The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-18

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LIQUOR had made them sin He paSSet
through experiences that wruns h9'
heart. that Sorely puzzled him an,
!. that made him almost wish he mao
i not been placed in he high ofiSce and
Il had thrws4 upon han the pardontng
J power, or these he spoke graphl'
s.ally. ara ny experiences OF which ne
knew intimately he illustrated WIN
force the truth q the affirmative an
swer 20 the question.
s.- aAra nav brothers keeper
You are yeur brothers keeper,
he asserted. and God VIII hold you
responsible I appeal 10 you I" hrlns
every influence 70 bear on he side oi
-raaafns the nation Of drink and re
( moving the pitfalls and snares Whlah
endsnger your brother,
Man His brothers Keeper
Here are some figures. They are
taken from the -epor; of the secre-
tary of the last national meeting IN
New York Of the insurance commits
siouers. Their Investigations show
conciusively that IS per cent ~ sil
the deaths In 1918 were due, directly
or indirectly. 70 drink. OF deaths be-
tween fifty and sixty years 90 per
cent were due. directly or indirectly,
10 drink. One thousand persons die
every day In the United states or
drink.
"One hundred and thirty-sight thou
sand deaths from drink every year:
ISs,0A0 souls are sent each year 10 the
God who has said. No drunkari shall
inherit the kingdom OF heaven And
we are our brothers keeper,
North Carolina has Statewide pro-
hibition. Virginia has adopted State
wide prohibition. But North Carolina
30 h.
bition States they ought to he until
the United States has banished the
manufacture and sale OF liquor. We
must have nationwide prohibition.
We are our brothers keeper"
Governor Glenn turned to the plea
of the liquor interests ana others who
are misled by them into saying. Leave
liquor alone. and II viii leave you
alone
Drinks Innocent Victims,
did tt leave alone the women who
asked me 10 spare the lives Of those
they loved more dearly than their own
riives; who. with broken and bleeding
hearts. asked me to save from the
hangman's rope those whom they
could not be guilty OF the crimes for
which they were. sentenced TO die '
he asked. They let ii alone; II ala
not leave them alone.
and children OF those IL ruined In
nocent victims ave it's victims You
must help drive II out. You cannot
he satisfied that Virginia is dry, or
that North Carolina is dry, or that
other States have Statewide prohibit
zion. You must help Us get nation
wide prohibition.
You must help us in this night
The Anti Saloon League Is working
for the Church of God. This fight is
for home. for the nation for humani-
~. for God. This is the greatest ma.
- tlon the world has ever seen. greater
than the nations OF old; greater than
ssefSa bylon or Greece or Rome: greater
than the nations now at war, and our
flag il the most glorious 1t is Il flag
TO die for. and better flag to live
for. 1t Is flag that We must keel
glorious and grand and clean. and We
2 .an make it eleaa, by paaking clean
the nation for which II iiies Ne
must make the nation clean. must
make il greater. by banishing~forevei
the beverage liquor traffic."
To Join Prohibition States
Governor Glenn said that there are
six States in which prohibition vii
be voted on this year. Four Of this
States are certain to join the PROFIT
bition States; the nth is almost Ger.
~ that the sixth mag adopt Statewide
prohibition. He declared himselI
- neither a prophet nor the son OF q
prophet but asserted that before sun.
set on the 3lst day of December. 1911
Congress will have made the District
of Columbia dry aud the white flae
of prohibition Will float over the ma
tons capital"
y Mr.. Glenn said that after the cleo.
kFNTn AszA hAF - a 1.
year Congress will likely pass the con-
stitutional amendment for national
prohibition and submit II to the
States for ratification Certainly he
said, the amendment VIII receive a
much larger favorable vote. for the
strength OF the prohibition forces OF
sthe nation has grown rapidly He
pointed TO the fact that three political
parties have declared for prohibition
and that sentiment throughout the
United States is favorable
North Carolina Benefits
Speaking OF the beneficial effects
of prohibition i'm North Carolina. he
said that there is now 81 in revenue
) where there was s before hat ST.
100000 is spent for schools where
little more than $1,000 .000 was spent
FOR that purpose before. that there Is
not single city in the State of Mort
Carolina that Ies not gone forward
that all industries have advanced: that
the people of the State are happier
and In better circumstances than ever
before. and that were the question
W Statewide prohibition submitted ut
this time. IL would he carried by a
majority Of 10000 instead of a.. 600,
sf1e majority that swung the SIate
snto the prohibition column prohf-
hilton is the best thing that North
carolina has ever had 1t has come
10 stay forever.
h Il Governor Glenn leAvea this morn
fng for Wesr Point, at which place he
Etil speak, today. He viii also speak
III Trbanna.