Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
DRYS CHEER HOOVER
AS SINCERE LEADER
AND ASSAIL BINGHAM

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7 don't want him in my church." DR..
Abernethy declared.
Assails Wet Attitude.
Warning against the popular atti-
tude which champions law violation, DR..
Henry H. Crane, Scranton, Pa, said
continuance of this state OF mind In
America will result in the ultimate
breakdown of democracy.
The vets encourage violation of the
prohibition laws and by this means seek
to bring about its repeal" he said
This is eating directly at the founda-
tons of our Government"
The farmers from the Atlantic to
the Pacific will stand firm for prohi-
bition," Louis J. Taber of Columbus,
Ohio, master of the National Grange,
declared at a luncheon meeting Not
that prohibition Is perfect; not that 1t
has achieved all that we have hoped
for but because it is the most advanced
step yet taken for handling perplex-
ing age-old problem" he continued.
This is no time to take backward
step in prohibition or law observance. ="
Speaking at the luncheon, Rev. DR..
Frank Kingdom. East Orange, N. j., told
the delegates that the central question
facing the people just now is how
! 1000 900 people can be put to work and
! not how thirst may be satisfied"
Bishop Cannon Praised.
A resolution strongly supporting and
defending Bishop CancoG, now under
! indictment for violation of the Federal
corrupt practices act, was unanimously
adopted by the board Of directors of the
league. This action was taken Saturday
evening, but not made public until to-
day.
In a formal statement Bishop Can
non was called "a great champion of
freedom of conscience and intellect
a protector of the independence of the
franchise" The resolution added that
only his resolution and sacrifice stand
between thousands OF independent
voters and social oStracism, financial
ruin and serious physical harm"
o. S. Poland, Boston, secretary pro
tempore Of the convention, who intro
duced the resolution, explained this sec
ton referred to Bishop Cannon's refusal
to make known the names of his asso-
clates and supporters in the 1928 cleo
ton. 1t was not, Mr.. Poland declared,
to protect himself that Bishop Cannon
lCIuoCu W uIFulBc LllcSc lldulGS.
Indebted to Bishop.
The resolution states:
The Anti-Saloon League of Ameri-
ca records its debt and notes the debt
OF the whole American people to Bishop
James Cannon, jr. His has been a life
Of Self-Sacrifice and denial-Singly de-
voted to the advancement Of the cause
Of prohibition.
THE friends Of prohibition will never
be able to repay him for what pro-
hibition has cost him in money, or In
health, or in assaults on spirit.
More than all this-iS the fact that
Bishop Cannon stands today and ought
to go down in history as great
champion Of freedom of conscience and
intellect. a protector of the indepen-
dence OF the franchise. Only his reso-
luton and sacrifice stand between
thousands Of independent voters and
social oStracism. financial ruin and
serious physical harm.
AS sacrificing worker in the cause
OF prohibition-aS a champion, to your
own hurt, of the civic rights of free
dom-Bishop Cannon, we salute you"
Robinson Opposes Plan.
At youth rally yesterday afternoon
Senator Arthur Robinson, Republican,
Indiana, told the convention that II
the United States Government goes
into the liquor business Uncle Sam will
necessarily become the bartender of
10000 900 people"
Senator Robinson expressed opposition
to State control, modification or repeal.
Representative c. E. Moore, Republican,
OHIO, also addressed the convention and
expressed similar views
You would have to put the flag over
every grog shop in the land" Senator
Robinson asserted, and that would
desecrate it, Prohibition was written
into the Constitution after 1873 years of
liquor, there to remain for all time to
come. If State goes into the business
and controls it, each and every bar
tender becomes public official-and
wouldn't that become a pretty mess?
ANY central selling place would be a
saloon, regardless of what it was called,
and If the eighteenth amendment Is re-
pealed. 1t will mean the return OF the
saloon"
Fears Return of Saloon.
Representative Moore said anti-pro-
hibition measures in Congress would
eventually cause the saloon to return"
Former Representative William d.
UpsnaW OF georgia told the convention
that anti-prohibition House members
are 'trampling the Constitution beneath
! their feet in an effort to bring back
John Barleycorn."
He said ANY man who has the smell
, Of liquor on his breath should not be
elected to ONCE"
Conditions are growing steadily bet
ter and people who talk about referen-
dunn and pernicious modification are
not going to win out in 1882" DR. Joy
Elmer Morgan editor of the Journal OF
the National Education Association, de-
clared
George Y. Harmon Of Topeka, Kans.,
, superintendent of the Kansas Anti
Saloon League, said I'VE would have less
trouble with the young people today II
they were set better example by the
old ones"