Arizona republican., 1909-06-29

{ tsideration is sacrificed to that of se- curing anti -liquor legislation.
 Another salient point in the cam paign~ methods of the Anti-Saloon league is the adoption of up-to-date and even sensational methods of arousing interest. Circulars, pam phlets and personal letters are called Into play; billboards and fences are utilized for signs in glaring type; parades of women and children are organized. The old-time horrible example" is replaced by toddling youngsters bearing signs reading Vote to keep my papa from drink" Don't let the saloon ruin our homes," and similar emblems. In some cases, however, these methords have been carried too far by over jealous campaigners, as when the in- mates of a Virginia orphan asylum were marshaled in a procession as living exhibit of the results of drink, a reflection on the character of the local community which it's citizens promptly resented. Stereoptican lec- lures and moving picture views are other up-to-date campaign instru- ments adopted by the league.
 The Anti Saloon league for the most part has refrained from joining forces with other bodies, holding that it's one object of securing prohibitory leg islation might be endangered by such alliances. Between it and the pro- hibition party there exists d percep- tible coolness. The prohibltionists accuse the leaguers of sacrificing principles to policy while the latter retort that the third party leaders follow methods that are impractical and fail of accomplishing any re- suits of consequence. In New York the league strongly opposes the bill advocated by one of its former allies, the Committee of Fourteen, in the fight waged by the latter against the Raines Law hotels, and the chairman of the committee, himself clergy man, criticised the league for sup porting probably the most danger ously corrupt man in the entire as- sembly Cof New York) through whom all the iniquitous sneak-thief legisla- tion of the railway corporations was introduced" Likewise an attempt to align the forces opposed to child labor with the league fell through when it was shown that the statistic en this subject widely distributed by the league, which charged that 1,600,- GOO children were forced into mills and factories by the laws permitting the sale of liquor were incorrect and that more than forty per cent of the children so employed were in prohibi- tiOn states.
 As a result of the difficulties at tending attempted coalitions the league now follows pretty consistently a go-it- alone policy striving in every local contest to rally all possible ele- ments of voting strength to its stand ard, but avoiding all permanent alli- ances. Its position in the anti-saloon war is somewhat like that of the pro- fessienal evangelist who conducts re- ligious revivals for the churches. When the fight is won in one section its forces move on to another battle field. leaving the problem of main taini1g and enforcing the laws it has secured to the people of the corrmuni ty concerned.
 While this sharp dividing line be- tween the Anti-Saloon league and other organizations devoted to the temperance cause is everywhere in ev- idence it has never, thus far at least, seriously crippled the vote-getting power of the league, and this, of course is the sole object for which it was established. The real test of the league and of the permanence of its work will come doubtless when the actual results of the laws which it has succeeded in placing on the stat ute books have become evident