The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-14
National and State Anti Saloon
Leagues Combine For Big
Campaign In Virginia.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
WILL TOUR THE STATE
The Nationwide Campaign
Will Begin Here Next Sun
day and Will Be Extended
Gradually to the Other States

he ulpSL tnOTOusn anu FiEOi QUO
campaign in behalf of national pro-
hibit on this or probably any other
country ever witnessed will be inaug-
urated next Sunday In Virginia, con-
! tinuing two weeks, after which the
campaigners will address themselves
TO the other States of the Union, one
by ore. in the effort to awaken the
Congress of the United States TO its
responsibilities
The campaign will begin on Sunday,
January 10th, and will continue until
February goth, under the combined
auspices of the National Anti-SaIoon
League and the Anti-Saloon League of
Virginia. Altogether there will be 2s4
speeches made during the Virginia
campaign, and every city, town and
village Of any consequence will be
visited by the speakers during the
campaign
The speakers, Who viii all be men
Of national prominence, Will be fur
nished by the National AntiSaloon
League, and the State Anti-Saloon
League will cooperate with it in tho
distribution Of literature preliminary
to the speakings, and in arranging the
details and advertising the events.
Rev. DR.. James Cannon. Jr. su-
perinttmdent of the Virginia Anti
Saloon League, member of the execu~
tive committee OF the National Anti
Saloon League and chairman OF the
national legislative committee. Is at
the head of the work TO he conducted
by Rev. David Hepburn and Rev. DIR.
J, sidney Peters. who ia in direct
charge OF tho field work.
The detailed itinerary Of the speak
ers and the points they are TO visit In
the State will he announced in day
or two. Among those already an
nounced are Or. Madison Swadener
of Indiana. who figured in the recent
wet and dry campaign in Ohio and
whose eloqDenCe was said 10 be large
" responsible for the remarkable re-
duction in the wet majority in that
STATE. He is a. man of pleasing plat
form presence and n splendid spea ker
Another on the list Of speakers Is
! Richmond Pearson TTGhson. Of Ala
hama. who hardly needs any introduce
ton to a Virginia audience. 4 third
is John g Woollcy. oue-time candi-
date Of the National Prohibition party
for presidency of the United States.
| Mr., Woolley has made speeches In
advocacy Of the causes not orty n this
country. hut In England. Australia and
| Hawaii, and never fails to ca private an
I audience by the force Of his argu-
nents. backed with superb eiouence.
! Louis Albert Banks Is to be another
/ one OF the speakers. Or. Banks
! books arc found in every library, and
I his literary contributions In almost
every periodical OF literary rote. He
! is as pleasing a platform orator as he
( is writer. and this will be the first
time Firginians will nave had an op-
portunity OF hearing him.
/ Dir. Edwin I. Stear1ss. Of New York.
is another stran niger to Nirg,inians. AMI
! until February ] will accompany Mr.,
( Hobson, speaking on the same plat
| form with him, and thea will begin
an itinerary through the state alone
! DIR. George w. Morrow. Of New
j York will accompany Mr.. Woolley
| during the entire campaign. speakinS
! from the same platform. as will
! George w Young. o. Kentucky, whose
/ musical voice has been lifted fire.
quently in Virginia in behalf OF pro-
! hibition.
The other speakers announced are
: Rev. George Stuart. the noted evan
/ geiist, whose persuasive eioduence Is
known TO most Virginlans, ami last,
4 hut by no means least, former Cover
t nor Robert =. Glenn, of North Caro-
: lima. who is known as the prohibition
| Governor Of the Tarheel State. and
/ one of its most eloquent platform ora
/ tors.
! Tho Country Going Dry.
DR.. Peters yesterday called attention
] ~ the fact that there are now nine
teen States in the dry column and five
| are to be added probably during this
! year. as all of those which have voted
recently and others are falling In line.
/ The Anti-Saloon League manage
ment does not propose that a few
/ States like New York. Pennsylvania,
! New Jersey and so on shall dictate the
| policy of the whole nation as to pro-
hibition. and the league hopes ana ex-
poets to create a sentiment so strong
in the coming campaign that the bills
/ for the abolition OF liquor and the
HobsoH amendment to the Constftu-
ton will go through at the present
session of Congress.
Both senators anc eight OF the ten
congressman from Virginia are COM
mitted to the policy of nation wide
prohibition, and the league expects by
the campaign in Virginia in the next
! six weeks to roll un solid vote for
! nation wide prohibition insofar as the
Virginia is concerned, ana it further
expects that before the campaign ends
nationwide prohibition will &C
| through both branches of Congress
by an Overwhelming vote. Neither
the national nor the State League is
! taking anything tor granted. and
hence with the Inauguration OF the
Virginia speaking tours will inauzu'
rate the greatest campaign for proht-