Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-15
Mr.. STEWART SAYS
THE ENTIRE UNION
WILL BECOME DRY
NOTED SPEAKER TELLS LOCAL
AUDIENCE THE PROHIBITION
MEASURE WILL PASS
STATES THE SALOON Is THE
GREATEST EMIL IN DE-
BAucAiNG SOLDIERS
PREDICTS THAT WITHIN NEXT
-FOUR YEARS elcHr MORE
STATES WILL co DRY.

The Hon. oliver W. Stewart de-
livered IN encouraging and optImis-
tic address at the FIRST NJ. f. church
last night on the present status and
outlook of the temperance reform in
the United States Mr.. Stewart is
enc Of the membegs OF the Flying
squadron Foundation. This organ
ization has done great good by
throwing its members into the d1.
ferens states Of the Union whore the
liquor question has come up for de
c!sion at the blllot box. AMI mas been
instrumental in putting a namhsr o.
states In the dry column.
Mr. Stewart said in part: 4 come
TO bring you the lat It IN temperance
reform. and yet thines happen so
rapidly in these days that We neve9
know what is really the latest. | do
not know what fn3 happened in
Wa hin ton since | took the train
ILLS dAtFlilD0is nj AiA-E BSaAAA -
Gruver informed the speaker t'lat
the judiciary committee Of the House
had by a vote of Is 10 ) reported
out the bin passed by the Senate at
the last session OF congress for
nationwide conditional prohibition
The speaker then informed the
audience that in conversations he
had with Representatives of the
House he had the assurance that
the measure was sure to receive
enough votes to pass the bin between
this and the Christmas holidays.
''The time has come when AL the
different temperance org mutations
CT the country ara united. In times
past Congressman had said they did
rot know what the temperance PEG
ole of the country wanted. there
were So many organizations and each
one representing a different idea, and
when the issue was up Congressman
would vote wet. But now we are
united on the following POINTS arN
demands:
"First-Nationd1 constitutional pro-
hibition.
~'fSecond-The largest power OF the
nation against the sfloon during the
war. Everybody knows that the sa-
loon is the greatest evil in debauch.
ing our soldiers and destroying the
fighting efficiency of the patton, and
a wanton waste of food and fuel sup
plies. Tho nation has the power to
control the saloon as well as a war
measure.
.~"Third-The temperance forces are
demanding the conservation Of ce
reals by stopping the use of grain
during the war for the manufacture
of alcoholic liquors for beverage pur-
poses. Z We have secured the stop
page of the manufacture of whiskey.
and now we demand the ceasing of
making beer. The President has re-
duced the percentage of alcohol in
beer from four to three per cent,
BY the same authority he can stop
it altogether.
'sThe hour has come TO smite the
traffic its final blow. There are seven
states where the fight Is on for state
wide prohibition during the coming
year. Then within the next SIX
years the task before us IS to elect
to the legislatures enough temper
ance men Of both branches to carry
t~hirty4six doubtful states for the ma
tional constitutional amendment. We
expect to throw twenty-seven states
on the dry side in the first legisls-
lures after Congress passes the bin
submitting 1t To the states. Then il
win be an easy task to get eight
more states within the next four OF
Ave years. While our boys are going
abroad to fight for liberty and de
mocracy we owe it to them to save
the nation 10 sobriety and deeency.'
AT the close of his address an op
portunity was given for those pres
|, emit 10 contribute TO the work OF the
Flying Squadron, and 4 liberal offer
ing was secured.