The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-31
WILLING TO Die
WHEN u. s. GOES
DRY--k|CH0LS0N
President Of Anti-Saloon
League Gratified by First
Year of Indiana Prohibition.

Had the Anti-Saloon League Of
Indiana worked twice as long as it
has, greater success of the movement
could not have been expected than has
come to Indiana since the enforcement
of the state prohibition law one year
ago next Wednesday," today said
Timothy Nicholson, president of the
Indiana Anti-Saloon League continu.
ously since its organization in 1898.
why, actually, some jails have had
to go out of business" Mr.. Nicholson
said. ''The state penal farm has not
had enough men to keep up the work
on the farm, and everywhere the type
OF law violators has changed radically
and quickly. For the last year arrests
have been, in great majority of cases
OF those wh9 were attempting to bring
lss'aos lets. ssally osssa
TO others.
Began crusade at 20
Mr.. Nicholson said that his first ex.
perlence in anti-saloon work was when
he was about 20 years old and teach.
ing school in little country town in
North Carolina. Since then he has
watched, and not only watched but
worked. for the time which appears
to be near nationally, and which is
here for the state of Indiana years
prohibition with astonishingly good
effects.
Near the Friends Academy where
l was teaching as young man IN
North Carolina, there were two places
where liquor was Sold" Mr.. Nichol-
son related. Zone of these places was
owned by a man who was cousin
of my subsequent wife, and whose
wife was my cousin. There was a Pc
culiar law in North Carolina at that
time, saying that petition gotten up
to prevent the sale Of liquor within
two miles of an academy could be
pas> by the state legislature l got
such a law passed. I even hung the
petition in the dry goods store of this
same cousin who owned the store in
which liquor was for sale.'
At national anti-saloon workers
conference in Columbus, O., recently,
Timothy Nicholson made the follow.
ing statement regarding his anti
saloon work, which he says is the
simplest way he can express what has
been life's work to him:
II do not know when in my long life
l have felt a greater privilege than to
be with this great body Of Christian
workers. I have met many congrega-
tions on many occasions, bnt l feel
that l have never seen such a large
number of devoted Christian men who
have been at work so many years to
put down the great demon. may
say simply this, that SO years ago,
with my father, signed the teetotal.
er's pledge and ever since l have been
doing what l could to bring about the
glorious work that has been consum.
mated.
Il began to think six or seven years
ago that If it was the Lords will l
should like to live until Indiana was
dry. l thank Him and praise His
holy name that He has permitted
that. If he permits me to stay until
fuller prohibition comes, l shall feel
like good old Simeon. Lord now let
test Thou Thy servant depart in
peace"
Want Nothing If Not All.
The prohibition party never could
have brought the radiant success
which has come to Indiana, Mr.. Mich
OlSOu lulukS, UeCduSe III MS opinion
their method has not been right. They
have wanted nothing at all, if not ev-
erything, Mr.. Nicholson explained.
"The only way to get anywhere
with an issue of this kind is to make
it non-partisan," Mr.. Nicholson told
The Palladium, "for there are always
good men in all parties who will
eventually rally to its support if it is
put before them as moral issue and
not a partisan one. Moral questions
should never be made partisan.
"As a result of their wrong efforts,
the prohibition party has never ac-
complished any legislation. A great
many men of that party have seen the
folly Of its method and have come ov-
er to our side.
''It is strange" Mr.. Nicholson OBJ
served. that majority of the dry
work has been done by Friends"
With the successful operation Of
the Indiana law, and with so many
people now strongly In favor of dry
country, Mr.. Nicholson does not an
ticipate any serious difficulties with
the brewers who are apparently ready
to use extreme efforts in some states"