Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-25
Mcconnell Case
Stirs MethOdiSts
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secretary of the Methodist Episcopa,
| Hospital, scored Mcconnell.
So far is Mr.. Walnut is concerned v
said Mr.. Boswell. II understand that he
Is not Democrat any way. or il he is.
| perhaps he is ashamed to admit being
one, as a good many others are. SEN
ator Mcconnell was bent on making
Philadelphia as wet as the Atlantic.
We do know that when Mr.. Walnut
was removed from the job and made his
protest, the officials got busy
The Rev. William Powick offered a
resolution commencing Mr. Walnut
for his efforts to make the State dry,
and his fidelity to public duty
This resolution did not meet with
! the approval of the conference, how
ever. The Rev. DR.. J. II. Crowther
| said he objected to the resolution.
While Senator Mcconnell is under
Indictment" said DR.. Crowthe-, "he
has not yet been proved guilty. An
conviction. Under the circumstances
do not think Senator McConnell's s
name ought to be mentioned in any res
olution." This view found favor with
the members Of the conference. and the
Powick resolution was dropped.
Committee Appointed
| A committee of five members was then
appointed to consider the liquor situa-
ton in Philadelphia, with a view to
crystallizing the thought Of the Confer
ence before the local liquor question is
brought up again for discussion.
The liquor discussion was followed by
a discussion of the attitude of the Phil.
| Il al h{a <,f
prohibition and law enforcement. DIR.
Boswell declared that the pUBLIc
LEDGER had in his opinion printed the
strongest editorial in support Of law
enforcement. 1t was generally agreed
that the newspapers had been remiss
in backing prohibition.
| Demands that the coming vote in the
! primaries be used to make the country
! assuredly forever dry furnished a high
light of the annual report of the Board
of Temperance of the Philadelphia Con.
ference. The report by the Rev. John
Watchorn. newly elected president Of
the board, was received with tremendous
applause.
Two more years of volstead prohi.:
bition and our cause Is forever safe"
declared DR.. Watchorn. 1.-The Eight
ecnth Amendment is here to stay and
the Nolstead act must remain it's best
Interpretation. Help get dry candidates
on the tickets and then work and vote
for them. We need n dry Legislature,
dry Governor and dry Congress.
! Sees Beer and Wine Menace
mo compromise on the light wines
and beer must be permitted" he con.
tinued. He took a fng at the "un-
speakable perfidy of the vets" when
in the name of soldier bonus they
| insult as noble group of patriots the
world has ever known, by proposing to
make a drunken Nation in order to en-
able the Government to care for its de-
fenders.'
THE plea for light wines and beers
! is subtle appeal to our American sense
of fairness, as n happy compromise
against the grosser evils of the out:
lawed liquor traffic on the one hand"
said DR.. Watchorn, land the so-called
drastic provisions of the Volstead act
on the other. The danger and fallacy
of this proposed compromise must be
pitlessly exposed
The work Of Federal Commissioner
Haynes was commended. arrests for
drunkenness having decreased 90 per
cent, 10000 convictions having been
secured. and $4,000, 900 worth Of prop
erty having been seized under his ad-
ministration during 1921.
~ am glad to pay tribute to our
newly appointed Senator, George
Wharton Pepper" said DR.. Watch
orn. 'In response to our plea that
the law should be enforced. he declared
that there is no question about 1.-THE
law must be enforced"
lie added that the Senator had used
his influence in the appointment of
the Rev. J. r. Davis, who has made
splendid beginning on the founda-
ton of his predecessor, s, +. Rutter.'
Resolutions were passed during the
morning session advocating the estab-
ishment Of Federal Department of
Education. with a secretary who would
be member of the Cabinet, and copies
were sent to Senator Pepper and Rep
resentative Darrow. The Rev. DR..
Crowther offered a, resolution for the
appointment of a clerical committee to
meet with the lay committee author
lied yesterday to discuss from time to
time during the year questions of gem
eral interest, particularly those affect
ing the good order of the community.
a committee was appointed also to
draft resolutions on the occasion of
the death early today of the Rev. DR..
Jay Dickerson. former pastor and
builder of the Wharton Memorial
Church.
Says Men Are Coming Forward
The Rev. DR.. Thomas Nicholson, of
Chicago, one of today's speakers at the
conference, affirmed his belief in the
young manhood Of the country. He
declared that formerly women had pre-
dominated in the congregations, but
that of late men had come forward and
were taking most active part in the
affairs OF the church. Mr.. Nicholson
spoke in condemnation of many OF the
spectacular plays which are produced
in the modern theatre, declaring they
showed evidences of ''paganism.
1.-THE wealth Of the United States
will be the ruin Of the people Of this
country" he said, "if we do not teach
the people how to use it properly.
1.-The Argentine, China, India and
Africa would be greater than America
II at one time they could bring to bear
their wealth on tho rest Of the world.
1t would be the same as II the modern
day inventions Of warfare had been
turned loose upon the vandal and the
Hun. What would happen II the
wealth Of these countries went to the
sINy.,,, a. tha <iv,,a for MothoH;u,r, <o