Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-31
Terrific Arraignment of Liquor
Traffic Is Presented by
Prominent Official of Chris
tian Endeavor,
SHELDON TAKES KANSAS
AS MODEL FOR COUNTRY
Afternoon Meeting Is Well At
tended and Auditorium Of
High School Is Filled to
Capacity at Night,

The first detachment of the Fly
ing Squadron, body of men and
women touring the United States in
advocacy of national constitutional
prohibition, arrived in Albuquerque
yesterday and in the afternoon
opened what is to be three days
campaign. The second detachment
spoke yesterday in Rocky Ford,
Colo. and the third in Topeka, Kan
Today the first detachment will move
on to Santa Fe, the second detach-
ment will speak here and the third in
Rocky Ford
Two speakers and two musicians
made up the group that opened the
three days series of meetings here.
The speakers were Daniel A. Polling,
national citizenship superintendent
and associate to the president of the
United Society for Christian Endea-
Nor, and Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon
well known throughout the country
as the author of in His Steps,
What Would Jesus Do?" and a Sc
ries Of similar works that attracted
the attention of the country about
fifteen years ago The musicians
were Daniel " Polling, a singer with
voice admirably adapted to revival
music, and William Patton, whose
piano solos showed him to be pos
sessed Of a high order of musical
talent.
Polling Makes Big Hit.
Daniel A. Polling was easily the
stellar attraction of the group. A
vigorous almost athletic physique, a
youthful sface and a strong, well
nodulated voice, combine with a
magnetic personality to make Mr.
Polling one of the most attractive
platform speakers ever heard in AL
buquerquc. His logic is convincing,
his manner Of speech straightforward
and frank, and his deft use of humor
and anecdote is such as to keep his
audience in ripple of laughter and
applause at all times when he has
the floor
Mr.. Poling's attacks upon the liquor
traffic were severe and merciless'
but at the same time free from
trace of personal bitterness, His ar
raignment was Of a system and not
of men. His arguments were largely
along practical lines and were free
from the stock cant that it too fire.
quently the hallmark Of the prohi-
hition orator Through it all there
ran a vein of intense, deadly earnest
ness that was perhaps the greatest
element of the speakers power.
sheldon Strong for Kansas.
That Kansas is great state and
would serve well as model Tor
every other state in the union. es-
pecially in regard to prohibition'
seemed to be the opinion of Mr..
Sheldon. whose remarks at both the
afternoon and the night meetings had
principally to do with conditions III
the SunfloWer state. Statistics that
have become trite through repetition
formed the basis of his argument.
The per capita deposits in savings
banks and other forms of wealth in
dry Kansas were cOntrasted with
those in wet Missouri, her neNt-door
neighbor. II appeared from what
the speaker said that one farmer out
of every five in enlightened Kansas
is the owner of a high-poWer tour
ing car, while the unfortunate resi-
dent of benighted rum-soaked MIS-
souri, is doing extremely well to nave
shoe leather TO walk on.
Mr.. sheldon declared that there
had not been a saloon in Kansas LOT
thirty-four years, that in many couh-
ties the grand jury had become al
most an obsolete institution because
there was no crime to which it could
direct its attention. and that in at
least one town--NeWton-there was
only one policeman and he spent q
large part of his time in peaceiui
slumber. He admitted that there was
a per capita consumption Of liquof III
Kansas of S.69 gallons per year, put
omitted to state how, in view of the
rigidity with which the law was en-
forced these figures we're obtained.
shown Over City.
The party came in on the limited
Yesterday morning and were met at
the train by a committee OF WhlCi
State Senator Isaac Barth was 'he
chairman. During the day they were
taken by Mr.. Barth for an autoiho-
bile ride over the city and surround
ing country. The members OF tne
party were especially impressed WIZ"
the university and the school ouilu-
ings of Albuquerque aud eXpresse"
themselves in most complimentary