Smyrna times., 1924-01-23
In. PRICE AT DRY CONVENTION
Writes of Impression of Great Con-
ventiOn of Anti-SalOOn League at
Washington, ID. c., Last Week

W dSHihStOIl, u -, Last week
Rev. J. ]. Bunting and Lewis NJ. |
Price of this town, attended the
jubilee of the Twenty-frst National
Convention Anti-Saloon League of
America, held in Washington, D. c.,
last week from January u to 16. Rev.
J. j. Bunting, delegate from Asbury
NJ. E. Church, and M. Price ap-
pointed by Governor Denney as one of
the State delegates. Mr. Price re-
port: chat there were about fifteen
hundred delegates in attendance, sixty
of whom were from Delaware, and
there were forty speakers. Presidents
of the w. C. 7. T., Bishops, Attorney
Generals, Congressman, L. S. Sena-
tors, and other well-known speakers,
among whom were pussy Foot"
johnson, Sam Small, George Stewart
and William Jennings Bryan, all en-
phaSing the fact that inestimable good
has come to the people of our country
during the past four years, since the
enactment of the Eighteenth Amend
ment to our constitution. The oft
repeated statement was made that it
is not a question of repeating or mod
| flying the constitution, for the days of
notification are gone forever and the
amendment is in the constitution to
stay, having been put there in a most
/ regular way and ratified by fOrty-SiX
states
Fight to Suppress Alcoholism Now On
"The question now is the suppress
sion of alcoholism by enforcement of
the law. The fight is now on and the
facts were brought out that the liquor
interests are trying to regain what
they have lost by using large sums
of money and false propaganda, try
ing to make it appear that prohibition
is failure, in the face Of the facts
that great gains and great good has
been made throughout the land.
George Stewart said it is a fight be-
tween the brain and heart on the one
side, and the stomach on the other,
and that the men who are crying for
personal liberty when they mean IL
cense, are doing more to spread an
archy than all other causes. He said
the selfish man looks at himself, but
the highest test Of citizenship is the
consideration of your fellow man.
One Of the speakers said that the pro-
hibition laws are for all classes. The
higher the grade of citizen, the high
er example of citizenship he should
exhibit, and that he would not permit
the rich man to have wine in his cell
lar, and the poor man to go without
it; but he would equalize this condi-
ton by taking it away from the rich
1t was said, it is not prohibition that
is being tested, but it is the American
people, and since there are foes in
this country to law and order, it is the
duty of the decent people, and they
, are in the majority, to combine on the
final destruction of the liquor traffic
by standing back of all the enforce
ment officers and cooperate with then
{ in their task of enforcement.
Buffers Crusade in Philadelphia
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania
said that the secret of Buffers sue
! cess in Philadelphia is because every
officer knows that he means business
and viOlaters are properly punished
Speaking of the Anti-Dry convention
t that is following this convention, which
} will oppose the Eighteenth Amend
| ment and its notification, the fac
2 was brought out that they do not rep
resent the will of the majority of the
people, but only that of a certain
+ class and place themselves in a clas;
2 as foes to law and order and unpatri
otic. That they are not only deceiv-
> ing themselves, but they are deceiv
= ing their followers. Another speaker
said that any effort to repeal or mod
ify the Eighteenth Amendment viii
fail if any doubt remained that the
serpent of rum had been torn from
, the bosom of this nation, it was re
moved when the Ninteenth Amend
ment was enacted. Sam Small sale
there is no danger of this Congress
modifying the Eighteenth Amendment
but it is the duty of the temperance
! people to go to the primaries and sec
that men are nominated, VINO, Whef
elected, the next congress will be
made up of equally dry men who are
loyal to law and have a prejudice ir
favor of keeping their oath of office
He said that God has made a treaty
+ with peace, that we shall not sacrifice
our children and he served notice that
the people of this nation intend to en-
force the law at any cost even if il
, takes a civil war, for the government
, which made the laws must execute its
powers or it is no government.
March in Rain to Hear Coolidge
cit was an inspiring feature when
- on Tuesday at noon, during a severe
- wind and rain storm, the delegates
- undaunted, marched from the conven-
tiOn church sinpinp "America" and