The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-27
Brightwood, Va. Sept. 25-
Our Great Victory g..

Our Great NACtOry-
Editor virginian:
sir-we haze inst won a great victory over
the yorces or unrghteousness, but we shoulo
remember that people should be calm as ~,
victory as in defeat and not become iiitoAieh'e"
tc TOO great an extent with the great Hletof''
The people have spoken and have salo 'iia' ivy
do not yant any partnership with the saiooh'
an, very clad that we had such large ma
tority hence I feel sure that the good ci'izeh
shin of Virginia who were lined up on III.
side will gracefully bow to the WIZ VI wv
people AMI .on hands with us in carrying On inns
great WORT .+h
rror rohr Garland pollard has we'll said. the
sgbt ba. INST begun" and fully agree wath MN
on that point. We must now All Joii. """n
IN placing true. Christian men OF "ia"s ~,
high ideals in offices of puohe trust So
men as will not have 10 be asked where '"es
e.and and by that means we can hope am
ox,ect 10 have nothing but good laws paSSeo
ana the same enforced after passage.
am indeed glad of having very huil'pis :,
mart in working side by SIDE win llie So"
urea cheers the good women and Chrls'iah my"
Of our land for many years past to rid Nlrs'''la
- ,his greatest moral enemy. the saloon OF
which not one good word car be said us III
fuence Is bad. had all the time
Or Cannon, peerless leader, mas mAde
tremendous sacrifices In time, service and money
and has had curses heaped upon his head on
account ut his activity and leadership Tor rhia
L
tude few men could have exercised. lie mas
met and yTnuuished the enemy with ehe help
of tina good people of the state of Virginia IN
the face II three very wet papers In the capitai
city and he with only one there
! The temperance people OF Virginia owe Tho
Virginian." well as Dr. Cannon, a debt OF
| gratitude which they will never be able 10 pay.
for the creat services rendered in this great
cause 1.-THE Virginiar' has stood for temper
ance and for the destruction of evil during its
whole life and the temperance people of the
| state should appreciate this by placing 1t In
every Christian home in the State, as well as all
others. for the good 1t may do. 1t VIII do our
| children coed from day to day to read 1t.
| Two things Stand out prominently in my hum
HE opinion in this great achievement. one is.
that the saloon power will gradually he elirui-
mated from the politics Of our State. which will
| he grea, step forward in the right direction.
another significant fact Is that 1t has been
clearly proven in this election that money cuts
"a small figure if anything like million dollars
has been expended by the wet people has
been reported. II seems to have had little no
effect
! We will have achieved great thing when the
time comes that the forces of evil will have no
weight in the legislative halls and where money
cannot be used to corrupt legislation and the
! body polite. and ] firmly helieye that -NireiHis
viii grow and prosper as the roses in the spring
when tins law takes effect and is properly en-
forced. both of which firmly believe will ba
| accomplished in far greater degree than has
| been done in some of sister States
! r. S. BARBOUR