Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Election of Officers.

Inc announcement Oh the electlOn OF OF
ficers by the board of trustees will be
made either this afternoon or tomorrow
morning.
The convention this morning adopted
the report of the committee which inves-
tigate1i the charges of graft and immoral
lty against officers of the league. This
report eXonerateS the officers and offers
an investigation of the league and it's
acts.
The report is as follows:
The national convention of the Anti
Saloon League of America Indignantly
repudiates the slanderous nuendoes of
the National Issue and other organs at
lacking the officers of this league. We
have full confidence in the integrity of
our leaders after careful audit of all ac-
counts and long knowledge of our lead
ers. We invite the searching examina-
ton on the part of the leagues support
ers. and we warn our friends against the
malice of discredited and disappointed
renegades
Investigation of Charges.
A committee comprising Rev. William
Van Allan of Boston, D. II. Carroll of
Baltimore c. +. Dunno of Philadelphia,
Bishop L. +. Swengle of Harrisburg,
Pa. and John B. Lennon of Illinois was
appointed yesterday to make a report on
charges of graft and immortality against
officers of the league. There was a lively
scene at the close of the annual report
of DR.. p. A. Baker general superin-
tendent, when Rev William Van Allan
asked that a committee be appointed to
report on these charges.
Rev. Mr.. Van Allan assured the audi
ence that the allegations made were do
ing serious damage in some quarters and
that reply should be made. At this
point John b. Lennon of the American
Federation of Labor and delegate from
= 1lfr,.AI Ap,ft GIL
he had just returned from Massachusetts,
where the charges We're being circulated :;
that certain allegations had been made
| against him, and that he wanted the
people who made these charges called
| liars" publicly.
| Superintendent e. J. Moore of Mis-
| souri, announced that he had just re-
! ceived telegram from the Baptist
Ministers Organization of ST. Louis. stat
| ing that Rev. l.. G. Robinson, the author
of most of the charges. had never been
| the pastor of any church in that city,
and that the organization is in sympathy
with the charges.
| Addresses Last Night.
Representative Richmond Pearson Hob
son of Alabama made the principal adj
dress at the session last night, when he
urged that the prohibitionists should de-
mand a pledge from the next President
before casting their votes for him.. that
he would do all in his power to aid the
| cause. The sale of liquor, he said, il
brought before the United States SUI
preme Court, would be declared uncon-
IstitutioEal.
Gov. E. F. Noel of Mississippi also
made an address. in which he deplored
the steady growth of the liquor traffic.
| Referring to the Mississippi legis-
lative vote for statewide prohibition
he declared that all of Mississippis
representatives in Congress, with her
outgoing and incoming governor
stand for prohibition at home.
| 1t was not generally known, he said
that the man whose speech before the
| legislature led to the so-called "clean
sweep" vote was sitting in the audi
ence. He was William D. Upshaw. edi-
tor of the Golden Age, who is known
as 1.-The Georgia cyclone on crutches."
Referring to the speech, a delegate
said:
mississippi will never get through
thanking Will d. Upshaw for that
speech 1t was at a great mass meet
ing held in the new capitol just be-
fore the vote was taken. Bishop Gala
way. who was to speak. was sick and
could not come. Gov. Vardaman, an
other announced speaker, had not ar
rived. The crowd began to call for
Upshaw. The Georgia orator on
ander Stephens of the prohibition plat
form, and in speech of ready elo-
quence he swept the great audience
into an enthusiasm that 1 have seldom
seen equaled.
Although there were several anti
prohibitionists in the house they
yielded to the Georgian's moving ap-
peal. The vote in the house stood
10 to for state prohibition"