Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
BY II. D. bishop.

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launched for the attainment OF
worldwide prohibition viii be
planned and directed from washing :
ton.
= A suite of offices will be opened in (
this city within the next few weeks,
ana from that time ON. according to (
the leaders of the movement. the grim .
contest for the complete effacemert Of !.
John Barleycorn and kindred spirits
from the face OF the earth will be
carried on increasingly and unrelent-
ingly day and night, month after
month, and year~a after year, until the
desired victory or absolute defeat
The name of this Worldwide or
ganization is the world League
Against Alcoholism"
nv X u i *
The commanding general of these
worldwide forces is Ernest Hurst
Cherrington, whose home isin Wester-
Vile. Ohio. For twenty years he has
been recognized as the brains and
political genius of the Anti-Saloon
League Of America. Associated with
this modern Alexander In his world
,conquering enterprise will be the fol-
lowing men, who are at present off,
GERS of the Anti-Saloon League, who
have become nationally known
through their years of connection with
that militant, organization: Perley. A..
Baker. general superintendent; How
ard III. Russell, associate general SUI
perintendent; James Cannon, jr., chair
man Legislative committee; Wayne b.
Z Wheeler, general counsel; l.. b. Mus
grove. chairman Of the executive COM
mittee: William II. Anderson, Arthur
j. Davis and +. Scott Mcbride, state
superintendents, respectively. of New
York. Massachusetts and Illinois.
The principal plank contained lii
the constitution OF the world League
Against Alcoholism" reads as follows;
'.The object Of this league is to at
tain by means Of education and legis-
latfon the total suppression through
out the world of alcoholism, which is
the poisoning Of body germ plasm.
mind conduct and society, produced
: BY tho consumption of alcoholic bev-
oraEes. This league pledges itself to
avoid utilization with any political
: party as such. and to maintain an
attitude of strict neutrality on all
: questions of public policy mot direct
ly and Immediately concerned with
I the traffic in alcoholic beverages" .
= 1t will thus be seen by the above
quotation that the same political gem
: 0ralship will be practiced In the pro- :
.hibition campaigns of the various for
eign countries of the world that was
found to work so successfully In tho
dry battles In the several states OF
this country. It has ever been tho
, custom Of the Anti-Saloon League to
: espouse, tho cause Of whichever po-
litical party first commenced flirting
with the prohibition issue and made
the Irritation a continuous affair. la
ter resulting in q real love match. In :,
(. one state they might be boosting re-
!. publicanism, while in an adjoining
state they would be whooping up
things for the democratic party. In
the light Of subsequent events and
results 1t must DO admitted by both
friends and foes Of prohibition tha. 4
+, was ono Of the shrewdest and most
effective political games ever staged
in this country
Mr.. Cherrington, the man who will
boss this greatest and most gigantic
drying attempt ever undertaken since
the dawn of history, IL perhaps the
last man. SO far rs his personal APP
pearance is concerned, whom the av-
erage citizen would take for a re-
former He is comparatively young
man, having but recently celebrated
his forty-second birthday. His style
Of dress clearly, indicates the employ
ment of q tailor who knows his busi-
ness. To see him casually saunterlng
down Pennsylvania avenue or dining
at d popular restaurant 1t would be
the most natural thing In the world
to assume that he was either $i0,-
900 week movie actor. Pittsburgh
banker, city lawyer or physician.
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He possesses the charm and ease of
manner of senator In his palniest
days. And 1t should not BIO assumed
for moment that honey Y his only
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