Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-12
POLITICS AND RELIGION
ARE MINGLED IN CTTY'S
LOCAL OPTION SUNDAY
Scores of Churches Indulge
in Special Hymns and
Prayers - Five District
Mass Meetings and Many
Special Gatherings Held.

Philadelphia mingled politics and relig-
ious worship yesterday when Local OPP
tion Sunday was observed from one end
OF the city to the other in scores of
churches of every denomination There
were local option sermons. local option
hymns and local option prayers, and to
express the wave of moral sentiment in
concrete form, numbers of petitions and
resolutions were sent to the various legis-
lators from the Philadelphia districts,
urging them to support the Williams
Local Option bill.
Five district mass-meo tings were held
during the day, and supplementing these
and the church services we're special local
option meetings by mems brotherhoods,
Bible classes and Y. NJ C. AS. One
dominant sentiment ruled them ALL praise
for Governor Brumbaugh and an in
sistent demand that Philadelphia's Legs-
lators back him in his fight for local
option.
1000 PLEDGE TO FIGHT.
The greatest demonstration was in West
Philadelphia in the Nixon Theatre, SD
and Market streets, where Magistrate
Carson presided. Here 1000 supporters of
local option pledged themselves to vote
for the defeat of every Legislator from
the nth and 2lst districts who does not
support the local option measure when
It comes to a vote in Harrisburg
Six members OF the Legislature had
been invited to attend the demonstration.
When the meeting was called to order,
there were six vacant chairs on the plat
form where these men were TO have been
seated. Later Representative William
Walsh, of the 21st District came up from
nd 1atf ttFpe aaH fFNff
Senator Edward II. Patton, explaining his
inability to attend. But from Repre-
sentativcs John McClintock. j. j. Heffer- |
nan, Russell T. Vogdes and Theodore
Campbell not word was received.
GOVERNOR SENDS TELEGRAM.
Governor Brumbaugh himself sent a
telegram to Magistrate Carson which was
read at the meeting. My congratula-
tions to the loyal men OF Philadelphia |
and the earnest wish and prayer for the |
success of the Williams BILL" the mes |
sage read. "Tt Is just and fair and |
worthy of the open support of every true |
Pennsylvanian."
Two mass-meetings were held in the |
northwest. Eight hundred men packed |
the gymnasium Of the North Branch |
Young Mems Christian Association and |
unanimously passed resolutions asking |
the legislators from the 10Th district to
vote for local option. DR. l.. W. Munhall. |
the evangelist, spoke, In the Jefferson
Theatre. Goth street and Fletcher avenue,
700 men supported similar local option
resolution
The Rev. George G. Dewey general sec
retary of the County Sunday School AS
sociation, addressed the mass-meeting OF
the "a Wissahickon and Roxborough Bible
classes in the RoXborough Baptist Church.
Governor Brumbaugh was supported by
resolution unanimously adopted.
WARE TOO BUSY TO ATTEND
Senator Edwin II. Ware. who had been
Invited to attend the meeting in the 18th
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 18th
and Wharton streets. was unable to at
tend because of the pressure of work
He sent a letter explaining his absence.
More than 200 men form the Bible class
es in Fox Chase and Rockledge held a
local option rally in the Fox Chase Meth.
odist Episcopal Church in the afternoon.
In the Glenolden Congregational
Church the Rev William A. Ledlar made
an eloquent appeal for all Christian
voters to support Governor Brumbaugh
In the local option fight In the Bible
class resolutions in favor of the Will
liams' bill were unanimously adopted