New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
SEES SALOONLESS
 WORLD IN 1880
Ringing Note Of Triumph in
 Temperance Workers Address

dress with which Anna A. Gordon,
 the president, greeted the first busi- l ness session of the National Womans S Christian Temperance Union here yes l tcrday Her address came after the | report of the executive committee and | the appointment of credentials and 1 other committees. It swept the, world 1 as affected by the crusade against al- l cohol, and found therein great cause l for rejoicing.
 Looking backward over the past l twenty months and forward to the 1 year 1916 one might epitomize the | temperance movement in retrospect l and prospect as a movement of vic- | torious yesterdays and confident to- l morrows,'-' said Miss Gordon. ''These l months chronicle an unprecedented | number of prohibition victories. The l temperance transformation of Rus | sia; the anti-liquor measures in effect | in German, French and English mii- tary circles; the complete abolition of | alcohol in the United States navy and | in the Panama Canal Zone; the out | lawing of the liquor traffic in Virginia, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Ari- zona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Ala bama and South Carolina; the ma
 
 in both branches Of Utahs legislature; the triumph of the enemies of the saloon in a large number of counties and cities; the upholding by the United States supreme court of the constitutionality of the prohibition provision of the Indian treaties making one-fifth of Minnesota dry; the victorious prohibition elections in forty-five of Minnesotas S counties; the battle royal for prohibition in the Dis trict of Columbia; the total abstinence rules enforced by many industrial and railroad corporations; the de- crease at the rate of $1,250,000 a month of the internal revenue collec- tions on distilled spirits despite the fact that wines are paying high tax as result of the emergency war tax law enacted by the last congress; the enactment in prohibition states of stricter enforcement laws; the discus sion of total abstinence and prohibit ton by press and popular magazines, and the marked decrease of their liquor advertising: the growth of anti alcohol sentiment in the medical world-these, with the endorsement of national constitutional prohibition hy hundreds of influential organiza-
 
 of men prominent in the official and political life of the Uited States and other nations in favor of prohibition and total abstinence, have given a marvellous empetus to the movement for the punishment of John Barley corn from the business, the social and the political life of the civilized world. The majority vote on the Sheppard-H Hobson bill in the United States house of representatives on December 22, 1914, even though it fell short of a decisive victory, was triumph for nationwide prohibition"
 Praying for Success.
 he speaker said that all white rib boners were praying for success of the cause at the polls in Ohio next month, and in Vermont next spring. "California, Florida Kentucky, In- diana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minneso- ta, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming and other near-prohibition states are fast ap- preaching the mountain-top of state wide prohibition she asserted. Address Was VoIuminous. Miss Gordon's address was volum- inous. It dealt in detail with all branches of the work-prohibitio by constitutional amendment; the situ- ation in Europe; total abstinence, the progress of Woman's suffrage in which she stated that temperance workers are prominent; the work of the young people; the movement for Frances E. Willard day in the public schools, and a map showing prohibition territory for the same n oSti not in of 29,709 members in 1915.
 Under the lead of "Recommenda- tions" Miss Gordon urged members to work for the Constitutional amend ment, and said that Dec. 12 be ob- served as a campaign rally day in favor of that legislation; to hold a great meeting at Washington every second Sunday in December; to con- tinue opposition to the use of alcohol in the army and navy; to use sample ballots in educating the temperance vote; to make all possible use of young people in political campaigns. She recommended state legislation for an annual temperance day in the public schools, and wider obser- vance of flag day. She urged that publicity be given the Harrison Mar cotic law, and directed attention to the campaign against alcoholic med icineS.
 Will Banish John Barleycorn.
 Declaring that "the world will ban ish John Barleycorn' Miss Gordon said:
 "The extra ordinady gain for pro- hibitiol in Russia, France, Germany, England, Italy and in all the vast areas involved in the European war, is unprecedented. By one official edict, Nicholas II, czar of Russia, emancipated that nation from the