Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-11
DRY FEDERATION
SEEKS HARMONY
Pittsburgh Statement Says
That All Forces For Amend
ment Should Unite

That the Dry Federation of Penn
sylvania will strive to consolidate
dry" forces of the. state; was evil
| denced in a statement given out in
Pittsburgh yesterday, by the execu-
tive committee consisting of William
| e. Porter, of New Castle; II. II.
| Negley, of Pittsburgh; George Ran
kin, of Williamsburg; John e. Gill,
! of franklin; Mrs. Ella NJ. George,
of Beaver Falls; w. N. McNair, of
Pittsburgh; ]. Denny O'Neil, of Nc
| Keesport; the Rev. Charles Scan
Ion, of Pittsburgh; Lex n. Mitchell,
| of PunXsutawney; the Rev. r. A.
Hutchinson, of Pittsburgh: the Rev.
Rufus w. Miller, of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. J. o. Miller, of Pittsburgh.
The statement indicates that the
"drys" intend to prosecute a vigor-
Gus campaign for the election, of a
majority of the next Legislature,
which will be pledged to ratify the
national prohibition amendment.
The statement reads as follows:
From the detailed reports which
we have received from every part of
| the state, we are able to say with
| confidence that a majority of the
members of the Legislature elected
| this year. will be pledged to ratify
| the national prohibition amendment.
To make dry victory certain we
Ipropose to raise a fund of 100000
and expend it in giving publicity to
| the "dry" candidates in the various
legislative and senatorial districts.
| We wish to lay great emphasis up
on this fact. The voters of Penn
| sylvania will vote this year upon a
dry or wet" state, just the same
as if they voted yes or no. Every
vote for a legislative candidate, is
an indication of the voters prefer
ence with regard to the liquor traf-
fic. For every member who is
elected will certainly vote on this
question when he gets to Harris
burg.
"All the "dry' forces will be be-
hind the same set of candidates.
There will be no division in the
ranks. All the agencies in the state
which desire the elimination of the
liquor traffic, are working in har-
mony, and a divided house, no mat
ter how much it may be fostered by
our common enemy, is not possible.
The Importance of the dry move
ment completely overshadows the
personalities of individuals con-
nected with it and the prospects of
success are so bright that we are
determined that nothing shall pre-
vent the presentation of a solid
front.
There will be a meeting at Har-
risburg during March. of commit
tees representing all the dry agen-
cies in the state. for the purpose of
laying the ground for joint agree
ments on all candidates. This meet
ing is the out-growth of the success
full convention of the Dry Fedora
ton, held at Harrisburg, February
14th, in which were represented
practically all the counties Of the
state, a great impetus to the dry
movement resulting therefrom.
We are taking practical steps to
make sure that our voters qualify
themselves to vote in the elections
this year, but we wish to inform all
persons interested in a dry Penn
sylvania, that it is highly important
that they participate in the primar-
les of May 21st, as in many districts
the issue will be decided then. All
residents of cities of the first and
second class, who did not register
last fall must do so on April 18th.
The date for third class cities is
May 1st and for all boroughs and
These are the only registration days
for the spring primary.
"It should be borne in mind by
all voters that the law requires en-
rollment according to party prefer
ence and that voter not so enrolled
cannot vote a party ballot at the
primary. Voters who are not en-
rolled or those who wish to change
their enrolment may do so on the
registration days.
with the resolution adopted by
Congress submitting national prohi-
bition to a vote of the legislatures of
the various states only few months
old, eight of the SO required have
already ratified the amendment
These states are Mississippi, Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, South Carolina,
North Dakota, Montana, Maryland
and Texas, and they are the only
states which have so far voted at all
on the question. OF these eight
states, three-Kentucky. Maryland
and Texas-have been classed as
wet. AS 27 of the the As states are
already dry a gain of three is ap-
parent and only six more are requir-
ed to attain the desired number of
36. We believe the time is ripe for
PENNSYLVANIA to Join the majority"