The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-26
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teen hundred people heard
Hon William Jennings Bryan speak
INIT Methodist Episcopal church
sfd1y sfterpon under the direG
Sd 81 the National Anti-saIoon
16 an the subject 1.-THE Task
tofS uSss
q orninE ne made an appeal for
lIS Rlc6ry Loan and from that sub
he discussed the League Of Ma
5i6 He declared that President
|l6on a. right in not permitting
IIi7ne to go to Italy. He predicted
'6essE for the League OF Nations,
iEh Is q surety against bloodshed
Td daughter in the future. The fact
nat a nation has two months to think
p1ef he believes is safety valve
yRllek warlike passion.
1niifaliy his strong drive was at
III onaI prohibition for which cause
ne IS campaigning. With the aboli-
Ion of wet territory he was certain
Ifal there would not be a great diff.
Iciiitx TO abolish the liquor traffic.
rgedicted international temper
1ncS md told how temperance speak
efe being sent to Scotland and
some could do effective work in New
zt1land; which recently went wet by
6,if 1000 votes. Brewers in this
country are pulling down their
plant and sending them to Mexico
Declared Nj. Bryan, who added, 'gra-
Ip1ss hey have enough trouble down
mere without brewers going into it.
The soldiers, who are sworn to sup
1oFt the constitution and who went
defend the country will not OPP
6ose national prohibition as wet pa,
Dels state; but they want to defend
tic laws and furthermore many Of
i1eii yoted to make the many states
~ that went into that column be-
gEe tiieys went abroad.
one ot the unique badges worn In
'eH York City mo beer no work"
was shown BY Mr.. Bryan. A small
beer mug was attached to a red,
white ana blue ribbon. He could
not understand why the nations col.
ors would be used by law breakers.
Red libhon might be appropriate be-
cause It's the color Of a certain law
less element In our country Blue
pifht hertght because that's a way
fellow feels day after he gets jag,
bit white could be used he could
moi figure out because 1t was the COL
or ot the Woman's Temperance I'm
ion the greatest foe to the liquor
Wet organs repeatedly stated thar
il would be the little states that
would force the big ones in, but Mr..
Bryan noted that New York Pennsyl-
fania Ohio and Illinois the big four
Ne ne really pulling Rhode Island
Rnd Connecticut in. Mr.. Bryan eS-
pfetsed great Joy that It was Nebras-
k8 that was the S6th state to come
h. because It was his own state. He
N'ired 1tit that Nebraska would be
1|ssraced because 1t did not and he
was pieased II did come across, in
VI ME-. Bryan recalled how he
tonld not get q prominent Democrat
10 introduce him in the early days
S'o when ne endeayored to speak
for Temp tance so he rented hall
and pFgCeeded himself.
ut Bryan tracd the temperance
NOV epent from the time the Metho-
Iists h the early days would not
permit their ministers to have any
pecuuiatS income from booze Joint,
WHICH modest measure MI. Bryan
said was first voted down. He said
hat he would not tell one on the
Ie'hodists without doing likewise on
he Pfeshyterians at which time he
aid the ministers were advised mot
GET drunk In public. Times have
12nged ana for years these two de.
cnlinati0ns have been fighting the
.ou6r traffic.
one 81 The cleverest combinations
made BIZ W. Bryan was telling how
|I1nEsly the amendments to the fed
n consa ution which he advocated
FASTENED temperance. For years the
'ouot I1fcss oppose temperance on
be- TAX argument, but now the IN
ou6 tax viii meet this. Without the
id q the direct vote Of United
hates senators eve could not have
sciissd nationwide prohibition" adj
"a M Bryan. The time OF auc-
o1inE The American boy off on the
lock tor the saloon Is a thing Of the
ssfs said Mr. Bryan.
M Bryan was introduced by Con-
ressnen Nicely, the pastor, Rev. G.
Goodwin, D. D., also spoke. Last
'yhf M. Bryan spoke In Clarksburg.