Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-20
DRY NATION fight MOI
Won YET SAYS SPEAKER
Anti saloon League Leader
arns Against Relaxing
From Struggle
FORMERLY 4 BARTENDER

DR.. A p. Williamson, who has re-
Gently become connected with the
Maryland branch OF the AntisSaloOn
League, spoke to an Annapolis audi
ence yesterday for the first time. ALL
ing the pulpit at the First Methodist
Episeopal church In the norntSg He
spoke Of the great dry victory Ii the
ratification Of the constitutional
amendment, but warned his bearers
against assuming that the whole light
was wOn. IN other words. DR.. Will
liams called attention TO the fact that
VARS may be won iii the field but lost
at the peace table
DR.. Williamson referred to the rati-
flcation Of the dry amendment as the
greatest moral victory ID the history
cf the world. ESe alluded In q humor
Gus way To several of the states which
had Just ratified the proposition. In
Gliding, With It's metropolis of ST.
Loaas and its breweries. and Wiacon
sin. with Milwaukee which certain
brand of beer had made famous, or In
famous. according to the point Of
viaw. The forbears OF the light-haired
swedeg Og Minnesota. be said. would
turn n their graves had they thought
their descendants we're to be denied by
their own horn OF mead
The speaker indicated that be does
not take seriously the legal objections
Ito the effectiveness Of the aSae4 1dment.
Discussing the claim that the satiaca-
fi0n vas not binding III states like
Ca sllfOrnia, where there III rsferen-
dunn, ne said that the constitution
made the act incumbent upon the vari-
Gus state Legislatures. and that Il did
not lie IN the power Of state 10 pro-
vide additional requirements. He also
found no difficulty In the provision as
To the coordinate powers OF ahe fed
era land state governments I'm en-
forcing the provisions at the amend
ment.
The result, the speaker said, was
due 81 the aroused conscience be the
great church. BE recalled that early
in ths ninetasnth caatury sentiment
had not cryssa IllSsd on fsata pOsmE, even
liz the Churc1ses, which have since lead
the fight He explained that no other
Organization could have been effective
10 produce the change except the An
Etl-SalOon league, though he praised III
the highest Measure the work og the
Nv. 6. II. u. and the prohibition party
DR.. Williamson made il point To-
warn his hearers that there was Still
much ID be done. and that the adminis-
tfation of the law would be opposed
Ia some places, particularly the great
cities He said that each state must
pass laws to asaist the federal govern
n1ent III making the Law effective
One of the striking things that Or.
Williamson said was that the liquor
trafic was already making les plans
To dabauch other nations, particularly
the Chinese, with their six hundred
mfIlions He said that many Of the
manufacturers of intoxicants had al
ready made plans u move there and
To varioua portions or the world.
During the course Of the address, Or.
Williamson spoke briefly Of hAs former
life, Before entering the miaistry. he
said, he had worked as. d bartender
ID hotel, while still i youth, and for
|a dozen years as d blacksmith He said
that these experiences had shown him
phases Of the liquor trafIaC and made
him sletest II all the rnore
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