Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-14
e. H. CHERRINGTON,
SALOON FIGHTER
The Organizing Genius Of the Anti
Booze League Is a Young Man in
the Thirties Who Is Confident of
Victory in 1920.
Bv wILL1AM A. MccARRY

Dy WILLIAM A. MCNAhhI
A TALL, powerfully bunt man, with
~ youthful face, who looks like colles
gridlron star, was one Of the most importan
and at the same time most inconspicuou
figures at the convention Of the Anti-salooi
League, held last week in Atlantic City. III
Is Ernest II. Cherrington. Of Westerville o
In the list of officers the name Of CHEERING
ton appears as General Manager OF Pub.
fishing interests" He is known primarily az
the man who must be seen before anything
important is done, the man to seek for In
formation pertaining to the league and the
activities OF It's enemies everywhere.
Cherrington has been called the brains Of
the Ant-Saloon League He has been in the
work for fifteen years. II the history Of the
association be traced back to its foundation
by the Rev. DR. Howard H. Russell in 1893
It will be seen that the last dozen years
have witnessed the real progress of the fight
against liquor
MIR Cherrlngtou is a graduate Of Ohio
Wesleyan in the class of 1900. He Is ma
tive of Ohio, and after his graduation he
went back to his home town in the south
ern part of that State and became the edi-
tor of a small country newspaper. Liquor
happened to be one of the issues In that
section Of the state, and Cherrlngton put
his newspaper squarely against the saloon
in the fight.
He Began to Fight in Ohio
. His first position with the Anti-saloon
League was assistant superintendent for
Ohio. In that office he displayed such
marked ability that he was asked to organ
lie for the league in the State of washing-
ton, and year later he went to the Pa
cihc coast He became superintendent In
Washington and was recalled about eight
years ago to Chicago. where he was put to
work to get in touch with all the anti saloon
papers and to systematize the publicity
work.
Cherrington later made westerville his
headquarters and began to build the print
ing and publishing plant there, where nearly
all the league literature is turned out today
His latest achievement is the National Daily,
a newspaper devoted entirely to the cause
of the fight against rum. He had been
dreaming of this for years Some OF the
league officials used to think he never
dreamed and when he proposed a daily
newspaper they thought they had him. But
he proceeded to publish it.
Today Mr.. Cherrington has offices in
d. c., and at westervlle He
divides his office time about equally between
the two, but much OF the time he is travel
ing. Wherever the fight gets bitter the
league sends for him. He finds time to be
of the Executive Committee of
the league, although his name never appears
in the list of committee members. He also
Is chairman of the Committee on Financial
Management.
This last is probably the most important
Job held by Mr.. Cherrngton. His associates
oil tba
he receives credit for so ordering the ex-
penditures of the organization that every
cent counts. Records kept in various states
show that in wet and dry fight the vets
spend from ten to twenty times as much as
he drys, Colorado may be taken as an in
stance. That State has voted to 60 dry
next year. In it's fight with the saloon there
he league spent about $25,OOO according to
ts officials. They say the liquor interests
jpent half million
$2,000,000 Means Victory
Self-confessed "dreamers" of the league
'oint to these records when they talk of the
possibilities of driving all the saloons out OF
he nation by 1920 with s2OOO,OOO war
und" They have supreme confidence in
ability to whip all the LIQUOR
'eople in the country with that much money.
When he was asked If he believes national
prohibition can be brought about in five
'ears he did not hesitate.
ut may be accomplished in less time" he
aid, "and 1t may take longer The date
makes no difference, however for 1t Is bound
o come. There is Just one way to get 1t.
'he one solution is public opinion and bear
n mind that this means normal public opin-
on 1t is our business to create condition
hat will make the law palatable when It
omes, rather than force through the law in
dvance of public sentiment At the same
ime I think sentiment now is almost to
he point of being able to sustain prohibit
ion amendment to the Federal Constitution.
Everywhere 1t is growing stronger This
nay be doubted by those who live in and
now only the big cities, but am talking
f the country at large.
Mr.. Cherrington was appointed by Presl-
ent Taft as delegate for the United States
t the Congress on Alcohol at The Hague
n 1911, and 10 the similar congress at Milan,
taly two years ago by President Wilson
lie studied law in college, but never prac-
iced. He has been identified with other
emperance movements notably the National
temperance Council, and he is secretary OF
he Temperance Federation OF Boston. He
5 in the thirties and physically and mentally
n his prime.
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