The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-21

~ SKATES ID TIE Unscn q,
{ &o&o1o ID eleven other states ha<
fholr s<s2p a. &pprosai on tb'
S1k1slon bills. and during last zeal
s - more we're aided 10 the lfef. max
& - nfr<s1esu sAlcnnies <tnte< now {,
e5S Union. out OF The 2.soo COUNTIES
o161rouf the country more thar
~ are arr. and many Of the other
m note on this great question IN tn
$500 future. AZ cure as God Eav'
s 49, stone on the mountain. ths
<11f<n across the skies The day Il
E &tk dawning when the prohihifiof
Nh viii have conquered. We arr
~ Welding together our constituent
I ~ defent whtskcy."
He told OF the five~year campaiBf
Y1iHf has been started and of the large
&mount Of temperance literature thai
4 n hams sent out daily by the National
z Ansi-Haloon League OF America. Hs
lid that the Ecngressnien are fas'
rrfv1ng at the conclusion that the
4 xtnntry Is afro and the one Dig Issue
viii have 10 be decided. .
81 ~ ssBv 1880, tn my cpinion, the stars
I ma Stripes VIII hoat over stainless
Morning session.
Y 81 Yesterday mornings meeting was
b featured by two interesting addresses,
TIA fpea hers being REV. r.. l. Davis.
xaperlntendeut of the Anti-Saiooa
League of North Carolina. and DR..
madison sswadener. a well-known lee
& fiirer. who Is touring the United States
j 81 behalf Of the nationwide prohi-
+ btxton movement
rlr Davis epnke on Liquor ship
sner,t Laws and dealt with the ship
! merit of intoxicating beverages into
@hs Old North state since prohibit
Z 44on has been in vogue. He asserted
that laws are absolutely necessary TO
= DRY state, or else the liquor element
viii Yasten itself lust outside OF the
state limits and engage in their old
business
sI.aws are needed to prevent the
I shipment Of liquors into state from
the outside, or else TX will suffer from
sshe constant dumping Of thousands o.
gallons OF ardent spirits into the dry
territory from wet places. We should
500 that the express offices are nof
q ccfv@rted into open saloons. When
u the AIRY people of North Carolina made
nh effort to have law passed by the
General Assembly te prevent the ship
snefst of Intoxicating beverages into
tse state, the hin met with no moro
success than did The Enabling Act
when Ii was first presented TO fhe
legislative body of Virginia. How
eyer. we will try again, and within
Il year. / Rave every reason to believe
Nc win succeed In getting the pas
shge Of saeh a BILL
rr. Davis declared that the peopls
Of Virginia will have 10 be constant
HI on their guard to prevent hahor
iron, being brought into the State Ia
trunks. suiteases and automobiles He
said that when the law became eftee-
z live prohibiting the sale of ardent
SPIRITS III the Down Home State, SOME
81 the automobiles converted then
gasoline tanks into wfashey contain
aFs.
rJr. Davis gave a history OF pro-
sssrition in Norta Carolina, telling
If The progress that has been made
si,,ce the laws prohibiting the SAFE
cf liquors have been in vogue.
rpr. Swadener speaks.
Or. Gwadener told of the progress
h.ye strides that are being made TO-
Wards nationwide prohibition. Ia
declared that fifteen or twenty years
ego the people. in the widest figh
al their fancies. never dreamed OF th'
remarkable change of atmosphere re-
i harding the abolition OF the saloons
throughout the United States
~ lie asserted that the liquor traffi'
~ sx i liability rather than an asset II
national affairs ~ well us all others
Ito nafA tita4 wsss3 tne movement wa
gsssx started some people were prom
xc refnark tiss4t II Wssa tpereiy a spasn
\ ana that II would soon stop. Tut in
\ stead ef doing that 1t was yearly IN
ersasea, ard at the present time tn
aroafbIfion forces can see nothinE pu
The goal in sight
srtsst4 a ne dArfxFnA that SOmt
years ago people believed that thu
assuasiStsonists mad as much chanc'
~ sweeping The kalorns out OF th'
snsted States entirely as they had o
i stassrsing the waters of the Niagara
.swe siionid rally the moral forces
and hurl our legions against the IL
saor forces SO that they will be en-
tIrely swept out of existence within
I ien years.
..Trsmendous movements are nov
going on, OF which our forefather
nrver dreamed. The greatest asse
: d our country is its citizenship. an
Il Ia this citizenship that is fast XIII
ng the liquor traffic. The peopl
are dealing with 1t in a new form
TTfe people Of today are better think
s @rs Than before. and they are fas
s.rriying to the conclusion that tn
sale OF ardent spirits 10 a curse Il
cur nation"
DIR. Swadener declared that all tn
Icons do is to cast Its wreckag
.pon community. and that seventy
sffye percent OF the paupsrtsm u
u America is due to these Intoxicating
beverages He said that most OF TIL
corruption in politics can be traces
4rnrk to the liquor power.
A Free Discussion.
There was free discussion OF tn
legislative Committees report. Mos
1T those who spoke on the subjec
tailed to think well OF the numerou
Il suggestions or the wet forces, which
are to tho effect that the laws Shouts
u No made Is rigid as possible. The
seemed TO think that the "wets' ar
after having the laws made go drara
sssaff rat the people will become disguste'
4 with the state of affairs and vote 10
tho return of the saloons.
DIR. Cannon's Report.
Or. James Cannon. Jri. superin
ten6ent of the Anti-Saioon League
II made his annual report and told o
what the organization has done dsr
asx the past twelve months. He as
h a&Yted that most of the year wa
!; HNFnr IN rryrug 10 raise money to psf
off the leagues debt.
DR.. Cannon said that portion o
the extra expenses of the organiza
..Ssa.