Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-19

tnt l0pH NJ LnC PADtuSc
of temperance and reform.
"With reference to the Brooks high
license law we can take but one stand,
immediate repeal and adoption Of
the Martin bill. For us to take any
other position is to compromise the
whole question. The eighteenth amend
ment has foreyer settled this matter.
To attempt to set up code for the state
Of Pennsylvania. which may run coun
ter to the provision of the amendment
and the Volstead act. is to class the
great state of Pennsylvania as disloyal
to the purposes and intent of the con-
stitution of the United States.
"By the law of the United States
there is no provision for the licensing
Of the saloon. We call on our Meth
odism to refuse to ground arms until
Pennsylvania shall be in the list Of
the thirty eight other states that have
! already conformcd to the provisions Of
the Volstead code
"Tbe power and influence Of the mo-
tion picture upon the life and thought
Of the people. we kccnly appreciate and
uncompromisingly enter n protest
against its use in those realms. where
| they emphasize and exaggeratc sex ap-
neal. white slavery and cOmmcrcialized
vice. Systematically making prominent
illicit love affairs which tend to make
virtue odious and vice attractive, or
stories which make drunkenness at
! tractive. or scenes which ridiculc or
! deprecatc public officials. officers Of the
! law. ministers, priests, rabbis or rec
ornizpd leaders of any religious sect.
Deplore Sabbath Dissertation
eve urge hearty support of lcgis-
lation which will check the fearful
scourgc and curse of gambling. which,
TO an increasing degree. is now afflict-
ing the country.
T'Wc dcplorc the effort Of certain
lawless and Christian elements of
our population to break down the sane
tity Of the Christian Sabbath by un-
necessary work or business. We will
resist with all the power Mt our COM
mand the forces that would destroy
the fundamental part of our birthright
BY turning our Christian Sabbath into
n dnv Of Comnprcalizcd activity.
eve express our qualification at the
IL will bc n great force for good in the
future welfare Of our country.
Refers TO "Poison" Of Palmer
"I come hero not to congratulate you,
but to receive congratulations that the
Tumulty regime is over" DR.. Wilson
said. AS soon as the poison injected
by Attorney General Palmer. before he
left. is gotten out of our system we
vi" 'rr cleaner body polite.
"In answer to the question 'Will we
have urtlrr prohibition enforcement
unrcr the new administration ] would
.ay YES because we cannot have worse.
Prohibition has not failed. because 1t
has not been fairly tried. II is too bad
that it had to have its first year under
the hand which vetoed it.
"Kcopcrs Of saloons and brothrls who
sold liquor illicitly after prohibition
went into effect and who had been under
as many rs twelve indictments for SO
doing. have been appointed prohibition
enforcement officers in their state.
"A man in Montana who led II moi
against mc during one of my speeches
and who was considered the leading
> liquor dealer in that locality. made 9
moving saloon ont of an automobile, solt
liquor throughout the countryside ant
, was then made prohibition enforcement
, officer there He went into Canada ant
, sold the supplies he had left. then re
turned and assumed office.
Speaks of alliance"
"Thp German American Alliance, tn
= moving picture men, as well as on
! soldiers who have been contaminated il
P Europe. have become united in Il cam
paign to balk the enforcement of tn
4 eighteenth amendment. and the NOlStea
D act. 10 abolish Sabbath laws and. il
t the districts which have them. to lii
v red light abatement laws.
| "An attempt is being made to brin
back continental rather than America
ideals. The fight is not over, - thcr
was never SO great a fight all sng tn
line as there is today
eff | had rho timp | woull iulsp il
- show what dirty administration di
y, to bctray constitutional reform
y At this point DR.. Wilson was inter
=, rupted by cries of: THANK the Lord
-. Is ended.
e Prohibition Not Failure
" "lTohibition has not failed. tt
speaker resumed. because il has NJ
- been tried under the new adminiStra
tion. ! had talk with the new See
- rctary of the Treasury the other da
!" and as result am convinced that n
honest effort will be made to have til
- constitutional amendment and the Vol
e stead act do what they were intendc
: to do.
j. DR.. Wilson asked the conference I
% 60 operate in movement to erect
- big Methodist building in WaNhngto
n for civic and other interests"
a II can toll YOU how we have take
~ the liquor traffic ont Of the hands Of tn
Interstate Commerce Commission an
y what we did TO balk the exploiting o
70 the soldiers by the tobacco trust an,
@ Of our campaign against the cigarette
q This is no time to plant on America
c soil the fruit roapcd by our America
h soldiers in France. 1t is no tim" t.