The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-28

OF the state; that q. put the trcai M
f1ent into the hands OF the people
themselves. The peoples representa-. 4
tives In their legislatures or town 4
councils ccns,anuy CnanEc. but uhs
people themsclves do NOT eonstantv 4
change. III ssu depend upon sfatu.
tory prohibition. you have nuctuat-s
ing prohibition. the next Legislature
lure enAc4ed. and * liz merely q tran Il
sient and Superficial treatment.
That brings W to the concluHlon
that organic treatment requires tno
placing OF prohibition In the Consti-s
tuition Of the State. That is the great
objective that we must not lose siSns
of.
Local and Larger Prohibition.
We are prepared now to work 0us
our strategy and our tactics. The
enemy has the field. We have got 70
win IL from him. There n only ono
principle upon which TO win II. ana
that Is the wedge principle. Rut n
the point OF the wedge. Win the iafk-
est locality that you can, although y
may be very srnaii. Go In and WIN
ward in a city. and another ward ana
another waIdv and finally you viii WIN
Throughout the city. Go In and win
one township at time until you can
get a county In the state. and then
apply that wedge principle by winninS
another county, and tnen go ON -
that way winning from the enemy y
pieeemeal. concentrating yourseses
on q SUBJ division of his territory. ana
! winning by pieueneai until you recos
nlze that you have got a COCO ina
jority OF the state.
If you are going into the campaign
for educational purposes. go in Ut amp
time YOU please, but when you 90 IN
finally to win, do not undertake ~ un
I'll you are sure that you have xooo
majority of the population Oh uS
State. z---------.-. -
Then YOU pass beyond local 0ptfun
into ctate-wiae statutory PfoHici.ios
Or wifi you Try for constitutional pro.
hibision direc.s 1t would be simpier
and easier, when you have your iah
maiorities OF tho counties OF the STATE
Co pass right from local option, bs
great flank movement, into the orr
xanlo law OF the state, into Sonstltu-
tional prohibition. without atfcmptihs
to have your Legislature pass sta's-
I wiue proHfpition ian.
our experience in Alabama In ina
( last Ilxht, alter we had passed state
/ wiae piuninitcry law. the most dras-
tte law in the world was that Wneu
| We started out to tell the people thas
the movement was simply the heAs
step in order put 1t In the LONE "a.
! tution. our enemies told everybody
| that IL was not question OF pronio,
I ;,on--that they hau pIunfoitioh ~
/ ready rhey said. the state u At
! ready undel. pronlpition. ahu &c.,
/ people are Just after some pohtaAAA
st-t,f.t me, and they ale gesas 10 put inl4
I new article into your Constitution -
I cra.r IN shaekIe you and To ihRaAS
Z ina .anfff{y OF the home and ~ ne-s
I t,.4se- ,t,a 81 individual rights.
/ III, wave OF Reform That II MoFo
( Than Wave.
tt,szAtsit4sE =ssstssa.tas-lne11
are gathering you fsei e
tne stra When | 60 10 California
lind q movement on foot thcss.
come here, and there is mossmsnA
an ft,s,, here EaN II in my oid coGn.
try. in the old south, u great wave
has gathered, because We a'e aHois
r,1rai than the rest, and we hANe
NOT foreign population mat mas hsa
t contact with the dertrutrf IN tffo
citieg--only per cent OF our psep.
| betnr foreign born. We have tne ot1
r,,sssf, Anxio-SaAen farmers Aving
/ down there, as they did long before
4 the war. That Is the reason yen
I have this great WAYS" coming ffcm
I the South. ). =, =.
AZ matter OF fact. II H. huk
/ wave We began teaching the cnli-
/ dren twenty-five years ago IA tAe
sunday schools. Ten or tweiVe yees
ago we began TO put few lessons
/ az hvgtene and on the subject %
/ Injuries to the human system n tne
I / oaks OF our public schools, and tnat
! mum erfy.ratfrnni treatment has &irsa 1
/ us the basis for this great movements
/ in tho South.
I Now. this Is what / believe Sncutd
I he the basis of our onward marin.
/ Let every good citizen do ms owa
! part~ In the whole domain OF the ln-
/ aiv,aual. In every part Of the land
| lei every earnest citizen do his taE
1 sfa are TN the work OF preparation
National Union OF Temperance FOrcse
Needed 20 Meet q National
Uuios, OF Our Foes.
Then let him Join in the orgAHaxa.
ton of mighty army. because
/ are meeting a mighty army. Les
I every man contribute ms
/ he cannot give his personal services,
4 let him give of his resources ana g
/ his substance. Then let us have the
/ greatest campaign of this crest army
/ determined upon EtrateEicaI ines.
I yyhfIe we are carrying on the pre-
URINARY work In Chicago ana ner
| York. and tnx the great eenfefs# ~
cities of this country. while we
| ~ on in the states which Will be hard
| 10 eapture. let us go down fnfUuxn
she south and put prohibition INTO the
constitution OF all the Southern
/ States.
| But my point 10 this; Let " o..
| ranize our strategy on the oasis q
| being prepared to WELD the Wnoio
! foree of the national army whenever
We strike blow At any time Iou
are sure to find the enemy's entirs
army there. 49,
! the aid OF all the powertai ,nssss-
t The entire oFgsntxed forces 81 ts ne ~
emv were there. They usen 49,
ana we ala not. and YOU know the re
| sult. Let us bring to rear "a ~.
tegic way the whole power OF mignty
and LEI us determine the point. piece
| and time TO strike by thorounn me-
yestigetion OF the enemys sIren9tn,
he,seyc from the signs that W. AFe
:, tarfrw upon tho greatest war that
are roinr 20 write about this war - Y
snev never wrote about another yaR
stnse the world beEan.
helieye in Providence. have frie6
| ~ azure out WHAT Is the part taAe7
I - !, - nlsvs ara what r. the part MAke
| prnvidrnce plays. ] have found ~
arsvsr in the scriptures. ] fou14
| where the Disciples went 20 the -
80 .rd asked him who was going
1 ~. M fhaunht II WaA nQHn