The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-02-20
The Anti Saloon League
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who march right sight OF battle only TO
march right again We believe those who do
than marching We believe those who shoot to kill We
satisfied did think anyone doubted that the Anti
Saloon League has been shooting to kill
We said in the editorial complained Of at has been
said the Anti-Saoon League has made mistakes 1t al
ways assertion declare that human organization
has mistakes Our sympathes reveal real friend
ship Our sympathy is with the Anti-Saloon League
and we faults with the of friends and not with
the ewes of those who plenty of for hating it
We spoke therefore with full consciousness of faults IN the
AntSaoon League We felt however, that its great pu
effective efforts at urtherng that purpose
should not be by undue emphasis of its faults
or the faults of of its officers and members
We have opportunity for investigating of the
charges made against of the officers OF the Anoaloon
League have been shocked that Catholics should have
assisted in spreading testimony against their neghbor
There obvious for eliminating leaders OF the
AntSaoon League the liquor interests have had mouth
pieces which echoed their calumne from corner
Some charges against officials of the AntiSaoon
League undoubtedly true In certain localities foul
mouhed Anti Catholic bgots have epoused the of the
AntSaloon League We suspect that local officers OF
the Anti League have been least negatively
sponsble for some these miserable bgos But have
never any evidence adduced that the AntSa
loon League national state has been
responsible for the bgoty of some OF Its advocates or agents
Our experience with responsible heads of the Anti Saloon
League has that almost all of them have hon.
ev desired with Catholics what they have
recognized to be common against enemy.
The predomnating influence in the AntSaoon League
has We do that this tact has been
70 the discedt either the League of Protesants We
realize that the dominating Protestant IN
Auence had peculiarly unpleasant for Catholics to
identify themselves with the League and in places
has utterly impossible for Catholics to do more than
vote with the League We often amented the fact that
Protestant influence has been apparent in many quar-
the members of the League We recently SAID
to some leaders that if Protestant lovers OF temperance
would minded i'll their devotion to the cause
of temperance they would lead where now
is standing still In fact good folks who feel what
we believe honest devotion the cause are It's
enemies "If thy be single thy whole body Will
be full of light Let Protestant members of the AntSaoon
League single the good of the temperance
cause and leave their prayers and their religion at home
when they fight with others for temperance and
then and then only will victory be in sight.
We have always opposed any suggestion of afiation
with the AntiSaoon League because has been
domnany Protestant but because has been predomnanty
political The purpose of National Union the
cause temperance by the agencies of religion and educa
ton and by organized societies committed to the
qanda of temperance truth This purpose does conflict
with the political purpose of the AntSaloon League far
as that organization makes appeal the individual of
our National Union but it makes utilization with the League