The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
1900 Delegates in Topeka for
Opening Session.
Sam w. Small Will Fire Open
ing Gun of Fight.
GO AFTER BREWERY men
Dry Workers Expect to Make 1t
Hot for Demon Rum.
All Meetings To Be Held at
First NJ. E. Church.

Nearly 1000 delegates from the |
state have arrived in Topeka to attend
the sessions of the national prohibi- |
ton convention which opens tonight
at the First NJ. E. church. The OPEN
ing gun of the fight between booze"
men and the prohibition workers OF
the nation will be fired by Sam w.
Small of Atlanta, Ga, who will speak
on THE Self-Defense of Kansas"
The battle of the temperance work
ers which opens tonight promises to
be one continual engagement lasting
until Wednesday night, when the pro-
gram will close with a rally at the
city auditorium, headed by Richmond
+. Hobson, with a rouSing speech on
Destroying the Great Destroyer
The session promises to be the most
active ever staged by the prohibition
workers. They will lock horns with
the brewery men at every corner, and
hope that their efforts will be reward
ed by passage of the national prohibi-
ton act which has been delayed fol
several weeks.
Look to Congress.
Within the next two weeks congress
will take definite action on the move
ment, according to reports received
this morning by the office of the State
Anti-Saloon league. And in the final
struggle the workers of the nation will
fight tooth and nail, according to w.
j. Herwig, in charge of the local work.
/ The program Cor the meeting here
includes speakers from every section
of the country. Most prominent among
these are: DR.. z. A. Baker, general
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America; Sam w. Small, of
Atlanta, Ca; John G. Woolley, of Ala
bama; Henry Allen, editor, of Wichita;
Dr. George w. Young, of kentucky;
Madison Swandener, of Indiana, ana
Judge G. Arthur Holloway, attorney, OF
Oklahoma.
1t is the purpose of the meeting, &C
cording 20 Rev. w. j. Herwig, to make
the convention such a stupendous dem
onstration that Bone Dry Kansas
and congress will be more intimate
than ever before with the big issue and
the sentiment behind it and that the
state will take the lead in demanding
! a speedy and complete destruction OF
the liquor traffic.
Four former governors OF kansas
! have volunteered their help for the
cause and will hold a special meeting
Tuesday evening at the Methodist
church. The program Will include w
! r. Stubs, W. J. Bailey, E. w Hoch.
/ George H. Hodges, all former COVER
nors of kansas, and Gov. Arthur Cap
per.
The Program.
Following is a complete program of
the conventions:
Monday Night Session.
Dean o. G. Markham, Baldwin, pre-
! siding President Anti-Saloon League
of Kansas.
7:45-Devotional, led by Rev. Q. C.
S-Address, DIR. Sam w Small. At
Ianta, Ga; subject, The Self Defense
of Kansas.
Tuesday Morning Session.
Rev. S. S. Estey, D. D., Topeka, pre-
siding.
9:3O-Devotional, led by Rev. j. NJ.
Dunlavey, Independence.
1O-Business appointment of COM
mittees.
1O:15-Address. Rev. P. A. Baker;
subject, Mobilization for Final Vic
tory
11-Address, Hon. John G. Woolley:
subject, THE Secret of Democracy"
Announcements and adjourn
ment.
Tuesday Afternoon.
Hon. George H. Hodges, Olathe,
presiding.
2:S0-Devotional, led by Rev. E. NJ.
FISHERMAN, Lawrence.
2:45-Address. Rev. Franklin r.
Berry, Concordia; subject, The Chal-
lenge of the Hour
4:15-Address, Rev. John F. Har-
mon, D. D., Salina, president Wes-
, leyan college.
Tuesday Night Session
GOVERNORS SESSION, O'CLOCK.
, Governor Arthur Capper presiding.
Address, former Governor George H
Hodes.
Address, former Governor E. w
Hoch.
Address, former Governor W. R.
, Stubbs.
Address, former Governor w. ].
Bailey.
Wednesday Morning Session.
Chancellor Frank Strong. State uni
: versity, Lawrence, presiding.
| 9:30-Devotional, led by the Rev. J
]. G. Graham. Kansas City.
lon the Firing Line for Nationa
I Prohibition. Thirty minute addresse:
D service
< % Hon. G. Arthur Holloway o.
1 Denver, the Little Giant from the
west Subject, 1.-The Saloon Must &C
$ From the Nation"
= CD DR.. Madison Swadener of In
t diana, famous preacher, prince of ora
j tors. Subject, '"The Final Drive fol
National Prohibition
e CD Hon. H. T. Laughbaum of Okla
s homa, law enforcement attorney Sub
y ject, Oklahoma and Kansas Can Dc
: It"
0 (4) DR.. William D. Phifer of Colo
RADIO, the man who deals John Barley
e corn solar-plexus blows.
Wednesday Afternoon Session.
! 2:s0-Devotional, led by Rev. ]. W
: McClelland, Manhattan.
: mittee.
BY w. c. T. U. under the direc