The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-17

1 Der God gave to the reformors of Vir
giuia the most significant victory o
! oar generation, and in thankfu
: acknowledgment 'of His overshad"W
ing providence and deliverance. "
! record here. hvSt or all our hnnpi
gratitude tc Him for His guidance. vi
; mercy and His power in this grea-
= achievement There were many Fr9Nl-
Dental agents and agencies. but hif p
Al oVe all these second causes >tanHs
0ur God Lord over all, who orC@ihea
casa and an Of these AGENCIES fpF ne
scrnmplishment al Ills purposes. y
whom ''be Rl.ry and mapeSN du'of1
.au ana power both now Ard ever
Amen.
Chcrrcd Mary Hearts.
This tictcFr nos ONLY cheered ana
. eladdeued ttc hearts of thousands IN
Virginia. bu, carried message OF
hope and ercouraFetbent to temperance
y oFyeTs T1.FoIIEs5uut rf7r -7iy,r1. rtFa y <
largely reflected in the November cleo
lions. when the states II colorado,
ARIZONA. oregon ana " Arlington threw
aff the shackles ~ ruu and the great
state Of ohio. if Cincinnati and Cleve-
land. cities dominated By alien senti
nent be omitted. also gave a majority
for prohibition Never before tn tn"
history OF temperance reform have ttV"
great CONFERENCE.-The lined up under
tho prohibition banner IL: one year. As
the rrSuIt "t these @'efL'"hS' 'neIs
VII in 'h" f"tnfe 4it A' we nI'su
states senate tnirtF IePFeSe - VI
pf"hio't'h sta'eS- pc ~ ''''s.,s 49,.
national prP"'oitio'' n"S ~. rs 80
ac'ei7' @''" ny ,uT -, -
'"F - -. f4t,',s
80 80 r,,-,s g..
-. -. nv lzs,.tra W. 5es1fza full
+5..+tEa ,.t-,,,., 80 esntsnt,,er - IL, our
,e,-,.,,,,.,, ,,osf,n f. ..n,s ore rrea, bat
,,,r ,.,rt.r. .-5 tSa+ the Fruits
- ,n,t tfcfn-v vtp eecav unless care
s,+fr.' hue3,en5ad The law itself. TO
r,,,rass 80 senttr,en, nautfestad by
~ sv-Aa,..,5r majority. is vet to be
,r4sa ats .hatsa0 must be made by It's
friend and not ~ i+p enemies. and IL
must b., 20 carefully framed as 10 meet
ali coustitutlfrnl requirements and
carr. use n penalties SIS viii seour" It's
an forceniert and make - terror 10
eviidaers And this ian. 4" aen made,
must be executed iEoroGHly. because
the failure Of the law to suppress the
beverage liquor traffic ~ virginia win
make the prohibition movement ~ VIZ
siuia q hyword ana Missing through
OF. TIE nation. and while virginia ms
NIX he .go"ibition raw. We PROPOSE
that F!rg'n!a shall be nIst ~ the per
fector ana execution OF us prof.
law, ard An ample :" 'ts L'"D'''
Commend League Norh.
% Resolved. Ihat We cordisl9
and thankf@tty commend the Anti
Saloon l-eag1s or virginia TOT its ac-
uvitles Aiu effectiveness IN lea't
cur forces, and thai we Thoroughly
endorse the strenuous campaign OF me
League, which was provoked ny VI"
INSCRIPTIONS metnoog and the enlim
Ted use If Inon&y by the enemy ana
. We rejoice that IN sgeh d irls.s me
Anti Saloon League WAS befrjend ed pE
thosa 0ho advanced the money. not
fren IN sight ~ spread correct IN
formation broadcast to the voters Or
this State, both BY an array or orii-
: liant speakers and the N5eraj use OF
J tons Of literature. We rejoice 10
learn that the debt of s24,oVo, mus
necessarily incurred. mas already peen
/ reduced TO $4,000. Thht we declare
: every pulpit IN our Conference TO De
; open for the occupancy or the repre-
sensat!ves Of the League for the CON
, .tnued agitation OF the question OK the
complete abolition or the liquor franc
legal or illegal, Statewide or nation
! VIDE, and J1T IbS N'ii1Ntipi' ~ 49,
nus necessary for the continuation o.
their (our) work: and In view OF thf
debt still due. necessarily incurred nS
the League in the prosecution OF the
work committed to 1t by the churches
OF Virginia, we request every churcr
within .he bounds Of the Virginia Con
ference 20 take a public collection or
Sunday morning, December / B, or or
surh other Sunday in the month o.
Dace.,ber "A may be most favorabi
for that purpose We owe IT to our
selvea "a we'll as to the men wht
! bave advanced the money. that thii
1eht shall he promptly paid
IaI resolved That we warn on,
rsorIa against the studied attempts o
" Vera which SO bitterly op
aas nc In the statewide election Il
iii ~, r,,h,tc into a false security, ii
~ ~ a,,,.tt. coraition the liouo
49,. 80 ~ xacnre Legislature
peopio noe ,h.dr nn,tro, 70 rul
sul''.,eh'.s 49,, - =. ~ statc,viae alec
my '.e ~. $500 ~ law ,ackfn.
ioh w ,ne s.r. eant,,rav
IN e't"c,lNe 'aW 49, '', 1870
ihese papers ms.Ne '. ..,' .hs
IN Tue paT,- AZ, sl' - -,
the prohipitiofi Ia" Is 'au 10"
they "lit t"hsinus w nc oui
IN the future neii ''te oshst a. H@'
sembiy meets ana the hha1 vi GUY y
the HdnPt IA ~ pe"s
whenever any issue arises pe.Weeh w
liQQOr lobby ana fNe pfGNiblHoH WoFk