Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-08
.DRYS REPUDIATE
". H. ANDERSON.
Maryland's Former Anti-Saloon
Leaders Truthfulness At
tackled In New York.
HE DRAFTED DRY LAW.
This Is Charge Of New Workers
Who Ask Christian People
Not To Finance Him
Any Longer.

The activities of William II. Ander-
son, when he was Maryland Superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
and at that time freely made asser-
ton that his methods had been re-
sponsible for the defeat of local OPP
ton legislation in Maryland, have
been strongly recalled to mind by the
action of practically all of the forces
favorable TO prohibition and temper
ance legislation in New York is re-
pudiating him.
Anderson was bitterly denounced at
a conference of the dry forces of New
York held on Monday afternoon.
The resolutions from which the
Anti-Saloon League alone dissented
called for the removal of Mr.. Ander-
son, who was superintendent of the
Maryland Anti-Saloon League before
going TO New York
1t was in Anderson's second local
option fight in Maryland that the Anti
Saloon forces backed by the begin
ming of what afterward became the
solidly dry Eastern Shore, came so
close to victory and were only de-
feated on the passage of their bill
through the legislature largely be-
cause of the high handed manner in
which he endeavored to drive men to
vote his way. Threats of what would
happen to those who did not see the
local option question as he did, cou-
pied with his continued charges that
those who did not vote for his bill
without amendment were naught but
the corrupt tools of a rotten and cor
rupt ring of saloon-controlled poll
ticians drove away from the local OPP
ton fight many lawmakers who
would otherwise have been with the
Anti-SalOOn League.
The resolutions passed by the dry
forces in New York charge Anderson
with having been a party to the kill
ing of the ratification resolution by
the vets in the Legislature, calls up
on the National Anti-Saloon League to
remove him and urges the Christian
people of the State to refuse to CON
tribute to either Anderson or the Anti
Saloon League while he is its head.
The resolutions unanimously called
for the appointment of a committee to
wait upon the Governor and advise
him that the dry forces will leave the
question of calling an extra session
entirely TO his judgment, and that if
he should so decide the temperance
forces of the State would be unani-
mously behind him.
The conference, which was held un-
der the auspices of the Allied Forces
for Civic and Moral Betterment of the
State of New York represented prac-
tically every shade of Christian belief
in the State. Every type of temper
ance advocate and prohibition was
also represented.
When an attempt was made to put
through a resolution asking the Gov
ernor to call an extra session Mr.. An
derson threw a monkey wrench into
the machine He said the constitu-
ton of the Allied League provided that
no action would be binding upon any
of its members unless it was unani-
nous. He said he would not be hog
tied by any caucus methods, nor would
the Anti-Saloon League. When he
saw they did not regard either him or
his speech with any favor he left the
conference.
The debate on the resolutions at
lacking Mr.. Anderson was still on
when he returned to the conference.
When he saw what was happening he
announced they could adopt the reso-
lutions with better grace in his alb
| sence. so he withdrew, leaving Robert
G. Davey to look after the interests of
the Anti-Saloon League.