Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-10
COMMONER CLAIMS
SALOON NOW DYING
OFF FACE OF GLOBE
William j. Bryan Tells Audi
t0rlum ThrOng Prohibi-
tiOn Is Permanent.
SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT
NOT DIFFICULT PROBLEM
Takes Fling at New York Editors
Tor Their Sentiment Against
Measure.
fohEiGN SPEAKERS ATTEND
h'siop james Cannon Asserts Arid.
-! has PROVEN Success i'm Rich.
mon1 and Virginia.
SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT
NOT DIFFICULT PROBL EN-
FOREIGN SPEAKERS ATTEND
bisiiop James Cannon Asserts Arid
ny mas Proven Success i'm Rich
hon1 and Virginia.

"ohu ana Virginia.
"''""m Jennings Bryan. reproson,
''e Aht!-Sa! loon League addressed
a'"'eh'e OF $500 people a.: tho C,ity
"u''oFium last night and told ,bon,
'n't the cause of prohibition wou1d
''' 80 backward. but tina. on tho con.
'd'E manN Of those present would
I've 10 sec the day when there wouid
h"' ne an open saloon in any civilized
country Discussing prohibition in
Virginia MIR Bryan said:
understand ina YOU arc having
"."enl'y In enforcing the law IN this
'a'c, That was to be expected But
,eI me people understand that ,boy
,iba, 80 stand one way or the
NY man or newspaper who defends
me fquor traffic VIII be placed in the
nannr ,. cn,esory OF the man or news
nave dug John Bsrlcycorn's crave M
cGonSn not only for him. but for his
an'ocates also"
Makes Three specchc.
7,s, i' ~, nFEan va VAS so fun Of his SUB
instead OF one. on TWO occasions h..
introduced other speakers wIljn a..
rSsted' When these speakers con-
Guided nc resumed one O { ,hcs. s,..st
ers Was Dr. Caleb W. Saleeby. OF Lon
aon. who was introduced as "tbe
huthor OF the hrst book on euSenlcs'
%na . VINO ,o!d the audience tAat alcohol
Vas NOT only deadly poison TO the
person who used It. but poisoned count
res ,Gss sucseedins generations. lie de-
,seu sscsy that ~ was the cause OF the
pcrished from the face OF the earth.
DT Howard II. Russell was in
.rG,ansed as tho author OF the Anti
league had been successful; because il
iad a financial system that was eff
Gent. He made plea for funds and
had cards circulated for signatures
end donations He said that the league
Goped TO have 100000 members en-
rolled by the end OF the year. Some
men had pledged as much as $4,000
q year. he stated. and that dchcit
existed in the .,n,!Saloon treasury.
Enforcement Not Dimrult.
Mr. Bryan said that the problem of
enforcing the prohibition law of the
Hc declared that the national con-
science was behind the law and this
conscience had been gradually. bu:
permanently awakened. He discussed
the growth OF prohibition. saying that
up to nifty years ago the churches
had taken but Nttle part IN the move
AT all. lie referred to early church
resolutions of the Methodists that
thc!r ministers should not be pecun-
lariy interested in saloons, and OF
Presbyterians that it was unhecomins
that ministers should get drunk in
public. From such small sources he
traced the growth o: the cause in the
churches
Next to the awakening OF the ma
tionel conscience, the speaker said that
scientific investigation had aided pro-
hibition. For long time people la
bored under the delusioii that a man
should not drink to excess. This the
DRY was exploded when II was demon
strated that even the smallest amour;
Of alcohol was injurious. he said Next
business came to the aid OF prohibition
by refusing to intrust its anairs to
men who allowed liquor 10 bcfuddle
their brains Patriotism, was the hnal
cause, according TO Mr.. Bryan.
uns Fling Mt New York.
The Commoner had his fling at New
York thought that no reform which
did not originate there cou;d ever
amount to anything. They only knew
one passage in the Bible and that was.
The wise men came from the East"
They said that it was impossible 10
secure States sufficient In number to
They began with the cry that even if
SUFFICIENT states were secured by the
'drys" IL would be shame for the
small States to force pprohibition on the
syIvania. Illinois and Ohio. had ratified
they said that it was wrong for these
large States to force prohibition on
Rhode Island. Connecticut and New
JerseN. said MIR: Bryan.
.sag.ing against the idea that the
sold would put an end 10 prohibit
ton ", they came home. Mr.. Bryan
said that these same soldiers before
they left for France, had elected the
ment and the Legislatures that had
ratified 1t. There. was every reason to
believe that they had not changed their
views In ADDITION ine ne selnsrs had of
the United States and the amendment
was a part Of that Constitution. The
speaker said that the charge that the
was slander on them. In his opinion
the saloons would close their doors on
July never TO open them again.
The meeting was called to order by
q 4. Hawkins, who expressed the opin-
ion that prohibition had bee sue
cess in Itichmond ana IN other paris
vide Character of tho dry movement"
and to the presence on the stage Of
salesny Dr. + Mssfy Mastsrson Gartsr of Lom snd
don: NJ. Jean LeTort. attorney and
Journalist Of Paris, and Nine. IseTort
as Indicating the world interest in
- Bishop James Cannon delivered an
address and referred to the formation
of the Virginia Anti-saloon League in
a basement of church In Richmond
about twenty years ago. He described
the progress made by tho league in
TO be one Of the best pieces Of ,prohi-
bition legislation In the world He
said that the same people who, had
Striving to weaken the force and eff
feet OF the law. FIe paid a tribute to
"hravc men who were shot down be-
cause they were attempting to enforce
the will of tho people OF Virginia"
The bishp further declared that the
\ abuse and SANDER" which had been
Nt;thrown at me" Is now hcing thrown
i against Prohibition Commissioner Pc
ters; He said that hc had known that
/. this would be tho case.