The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-29
MONDAY

Virsinias distress when she was unable
20 pay the salaries az the professors
In her state colleges. there WINS no oner
81 temporary help from the Anti-Saloou
League. That organization Is said 80 he
very wealthy and 70 have AT It's national
headquarters ample supplies % funds.
by whom is the Anti,saloon League said to
he very wealthy? Rather strange is it not
that such wealthy organization should be in
debt in Virginia? Rather strange that Instead
90 paying the State cf West Virginia out 81
debt it does lot apply this great wealth" to
the deot OF the Virginia League and thus free
that body from tho necessity Of paying heavy
interes; charges en- its notes? Il has been
stated openly and freely Dy the officers Of the
Apfi-Sa,oon League OF Virginia that there was
debt Of $4,000 incurred during the prohibit
tton campaign and that this amount has been
wealthy organization pictured By the vivid
Imagination OF the ErcHirg Journal but 10y the
PEOPLE u Virginia many Of them in circum-
stances that could not by the greatest stretch
of even Journal imagination be denomnated
very wealthy. The Erenia0 Jouruol knows
very we'll. or, since 81 has become so valiant a
pFohibitonist should know the fundamental
facts about It's ne~found protege. We recall
that this doughty Colonel made certain pledge
Of several hundred dollars to the league treas
ury. just prior 10 his famous March Through
Georgia. Il that pledge had been paid no
doubt We might understand why he considers
the leaEua very wealthy but the facts happen
TO be that this new journalistic apostle Of pro-
h'bition. which evidences an tuordnate desire
TO play all the instruments on the prohibition
band wagon is not sufficiently sincere in Its
prohibition to plank down any of It's cold hard
dollars it has not yet Drought forth fruits
Hence, the Anti-saloon League is still supported
hg tho original friends Of prohibition
The }oVrnGl. whose pet aversion IS and al
ways has been temperance legislation, considers
tnat there is q coincidence in the fact that
Georgia. Tennessee and North Carolina. respec-
lively fell into difficulties Immediately after 90
ing dry The Roanoke Tines however whose
bad dreams now due, II would seem to Re
publican nightmares. finds the Republican
party's administration in West Virginia guilty
Of the deficit in the States revenues declares
prohibition had nothing TO do with it. and in
proof thereof holds up Georgia, North Carolina
and Tennessee as proof of the fact the Dcmoc
racy and prohibition are sure 80 maintain
State on firm financial footing On this ba
sis the Times declares Virginia has no financial
Ills to fear from prohibition, although the tour.
mol, using the same States In proof. says: Our
people have voted for prohibition and must 10
prepared TO pay the cost Of f."
As we have remarked before. Colonel. the old
punch is gone, the comeback rolls fiat Until
the editorial mouths sing in unison the bad lit
tie prohibitonists will continue TO moc!5 the
impossible effort OF one combination 70 reach
two opposite conclusions by two similar methods
Of reasoning. There's only one Colonel who
ever played both ends against the middle and
got away with It. His initials are r. r.; lie
doesn't edit Virginia newspapers and even he
has tried, the comeback once too often. Plank
down the dollars. ye new convert, If We would
indeed sec thig very wealthy" organization
achieve complete success.