The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-21
PRESIDENT URGED
To Sign DRY BILL
Bishop Cannon Presents Reso-
luton to World Wide Con-
ference Delegates.
BRYAN rs CONFIDENT
Speakers at Columbus Gather
ing Commend Anti-Saloon
League Methods For
eign Representatives,

| Especial TO The Richmond virginian)
| Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 20,--Bishop
| James Cannon. Jr., az chairman OF
the resolutions committee OF the
world wide prohibition conference,
this afternoon reported r. resolution
urging president Wilson to sign the
| bill which contains the war prohibit
| ton clause. S. Il. Nicholson Is secre-
| tary of the committee.
| Speaking tonight, William j. Bryan,
said that President Wilson shortly
| would sign the bill. Mr.. Bryan COM
mended the anti-saloon league and
| the w. G. T. u. for the progress made
| in making the nation dry. He endors-
ed the plan OF Ben H. Spence. Toron-
| to, for bringing to America and Can
| ada delegates from all foreign coun-
| tries to see the benefits of prohibition.
Quoting Secretary McAdoo as saying
| that If the war debt goes to twenty
! five billions, the interest will be only
one billion annually. Bryan said the
| recent drink bill of two billions would
| more than doubly pay the interest.
Mr.. Bryan was strongly in favor OF
| the project for making the world dry.
| DR.. j. Wilbur Chapman. Chicago,
! former moderator of the Presbyterian
General assembly, spoke tonight. He
declared the only way to make Amer
ica safely dry was to put the whole
world dry.
| DR.. Homer w. Tope. Philadelphia,
was another speaker this evening. E
IC Dinwiddie, legislative superfntend-
| ent of the league, spoke OF legislative
methods which obtain in foreign coun-
tries. He said:
From the beginning-our first
| legislative campaign in Ohio twenty
| five years ago--the work has grown
/ to its present proportions without our
being compelled TO make any changes
| in the principles and methods under
| lying our legislative operations in this
/ country. We have. of course. largely
lextendea and anaplifisd. then1e- nut In
no essential have they been altered
BY these methods our cause has
moved forward in the United States
| from four prohibition states in 1899
to thirty-two at the close OF 1918,
and with the national prohibition
| amendment within two months of
! final ratification--onfy eleven month s
after The congress submitted 1t to the
| states. These methods secured the
passage of the long list of national
1
! nineteen years.
THE methods of work in the legis-
1ative bodies in the semblies in the
| states and in the congress of the
United States is often. and always
best, preceded by the close organizing
work in the districts and states from
which the legislators come. Assum-
ing the right sentiment among the
constituency. the most important
work is the bringing out OF the right
kind of candidates.
| This game, essentially political in
its nature, must be played with abso-
lutte fairness as between the parties in
the election. No favorites can be
played. This policy has contributed
| to our success in the national field
through the years"
wayne r. Wheeler. general counsel
of the league. told in detail OF the
Temperance laws Of other countries.
Ernest II. Cherrington. general man.
ager OF the publishing interests, justi-
fed worldwide prohibition by showing
THAT individualism is dead. and ma
ttionaiism is being absorbed in inter-
lnationalism. Mr.. Cherrington reviewed
progress in other lands, and showed
how an International league to fight
Acohol could be formed of which tenn
perance bodies In all lands should be
lconstituents, without losing their iden-
Titles.
DR., r. A. Baker gave a forward and =
backward glance at the temperance
movement. dealing with the early
struggles of the league. and it's modest
iprotensions Of a quarter century ago
land prophesying worldwide prohibition
soon.
other speakers today were Bishop
Thomas Nicholson, Chicago: Ben. II.
ISpence. Toronto; Rev DR.. r A. Hutch
Iinson. Pittsburg; James X. Shields.
Newark, and George w. Crabbe. Bal
fillmore.
DIR. II, II. Russell. Bishop James Cam
non. Jr.. Senator w. L. Jones. DR.. f. J.
Moore and Rev. Brooks Lawrence will
be among the speakers tomorrow,
4 Delegates are attending the confer
ence from England. Scotland. Canada.
Mexico and Porto Rico.
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