The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15

The Virginia State Anti-Saloon
League convention will assembly In
Richmond Tuesday evening, January
20. 1872.
Secretary McAl'ster has been work.
ING on tIe piosiam tor some time.
There are a ndInUer of virginia men
on the list. inueed. looking over the
names reveals the tact that the greater
number are home talent. The men
thai appear on tnis program are select
cd from hunareos OF o,ners that could
with unQaestioned aDiity take their
places and speak to the various sub
Jects.
Some OF the out -of-the State men
may be noticed in special manner.
Bishop J. G. Kill from North Caro-
lima, will be one of the speakers. He
will speak of prohibition In North
Carolina. He will doubtless advert
to the unhappy part their proud
neighbours on the North Of the -
are playing in the determined effort
Of the liquor interests to break down
their prohibition laws and nullify their
efforts, to restrict the saloon business
among them. The Voice" from North
Carolina Will be we'll worth hearing
A Word From Kansas.
Hon. Fred. S. Jackson, member OF
Congress from Kansas. will speak OF
the conditions In that State. Mr..
Jackson was at one time attorney
general OF Kansas. More than any
ether person. probably. he Ia res:"n-
sibIe for the fact the prohibition ac-
tually and really prohibits In KAN
sas. He will tell tho story Of hts -ef-
forts to destroy the liquor traff,c N
his State. It is an absorbing story.
nd trJd he Ia1t
1t illustrates the fact that when YOU
get set OF State oh,cials in SYM
patty with the movement you can en-
force laws against liquor as well a.
You can against murder or thtes erN.
The cry that you cannot enforce the
law Is q always, he claims. n refiec-
ton on the of cials. II L. el-aer a
confession that they have lost their
nerve and are too cowardly, or else
are In actual sympathy with the law
breakers.
John 3. Lennon. secretary Of the
American Federation OF Labor, is q
great man with great message. not
only to his own followers. among the
workingmen. but for all the people.
Lennon. Of illinois,"
Those who were present at the ma
tional convention OF the Anti-Saloon
League will not soon forget the thrill
| that ran through the great body when
q tall. slender man rose well back in
the room and modestly announced
his name 40 Lennon" from Illinois.
| The presiding officer did not catch
the name. or its meaning. He asked
! 1t over. Then some one looked
around and recognized the man. and
I, the word passed like Hash through
the convention. John b. Lennon. sec
ne hn EaAornfton NJ labor !"
Then an ovation. and the modest
gentleman was called to the plat
| form for q speech. Secretary Me-
| Alistsr deserves a special vote or
| thanks for calling these men to this
! platform this winter.
This session also will be OF extra
! ordinary interest because OF the meet
| ing Of the State Legislature and the
discussion Of the enabling act" There
! Is before the General Assembly a
bill giving the people the right TO
| vote on Statewide prohibition. It Will
| be holly contested by the friends OF
| the LIQUOR interests. Those interests
will not. II they can help IT, let the
matter come before fair electorate
! Of the Virginia people. They Will
| have their representative in and be-
| fore the Legislature to prevent the
passage Of that measure.
Committee to Have Hearing.
A hearing before the committee ON
privileges and elections has been ar
! ranged for the "wednesday afternoon
and evening OF the convention. the
twenty-fourth. It will be q most In
teresting occasion. The hearing Will
probably be In public. Many visitors
portunfty TO hear the discussion from
! both sides. At any rate IT witt bs
| OF great value to the cause II as
many as possible OF interested peo-
pie shall be present at the hearing
and in the city to lend the backing
| OF their presence and support TO
| those who have the matter in charge
and are battling for their rights and
their homes.
l. The committee OF privileges and
elections In the House, before whom
the question will FIRST come and who
will report on II before 1t can come
regularly before the Legislature. are
Messrs. Martin Williams, John 5.
| Williama John 8. White, Robinson
?, Moncure, r. ]. Etratton. w. A. Land.
! q. NJ. Iunsford, w. w. Baker. Wal
ter T. Oliver, Il. w. Milstead. Daniel
| Coleman. w. N. Brown. Il. p. Cox
| and Duval. Radford.
All these gentlemen can be adj
! dressed IN Richmond. care. Of House
tof Delegates II n entirely aprro-
pirate for any citisen Of virginia to
exercise the right Of personal petit
ton. by individual letter. or Jointly
with others. to these representatives
| Of the neople. on this most important
committee. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
are appointed to this committe. thew
are ne -lenser- Representatives, Of their
own counties or constituencies, but
| are ruhitc fuucttunarten and erepresent
the entire citizenship Of $50 FlrFfnfa.
Arv and every eitiseH u ct liberty to
write and bv respectful petition, to
urge them to give consideration to the
measure and report II early and fav-
orabiv to the House Of Delesatea. Tho
right Of petition II one OF the most
Fundamental and sacred Of citizenship.
! Following Is the provisional pro-
gram Of tf,e convention. s-'..-.-'
Tuesday Evening. January - 1914.
7:45-Devotional exercises and In
PRODUCTION. Rev. II. d. G. Maclachlan.
d. ID.