The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-23
PROHIBITION WAVE
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territory and that fifty-five more will
be added when West Virginia's prohi-
bftion law goes into effect was also
shown. The exact figures now are l.
732 counties dry and 1850 wet. In
the South there are about 1000 sa-
looms TO population of 3s,0o0,o00
while nsthe one city OF Chicago. with
n population OF two and a. quarter
millions there are S,10e saloon The
per capita consumption Of liquor In
dryterritory was shown to be greatly
less than in the wet National SUI
perintendent Baker made the state
ment that no temperance legislation I'd
come TO, q vote in congress, within the
last thirteen years had been defeated.
Reforms Accomplished.
Other temperance. reform accom-
plished included the abolition CT the
iarrny canteen; the closing Of the sa-
loon In the capitol at Washington.
and In Immigrant stations. the en-
forccment of the law against selling
Aiasks @. @. ID. fhterstnsS shipments
saf liqnor prohibit Sds. ASA IsssW
The fi-SaioohsleasiA twnssorgen-
E6ged in 1891 and N .cN9uAysSaase Years
has spread into eEHW STA d. And ter
ritory In the United States. One paper
>uas ssta bitshed shortly after the or
ganixation Of the~ieagus: n now there
BG tA&kk ~ ~k"p SFSSAEAt4 9lAAE- E0ttloAA
Of fhe American issue. four hundred
tonssof other hteraaure Rre distributed
annually. $50 -.
Nine States in the Union have pro-
hibitory laws or will have when West
yirginia's- law goes into effect. These
are Maine, Kansas. North Dakota.
Mississippi, North Carolina, Okla
homa, Georgia, Tennessee and West
Virginia. 49, gs
The policy of the league was
threshed out at nearly every session
OF the convention. and while ii was
made plain that the Anti-SGloon
league never has and never will en-
ter parties politics il Is In politics In
the sefsse that II will quiz candidates
at to their position on the liquor
question. and will make efforts TO
secure the signing OF petitions for the
enabling act from the constituents az
the wet" senators in the State leEis-
lature. Efforts VIII be made also to
increase the majority for the enabling
act III ths house in the hope that this
Mii1 also have its effect on The senate
1t Ia believed that II the delegates
who voted for the Jordan enabling
ACT be returned and those who voted
against It be retired to give room TO
friends of similar bill the senate
Wal be. unwilling To go against the
will OF the people of Virginia ex-
pressed in this manner.
Progress OF Fight
Facts as TO the progress of the
hEht against the saloon In Virginia
were brought out I'm last weeks con-
vention In large numbers. Among
some OF the most important are
these:
! The number of saloons in the
state reduced from 1000 ten years
ago to about s00t sixty-six of the one
hundred couhties dry by law, and
eighty-six withoyt saloons within
their bofdsrs. $50 OF the ITO towns
dry;sten Of the twenty cities dry; fifty
Ave rights made In ten years. ofSwhich
fifty were won and five lost,
Three quarters bf, the population
g, q 80, n,s state lives In dry territory, In
Of every 4sf.s and In the rest of, the
State one out. Of every thfrty-one.
EShts.to Come.
Roanoke speakers at the convention
repeatedly made the staten1en that
that city is dry. In sentiment. and
that an The last election the cries
rair1y won, but were euchered out Of
their victory. There III some senti-
ment IN Roanoke Tor the holding of
another election ira the near future.
but the. leaders are DOT prepared for
a fight yet They believe that a lon
ger campaign of education and agita-
tion' before eIubarkfng upon another
election Is the wiser Course, and they
believe the interest shown in the pro-
ceedinES Of the Anti-Saloon league
convention, in that city has helped
their cause along,
X Danviile. however. is preparing for
ailUther election, which will probably
be held, next. fall. The city on the
Dan does not seem to know fts5niind
on the liquor queation first going dry,
then wet and, 20 Ano for several cleo
tionss the outs always winning. The
city, HNswet now. Other places to
hold elections In the near future are
West Points. Suffolk and Leesburg
There is some talk of opening up q
campaign in Lynchhurg. but there