt-saloon people AT the beginning OF
the present Congress Speaker Cannon
reorganizcd the District OF Columbia Com
nittcc and succeeded In placing upon
It the representative from almost every
big brewing section OF the country.
The Interstate and judiciary Commit
tees enshrined the bones OF scores OF
interstate anti-Jug people.
shown Scnnt Courtesy
1t is further charged that when a
committee from the Methods General
Conference at Baltimore, headed by
Governor Handley. of Indiana, called
Spa,x knr = nv, IN, vS. ha ~.
of the Hepburn-Do1liver bill. the COM
m!ttec was treated With such scant
courtesy that many OF its members
Were offended and went away fixed In
the belief that Cannon mustsbe over
thrown before the nnxt reform lcgs-
lation can be hoped for.
The disposition OF the anti.saloonists
to support Democrats for Congress on
this account has already manifested 1t
self in Ohio and Indiana. The tenn
|pernnce wave that has swept over the
South Is very little II any stronger
than that which is manifesting itself
tions of tho Middle West. In those
sections the prohibition question is
at white heat. Locally, 1t Is believed
that the question may be injected into
Federal politics with very little Of
fort.
Whether this tendency upon the part
|of tho anti.saloon leaders will develop
into an organized campaign effort Is
|problcmatcal. Politicians OF both
parties recognize the potential features
OF the agitation and are watching It's
progress with great interest or SEQ 1T
with fixed and varying emotions.