The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
'0UST BARNES, DRYS
DEMAND OF G.. 0. P.
He Must Go, or State Party
Will Re Ruined, Says
Leader Anderson.
PREDICTS BITTER FIGHT

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2i.-The Anti
Saloon League has declared war on
William Barnes. william II. Anderson,
State superintendent of New York, gave
out a statement here to-day In which
he said:
The ~Anti-Saloon League OF New York
respectfully advises the Republican
party TO retire Mr.. William Barnes. Jr..
ms It's reprtse. .tative on the Republican
National Committee before he ruins the
party in that State.
Whatever the party does. the league
believes as n result OF the big gains In
the recent legislative, Congressional and
no-ilcenss elections in New York state
that the time Is ripe to declare wal on
Mr.. Barnes in which quarter will be
neither given nor asked until he is per-
mancntly eliminated, actually as well as
ostensibly, from any position of political
control in New York. because he en-
bodies in himself the discredited politi-
cal principles and gathers 10 himself the
vicious, stupid and arrogant political In
terests which are Withholding the peo-
pies right OF self-government on the
liquor question.
zone of the most crotesque and CHASTITY
Jokes in recent political history is the
attempt of the Barnes crowdt TO interpret
the defeat OF the Constitution which his
followers knitted, because Mr.. Barnes
had not been allowed to make IL as bad
az no desired. into mitigation OF the
effect OF the Syracuse verdict and an
invitation 10 come back
The truth Is that many Of the decent,
Independent. Embossed elemen Of the
State opposed the Constitution because
Mr.. Barnes had been so prominent in
framing 1t and because they suspected
hat the Constitutional Convention in
apparently turning him dow was merely
INDUCING In "A piece OF theatricals for
public consumption.
The New York Republican organlZa-
ton has a chance to save the party ma
tionally from embarrassment and TO
prove its good faith nj home by hanging
up "A sign chs place has changed hands
II New York Republicanisin lacks the
intelligence and character to do this
then the party nationally must protect
itself by suppressing Mr.. Barnes unless
IL want to antagonize that great body
OF decent party members who feel that
IL is past time to divorce party man.
agenent from the liquor traffic.
The league in pushing this fight on
Mr.. Barnes. not only does not Intend
10 let up in its cht for tho optional
prohibition referendum BIZ in New
York, but will use one to help the other
by hanging II legible Barnes tag on
every move made by any recognized
Barnes followers against this legisla-
ton.
w do not know how long Il will
take TO make Mr.. Barnes politically
worthless to the liquor traflc in this
Statae. except that II will conc sooncr
nan bonehesd politicians or Indifferent
God people imagine.
I'm the meantime tho Anti-Saloon
League can better afford to he tenn
rcrarily defeated IN an effort TO de-
strov the liquor grip upon the politics
Of this State than the Republican party
can AFFORD to allow Mr.. Barnes to SINCE
and blister II by using q for the pur-
pose ~ pulling liquor chestnuts out OF
the fire.
And We are as certain of tho reas-
onably speedy victory as OF sunrise"