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The Golden Age for January 6, 1910.
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By J. B. Richards, Acting Superintendent Georgia Anti-Saloon League.
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lakees to the gulif, from all the states, from Canada
and from the islands of the sea came the great cap
tains and lieutenants of the Anti-Saloon League army.
Taxing at times the capacity of one of the great halls of
Chicago’s great Masonic Temple, this counsel of
war continued throughout the week.
For the most part during the days, the sessions
at the Temple were confined to the reading of papers
on all phases of the work, and short speeches by the
most prominent workers, while at night mass meet
ings were held at other halls and auditoriums, where
some of the greatest stars on the American plat
form addressed great audiences.
During the week more than half a hundred ad
dresses were made covering every phase of the
work, every one of which had been carefully pre
pared for the benefit of the members of the confer
ence by expert league workers, men well qualified to
deal with the various questions at issue.
At this conference, presided over by a great gener
al, Rev. P. A. Baker, national superintendent, than
whom this nation has produced no equal as a safe
and sane leader since the days of Lee, and Grant
and Jackson, the policies of the league were thor
oughly and fully discussed.
Every feature of the departmental work of the
league was gone into with detail and precision.
The qualifications, manner, habit and personal con
__jluct, of the league worker was carefully considered
and'thXQughtfully discussed. The raising and expend
ing of funds forJeague work; the problems of state
and national legislation; the important work of law
enforcement; general literature and plans for wide
and effective agitation, all received very careful con
sideration. Two hundred state league superinten
dents, district superintendents, field secretaries and
general workers were in attendance, and it was a
most enthusiastic and inspiring assembly.
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MAN who was there can never ‘forget.
The leading saloon fighters of America
were touching elbows, heads and hearts.
The Superintendents’ and Workers’
Conference held in Chicago the week
of November 29th, will go down in
history as the greatest demonstration
of all Anti-Saloon reformation.
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Nearly all of this great host of trained and salaried
workers were practically new men, only five attend
ing the first conference in 1898, and only ten attend
ing the Chicago conference in 1900, were at this
conference.
The large number of excellent papers and ad
dresses given by members of the conference were
very inspiring and instructive and the enthusiasm
of the workers, the spirit of aggressiveness evinced,
indicated what may be expected of the Anti-Saloon
League crusaders in the near future.
Besides regular league workers, there were pres
ent a number of the nation’s great and popular
statesmen and platform leaders who took part in
many of the sessions and mass meetings. Ex-govern
or Handley of Indiana; Hon. John G. Wooley; Bishop
Matthews; Hon. John Marshall, of Kansas; and our
own inimitable Seaborn Wright and Judge W. A.
Covington—Georgia’s forceful orators.
It was a great conference and an inspiration to all
who attended. If the brewers of the country, Tom
Gilmore, and the Personal Liberty League leaders,
could have been at these meetings, where they could
size up this great army of consecrated soldiers in a
fight for a saloonless nation, led by the great cap
tain of our salvation, and make a comparison of their
own little gang with the devil for a leader,
there would have been exceedingly great fear and
trembling, and they would cease howling about the
waning of prohibition and the tottering of the Anti-
Saloon League tower.
The Chicago Campaign.
Sunday, December sth, was Anti-Saloon League
field day in Chicago, when over two hundred
churches were open to League workers who were
attending the National League Convention.
Chicago is in the midst of a great local option
campaign. Under the laws of Illinois the people of
any township, town or county can bring on a vote
at regular elections. At this time some forty coun
ties are dry and many others partly dry under this
law. Os course the wets are going to try to reclaim
a lot of this dry territory next year, while the drys
will bring on elections in nearly all the wet territory.
Heretofore the wets have been accustomed to send
to Chicago for a lot of “rounders” to use in their
elections, but Chicago has a little job on hand now
of her own, and they will not be in shape
usual “missionary” work.
To Dr. Shields and his splendid force of co-work
ers we come with greetings and bid them God speed.
A Swedish Mass Meeting.
The Swedish Temperance mass meeting at Orches
tra Hall Thursday evening, December 2nd, was a
great success. Between 2,500 and 3,000 were pres
ent. This, without question, was the most repre
sentative Swedish temperance meeting that has ever
been held in America.
Upon the platform were seated more than 100
pastors and more than 100 elected representatives
from the various church bodies of the Swedish
churches in Chicago.
The meeting was opened with Luther’s Battle
Hymn, after which the Rev. ±i. O. Lundblad, of La-
Grange, read the first Psalm, and the Rev. Edwin
S. Dahl offered prayer. The Hvassmann Sextet sang
several beautiful selections, the songs having been
composed especially for this meeting by Prof. David
Nyvall, of Minneapolis, Minn. The Swedish denomi
nations had each selected a representative to pres
ent a greeting in behalf of his denomination.
Prof. J. E. Hillberg, representing the Swedish
Methodists, opened with an inspiring address. Prof.
Hillberg is a master of the Swedish tongue.
The Rev. John A. Swanson, of the Swedish Bap
tists, gave an excellent address in behalf of his
denomination.
The Rev. A. L. Nystrom, representing the Mission
Friends, spoke with vigor, the Rev. A. F. Berg
strom closed with appeal to the Swed-
ish people to cause.
Mr. 0 4R .|j superintendent of the
MinnesW gave the main Swed
ish adjKJh-- J a spell binder from
start t^|^"jphl is the youngest of
all the state superintendents in America.
State Superintendent Shields, of the Illinois
League, extended to the Swedish people a hearty
greeting, thanking them for their loyal co-operation.
Dr. P. A. Baker, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America, urged the two hundred pastors
and delegates to stand by the superintendept of the
Swedish department of the league.
