The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-27
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1t looked good and reminded one
Of the glorious campaign days Of 1914
to see Rev. e. J. Richardson en-
sconced In his erstwhtle fighting quar-
ters at the Anti-Saloon Leagues homo
on Friday. The little lighting par
son." whose record as q scrapper with
the booze boosters since before he
shed his knee pants, makes part of
virginia's redemption history. 10 on
no vacation. as he has no time for
such diversion. but in his field work
as a lieutenant of the National Anti
Saloon League he hailed his compeers
OF the Old Dominion. babe them be
of good cheer and give a good strong
push to the effort now making for a
stainless flag over a saloonless nation.
This fine champion OF prohibition.
who won his spurs on the battlefelds
OF Old Virginia, 10 now manager OF
the National Anti-Saioon Leagues
great printing and disseminating plant
at Westerville, Ohio. which prints the
National Daily. teeming thousands OF
books. tracts, maps and charts. The
capacity of the plant Is fifteen tons
of literature a day. Here the national
president and the national superin-
tendent OF the great American Anti
Saloon League have their headquar-
ters. and the campaign of education,
agitation and organization Is being d.
rected from here.
The Greatest Reform Printing Plant
This greatest OF reform printing
plants Is a splendidly equipped. thor
oughly up-to-date publishing house,
and from this fertilization the proht-
bition guns are Smelling the enemy at
lon ~ Anr "a
leaflets up TO the heavy centimeter
books, the booze army Is being rid
died The small calibre gimlets of
the enemy cannot match this heavy
artillery and the gas bombs are harm
less to poison the good atmosphere
of truth. And 1t is a nuntion plant
factory for the supply of all temper
ance forts throughout this and foreign
lands The most splendid and eff
cient talent is engaged in the manu-
facture OF these prohibition truth
guns and shells which are decimating
the wavering ranks of John Barley
corn IN every State OF this soon-to-be
saloonless republic And our Ned
boy Is right on the Job, with the
geography and topography of the bat
tlefields mentally photographed and
card-indexed in his capillary accou-
tremenc
Richardson sees victory ahead. but
10 not insensible TO the fact that
1t will require earnest, persistent.
courageous hard work, self-sacrifice
and money. Great battles are won
not by passive sympathy with the
cause or the blare OF bands and CLAM
or of parade.
The goal Of a saioonless nation will
be a great victory for world progress
siveness and human uplift. and will
he won by supreme cooperative eff
fort OF the determined, consecrated
champions OF the right who are will
ing TO pay the price for the lasting
victory worth while.
Virginia has cause TO be proud OF
her record IN hanishlng he saloon,
and for the splendid fighters she has
furnished to the national army. The
name OF Rev. James Cannon, Jr..
which is a reve-et household word In
prohibition Virginia, Is fast becoming
as popular throughout the United
States. and his superb capacities
which were 20 effective In securing
prohibition legislation in Virginia are
now employed In behalf of national
legislation TO dethrone the liquor OIL
garchy.
And go Virginia greets the national
victory dawn with proud pleasure and
our generals on the battlefield con-
fidently expect every man TO do his
duty. We Will not be quite content
with our own signal State wide" VIC
tory and deter n,ination TO have good
law-enforcement. but recognizing the
necessity for nation wide prohibition,
we will heartily cooperate with the
National Ant,-Saloon League in de-
termined effort to write into the Con-
stitution of this great country an ef-
yar hal oy,-s1
peryers!on OF our sacred principles OF
liberty to an unnatural and unholy
license for making money out of a
traffic that debauches men, breaks the
hearts and wrecks the homo Of inno-
cent women and children.
And so his old-time and ever pres
emit comrades in the Old Dominion
hall Ed Richardson with the Chau-
tauqua salute, and bid him and his
great army God-speed in the great
battle for American redemption.