The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-20

Few. Edward J. Richardson, for
merry Of Virginia writes In the Amer
tcan Issue as follows 90 Rev. DIT.
James Cannon Jr, WIN has lust sail
ed for France on special mission.
When ere IA taking stock Of Anti
Saloon league assets 10 must not
overlook Rev James Cannon. IT..
ID, r.. OF virginia. No mar n This
country has heea more valuable 70 the
cause Of prohibition than he.
DR.. Cannon was rraecr' 81 tho ola
Second Baptist church @ Main and
sixth streets, Fichmo0d, when f1e
work in Eirgjnia waE organized .larcH
'12, 1901 With the exception or TIE
brief terms OF three other uaen Ho
has been superintendent Of the Fi~-
gicia league, and was twice elected
It's president He has served a1ao-
teriel consideration. Moreover fe tae
been one ~ the most liberal con.rltg-
hrs to it's funds
The executive committee had the
utmost confidence ia his Judgement
Iand leadership and thstv Judgement
has beer fully justified lv 5ha etso1v
advance OF prohibition u0.I ta. Ttr
Einla stands second n THE Jas; OF
states for the ratification ~ ne ma
tiCnal prohibition amendment
A man Of answering Fde'ltv 70 tha
fundamental principles ~ life ne gaze
no quarter 10 the things he believed
wrong nor. did he expect 8nvth'ra
but the fullest ana most bitter euuosl-
ton from the defenders of evil ffn
drew the line OF demarknDcu go >1asr
/ that a flying machine 5000 feat high
could discover 49, and the bead tHat
A.f att
H.elge- hammer blow which greeted n
there was no oamoud0ce iu his fight
ing, ana tho hotter the "other f-Itag..'
haGo r1e the cooler was Dr. Cannon
! One Of his own brethren t0 orurch
controversy once declared that I'D
wss 81 Methodist block Of tce sa sra-
lperturable was he in the midst of bat
tile. Anyone who can conceive Of fee
/ Of the Methodist variety car have
some appreciation Of the rore com.
ipiiment bestowed upon him
While IN exceedingly strong mar
upon tho platform. ana Tor wears I'm
/ the regular itinerancy, he abou04eg
Tin print and many and powerful wore
tho polem.cs ne hurled through rN-
,Spes AZ John Barleycoru ana ht
! tenders. He vas perfectly al home
with the gentlemen Of the lar|sIa
3 NNA~s Atah iLiN uit6liADE luna az
formation and merciless logic stea8iI,
drove wedges into the lines Of tb,
( en cny and sector after sector wa
taken by the league
Most of the selutarY tenn ~rarr4
] legislation OF Virginia-froYr ,.h.
+ Mann law 10 the Mapp law and rat,f
cation OF the eighteenth smen6r,4n4
has been adopted largely unaa~ his
/ leadership ana giving Of valu7N,c
time Fl its shaping and considerable
( ny the general assembly and tb4,
he. did while serving othe- interests
! for Or. Cannon has been president
! For wears of a growing girls schoo'
which now numbers hundreds ~ SIN.
dents. the editor Of tha Baltimore
( and Richmond Christian Aavocate
superintendent of the Southern ne.
tstmblv at Lake Junaluska. n G. and
! a member Of numerous church bodie,
and other organizations OF natfona
4 character.
! Possibly the largest single acbieve.
iment of Dr Cannon was the organf.
-at'on and promotion Of The Ricb
! nond Nireinian, a daily established ir
/ Richmond about eight years ago. Tq,s
/ three daily papers Of that city tr-
( home of the state legislature a1d q
/ sort of clearing house for afrsirs ir
I Virginia were m the hduor side NJ
/ tho question from start to finish. IT,
/ donominated them az wet. werter
wcttest. These papers never failed u
make the most bitter attacks upOY
tho things for which he stood and
! when his brain proved 30 much big.
ger than theirs they resorted TO the
most heartless and slanderous attacks
upon him personally. But he woult
not he diverted from the one purpose
| of driving liquor out OF Virginia,
| Early 1t was seen that there must
be at Richmond daily paper stand.
ling for great moral questions and