The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
DIVORCE VIRGINIA FROM
HERLIQUOR PARTNERSH HIP
Small Strs Pearsburg Audience-Presen Fight Accord
ing to His View of Expression of ''Liquorites'
Becomes Battle of Bgots Against Spiggots.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.
Pearishurg. Va. Aug. 2s.-Rev
Sam Small. of Georgia. spoke here to-
night to a fine audience OF deeply
interested people and made the State
wide prohibition cause so plain that
no one could misunderstood the real
issue-~the divorce of Virginia from
her liquor partnership. Among other
things. he said:
We Statewiders appear to be an
awfully bad lot OF citizens. | learn
from The Tooter'--I beg pardon, =
The Trumpeter,' organ of the elite
and elect Aquorites OF Richmond,
that we are a band of 'fanatical, in
tolerant big0ts.' Good enough. Now
we know for fair that this is a fight
between bigots and spiggets. Let the
sp!ggots come out now into the open.
throw off their false-faees of local
self-government and their dominoes
OF home rule. and meet us honestly.
Our hattla-cry is eternal enmity
to organized vice and licensed evil
workers. Our fanaticism Is that of
the God who made us and warned us
not to put the bottle 10 our neighbor's
lips. Our btgotry IS that of the Christ
who redeemed us and who dashed
money-mongers from his Fathers
house because they were making
merchandise Of their brethren. Our
intolerance is that Of the religion that
demands righteousness in civil affairs
as well as personal conduct, and that
recognizes no right of men to charter
an evil trade or share the profits OF
public debauchment.
IF the liquorites think We are
fiinching from those positions and can
be driven from them by their insult
ing epithets they simply do not know
the mettle of the men they are fac
ing. They may call our good pur-
poses evil. but we glory in them and
will pursue them to our latest breath.
conscious that we are on the side of
God and all good people.
THE iiquorites are especially We
hement and vicious in denouncing the
Anti Saloon leaguers as most un-
worthy, unscrupuious and undesirable
brand of citizens.
But let us look for a little upon
the lineup of the Anti Saloon league
and learn who are these terribly bad
people that are making war upon
liquorites and their pet ideals of self
guzzlement and rum rule?
The president OF the league Is one
of the eminent bishops OF the Method
list Episcopal Church, and among the
vice presidents are bishops Of two
other great religious denominations.
celebrated Roman Catholic priest. an
ex-governor of a Southern State and
an active Judge OF United States
District court.
Among the leaders of the league
we find Hon. II. A. Hughes, at present
Democratic candidate for the COVER
norship of Arizona; Hon. George
Thornburg, the treasurer of the
Grand Lodge Of Masons in Arkansas:
Rev. Charles F, Aked. of San Fran
cisco; Admiral Endicott. of Washing
ton city. Hon. Don McMullen, OF
Florida Hon. T. f. Patterson, a
prison commissioner OF Georgia. Hon.
John r. Lennon, treasurer Of the
American Federation of Labor for
twenty-four years past: William Allen
White, editor and author, OF Kansas:
Hon. Morgan Vowel, OF Kentucky;
William F. Cochran. eminent capital
list of Maryland: r. Fl. Scott. famous
automobile manufacturer OF Michi-
gan; Ex-Governor GoodeH, OF New
Hampshire; Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels, Of North Carolina:
Congressman t-large baltimore. OF
Texas. recently nominated: ex-Gover-
nor Mann and Senator A. r Lincoln,
of Virginia; and Father NJ. J. Ward,
of Wisconsin.
Could FIJI Pages.
These are names hastily compiled,
but easily recognized everywhere IN
America as those OF men eminent for
piety. patriotism and the largest
measures of public service.
"One could fill pages Of newspa
per with the list of men and women
celebrated In their home circles for
their fine culture. liberal charities and
sterling patriotism. who are the local
leaders OF Anti-Saloon league work,
ITO indict all these excellent Cit
liens as fanatics and bigots is certain
Nv most audacious performance Of
tho iiQuorites and viii hardly get