Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-15
.UST GIVE ME- TIME"
SUNDAYS ANSWER TO
BRTAN'S INVITATION
Sends Cablegram in Reply
and Says He Is Thrilled
and Gould Not Consider
Lightly Opportunity to
Fight Rum.
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PATTERSON. N. j., April H-"Billy" Ia
praying today, and praying hard to make
up his mind whether or not he'll break
into his Paterson campaign and run over
TO London to lead the anti-iquor forces
in their fight for National prohibition.
Here is tho text of the cablegram in
vitlng BILLY" to England and which Is
signed by Sir Henry Edward Randall,
l1nglands greatest shoe manufacturer.
who is director OF the business mems
prohibition campaign:
believe you could win prohibition for
Great Britain. The country Is ready. \
quarter OF a million appeals have been
received by David Lloyd George Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer. We propose start
ing your campaign in Royal Albert Hall
on April "a. The King and Queen would
probably attend. Strong businessmen are
behind this movement. All the receipts
would go to you, less the organization cN-
penses."
That's the little document that has
"BiIys" heart bouncing about AL
though he can't say that he will 20 to
England, he has said: 81 want II under
stood right here that | won't touch
dollar of their money-not even sou.
All they'll have to pay for Is the eN-
penses for me and my party Perhaps
they won't want me enough to do IT,
Mall have to go along and so will several
others"
SENDS LONG REPLY
He dictated a long cablegram In reply
to the Randall message. He said that
the Invitation thrilled HIM" that he
could not consider lightly" the oppor-
tunity to lead Englands prohibition
forces.
II would willingly" he dictated, lead
the fight against rum anywhere i'm the
world. and the chance to strike another
blow fills me with the desire to sail by
the first steamer but there is work TO do
In America. | am now warning with the
devil to win souls to God. Your offer Is
70 stupendous L cannot consider 1t on the
spur of the moment. You must give me
a little time.
That's how "Bily's" call to England
stands at the moment. At any moment
he may make up his mind to hit the
watery trails for England or not to HE
them. He said this morning he and
Ma had passed a sleepless night pray
ing for guidance in the matter.
From New York this morning came the
rumor that the /. w W. protest meeting.
TO be held here tonight, may be called
off and a big anti-"BIlly" Sunday demon
stration held right In that city.
s24 CONVERTS AT FIRST CALL.
This promises to be Just about the busl-
est day of the Paterson campaign. Things
should move even faster than they did
last night when Sa persons answered
"Blly's" initial call to the sawdust trail.
Women, hundreds of them, sat in the
sawdust, blocking the aisles so efectu-
ally that had there been cry of fire
thered probably have been panic rival
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Things should move, for the unitarians
open up today in earnest and the big I.
w. w. meeting of protest against the
Sunday campaign. at which Tannenbnum,
Larltn. the irish aSitator and Lewis,
known as the best mob leader in the
world" are scheduled to speak. is an
nounced for tonight at Turn Hall. Posi- !
bly, the l. W. w. will attempt to parade |
with their red flags in defiance OF the |
orders issued against such a demonstra- |
tion by Chief OF Police Bimson.
BROOKLYN WANTS BILLY"
"5illy" put in a rapid-fire morning. |
Right off the reel he was called to cam
paisn Brooklyn. Up in the Broadway
Tabernacle he sat astride his pulpit
drumming his heels upon its wooden
sides, and laid down the law to $50 Brook
lyn men. The Brooklyn delegation in
cluded the most noted clerGymen Of the
City of Churches and such prominent
laymen as Tax Commissioner Charles q.
White,
TALKS TO SOCIETY PEOPLE
After BILLY" had had it out with the
Brooklyn people, he motored to the home
OF Mrs. Garret A. Hobart, widow of Me-
kinleys vice president. His sermon TO
the 200 society people Of North Jersey.
who were Mrs. Hobarts guests, was a
of Henry VanDykes THE
Lost Word" He didn't call for converts
at Mrs Hobarts residence. as he did a;
some of the society residences in Ph!la-
delphla.
While "Billy" was preaching at Mrs
the newspaper men who are
here from Philadelphia. Boston, Brook
lyn and New York We're motoring about
Paterson as the guests OF the Chamber OF
Commerce. 1t was the Chambers Grid
die day" As soon as the motor trip was
over the newspaper men were ''lunched"
at hotel and then, to put 1t mildly, they
''panned Paterson" The Chamber OF
Commerce said, go to it, boys" They
did.