The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-04-25
William J. Bryan
to Address Mass
Meeting May Is
Medinah Temple Meeting Part of Ma
tional League Program for Nation
al World Prohibition

On Sunday afternoon, May ., a
great mass meeting in Medinah Tenn
pie. Chicago, will be addressed by
William Jennings Bryan, under the
auspices of the Anti-Saloon League
of America. The purpose of the
injecting is to enlist the cooperation
OF the dry forces OF Chicago in pro-
noting the national world Prohibi-
ton movement.
As a preliminary TO the national
world Prohibition convention to be
held i'll Washington, d. C., June 4.
and O. six circuit tours are being PLAN
ned. The big speakers heading these
six respective touring parties will be
William Jennings Bryan, Captain
Richmond p. Hobson, Colonel Dan
Morgan Smith, DR.. George r. Stu
art. Ex-Governor Malcolm r. Patter-
son and Ex-Governor Frank 3. VIII
lis. Each OF the above speakers will
be accompanied by a party of dele
gates from abroad, who will have
come to this country to attend the big
convention in Washington. These six
touring parties will visit practically
every state capital in the nation, be-
sides many other prominent cities. In
each city where practicable there will
be an all days gathering attended by
the Prohibition workers, either OF the
entire state or OF the region adjacent
to the city eliminating in a mass
Injecting at night TO be addressed by
the main speaker OF the party. 1t is
also planned wherever possible to
take the visiting delegates from
abroad on an inspection tour OF the
city, that they may see first hand the
benefits OF Prohibition.
On Monday May 10, it is expected
the foreign delegates will arrive from
abroad, probably several hundred of
them. After days conference in
New York City the company will split
up into four parties and will visit
Rochester, Buffalo, Albany and SYRIA
cuse, in each city participating in a
Prohibition workers conference, and
winding up with mass meeting at
night. The four parties will again
reunite at Toronto, Canada, for two
days session. From there they will
go to Detroit for a day, and then on
to Chicago for Sunday, May .. The
{ big speakers who will be in Chicago
on that day will be Colonel Bryan,
Captain Hobson, George r. Stuart
and Ex-Governor Patterson. These
men will speak in large churches of
the city on Sunday morning, and also
will address mass meetings in the
evening in Chicago suburbs. The
meeting on Sunday afternoon in Me-
dinah Temple is expected to be one
of the greatest Prohibition meetings
ever held in the city.
1t is becoming more and more uni-
versally recognized that if Prohibi-
ton of the liquor traffic was neces-
sary to win the war, it is equally nee
essary to excelling in the arts of
peace, and the countries abroad are
anxious to have the methods intro
duced over there which enabled the
Prohibition forces to win the victory
in America.
Following the Sunday in Chicago
the company will split up into tour
ing parties and begin their circuits.
DR.. George R. Stuart's first meeting
after Chicago will be on Monday
night at Springfield, III.
All OF the six parties will come to-
gether at Washington, D. G, on the
evening of June 3, ready to partici-
pate in the convention on the three
days following.
Further details of the arrangements
for the Chicago meetings will be Civ
en- in next weeks Issue.