The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-17
WHEELING RECE|VE5NEN|50F 4:
NATION DRY" WITH SILENCE
NEITHER PHOWIT1ONSTS NOE
OTHER ELEMENT SHOW ANY
MARKED CoNCERN.
Climax of Long Drawn Out Battle Since
Founding Of Nation Is ut An
End.

How did Wheeling r"""iv" III" news
Yesterday that the trlrty-s'xlh Stte
legislature had made IA" old l.. s. ~
dry:
Wheeling received tho ncws with about
as little concern as an ordinary aniici-
rated cvrnt. There was no comment TO
be heard in tho street. hotels "r pubic
places. Neither th" pr"hihiti"niStS nor
those who Cor 10 th"s" many years nav"
rested their foo; upon tho brass ran OK
rrnqscd an opinion marcy" "Npr"sSl"h
rf either citation or condemnation III IN"
issuing Of tn" death warran, Tor on" ).
Harl.yrOrn. 1t WIS declared that II WAS
the hi ggrst piece" Of national news
which affected not only all inr people OF
today hat Tho coming generations. L" ~"
received with Such little concern III thus
country
The upshot of III" whole matter was
that the pcnpl" expected thata Sufticl"h'
number OF states wr'i'h rah!H III" leu
oral p:nhibIlion movement from tn"
start. When 'hr Mississippi; l"Eisiatur"
sinrtrd tho hall rolling by ratifytnG the
amendment its action VAS GulrEiy toll
lowed hr Srvrral other stat" legislatures
and then Tho liquor traffic mon pro
rorrd 10 Civ NJ Tho ghost. while on IN"
n,j,rr hand tho prohibition nc"p!" kept
hn,nr,rrinw AVA hut. at Iit'' sam" nm"
feeling rnnfdcn: that III" - percent 81
or ~. states. or IS II number. would rat
ify tn" am"udmrut. When H"hrHSkt
puts it's stamp Of aGprnval on tn" enact
yurnt. reaching The /3al. tn" die was cast
which means THAI IN sS,nc year h"a'" ~"
death kncn Of old John Eari"yr"rn viii
have hc"n rung in tho United States.
Will Be Dry Jnue 80?
Tho chances nrr that this country VII!
no dry long hcfnr" this tiINc next y"hr.
Some months ago congress passed 4 war
measure shat in the event III" nit"h
States army had not been completely ne
modified by Jun" 90 next that IN" iHH"r
traffic should c"as" IN III" lnllrd states
until Inc rehabilitation took place. TIL"
chances arc declare lh"S" VII" arc III
position To foreraS, the situation. that il
will 10 moro than year from the present
;irnr until tho rehabilitation occurs.
which means that after June 81 next; Tho
United states will u" fnr"""r dry. haS!hG
tn. deduction urnn the ahov" surnISr.
Long Battle wnged. ,
To harl; hack 20 thr prohibition nl"V"-
mont III tho United states: Ever S'n"c
tho establishment Of this country 'h"r'
have been prohibition fighters and ior
mhr.. than n half century there has neon
- national nroh ihiiion tick"; in III" DrrSi-
dcnijal field Mon who for many years
have been sleeping in ih"ir graves Hdf"'
Gated and voted tho Straight pr"h'hi'i"n
ticket al cvrry election. Tn" w. I. J.
/ for years has hccn working against
tho demon rum" Will" other sHnilat
denominations but not rs wide in nation
TIlNr
their feet. To cnmhat with thrs" or
carnations tho National Rrcw"rs' assn-
citation was formed in 1861. This was
dane following statement mad" ny
President Lincoln that year. that II vas
hic hrrh that as SoOu aS the civil war
debt shall have hrrn paid that tn" i''u"r
traffic would cease. The national l!duor
officials lined ur their forces I" combat
tho comm: storm ami for wars after
ward used their power in politics nnd
among legislators.
Prohibition wavc Sweeps County.
Then thr lido changed. y prohibition
wave swept over tho country. stat" ny
s,n,c went dry" 1T WAS an "Nc"rtt"n-
extreme rxcr piicn--wh"n one voted
"wct" About lively" years az" con-
gresham HnhS"n. Of Alabama. miro
duccd II national prohibition hill IN ih'
house lir Eni little support from ms
colleagues The public rs n %h"l"
though, iohsnn was wasting his time ~
rrnrrrinr such radical measure. TIin"
and tide bring about wonderful changes.
There war considerable excitement IN
Wheeling "a we'll ne thronEhrut~ the
state when the legislator" voted west
Virginia dry in 1912. II was IN" tatk
Of tho town when IN" news was received
Eut when tho news that tho "ntIr" c"'in-
try has gon" dry "sil"nc" r"igns SUI
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