The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-07-05
Ratification Rally Notes

The State and international Sunda,
School Association was represented
on the program by J. Fl. Hauberg. HI
said the Sunday schools of the nation
are on the side of ratification with al
their might.
Referring to what Abraham Lincolr
would do on ratification, George Fl
Wilson, former dry leader in the lower
house, said, "If Lincoln had lived
believe he would have exacted re
demption of the pledge made to hin
that the law licensing liquor be re-
pealed as soon as possible after The
war. Lincoln was right on the liquor
question as on the slavery question
Were he alive today he would worl
to make his state of Illinois one o.
the SO TO ratfy."
Six speakers in siX-minute speeche:
spoke total of SO minutes on secur.
ing SO states for ratification. They
were: Mrs. G. M. Mathes, superin.
tendent of the womans department Of
the Anti-Saloon League; Miss Heller
Hood, state president of the W. c. T
u; Robert II. Patton, of Springfield
0. G. Christgau, editor of The Amer.
lean Issue; John X. Golden, former
member of the Legislature, and Father
Joseph McNamee, a Catholic clergy
man of Chicago.
Great enthusiasm was created by
the announcement by Robert II. Pat.
ton of Springfield that the Prohibition
party would not put legislative candi.
dates in the field in opposition to dry
candidates in other parties.
The Chicago Methodist Preachers
Quartette made great hit, as usual
Not only did the qpartette sing at al
sessions at the Armory, but also al
the Lincoln Monument exercises and
at the dinner in honor OF U. S. Sena-
ator Jones. The splendid work of the
quartette contributed greatly to the
success of the rally.
DR.. 7. A. Baker, General Superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League oil
America, was unable to be present be-
cause OF sickness. His place ON the
program was taken by Frank B. Eb-
bert, Attorney for the Anti-Saloon
7 caerue of Ttl;,o;e
All the district conferences were
we'll attended. The local legislative
problems were discussed and plans
made to win at the primaries on Sep
TENDER II. These meetings were de-
clared by those who took part, one oil
the most helpful features of the rally
Preceding the address by the Hon
Richard Yates, which was published
in part in our last number, the Hon
Wayne B. Wheeler, National Attor-
ney for the Anti-Saloon League, de-
clared as Lincoln had the ability TO
see and face the issue in his time, it
was up to the people of today to face
the present issue in regard to the liq-
uor traffic.
"This nation" he declared, Cannot
remain half sober and half drunk, half
wet and half dry. 1t is going to be
one or the other. | have an abiding
faith that it is going to become all
dry--and that soon. Any combination
or institution which stands in the way
of peoples lettering themselves
must die. The liquor traffic ought to
die and it shall die at the ballot box,
for the day of judgment is here for it. !"
Former Congressman B. F. Cald-
we'll made a brief talk, telling of his
"reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln
while the latter was a member of the
firm OF Lincoln and Herndon in Spring
field. Following Mr.. Caldwells talk,
Bishop Thomas L. Nicholson, who
presided as chairman, briefly intro
duced former Governor Yates.
Music at the session at the tomb
was furnished by the Jackies' Band
and the Watch Factory Band and the
Chicago Methodist Preachers quar-
tet sang number of songs between
the addresses on the program. DR.. M.
P. Boynton, of Chicago, pronounced
the invocation. Following the pro-
gram the delegates and officials of the
Anti-Saloon League assembled about
the base of the tomb and had group
picture taken.