Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-13
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
WILL BE RECOMMEND
Report Made public, Though it MI
Not Reach Conference Before Mol
day-Election OF Delegates to Ge
eral Conference Occupies lars
Part of Day.

Reports or the presiding eiders, lhc
election of clerical and lay delegates
TO the General Conference. which
meets in Asheville in May, 1910, and
memorial providing for the division
OF the Virginia conference into two
sections occupied the attention
of the Virginia annual confer
ence of the NJ Z. Church. South. yes
terday. The memorial to divide the
conference into half was presented
by Rev. J II. Amiss and Rev. J. W.
Rledsoe and was referred 10 the COM
mittee on memorials. This matter has
been up before the conference on sew
eral occasions and. though it is liable
10 provoke an animated discussion, it
is hardly probable that it will be SER
iously considered by the majority.
Although it has not yet been form
ally brought before the conference,
the report of the committee On tenn
perance, which was made public yes
terday, was generally discussed
among the delegates during the Gay
and evening and apparently the re-
port meets with the approval of ma
iority of the delegates.
For Statewide Prohibition.
AS mad been forecasted, the report
declares for Statewide prohibition
and urges the Anti-saloon League of
Virginia to present TO the general as
sembIy OF the State a bill giving the
qualified voters of Virginia the right to
call for a vote upont the Statewide
prohibition question. The report en-
dorses the conservative and practical
methods of the Anti-saloOn League
and declares that the conference re-
joices in the great results that has
followed the work" in the State. In
cidentally the report takes dig
at the newspapers of the State which
have opposed prohibition and the at
titude of these papers is "depiored-
All pastors and teachers of the
church are urged to preach and teach
is a crime and it commends to local:
societies and TO town and city gov
ernments the use of posters in public
places setting forth the evils that fol-
low the use of intoxicating liquors.
Special Order For Monday.
The consideration of the report Of
the temperance committee has been
made the special order of the day for
Monday and it will be thoroughly dis
cussed al that time. The reDort was
prepared by Dr. James Cannon. Jr-,
the superintendent Of the Anti-saloon
Leagne Of virginia. and there is hard
" anv doubt but that it Will be
adopted by the conference without
change
In some quarters Of the State, the
repor. OF the committee is take TO
foreshadow an immediate campaign
by petition to the legislature on the
mart Of the voters Of the cities and
counties which the Anti-saloon
Leagues executive committee will
launch.
The impression seems TO be that
the conference will certainly adopt
the report. The fact that Dr. Cannon
heads the Temperance committee Of
the conference is looked upon as sig
nifcant Of the attitude the Anti
saloon League will assume.
peIeqstes to General Conference
In spite Of the fact that two ses-
sions we're held yesterday. the confer
ence did not complete the election OF
delegates 20 the general conference
and this morning one more clerical
and three more lay delegates viii Be
named. The following delegates to the
conference we're elected yesterday o.
the FIRST ballot. Ciericai-B. =. Lips
corob. Lanes Cannon. IT.. ". Asburl