The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-13
,Bs staff Correspondent,

Sk-ask hin atom. u. c, Dec i2.-~High
tide in the 4Anti-SaIoon league con-
@ttiou today was reached In four
Sat ;neetiags and an overflow meet
luR ar ufght. a jubilee luncheon. and
T. gathering of manufacturers and
business snen in Beiasco's, theater
where $4,000 were subscribed az
the nucleus Of million dollar cam
pr ign fund 10 re expended I'm the
next fi4e Years in the fight for ua-
tionai prohibition.
Thc afternoon session OF the con-
tontiou, with an attendance that NIL
ed every inch OF available. room in
rhe Metropolitan Methodist church.
vas rendered notable by addresses
'Acgn Dr. James Emprinsfana, of New
NorK general secretary of the church
ten paeAnce society of the Episcopal
.hurch and Ben spence secretary OF
he Dominion Alliance, Toronto. who
recently returned from a two moAth's
visit I'm England 10 study conditions
here. Both these distinguished men
4ere received with great ovations.
Mr Spence displayed Union Jack
aSnt@ ro@Niuz cheers.
Mfr Nneeler's Eloquent Appeal.
Mr. Wheeler made a strong person
n apraal to his hearers 10 take, M,
sctiee Part in the coming fight for
national prohibition Every man
who does not perform his full duty
leaves a hole in the line" he said.
and there must not, be any holes Tor
ihe enemy to break through" The
audience responded with a. liberal sub
scription for the million dollar cam
paign fund, Mr. Wheeler, said in
part:
The time has come when mai vtc-
tory against the liquor traffic is at
hana>jf we are willing to pay the price
in sscriYice and labor 10 do it. Twenty
seven states are now dry, seven more
tnohiltEed for action. over fs,aeo VII
lagos and cities dry. 50 per cant Of the
territory of the nation dry and over
80 rer cent Of the population of tho
United States has adopted prohibition
as the hest governmental policy.
License has been tried In svary form
Ind proven a failure, Experience dem
cnstrRtss that you cannot make sa-
ioon respectable aud drunksrd-proof
hy licensing il any more than you can
mako poIacat smell like rose, Pro-
3tiksttton has proven 3 continuous and
embarrassing success Under IL. the
uealth. wealth and happiness OF the
people has increased. Because of these
facts, We have the enemy on the run.
John Barleycorn Is now hacked up
asainst the national capital yelling
for icewater and asking for quarters.
enacted by congress in the Last ten
months than In any Atty years OF the
uatfor's history. The day after the
United States supreme court decided
the Webb Kenyon case. holding that
The liquor traflc had no constitutional
guarantee that applied to other use
fui commodities. the United States
senate passed the district prohibition
htii two 10 one, and since November I.
the saloons and brew eries in the ma
tion's capital have been closed. Then
followed quickly the massage of the
anti advertising law. the bone-dry act,
The Alaskan prohibition law. the Porto
Eican prohibition law and IN this last
session the law prohibiting the sale
Of liquor to soldiers or officers. The
law authorizing the president to estab-
fish dry zones around the camps. and
the secretary of war to establishantt-
vice zones around the camps and the
prohibition of the manufacture OF
whiskey during the war, Had 1t not
'hesn for the disioyaity of the brew
prs putting beer before country in the
parliamentary advantage whichF they
had in the senate. every brewery would
Save been closed at this hour. Their
victory, however. was coatly> Sena'
tors said after that iraitorous act
~Brin@ pn sour resolution for nation.
wide prohibition. and they passed il
bv vote Of 81 to 20. We believe
that the roa=a Of representatives will
adopt tns resolution before the holi-
days and give she American people the
most valuable Christmas present eve'
EnowT- Every rrttd IN sH1errrH WIN
be the beneficiary each succeeding
christmas Though the years to come.
Other addresses were given by e
e.. Dinwiddie, OF Washington, STATE
senator RICHARD Jones. of Duluth
WIS. and James \. White. of Ohio.
DIR. Russell Honored.
AT a session OF the board of diree
tnrs General superintendent Baker
vas reelected, and DIR. Howard II
Russell. founder Of the league. was
elected associate general superintend
emit, a new Office. Vice president.
we're elected as follows: bishop G
M Mathews, Bishop w. r.. Murrah
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