The Detroit times., 1912-02-19
WOOlLEY SAYS ANTI-SALOON
WORKERS SUCCEED WHERE
PROHIBITIONISTS FAILED
Latter Never Able To Pry Men
From Party AffiiTia=
tons, He Declares.
FIELD DAY is OBSERVED
Liquor Traffic Vigorously At
tackled From Eighteen De-
troit Pulpits Sunday
FIELD DAY IS OBSERVED

! Sunday, when the second field day oil
the year was observed The principal
speakers were p. A. Baker, of Wash
ington, superintendent OF the National
Anti-Saloon league. and John g. Wool
ley, former Prohibitionist candidate
for president. Mr. Woolley. in the
course of an address in the North
| Woodward Nj. +. church, Sunday
night, explained his reasons for de
sorting the Prohibition party for the
Anti-Saloon league. He said, among
other things, that the Prohibitionlsts
were unable to get the business men
interested in their cause, and that
they lacked money. His address fol
lows in part
| Il have given most of my life fol
the Prohibition party. The most
splendid fight against the liquor III
terests ever waged has been waged
by that party. We gathered most oil
| the statistics that form the basis OF
the arguments that are used today
| We composed most of the songs that
are sung today in the fight. We did
much OF the work that is the reason
| for victories today. But We were new
er able to get the hard.headed bust
ness men into our party. The man
who puts his money in his wife IS
name, the man who must see results
we could never get him.
I'VE could win many OF the min
listers, most Of the intelligent women
and many OF the more sympathetic
| men and we did win them until we
had probably a quarter of a million
under our flag would often talk
to these men and seemingly make a
great impression on them. They
would come TO me and admit that ev,
erything said was true, say that
| they did not doubt the necessity OF
| my reforms and express their sym
pathy with my cause. Then they
| would say. But And | knew that
| IL they would speak out and say what
they were thinking they would say:
MIR. Woolley, YOU look Ike seed
| man, but you have no sense
I'VE talked 10 the Democrat and
tried TO bring him into our party. We
told him that II he was a Christian he
was bound to share our views. But
you know that no Democrat can be n
Prohibitionist And we had the same
trouble with the Republicans: no man
can be a Republican and be a Pro
hibitionist, too. To be with us a votef
had to change his party and they
wouldn't do it. At least the practical
| business men wouldn't
And then the Anti-Saloon league
came along with the same idea as
ours. the same platform, the unequiv.
| In %
traffic, root and branch, and much the
same methods. This was good news
to the Republican and the Democrat
he could be Christian and still be
true to the party he was born in. Then
the conservative churches, which had
steered clear OF our party opened
wide their doors to the oAnti-Saloon
league and the newspapers. the mon,
eyed men and the men who had de-
| spised us, stepped forth and upheld
the new Prohibitionist. Last year the
Anti-Saloon league raised $4,000 in
Michigan TO carry on its work.
| doubt II the Prohibition party ever
| raised that much in one year in the
whole United States. We deserved it
but We couldn't get II. And | rejoice
with all my heart that they have found
a way where we couldn't"
| Speaking, Sunday night, in the
Central Christian church, Mr.. Baker
said:
The consumption of intoxicating
| liquors is fast increasing among the
intelligent. and refined women of the
large cities of this coutry, and the
principal cause of this state of affairs
Is the enticing names invented for
| fancy drinks and connections To lure
the innocent women and young girls
into the grill and drinking rooms OF
the fashionable hotels and cafes
Better industrial standards and
the fact that all big commercial in
terests discriminate against the drink
ing man is reducing the -nnmber-of
drinking men. twenty-five years ago
the commercial traveller spent his
day in selling goods and the evening
in drinking at his hotel. Today 1t is
different.
Keen competition demands that
TO sci, goods and meet his competitor
the travelling man must keep clear
head hence-ona- seldom finds -a-eeHa'
mercial traveller who is of the drink
ing class. The league has made the
liquor business a disreputable bust
ness and IL must now make liquor
drinking disreputable.
More than 100000 children un
Ger the age of 10 years are today
working in the mills and mines OF
this country, forced there simply be
cause either one or the other of their
parents is a victim of the drink habit
This morning | was informed that
1900 men had passed through the
doors OF a local mission last year and
80 per cent OF this number were vic
Tins of drink. This country is head
on toward a pure democracy. The
lpeople are crying for the progressive
l initiative, referendum and the recall
but TO put this important democratic
tissue in the hands of men such as
these 1900 is like putting sharpen
ed razor in the hands of two-year
old baby"
Or. Baker finished his address with
an appeal for better legislation tC
build up the citizenship of the coun
Try.
George w. Morrow. superintendent
OF the Michigan Anti-Saloon league
In his address made plea for funds
pointing out the viciousness of tn,
liquor traffic. lie quoted remarks o.
Abraham Lincoln and Gov. Chase s
Osborn against the liquor forces. III,
attributed the following to Lincoln
Nov that the bonds OF slavery ar,
cast of, the next step is to overthrow
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