Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-03
BEGIN LIQUOR FIGHT
Anti-SaIoon League in vir-
ginia Declares for War.
MAKES VIGOROUS APPEAL
Says Temperance Advocates, Re-
CARELESS of Party, Should Be
Elected to Assembly.
MAKES VIGOROUS APPEAL
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Elected to Assembly.
| Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va, April 2-The legisla.
tive committee Of the Anti-Saloon Leagce
the members Of that body which had
| charge of legislation at the last session of
the general assembly-has declared fp
war. The dominant party. after trying fol-
some three years to comply in a reasona-
BILE way with the demands of the league
| took the initiative and threw the league
overheard The defeat of the statewide
bill was the first sign of the disruption
| The gauntlet was taken up by the com
| mittee. and In a report issued to the
| league the committee declares that Il
should be the duty of the friends of the
league to elect a general assembly which
| will be responsive to it's views without re-
gard to personal or political affiiation.' u
Just how that step could be taken, afte,
the league had been coauetting with the
democrats for many years, after it had
been recognized and given many of the
things they demanded. is hard to under.
stand.
The temperance element recently organ.
lied and began the publication of q new
daily paper here, and one Of it's declara-
tons was that the paper would be demo-
cratic. yet as matter of fact the head
and front of the Anh-Saloon League is
one of the editorial writer's on the new
paper. and his name appears among the
signers of the declaration of war"
Whatever 1t may mean. it is a fact that
before the end of the last session Of the
Legislature the Anti-Saloon League cham
p1ons were in frequent conference with
the members of the minority party, and
the members of the minority voted al
most solidly for the statewide proposition.
1t remains to be seen X in the election of
members Of the next general assembly
when all the members Of both branches
are to be chosen-the league and the mi
norfty are found working together In the
same harness and opposing the demo-
Gratis. If that is done there may be busy
times in the general assembly which
comes here in January. 1912, and the
nominees OF the present majority party
for the United States Senate may possibly
have made their fight for naught. and
two dry" men may fill the places which
are nowheld by Daniel and Martin.
Pythians Honor Chief.
Judge II. p. Brown Of Cleburne, Tex,
supreme chancellor Of the knights Of
Pythias. has been here this week and was
the guest of the grand chancellor OF Vir-
ginia. He was given a reception at the
Masonic Temple, where the third rank
was conferred in manner which sur
passed anything the supreme chancellor
had witnessed, seventy-five members COM
posing the team which did the work He
went from here to Lynchburg, where an
other reception was accorded him.
During the week temple of the Pyth-
ian Sisters for the state was organized,
the District of Columbia being made a
part of the domain for this purpose.
>t,ar,ra fnptx- Gxy4 n rlo
ance. all women. The following officers
were elected: Past grand chief, Mrs
Emma Bynum of Washington; grand
chief, Mrs. Mary Graham. Suffolk; grand
senior. Mrs sallie Durphey Of Lynchburg;
grand Junior, Mrs. Elise Vandervoort,
Washington; grand manager. Miss Grace
Rice, Portsmouth; grand mistress of rec
ords, Mrs. Virginia Young, Fredericks-
burg; grand mistress of finance, Mrs
Eliza beth Crowder of Petersburg grand
protector, Miss Annie Perry. Fredericks-
burg; grand guard, Mrs. Bertha Wander
good of Norfolk; representatives to SUI
preme Temple, Mrs. Jennie Rice, Ports
mouth, and Mrs. SaIlie Creery Rich
mond.
Grand Chancellor Dickinson, after con-
sultation with officers of the Grand Lodge
of Pythians, has ordered that the next
session of the Grand Lodge be changed
from Bristol to Lynchburg. This change
has been made because Of the inaccessi-
bility of Bristol. The meeting will be
held the third Tuesday in May.
Trouble for Slemp.
All is not harmony in the ranks of the
republicans of the state. and Representa-
tive Slemp is getting severe censure for
some of the appointments which have
been made, and which are being accrcd-
tied to his influence Among these are
the two recent assignments-that of S.
Brown Allen for postmaster at Staunton
and Fulwiler as marshal for the west
ern district, when the two men were
simply snapped. There are many of
the organization men who are very much
opposed to both Allen and Fulwiler.
Among these is Senator John c.. Noel of
Lee county, who has more than once
been mentioned in connection with the
nomination which will be made this fall
in the ninth district in opposition to
Henry c. Stuart, the democratic nomi-
nee. Slemp represents that district, and
he will have all sorts of a fight on his
hands when he asks for another term
Republicans are charging that he does
not hesitate to name his own supporters
for the best positions where he has
chance This is not relished, and unless
there is a decided change in the senti-
ments of the members of the general as
sembly who train with the republicans
he will not have their enthusiastic sup
port.
engaged in making assessments of real
estate have been here this week, and
they report that values have been doubled
in some instances and in others more
than doubled This will give the state
an enormous increase in taxes If the
rate is maintained throughout the state.
Col. Bidgood Appointed.
Gov Mann has named Col. Joseph v.
Bidgood> of this city as secretary of mill
tary records for the state to succeed
Maj. Robert W. Hunter Of Winchester.
who resigned to practice law in Wash
ingtcn.
The state board of charities and correc-
tons will meet in Charlottesville Tues
day and Wednesday. when several well
known social workers will make ad-
dresses. Among these is Miss Florence
baltimore of the Russell Sage Founda-
ton. New York Miss baltimore is in
charge Of the childs help department
of that charity.
The state military board has selected
the site for the camp for the Virginia
troops at Virginia Beach, the land being
given by the people of that section. A
rifle range will be located in the noun
tains of the state.
Monday next Manchester will vote on