The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-18
HEARS IAYIO ELLYSON TELL OF HISTORIC CONTEST

arose and stated that so long as he
remained superintendent of the ma
tional league will pay the salary, as rs
customary in other States. and he Will
give his check to the league for the
amount oe such sa,ary.
The Com. sittec's Report.
The committees report, which was
adopted unanimously, Isl
At meeting OF the executive
committee Of the Anti-Saloon League
of Virginia TT the Atlantic Hotel on
Tuesday, March 16. the following res
oiution was unanimously adopted;
Resolved. That the executive COM
mittee OF the Anti-Saloon League OF
Virginia hereby recommends to the
Anti Saloon League of Virginia the
adoption of The constitution of the
Anti-Saiocn League of America by
the said Virginia Anti-Saloou League
at the annual meeting Of the league
al Norfolk. March l6. II, lS: pro-
vlded that II he understood that the
assessments mentioned IN section 10
Of the bylaws of said constitution
shall not be paid or levied upon
monies which may be raised to pay
debts of the Virginia state orEanlza =
ton which were created prior to the
adoption by the said Anti Saloon
ton of the Antl-Saloon League of
America adopted by that body at CO.
lunbus- o, in 1913.
Respectfully submitted.
]. w. Housh, r. Men Simpson, w.
Christ an. s. G. Hatcher, j. NJ.
Pitcher. L r Wexford Il. 7. Dad
mum James Cannon, Jr., w. II Vim
ent. ]. +. Cooper f. H Martin +.
d, camp. George i. Adams. j, s
Peters, ]. W. CammaCk, executive
committee Anti-Saloon League OF
Virginia.
Great Meeting at Night.
The pledging of four thousand dol
lars to the expenses of the campaign
conducted by the league last summer
and addresses by Mrs. Ella Boole of
Chicago. and Major Dan Morgan Smith,
formerly chief attorney for the National
Model License League, were the chief
events of the night session OF the con-
veation.
The pledges were made by private
and organic tion subscriptions, several
men pledging rs much as two hundred
dollars each and eight gave one hun
dred each, while one county organi-
cation pledged two hundred dollars and
fourteen others one hundred each.
The subsCri ptions were taken by DR..
w Asbury Christian. who spoke with
much force of the necessity OF freeing
the officers of the league from the
"impedimenta" Of financial burdens.
Said he; by all means possible We
must have the next Legislature. We
must go down from this place with the
slogan that by all possible and hon
orable means we must. we Will have
it. But TO be free for this work We
must have our men freed from their
burdens"
Dan Morgan smith Speaks.
Major Smith did not begin speaking
until 10 O'Clock. when the delegates
were weary from long session, but
he soon had them Interested and held
their closest attention until II o'clock.
Major SMITH gave the logical reasons
for his change from the liquor to the
prohibition organization, stating that
AN argument l heard before the Legis-
iature of Virginia by the Rev. DIR. Can
non, your great fighter. who never gets
through fighting, and the w c. T. L.
prayer by Mrs Richardson, OF Ohio.
were the greatest Influences in making
me change nay views" He also stated
that; There was never "a time in my
connection with the liquor crowd that
my wife didn't know / was wrong"
a Great Speaker.
! Major Smith Is a graceful as wei,
as a logical and oratorical speaker
He commanded ready attention and
provoked applause at many interval Is
and at the close OF hts address. He
related his various experiences as a
liquor attorney in various State of the
country. He stated that he beca me sc
ashamed of making promises that
were not fulfilled that he began 10
reason out the matter and he dis
the liquor crowd. that while they talk
ed Of regulation before the election
they never regulated after the elction
Tn liquor interests, he said have
learned that the American voter will
never be fooled into voting the wet
ticket without some promise of regu-
l8tion, but they have not learned that
( as soon as the voters find the liquor
people do not mean to keep the regu-
iation promises and do not pass the
regulation laws. the voters will destroy
the traffic.
Fought For Vets in 1910.
! Major Smith was the lawyer who APP
peared before the Legislature OF 1910
against the prohibition law of that
year. He stated to a representative OF
The Nirginian that he debated with DR.
Cannon on that occasion and found
oht VI Tue lie" opptiINHtS ia Il
ton debate who did not insult him
before the debate was closed. He had
! always had q warm spot in his heart
for that debate.
The regulation law he had promised
on that occasion on behalf of the liquor
people, and which he had drawn for
them In good faith. is sim in the desk
of some Virginia liquor lawyer as are
all those he had drawn for scores oil
other States and cities. He described
the National Model License League as
one of the three greatest liquor orders
in America or the world, The reason
he was convinced OF the logic of MAX
Ing a change was that the liquor peo-
/ pie would not let regulation regulate
and prohibition did prohibit.
AFs~Beele- SfesakS.------
! Closing day of speeches by wo-
| men and legislators, Mrs. Ella BOOZE
/ of the National w. G. r. T., spoke dur.
I ing the first part of the night session
/ after devotional exercises by Rev. f
/ j. Richardson. Mrs. Boole delivered
telling address, taking up many
phases of the liquor question In able
style. She declared that by the pre-.
sence of the liquor traffic the money
, and morals of the nation and spir.tua
d power OF the Church is being waited
/ She thought that national prob b.tfor
should he pushed forward as the neXt