The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25

sat up and took notice. why aren't
we In on this deal?" they said SO
Crabbe looked over the roster of his
headquarters committee. and to the
list of good ministers added an "ad-
visory committee" formed of bust
ness men. to aid the league program
and give other than clerical interests
u voice. The committee was made
up of the following;
EXC overnor Joseph NJ Carey
chairman; j. Ross Carpenter. state
senator; Archie Allison, contractor;
w. b. Ross. attorney Harry Dud-
ham, attorney; DIR. f. j.. Furrym.
osteopath.
All these were elected from Chey-
enne so that they could he quickly
called together at any time and on
short notice.
Factors i'm the Game.
The league which had sat for
some years on the doorsteps of the
church, which was taken in and
nursed by the church, suddenly be-
came the big thing of the state.
The magnificent success OF pro-
hibition in Colorado since the be-
ginning of January /. 1916. stared the
people of wyoming in the face day
and night. They couldn't get away
from 1t. The rapid spread of profi
bition undl Wyoming became an al
coholic lake surrounded by dry states
reused the people to action The
people did not relish the idea of al.
lowing their state to become a dump
ing ground for the undesira bles anc
cast offs Of the entire western region
Rev. DR.. d. r. Kendall district
superintendent of the Methodist
church at Sheridan, IS n member of
the present Legislature Just as he
was two years ago. AT that time,
DR.. Kendall introduced a. prohibition
bill, but 1t made no progress. The
time was not quite ripe. and then IT
was handicapped by being introduced
by preacher. But DIR. Kendall kept
on stirring things up.
And when Governor Ke1drick, on
January 81, signed the dry bill in the
presence of goodly company. Or.
Kendall offered the prayer And the
women of the ". G. T. u. headed
by State President Mrs, Archie ALI
son, sang the doxology.
And when Governor Kendrick
signed the bill, he made few re-
marks vowing eternal hostility to the
deadly rum bustness until IT should
be cleaned off the map OF the nation.
The bill was introduced into the
senate on the first day Of the session
by Senator Clarence Gardner, and
III the House Dy representative
Charles D. oviatt It was good
natured race to see which got
through first. and Senator Gardner
won by a neck.
Instead OF insisting on his own bill,
in the interest of righteous speed.
Ovlatt dumped his own bill and got
in behind the Gardner measure which
had come over from the eenate.
The quick passage OF the dry meas
ure was of far more imPertance to
Oviatt than the valuable honor Of
being the direct father OF the bill.
1t was a noble view to take of II. but
Oviatt Is that kind of man.
Under the constitution of the state
governing amendments the proposal
will be voted on al the general cleo
tons In 1918, II carried. 1t goes int
effect on January /. 1890.
Things That Helped.
The Cheyenne police department
added somewhat to the fuel that help
ed the dry program Roughnecks
and undesirahes from various Colo
RADIO points began making 1t a practice
TO come up TO Cheyenne for a nigh
old time" much to the disgust Of the
local authorities. The local police
officials declared publicly that this
practice resulted in nearly 100 per
cent increase in the number of arrests
vious year, 1918.
This showing was officially made
by Chief OF Police Charles Ernbrey
in his annual report to the city COM
missioners for last year During the
year 1916 the first year on the Colo
RADIO dry law, there We're 2.3t7 police
arrests in Cheyenne as compared to
the year 1915. the last year of the sa-
loon regime. The arrests for drunk
nnne@Q In ChAvannA
bled.
Further than this, the police off,
Gals claim that the number OF the
denizens OF the Cheyenne redlight dis
trict were almost doubled, the In
crease being attributed to the patron
age OF Colorado residents attracted
to Cheyenne because they could get
liquor there.
Another affair that helped was the
murder case OF Ed. Riley an eighteen
year-old boy who pleoded guilty to
man. slaughter of Theodore P. Zouras