Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-02
ATTACK LIQUOR INTERESTS
Southern Methodist Conference is
Bitter Against Maryland
Legislature

Roanoke, Va, April 2.-Llquor III
terests in Virginia, West Virginia and
Maryland were castigated yesterday
at the morning session of the Balti-
more annual conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, at Bel
mont Church in this city. William d..
Anderson, superintendent Of the anti
saloon league of Maryland was the
chief castigator.
The Mayor of Baltimore city, the
Speaker of the House Of Delegates OF
the Maryland Legislature and those
State Senators masquerading as tenn
prance men while allied with the liqu-
or interests" were told Of in unemas-
culated language.
President Price of the State Senate
was given special mention, being char
aeterized as man who called himself
a temperance man who is member OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
"for which he expressed his sorrow"
and a servant of the people of Mary
land.
"Yet- he is the man," Anderson said,
"who by his own vote could have saved
the local option bill from defeat"
"The local option bill is dead for this
Legislature, but the anti-saloon mach
inc is in good working order. No one
deserted except some legislators who
were literally compensated. The ilqu
or interests and the liquor puppets
and leaders are fighting in the open,.
and that means that they are at their
last stand"
Irrepressible applause broke out at
certain points in the speech, and Mr.
Anderson received an ovation when ne
finished. After him Rev. j. Fl. Light,
representing the anti-saloon league,
of Virginia reported that the liquor
interests had won the last battle in
the Legislature, but that the temper
ance forces were recuperating for the
next one. A representative from the
West Virginia league stated that the
ueople of that state had been granted
the right to vote on the liquor ques-
ton in the last year.
When the resolutions Of regret for
the action Of Maryland and Virginia
Legislatures and of sympathy and CO.
operation with the leagues in the fight
were presented C. M. Armstrong, OF
Baltimore objected to the Endorsement
of the officers Of the league by the con
ference.
Revs. D. l.. Blackmore and John
Paul Tyler, Immediately protested
against the opposition to the resolu-
tions. They expressed their fullest
confidence in Mr. Anderson and his
methods, and the conference vocifer-
ously and almost unanimously swept
the resolution through.
Reports from the boards Of educa-
ton, of missions and Of finance show
ed that the conference collections eX-
ceeded the assessments and that the
schools under the control and the pat
,ronage of the conference had greatly
increased in value and size.
The conference was assessed Sl6,-
700 for foreign missions and paidS 49,
1854. The conference was assessed
sl7,5O6 in last year and paid Sl5, l6S.
The total disbursements Of the board
of finance in the last year were $34,-
,616.27, including bishops salaries, pen
sions to retired preachers and widows
and orphans of preachers and con-
ference expenses.
President R. E. Blackwell and Vice
President S. C. Hatcher, Of Randolph
Macon College, in speaking OF the
Mems college at Ashland, the woman's
college at Lynchburg and the two ac-
ademies at Bedford and Front Royal
Va, stated that the system now has
j, 400 pupils, property valued at $685.
L754.76 and endowment of S5O3,5oS.6l
or 1889, Sl3.37 in all.
The business last night was the hear
ing Of reports from the 1O1 preachers
in the Roanoke, Rockingham, Lewis
burg and Moorefeld districts and un-
finished business.