Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-26
ANT|-SALOON MEN
GET INTO FIGHT
OVER SPEAKERSH|P
Trying TO Prevent Election of ANY
Member Unfriendly TO
Their Cause.
LETTERS SENT TO LEADERS

Fearing fhAt the fiettitDs tN tl' A''N''
uf Representatives when Il meets NJ
Dover next month. for organization,
of anv member who is not known Ia he
friendly To their cause the Antl-Nafoon
forces have gotten into the right over
the spcakcrship They have sent letters
"a Republican leaders all over the state,
MS the Republicans have large majority
IN the House, and have also written
10 the mcmbers who arc known to hc
dry men The letters were mailed
Tuesday and yesterday and should
10 IN the hands of oil for whom they are
intended bv tonight They were sent To
he Republican committee chalnnen all
over the state. To SenatorclcCt l.. u
Ball. Cungrcssman-cleCt {. x. Layton
and others primnent IN tho Repuhlcsg
councils Following Is the text OF letter
sent 90 a SussCN county leader
Dear SIR.
Representing the Christian churches
,i tho State Of Delaware. We formally
md vigorously protest against y hat seems
~ be An organized effort. which i recciv-
ing support from some men prominent
r. the Republican party of the state,
to elect to he Spcahership 81 the House
81 Representatives member who is
AnoWn 10 b. wet
The reason for tins protest Is that
majority of the members elected 70 the
House Of Representatives arc dry Had
this been otherwise We would not have
tnade tins protc~t Not only arr the
majority az the members dry but
msJoritv of the Rcpubllcan mcnhers are
irv also a majority of the Republic
.ln members from Your county aie
dr, a. well ~ the majority oi the tie
publican members from the city oi VII
mmgton N,W Castle and kcnt counties
The plea that there ! no spcakershlp
material among the dry members cam
not trllthfully hc made and the selection
af any other under the circumstances Is a
reflection upun the ability 81 these mcm-
berS Ne have no desire % name a man
Tor the above Office but the clcctIng oi
wet speaker not only gives the nam
na 0f the temperance committee INTO
bis hands. hut other committees and he
eauSc of tho influence Of his position can
h numerous WAYS tmharraSS the work
IF the temperance people We are only
.,sking Tor iaIr PLAY from the Repuhhcan
party.
We not only protest yainst the mem
Der mentioned tor the spoakcrshp. who
+ known to bc wet but against any
mcmher for that position about whom
here J. any question ~ % IN stand on
member b, elected u that office that The
Temperance people Of The >tats VII no.
be getting : square deal from the Rcpub-
hcan party
Sincerely youn
T. & PrCttyman
Superintendent Peninsula Distinct.
SILENT ~ NAMEs.
While the Antl->aloon men arc silent
A.
il i known that they would be willing
to have either Alexander z Corht Of
odessa or Theodore " Francis al vii
mlngfon chosen speaker, and u Is also
known that they were putting up a hight
sgalnst William II DAnzenbiker al
Clavmont. though Il developed today that
n 10 the present time Mr. Danzenhaker
+, tho most likely candidate having the
-frongesf party backing 50 iar Whether
he Anti-Saloon Leagues letter, will
change this situation remains 10 be seen
Mr. Corbt IL Is believed ) their hrsJ
choice. becauSe of ms integrity fairness
andexperience, having >ervcdn the Legls-
lsture before but a, he : not the chmce 81
the New DlspcnSatIon IN the Republican
par1V according 10 report, ne seems 10 be
uuf - the running There II another reason
hat ls operating against the naming oi
Mr Cornit a. speaker, and that . because
number 81 prominent Republicans and
Democrats a. well preferred 20 have him
u,qde charmat Il tic couuI teo on apprC-
prations. for the reason ~ one putt IL to-
lav that he state mas lCt al money TO
pend a1d we want 10 know who going
o hold the purse string - II can be set
own that Nr CorOit j. not likely 10
~ speaker
The Anu->aloon League IS noi bother
ng itself about tho orgauilat rGn of the
~cnatc. hctng sat rhcd with either MIR
Long % Nr Short the latter of whom
Will doubtless - cccted Pres dcnt pro-
femporc, ihough probably not until after
1t has been gwen a tussle &, NJ Long
iwpoftTAAo4 ~ rBI -ptaGiF-.
Ihe first importance oi thc presiding
officer OF either 4loust, 80 far - any ISSUE
IS concerned. n attached 70 the fact that
he names the committees, and naturally
-, .drv forces don want any hostile
.ofurnr ices - haNc 70 pass Jlpot thcir
proposed legislation j here J. also =
secondary con, ldera'ion, for even inc
committee On tciuperanoe appeared b b.
sat usfactor, thrp. would bs nothing 70
prevent the speaker referring tempcTance
legislation ~ the committee on revised
statutes or some other cummittee which
might not be ~ all friendly 70 the dry
eause Therefore. no matter what as
surancp might be had m advance As 80
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