The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-15
FROM
intelligence Bureau-


The present constitution OF the Anti
Saloon league OF America Will be con-
tinued In force until June !. 1914. ac-
cording TO AK cement reached at the
convention here this week. and TO carry
forward the work % the organization
until that time.
The following. known - headquar-
ters committee. were named. Rev. a
G. Bane. san Francisco. chairman. FL
more Condit Newark. y. J., william
"a. Anderson. Baltimore. Wayne B.
Wheeler. Columbus. a. J. ScroEin. Lex
ington. Ill. Rev. James Cannon. JT.
Richmond. Va. Rev T. J. Moore. Phila-
delphia. and william +. Cochran. Bal
Jmcrs.
The Officers 20 take hold June /.
1914 are: Bishop Luther h. Wilson.
New York. president. Rev. L. A. Baker
Eon. Richmond. Ind. secretary, Foster
Copeland. Columbus. treasurer.
supplementng the efforts Of these
men there are IL vice presidents and a
new national executive committee o.
l6. elected with reference To- the IS
geographical subdivisions into which
the United states has been divided.
The twelve vice presidents: Rev.
Father J. Curran. Wilkes Barre. Pa.
Rev. p r. Coyle. Denver. W. u. Up
shaw. Atlanta. Judge Charles A. Pol
field. Providence. II. l.; Il. y. Glenn.
Winston Salem. y. 9; d. a. FoHug.
erville. III; Rev. II. H. Bell, san Fran
cisco: Mrs. Mary Harris Armor.
Georgia. Rev. u. Burreu New York.
and Bishop G y, Matthew ShieaEo.
inittee, which will dictate the policy
OF the league after II assumes orice
whom has supervision OF n district com
posed of a state or several states
They are: New England states. Arthur
J. Davis. Boston: New York. Rev Rob
Jersey, Delaware and the District %
Columbia. Fillmore Condit. Sew Jersey:
delphia: North ana South Carolina and
Virginia. Rev. James Cannon. Jr. Rich
mond. Va. Ohio and West Virginia.
Wayne 3. Wheeler Columbus: Indiana
and Michigan. r. H. Scott. Lansing.
Illinois, A. !. Scrogsin. Lexington.
Kentuck. Tennessee and Mississippi. II.
3. Csrree. Nashville Alabama. Geor-
sia- Rev. IT. ~. McNeill. Opelika, Ala:
Louisiana and Texas. Rev. \. =. Bar
ton. Waco. Tex Missouri and ArlCan-
sas. pr j. y Canradv. Scdslia. No:
Wisconsin. Minnesota and Iowa. Rev.
Louis Kellogg. Madison. Nebraska. Kan
sas. Colorado and oklahoma. :. x.
Warrick. SCOTS Hlun. California, u.
Washington. Idaho. Montana. wyoming.
North and South p4kotas. Flesher
Norman. salem. ore
The new constitution provides among
other things that while the several
stnte organizations shall name the state
superintenfents. these shall not draw
pay for more than three months unless
they have been approved by tho ma
tional body. This body issues 20 each
superintendent q certificate.
State superintendent will draw their
pay from the national treasurer. and
there has been made an extensive re.
arrangement ~ tho obligations from
the state treasures - the national
fund. The states obligation 81 based
upon It's gross receipts and there Is
a sliding scale. intended TO give the
weaker states the bereft OF support
from those commonwealth that are
more fully organized
Another provision OF the new con-
stitution T. for n financial secretary
and total abstinence secretary hut
these positions were not niled The
national board ~ directors IN the
future will consist OF two men from
each state. with an extra representa-
tive for each 900 600 Inhabitants over
the first 1000 co. the total number 20
state IN no case Co exceed i've