The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
Conference Adopts Re
port After Fight on
Endorsement.
MATTER DEBATED
AT TWO SESSIONS
Vain Protest Against Favorable
Action Concerning Anti-saloon
Organization Made by Sew
eral Speakers-Maryland
Senate Sharply Criti-
cized.
Especial to The Times pispa tch.

loPccidl 10 me It1neE- DiSpa tCh,l
i.odhoke. a., April l.--ro.Iowins a
heated discussion. which began al the
hot mug session Of the Baltimore Con-
crehce. on the Recommend ton in the
report OF tbs committee ON temper
ance that the work OF the Virginia
iAnti-Saloon League be commended ana
tf4at the conference indorse the Ieau-
eis OF that organize uoi, action finally
MAS isken at late hour to-nigh,.
when an amendment was Adopted.
over the protest of several members
tol the conference. which read. In
part, as follows:
That We express our thorough con.
dence in the leaders of the anti saloon
movement In Virginia, and deplore
INC EFFORTS OF tho liquor sympathizers
10 impair their influence and reputa-
ton"
Earnest Appeals Nude.
During the discussion of the repor,
ana amendment earnest appeals
against favorable action By the con
ference we're made. the speakers gem
orally taking the position that the
league is political organization, and
the conference has no jurisdiction over
H. and. further. that all the leaders
are not known 10 the conference and
the church should not risk its power
indorsing men not known.
Equally as earnest appeals for in :
ooTsement were made By friends of
the league and its leaders, the speak
efs declaring the church had nothing
TO FEAR in taking stand for that or
isanization. and that it was not inter
ference in political matter
! Adjournment Delayed.
! Inc report and discussion which
followed were easily the most interest.
ms features of to-day's session of the
conference. and the length of time
spent In their consideration probably
prevented adjournment tonight
1T noon tomorrow the. appointn,e :
will be read and conference then WI.
Z adjourn.
I AS was anticipated, The considera
ion OF the report OF the committee on
temperance precipitated lengthy ana
animated debate. The racommenda-
lions Of the report. which furnished the
! subject OF debate. were those commend
ing the work OF the Virginia Anti
; Saloon League. and recommending that
+ the conference indorse the leaders OF
! the organization.
I Condemns Maryland senate.
/ William II. Anderson, superintendent
of the Maryland Anti Saloon League,
I was introduced. and said in, substance
Il VIII begin by saying that the 10
cal option bill in Maryland is dead for
the present. that il was killed lii ;he
senate sunday morning at O'clock
and when II was killed Inc homes ~
hundreds and thousands OF people that
were wrapped up in 1t were crushed
The Mayor OF the city of Baltimore
Was elected by the whiskcy element
! and he has fully repaid that element
( b. the aid he gave in defeat ting this
bill. The president OF the Senate tri I'd
10 fool the prohibitionists. then sat on
I the lid in this matter, and used his in
Z iluence against the passage OF the bill.
/ He is a member OF the Methodist Epis-
! copal Church, South. and am sorry
! to say II, though he is not a member
! in this conferences.
I The vicious tactics of the llquor
element justihad all the opposition
made against II. The liquor clement
! always does better when II keeps
! quiet.
There is in Baltimore an unspaak
! able liquor ring. and both political
! parties are represented in 1t. The ques-
/ ton that was before Us was not wheth-
/ er the saloons should be closed. but the
( question OF whether the majority shall
| rule.
| We need not feel defeated. but We
! are simply delayed in the passage OF
! this bill. Moral issues always get
stronger as the result of delay. The
! harder we have TO fight to get cur law
/ the better it will be whc.. we get it,
!
League is bitter. 1t is not bitter, but
/ it is determined, and there is diff
ference between bitterness and de-
| termination.
we have been saddened by the
political tragedy of III, past week, and
/ we are filled with righteous indigna
lion
I Fights for Its Life.
j. ii. Light of Richmond, declared
thn, "a had Il;
power and the source OF tho same in
the whiskey element 10 be in despera
tion that it is lighting a battle OF
sheer desperation for its life IN Viz
ginia He said the conference had
nothing to fear in indofsine the lead
ers OF the Anti Saloon League in Viz
sinia. lie referred them TO an after.
noon paper in Eichmond that. he said
would not publish tbs names OF Rev
James Cannon and Rev. J. ID. Meal
.ster as superintendent and general
secretary. rcspectiveIy, Of The ANTI
saloon League when they were elect.
| I'd recently. and said il this ,onferenc,
iails 10 indorsc the leaders Of this or.
sanization il will be declaring to the
wet press Of Nirsinia tina, ii has
I 40 confidence in them
c. NJ Armstrong AMI L. j. Pretty
nan opposed the recommendation ia
.ndorse the leaders OF the Virginia
i Anti-Saloon League. Mr.. Arn.strons
saying the conference has no Jurisdic-
! tlon over the AntiSaloon League. be-
cause the latter is regarded as a poll
teal organization.
Leaders Not Known.
| MI. Prettyman opposed t because all
the leaders were not known 10 the
conference. lie said he had no fear
of Endorsing tho leaders who were
known TO the confer encc, bu; that the
church should not risk u: power IN