Word: anti-salooner
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...Anti-Saloon League of Iowa offered to help dry up New York...
...special meeting of the Anti-Saloon League was called for June 26 at its birthplace, Westerville, Ohio. Its chief object is reported to be the quashing of the Presidential aspirations of Governor Al Smith...
...Anti-Saloon League observed its 30th birthday without a celebration. It was founded by Dr. Howard H. Russell at Oberlin, Ohio in 1893. It does not regard its work as finished and, according to its leaders, it " will agitate for real enforcement of the dry law throughout the country...
...YORK: Police Commissioner Enright of New York City announced that the police would continue to enforce the Constitution in New York, despite repeal of the state prohibition enforcement law. Anti-Saloon League Superintendent Anderson declared that if Smith were to veto the repeal, such a " shrewd stroke would make the Governor a national figure," and that otherwise New York " might temporarily drop to the level of Maryland and Massachusetts." Governor Smith, who was elected on a "moist" platform, announced that a hearing on the subject of repeal will be held...
Judge Staley of the Supreme Court of New York ruled that the Anti-Saloon League is a political organization, and as such is required to make a complete statement of its financial resources as demanded by the Corrupt Practices Act. The League's assertion that it is " an organization for the discussion and advancement of political questions and principles without any connection with elections" is contradicted by the experience of politicians and office holders, who say that the League backs its candidates and defeats its enemies with extraordinary power and resolution...