The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-11
TRIUMPH SOUNDS
IN ADDRESS Of
ANNA GORDON
TO v. C.T.U.
Beginning of End for Nation
al Prohibition in Sight De-
clares Famous Temperance
Leader at Seattle
PAST TWENTY MONTHS
TELL STORY SHE SAYS

Seattle. wash. Oct it.-Thcrc WI.
Il ringing note OF triumph ln the al-
dress with which Anna A. Gotlon,
the president, greeted the first bUs-
ness session Of the National Christian
Temperance Union here today. Hcg
address amt after the report OF the
executive committee and the ap-
pointment Of credentials ANA other
committees. II swcp; the world %
affected hy the crusade against ale, b
hcl. and found therein grctt cause
To- rejoicing.
Locking backward over the past
! twenty months and forward 90 the
year 1915 one might epltomize the
temperance movement 90 retrospect
n prospect as u movement OF VIC
torious yesterdays n confident to-
morrcw.' o." said Miss Gordon. Those
months chronicle an unprecedented
number Of prohibition Victories. The
temperance Transformation OF RUS
STA; the anti-liquor measures in effect
In German. French % English mill
ltary circles: the complete abolition
~ alcohol In tho United States navy
and Ia the Panama Canal Zone; the
outlawing 81 the liquor traffic in Nir-
gini Colorado. oregon. Washington,
Arlzonn. Arkansas. Idaho. Iowa, Ala
bama and South Carolina. the majority
vote for statewide prohibition IN both
branches 81 Utah's legislature: the
triumph Of the enemies OF tho saloon
In a large number Of counties and
cities. the UNFOLDING by tie United
states supreme court Of the coustitu-
tionality OF the prohibition provision
OF the Indian trcaties-makiuENone
fifth or Minnesota dry. the victorious
prohibition elections In ~forty-hvc Of
Minnesota's counties: the battle royal
for prohibition In the District 81 Col
umbia. the total abstinence rules en-
forced by many Industrial and rail-
road corporations; the decrease az tho
rate Of 81. s 10000 a month ~ tho iu-
ternai cvcnue collections on diatil-
led spirits despite the act hat wines
arc paying high tax as % result OF the
emergency war tax law enacted hy
the last congress tho enactment ir
prohibition states Of s%trictcr enforce
ment laws: b discussion Of total alb.
st'nenre and prohibition by press and
popular magazines. and tho marked
decrease ~ their liquor advertising.
the growth Of anti-aicohol sentiment
In tho medical world-thcsc. with th,
endorsement 90 national constitution
al prohibition by hundreds OF lunu.
entail organization and tho out.
spoken declarations 81 mon prom
ineut in official and political life oI
the United states and other utt.or.
In favor Of prohibition aud total alb.
%stinencc. have given "a marvellous i'm.
petus TO the movement Tor tho oun'
ishment Of John parlcyco-u from IN,
business. tie social. and the p1liticu
life OF the civilized world Tine ma.
jority vote on the Shcpptrd-H0bso:
bin In the United states house of rep.
resentatiycs on December %. 1914
even though 10 fen short uf "a de~is.
i've victory, was a triumph for Ht.
tionwide prohibition
The speaker said hat all Whifc RIO.
bonors were praying for sunecss u
the u at the polls in ohio mex
month. ana In Vermont next spring
california. Florida. Kcntuca5. Iu
diana, LouiEiaua. Michigan Mime
sofa, Nebraska. New Hampshire. NcH
Mexico. Texas. Wyoming and othe.
ncar-prohibition states are fast zap
preaching the mouHtain-top of state
wide prohibition, she asserted.
Miss GOrdon's addrcas was E0lum
nous. u dealt in detail with 10
branches OF the wor,-prohiuItiou u