The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-09-27
Sentiment At Chicago Unani-
mOus|y In Favor Of This
Plan Of Campaign
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE IS
FEATURE OF BIG PARADE
Speakers Predict Election of Prohibit
ton President Within Decade.
Must Enter Political Arena
With vigor to Win.

| Persistent assertions have been made by
Anti-Saloon league leaders in Alabama
within the past two weeks that the
| growth of the prohibition party in Ala
| bama constituted no menace to the DEM
| ocratic party.
| The suggestions that the national pro-
| hibtion party had its eye on Alabama
and even hoped to take this state out of
| the democratic ranks at the next national
election have met with strenuous denial
on the part of prohibition leaders in Ala
| bama
| In Chicago Friday and Saturday the
| fortieth centennial anniversary of the ma
tional prohibition party was celebrated. 1t
| was the largest and most representative
gathering of prohibition workers that ever
came together. Developments at this cele-
bration proved that the national prohi-
bition party is devoting all its efforts TO
breaking through old party lines and
placing a number of states in the prohi-
bition column.
The speakers emphasized it; the Law
and Order league workers Endorsed 1t and
the Anti-Saloon league workers applau
ed the sentiments
Elect President in Decade.
The Chicago Record-Herald of Saturday
in Its report of Fridays proceedings says;
ELECTION of a prohibition President
within the next decade was the bold
| prediction made last night at a banquet
at the Hotel La Sale, held in celebra-
ton of the fortieth anniversary of the
founding of the prohibition party Three
hundred prohibitionists from 20 different
states were in attendance and loudly ap-
plauded the optimistic utterances of the
speakers of the evening
civilian P. F. Ferguson of Chicago
made the definite assertion that 10 years
would bring a complete triumph for the
foes of the saloon, and his sentiments
were repeated by Eugene W. Chain OF
| Chicago, presidential candidate in 1908; H.
| A. Thompson of Dayton, o., vice presi
| Dental candidate in 1880. and Clinton N.
Howard of Rochester, N. Y
"If the prohibition party does not
achieve full success within the next de-
cade 1t will be our own fault and nothing
else, said Mr. Ferguson History gives
me ground to MAKE the prophecy that we
will triumph.
Down the patch of the pears marches
the reformer land behind him lie the
ashes of every machine that ever stood
up against him. The machines of I'M
righteousness that men call the republic
an and democratic parties are doomed to
be ground to powder
Mr.. Chain scored the republican and
artia nd ha
hibition party to be the leading and only
real political party.
when We were organized we held
rank as the third party said Mr.. Chain.
Now we are the first and only genuine
political party.
The republican party is simply or
ganized greed The democratic party is
unorganized appetite The republican
party is administering the government IN
the theory that If it takes care of the
rich the rich will take care of the poor
1--WE have>a party that cannot die and
will be in existence until we absolutely
drive out the liquor traffic. After that we
will help to boss the job of administering
the government of the country
THE speakers at the afternoon session
were Felix T. McWhirter of Indianapolis
A. G. Wolfenbarger of Lincoln, Neb.; Fin
ley C. Hendrickson Of Cumberland, Nd !;
w. G. Calderwood of Minneapolis MINI. !;
j. Burritt Smith of Madison, Wis; A. A.
Stevens of Tyrone Pa, and George NJ
Hammel of Cincinnati. Chairman Charles
R. Jones of the prohibition national COM
Mite presided. Two hundred were in at
tendance.
Mr.. McWhirter hailed the prohibition
party as the hope of labor in America.
- The republican party offers no hope
for the laborers,' he said. The democratic
party is without any definite practical the
DRY of government The prohibition party
alone offers a logical and reasonable REM
edy
:" This remedy is in line with the great
principles of a larger life for the people,
larger opportunity for the. wage worker
and is paving the way for the brotherhood
of man. which will find its ultimate So
luton in cooperation and not In a de-
structive competitive SYSTEM"
Encouragement for Future.
The reports of the celebration as con-
tanned in the Chicago Tribune of Sat-
urday are along the same line After
stating that between $4,000 AMI $4,000 peo-
pie We're taking part in the celebration
the Tribune continues:
at was an occasion for sef-congrat-
ulation for the remarkable growth of
the party in the face of continuous defeat
at the polls in national elections, and the
speakers found no lack of Encouragement
in the achievements of the past for the
continuance of the fight with victory in
sight in the not far distant future.
1.-The keynote of the day Is that tho
prohibition party is political organiza-
ton, and that only by gaining control
Of the national and legislative offices can
the prohibition of the manufacture and
sale of liquor ever be Accomplished. To
gain local option fight is not a victory
for the prohibition party, according to
most of the leaders.
''R. H. Patton made the opening ad-
dress, in which he said: Not only does
the prohibition party seek to destroy the
liquor traffic, but 1t also aims to bring
about political independence. In fact, 1
may say. one of the chief factors of the
party has been to give to men independ-