Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-14
DRY NATION BY 1870
slogan Of LEAGUE
ANTI. SALOON FORCES OF AMER.
lcA PREDICTS COUNTRY.
WIDE PRoHlsIrioN.
MAYOR OF ROCKFORD TELLS
BENEFITS OF NO SALOONS
says City Has Prospsrsd and AZ.
Accomplished Much Since Liquor
Sales stoppsd-oovsrnor Patterson.
Of Tennessee, Brings Thrilling Mes
sage to Meeting at Columbus.

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Columbus, o.. Nov. 14.-Eight gov
ernors and former governors of seven
different states were the chief attrac-
ton at the session of the Anti Saloon
League Of America.
While the delegates listened to ora
tors assail the demon rum in all its
aspects. the national board Of trustees
continued to map out its campaign for
"a saloonless nation by 1920" It COM
pleted drafting the resolution it will
submit to congress for an amendment
making the United States "dry" and
after recognizing the leagues machin-
cry to give the national body grea" er
control over the state organizations,
federating the movement, It began the
election of officers.
Or. Baker Re. sIse:ei.
DR.. A. p. Baker, Of westerviile, o., is
continued in office as general super
intendent and little change is made in
the personnel Of the other officers.
The convention will reach its cli-
max when the resolutions are presented
launching the nationwide movement
by memorializing congress to submit a
constitutional amendment.
North Dakota, Tennessee. Indiana
and Illinois took most Of the limelight
in the days oratory.
Next to Ohio. Illinois has the largest
delegation at the gathering and yester-
day when the deputation. $50 strong.
marched into Memorial hall and save
locomotive" yell that ended, women
vote to save the boys in Illinois," the
audience got to its feet and yelled its
Joy, while the organist brooks In with
laundering passage from the halle
lujah chorus.
Rockford Mayor Speaks.
The results OF "dryness" in Rockford
the largest "dry" city in Illinois. were
described BY W. w. Bennett. mayor of
that municipality.
Rockford" he said, has been wet,
dry, wet. and is now dry, believe
Permanently 30.
ut pays to have city and county Of
.ficials who will tell the truth az they
find 1t. This is well illustrated with
the coroner Of Winnebago county, Of
which Rockford Is the county seat. Our
coroner found that in his four-year
term he had held 206 .autopsies and
that Of this number, directly or indi-
rectly, alcohol was responsible for the
deaths Of eighty-four It Is rather hard
on the friends and relatives of the de-
ceased to say that he has died Of alco-
holism.
cit is easier on them to say that he
- Ut A~a1
but the taxpaying public is entitled to
the truth. Your coroner can help You
make a survey Of your county II you
get the right kind Of a coroner. Since
Rockford has voted out the saloons. the
alcoholism have been reduced 50 per
cent. y,
Gain In Bank cIsarings.
I'VE have seven banks in my city.
Bank clearings and postoffice receipts
are said to be the best barometers Of
business conditions. Ever since the
city went dry the bank clearings on
each succeeding month have been
greater than any one corresponding
month when the city had saloons. The
monthly reports on postoffce receipts
show a steady increase and, further,
the percentage Of increase has been
greater than in any other city Of Llli-.
nois
The contest between "wets" and
"drys" in the last Illinois legislature
will be outlined at today's session by
George H Wilson, Of Quincy, leader Of
the s"drys" in the lower house.
The founder and organizer Of the
league. Howard H. Russell. Of wester-
willie. o., was given an ovation when
he appeared on the platform.
1.-THE movement" he said, began in
prayer. Now It - race between the
and legislative forces Of our
government as to::which will first reach
the goal Of prohibition.
Patterson Tells Experience.
Former Governor NJ. R Patterson, Of
Tennessee. who was wet" during
two terms a. executive and Is now an
ardent dry" narrated the experiences
that led to his change Of attitude.
He said in part:
"The Anti-saloon League and have
not always been friends. The paths we
travelled were wide apart. They seemed
so parallel. that 1t looked Incredible
they should ever meet. But they have
met.
nave seen lUe tr6ll OF llluOT III lHS
criminal courts where hnve prose-
cuted crime. know and have been a
in its paralyzing and cor
rodins influence In the social and pub
lie life Of our national capitol.
First born Stricken.
ri have seen its forked lightning
strike my first-born-the child Of my
young manhood-andI have borne with
him the suffering and tried to help him
in his brave but sometimes melancholy
struggle for redemption. At last have
felt its foul ana stealthy blow AZ It
turned upon me In its deadly and sham
Ing wrath-upon me, who hi pleaded
before the people for It's very existence.
when logic failed and reason gave
no answer cast aside all pride OF
opinion. all thought Of wha. the world
might say or think. and wen. to the
throne Of Almighty God. There on
Blended knees asked for Ugh: and
strength, and they came. Tho curtains
Of the nign. parted and the way was
clear. arose q changed mAn.S
Excellent Fer Stomach Trouble.
"Chamberlain's Tablets are just nne
for stomach trouble" writes Mrs. q. G.
Dunn, Arnold. Pa. II was bothered
with this, complaint for some time and
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