Book Description
Excerpt from Bishop Cannon's Own Story: Life as I Have Seen It Meanwhile his responsibilities in the prohibition movement were de manding increasing attention. The state-wide campaign for prohibition in Virginia was teaching a climax, and Cannon devoted much of his time to gaining political support for this objective. Probably more than any other individual, in fact, he was responsible for converting the Vir ginia political machine of Martin and Swanson and Byrd, certainly 'wet in inclination, to an orgamzat1on apparently enthusiastic for the dry cause. By gradual steps, a process of taking what he could get, Cannon led Virginia along the road until it reached complete prohibition m 1916. At the same time his responsibilities increased on a national scale when he assumed the chairmanship of the National Legislative Committee of the anti-saloon League of America. This position alone, testified Cannon, was of such importance that 1t would take all 'my time could I afford to give it for that purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
