The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-14
LUKE LEA SAYS
OUTRAGE RESTS
IN government
States Should Not Be Thw1f
ted in Purpose to Abol-
ish Liquor
TRUSTEES WILL ss
ELECT OFFICERS
Constitution is Amended to|
Include Change in Selec-
ton Of Ruling
Powers

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-This
the greatest convention ever held NJ
the Anti Saloon League of Amer5C9eFs
The attendance is the largest IT,
most representative in the history 80
the organization. Prohibition lea0e4
are present from New England ~
California, and Washington. and fro0a
Michigan to Texas. Delegates No.
here from every Southern State.
Virginia has a strong delegatIoNsa
President barbour. of the Virgtnt4
League. Messrs. Cannon. McAliseaS
Richardson, Light. Hepburn, DadmQ
Hough. Cooper. Kendrick and mea1y
others. Mrs. Johnson and seve&M4s
others delegates from the WomansAs
Temperance League of America, A1e1s
w. {. 7. U. workers. show the M
terest OF the women of the Old uees
minion In the work.
The day was notable for strong
speeches. Doctors Russell and Cl1xka
stressed the great work that II being
done with the children and DIR. Cra1taDs
the physiological effects of alcoh01f
Robert Clay. the colored orator -
Bristol. caught the ear OF the COM
vention and aroused great enthusiA1ms
as he told of his work among til
negroes; fillmore Condit. OF New Jer~s
sey. read very strong paper on tn
sanity.
One Of the features of the lnorntn1
session were the speech of John b.
Lennon, treasurer of the Americas
Federation of Labor. who declared h
that the great hope of the prohibits
ton movement must rest upon the
organization OF the laboring moA
against the saloon. great e6osxI
was made by the liquor traffic to pun~s
tsh MF- I.ennan al The IN Sy<na4
vention for his position on the liquor
question. but it failed. The Anti-Sa~
loon League greatly applauded Nh.
Lennon. and the president. Bisiop
Wilson, declared that he was glad thN
Federation OF Labor was repreSeht III
by man like Mr.. Lennon.
Luke Lea Prsssnt.
Senator Luke Lea, OF Tenneaeea
made a very vigorous. clean-cut speech
on the relation of the United State
government to the liquor traf11c. II.
Lea declared that the various Stat
should determine the character Of thefe|
police regulations and IL any Stata g.
cided to prohibit the saloon, It shontS.
not be thwarted in Its purpose by ausr
law of the national government. H
declared that 1t was an Outrage fhA8I
the United States government stcHH
pehind those who were engaged IN e.
nuH1ncation of the prohibition laws ~
the various Staes- He pledged HIM:
sell 10 vote for whatever bill 49,
necessary to put a stop to the nhfrSs
msnt OF lntoxicants into dry territor1.
Inc keynote Of the convention hsSa
neen protest against the alliance ri
.he government with the liquor traf-8
nc In the notification OF StatA lavEsa
This protest will be emphasized & f1as
banquet on Thursday night, when fo,SrS
hunderd men from every section sn1S
the country will gather at the has.a
quet to be held at the National HOY
This banquet will be followed BY pak.
Tic meetings on Friday. at which Ill
VIII De the principal subject discuaoed 4
LIT. George Stuart stirred the con~S
vention to high pitch OF enthusinann
at the mass meeting held at nt911.s
He emphasized the immense husinaS1
or the liquor traffic, and showed hoVEIs
py the use OF money. 1t bought lar
space in the advertising columns ri
the secular press. and so muzzled IT,
paper lin some cases virtually brfhNG
them. He instanced a newspapof -
Richmond which in the Sunday Aif.S
ton carried over twenty yards ~
liquor advertising and thus receiver
large subsidies from the corYers or tn
liquor dealers. DR.. Stuart 10 to a.
dress the Virginia Anti-Saloon Leaenns
convention on Janury ~. 1919. #
Constitution Amended.
The constitution was amended n
several particulars. the selection 0E1
the national officers being commttfaH|
to the national board of trustees IT,
representatives of Virginia on A1s&j
board are DIR. James Cannon. aGl
Rev. ]. ID. McAlister. The hoaf4
detected the, officers for two years fnue
19I1-isl3 as follows:
President Bishop Luther B. WIZ
son: treasurer. Foster Copeland; -
rotary. DR. S. E. Nicholson: 9eukenf
superintendent. DIR. p. A. Baker: u&4sI
retar'- of publication, E. III. Chsrr1n;;
ton: national Headquarters coMaa r
tee. Hon. Wayne B. Wheeler. ohJe&3
Hon. Fillmore Condft. New Jersey: N1SE
James Cannon, Virginia: Hon. a l
Scrogin, Illinois: Rev. Brooks LaN|
renee. Alabama: w. H. Andef1n
Maryland: A. l.. II. Lurison. MichiG9
Director OF American Issue Publ
ling Company. DIR. p. A. Baker. ohl61
Hon. Wagner r. Wheelin~ Ohio: HG
Fillmore Condit. New Jersey: n
James Cannon, Virginia: Mr.. Gec4
Stoughton. Ohio. TN
Virginia is given Representations
the headquarters committee, hax1
one member out of seven and a1ao
the board OF trustees havtn4 &l
member out of FIVE. @