Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-05
DRY DRIVESTARTS
ON FEBRUARY IA
Arrangements Made For a
Notable Gathering to Be
Held in the Auditorium

The first big drive in campaign
of all dry forces in the state to Sc
cure ratification by the legislature of
Pennsylvania of the National Pro-
hibition amendment will commence
in this city on st. Valentines day,
Thursday, February 14th, when the
Dry Federation of Pennsylvania
holds it's state convention here.
Delegates from all over the state
representing all political parties and
all elements interested in the fight
against booze will attend and the
managers of the affair promise live
ly sessions. Among the matters
which the convention will consider
IS the manner in which the candi-
dates will be selected and supported
for the state legislature in the May
primaries, who the drys shall support
for governor, how the dry elements
in the old line parties will be ANAL
gamated into the campaign FOR a
dry state and the adoption of plans
for guiding the dry fight through
out the Commonwealth.
Prominent men who have been in
vited to attend the convention and
address it are Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels, Governor Martin
mer governor of Indiana, Highway
Commissioner, j. Denny O'Neil,
c. Mccormick, Lex N. Mitchell, men,
Der of the state legislature, and sew
eral heads of state departments.
Caucus meetings of Republicans
and of Democrats interested in the
dry issue in the elections this year
have been arranged for and schools
of methods in conducting the state
wide campaign will be held during
the convention. The convention will
adopt a platform and elect state
officers and transact other business
incidental to its work. The Rev. DR..
John Royal Harris, of Pittsburgh,
state superintendent of the Dry Fed
GRAFTON of Pennsylvania, who was
here arranging for the holding of
Tie convention in the Chestnut Street
Auditorium, predicted that the next
Legislature of the state will be dry
and that Pennsylvania will be among
the early states to raitfy the prohi-
bition amendment.
Sentiment throughout the state is
rapidly crystallizing in favor of Ma
find as | go about through the var
ious counties that all elements in
terested in the cause of temperance
are rapidly lining up behind the Dry
Federation. Our support from the
Republican, Democratic and Prohi-
bition parties will be enormous
Many men prominent in the Social
ist and Labor parties have indica-
ted that we will have strong support
from their ranks. Our work of or
ganizing the state is going on rapidly
and Systematically and by the time
the primaries are held we will be in
position to know absolutely which
candidates deserve our backing and
we will get behind them with all our
strength, no matter what their party
affiliations. This is not separate
party movement but an inter-parti-
san effort, intended to comb out the
dry elements from all parties, creeds
and clans. One of the powerful fac
tors back of us are the Pennsylvania
manufacturers and coal operators.
Hundreds of executive heads of big
enterprises and large mining opera
tions in both the anthracite and BIZ
luminous fields have promised us
their unftagging support to help
make this state dry and protect our
industrial and mine workers from
the evil effects of intemperance and
insure greater concentration OF
effort toward winning the war. Many
| things have been put forth as neces-
sary to win the war, but among
practical men national prohibition
seems to be considered the one great
step which will solve all the other
! problems, the problem of man-pow-
err, food concentration, fuel supply
| furnishing of war material. Penn
sylvania business men believe that
with a dry Nation we will have in
creased efficiency from our workers
enough grain for our needs and for
our Allies, q greater supply of coaI
and a more rapid and effective turn
| ing out of supplies of war. Wher-
ever l have been throughout the
state | have been unable to find any
support for the wet cause, except
| ing among the few selfishly interest
ed in the business directly or indi-
rectly. The most ardent supporter
of the cause is the man who tipples. -