Smyrna times., 1928-03-21
.ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE To WAR
ON WET CANDIDATES At POLLS
BIG MEETING AT DOVER AT
TENDED BY MANY SMYRNIANS
Anti-Saloon League Will Scan Record
of Every Man Seeking Office IRE
spective of Party-Live Convention

spective of Party-Live Convention
A number of auto parties from
Smyrna headed by Rev. R. K. Steph-
enson, DID,, motored to Dover, Thurs
day to attend the Citizenship Conven-
ton of the Anti-Saloon League of
Delaware. 1t was rousing conven-
ton and was largely attended by dele
cations from all over the state. The
convention went prominently on rec
ord in deciding that "only dry candl-
dates will be supported for office" The
decision was expressed in resolu-
ton: eve recognize that the elections
the coming fall will make crisis in
the prohibition movement and we
pledge ourselves to support those can
didates for Federal and State offices,
particularly President, Senator, Con-
gresham, governor and members Of
state Legislatures-who give satisfac-
tory assurance that they are friendly
to the Eighteenth Amendment that
they will not seek to weaken but rath-
er strengthen the Volstead act and
that they will do everything in their
power to make prohibition effective"
Other features Of the meeting were
the address of Bishop James Cannon,
OF the Methodist Church South, who
ridiculed the idea of making "Alo
Smith President, and insisted that
Gal" Smith and Governor Ritchie, Of
Maryland, were two men who would
not become President; the address Of
DR.. j. NJ Doran, national prohibition
director, who declared that the asser-
tion that there was more drinking
/ than ever before was lie, and the adj
dress Of Dr. Ernest Fl. Cherrington,
general secretary of the World
4 League against Alcoholism.
\ DR.. Stephenson Presides at Session
AT the morning session the Rev. r.
X. Stephenson, ID. d., of Smyrna, pre-
sided and the principal speaker was
v the Rev. "A. Il. Latham, Of Chester,
\ who described conditions in his section
\ and urged the people to support the
v prohibition law because the nation Is
\ being threatened. The Rev. Leonard
\ White, of Delmar, spoke of conditions
\ in Wilmington and declared they We're
much better than before prohibition.
N Bishop Cannon was the principal
VI speaker of the afternoon. Other
speakers were George w. Crabbe, su-
perintendent Of the Maryland-Dela-
ware Anti Saloon League and Colonel
j. NJ. Herbert, the new Prohibition
\ Commissioner for Maryland Three
minute speeches were made BY num-
Der Of ministers.
Prominent Speakers in the Evening
DR.. Doran, DR.. Cherrington and
George "a. Douglass, Of the Inter-
Collegiate Prohibition Association,
were the speakers At the concluding
meeting in the evening. DR.. Doran,
who was an unexpected speaker, IN
addition to declaring that it was a
lie that more people are drinking now
than before prohibition, declared that
an honest endeavor was being made
to enforce the law and pleaded with
the people to have confidence and to
aid in the movement. He declared
that Baltimore is much better than i
was ten years ago and that no one
wants to 20 back to the old time. DR.
ChefflngJon spoke ol lie elsii1eCn1A
amendment being here to stay and de
clared that one reason why it would
stay was because it could not be re
pealed if 13 states held out against it
1t will also stand, he declared, be-
cause Of the purpose of the act, be-
cause there is a demand in industry
for sober and clear-headed men, be-
cause it is supported by public opin-
ion, because education is making great
progress and because it contains
! righteous principle.