Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
American Anti-Saloon League
to lnaugurate Campaign
Among Children
TOTAL ABSTINENCE slGNERs
Old Practice Among Temperance soci-
cites is to Be Revived-New York
Man to Have Charge of Campaign
Sunday School Leaflets Criticized for
Lack of Temperance Teaching.
Special to mes-Republican,


Des Moines Nov. 12.-The American
Anti saloon league. in session here,
will inaugurate pledge signing move
ment early next year thruout the I'M
tied States. This will revive a former
practice among the temperance So
cetes number Of years ago to secure
signers to total abstinence pledge. es-
pecially among the children, Dr. Rus
sell. at present superintendent of the
charge of this pledge signing move
ment. To carry on the work success
fully and economically the American
league will have printing establish
ment in connection with it's national
headquarters.
This announcement was made yes
terday afternoon to the central district
association by the national supern-
tendent, P. "A. Baker of Columbus, and
came as surprise. The country will
be flooded with pledge cards and every
effort will be made to make this
simultaneous and national affair This
movement will be made sidd issue
of the American Anti Saloon league
work
Will Work in Sunday Schools.
The temperance lessons in the Am
erican Sunday school leaflet are en-
tirely inadequate, say these temper
ance workers. They even go so far as
to hint that they are made unattractive
purposely by the committee. part of
which are opposed to temperance study
in the Sunday school lesson course.
The Sunday school leaflet course which
is adopted by most of the Evangelical
Sunday schools devotes two lessons
each year to temperance. That this is
sufficient is granted by the temperance
workers, but they insist that these les
sons be made practical as well as en-
PERTAINING that the child may have
some knowledge OF the harmful effects
of intemperance upon his physical and
moral life.
II have begged and begged the COM
mittee to allow US or some one in
range these temperance lessons" said
National superintendent Baker. but to
no avail. Several members Of the
committee are known to be opposed to
having the temperance lessons in the
course. 1t will mean sooner or later
that we get this management Of the
temperance lessons into our hands.
They should be made as attractive
and instructive as possible"
Resolutions Against Cannon.
The central district association, rep
resenting ten states, last evening filed
its protest against the reelection Of
Joseph G. Cannon as speaker of the
national house of representatives.
This action was vociferously APP
plauded by the superintendent and
workers of the central district. last
night. 1t takes the form of a def to
the congressman who vote for the
speakers reelection and is covert
threat to their reelection to congress
in two years, altho not so publicly
stated in the adopted resolution.
The action was taken following a
statement officially from e. S. Nichol-
son, acting superintendent of the ma
tional legislation department for the
league. 1t was Mr.. Nicholson who was
agent for the league at Washington in
the fight for the liquor prohibitory in
terstate commerce bill which is claimed
was prevented from reaching a vote
in congress by Speaker Cannon altho
there had been made a favorable re-
port upon the measure.