The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-10-12

The national convention Vi thS
Anti-Saloon League will be held IN
Washington, d. C., on December III,
II, IL and IS. Originally, the time
was set from December to E. Be-
cause the regular session OF the o5th
Congress will convene on December
8. and most OF that week will be
taken up with formal matters not par
.icularly interesting to the visitor, and
for other reasons, it was decided to
postpone the convention to the above
date
Included in the program being plan
ned for the national convention will
be addresses by governors of many
. of the states in the Union. The gov
ernor of every state will be asked to
be present and speak briefly. Many
have already accepted the invitation.
There will also be sessions at which
representatives of organized labor, the
grange and manufacturers and mer-
chants will speak.
Senator Morris Sheppard OF Texas
and Congressman Edwin Yates Webb
of North Carolina, both Southern
Democrats, and Senator William E.
Borah, of Idaho, and Congressman
Simeon d. Fess of Ohio, both north
erl Republicans, have annoiinced that
they wvilr' SPEAK at the cohventYon.
Other Congressman who have taken a
prominent part in dry legislation will
address the delegates.
Famous Speakers on Program
If it can be arranged, Theodore
Roosevelt and William Jennings
Bryan will be. among the speakers.
Included in the list of famous Pro-
hibition leaders to be heard at the
convention are John w. Wadman,
Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League in the Hawaiian Islands;
Wayne B. Wheeler, of Washington,
d. c., Attorney and General Counsel
of the Anti-Saloon League of Amer
lea; DIR P. A Baker, of Westerville,
Ohio, General Superintendent of the
League; DR.. A. c. Bane, of Wester-
vile, Financial Secretary of the
League; Ernest H. Cherrington, Cen
eral Manager of the Leagues publi-
cations; Captain r. P. Hobson, former
Alabama Congressman, and hero of
the Merrinac; Sam w. Small, of At
lanta, Ga, editor, preacher and lee
turer; Malcolm r. Patterson, former
Governor of Tennessee; Mrs Anna
A. Gordon, of Evanston, ILL., president
of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union; DR.. George M.
Mathews, of Dayton, Ohio, Bishop in
the United Brethren Church; DIR.
Samuel P. Spreng, of Naperville, Ill,
Bishop in the Evangelical Association
Church; DR.. Ira Landreth of Boston,
representing the Christian Endeavor
movement; DR.. James Empringham,
of Syracuse, N. Y, secretary of the
Church Temperance Society of the
Episcopal Church; Rev. Father J. ].
Curran, Catholic clergyman, of
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Hoover May Speak
Herbert c. Hoover, national food
administrator, has been invited to
speak. His acceptance has not yet
been received, but those in charge of
the program arrangements say they
are hopeful of inducing the busy ad-
ministrator to give short address.
There will be no forenoon sessions
of the convention. The mornings
will be given to visiting points of In
terest in Washington, to interviews
with Congressman and committee ses-
sions.
Every individual church congrega-
ton of every denomi etion, every
young peoples society and every tenn
perance organization is entitled to
send an accredited delegatei The
committee makes the recommendation
that each of these units send a dele
gate, paying that delegates expenses.
Churches will be urged to send their
pastors.
Special Trains Probable
There will be delegates from every
state and territory in the United
States, and where the distance from