Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-15

VIEWS OF METHODTsT EPIsccPAL MINISTER.
| Ed'tof sFdr:-Please allow friend OF tenn
perance and morality sufficient space In your
columns TO say few words upon the subject
which now agttates the citizens Of this District
| AT the meeting OF the Liquor Dealers AssOcia
t1oD, held en- Wednesday last, a preamble and
| resolution was adopted, which appeared In your
| issue or thursday. Upon this paper desire to
shomit "a, lew remarks The very first sentence
SHOWS the spirit in which 1t was written: I'VE
nave witnessed with unfeigned pain and recrsI
pollticai meeting called for and held On the
| saoDath DAY by certain persons styling them
selves pastors or Christian churches" a.
throughout the paper the ministers " ho al
tended this meeting, pastors OF evangelical
cnu,ches In THIS city, are stigmatzed 'self styled
Christian teachers" II concludes as follows. ara
Ii resolved, that We denounce such CATHERINE
and all assemblages for business or political
purposes on the Sabbath day as unchristian.
ana as suoversiye OF the time honorei custom
among CIVILIZED people TO observe the Lord
Gay with becoming meekneSs aud Charity"
Such language Is well calculated to provoke a
smile. There Is not In The community class
OF men VINO have more utter DISREGARD or the
SaDbath than the liquor dealers They can
whenever circumstances promise security, sell
liquor on that day contrary to law without a
par OF conscience but when meeting de.
signed to secure proper enforcement of the
Iqeor laws Is held on the Sabbath their righ-
tsouS Indignation Is aroused The Sanctity OF
with unteigned pain and regret. A person has
Only TO read the reports OF proceedings in the
Police Court to see now often these men are
ai1alghed for Selling liquor On Sunday.
De closed on that day, liquor would be
Sold to minors, and tipping houses lndeIi nitely
multiplied. When bank robber teaches non.
sse OF e an e imm ,s =, man morality Then may
the same paper they say: I'VE have lust csnse
u complaint against the Commissioners for
Ineif liibeIal and oppressive construction OF the
Law against us In respect 10 our application for
licenses. and have ilterposed UNNECESSARY oh
Jections and obstacles In the way OF our appli-
cations therefor" How nearly this approaches
the truth all who are familiar with the facts can
Judge The Commissioners have refused no ap.
plicaTlon for license in which the conditions OF
The law were compiled With. In 1879 six Bun
ored licenses were issued by the license bolrd,
nVe hundred and twenty applications for license
were received, OF which about four hundred
were approved, and the rest refused or laid over
10. h, E reasons: In several cases license
mas beeh issued In direct violation OF the law.
me license board has given applicants every
facility TO obtain license. fu many cases acting
as attorneys for them, and returning defective
Applications for amendment or for additional
signatures They have been SO much aided in
this respect that they have publicly declaret
mat the commissioners are On their side" And
now they charge the Same men with flliberal and
oppressive construction of the license law, and
OF interpreting unnecessary obstacles In their
way. evidently they desire TO be left entirely
alone in the prosecution. of traffic which is
the most fruitful source OF disorder. Sabbath
breaking. and crime In this and every commu-
bity. Nothing would suit them so well as the
reIeei OF az laws restricting the manufacture
and sale OF liquor. They want no opposition In
establishing on every corner their saloons,
which. I'm the language OF an eminent JurisO
are the foul cess pools which breed and mature
all mat Is loath5one and Disgusting Ia pro-
ianity. vulgarity and Sabbath breaking" Il.
The Sanitary Problem.
Editor Star:-At the request Of parties inter-
If hn
Potomac, this problem has been Investigated by
the undersigned, who cordially endorses the
general plan proposed by the board OF survey
or 1872, and the notifications recommended by
the District Commissioners In 1919, but instead
OF surrounding the Hats TO be reclaimed by ex-
pehsive timber bulkheadS, as the board of sur
Fey proposed. costing si0O per linear foot and
requiring heavy expenditures for renewal ana
repairs. he proposes TO substitute levees of
stone and earth, and Instead or Killing the en-
closed areas to an average depth OF l2N feet. as
proposed pr aad by the board OF survey. requiring
70 coo, 600 cubic yards OF material on 1903
acres, he proposes to neutral;ze all malarial In.
1uences on The whole $500 acres OF marsh In
me District In period or two years With an an
huaf expenditure OF only $3.50 900.
1t is generally conceded that the malaria is
generated by the exposure of the marshes,
covered with rank vegetation at low tides 70
The action OF the sun. This is greatly agra
waited by the sewage Of the District containing
large quantities OF focal matter. which spreads
over the fats. and being voatllized by the heat
OF the sun Is carried by winds over the city,
generating pestiience aud causing great NOR
tally.
A partial reclamation OF the flats will be OF
little service; the remedy must be radical. So
long as any portion or the flats remain ex-
posed as depository for marsh vegetation and
sewage matter, no great anlei1oraIlOn can De
hopeu Tor and the radical defect OF the plans
proposed by the board OF survey is that they
contemplate the reclamation OF only 600 acres
"h!lt The marsh lands o. the District include
more than :. 600 acres. The general plan pro-
Efy,Ia of
lato SIX sections each, surrounded by substan-
l'al ieVees on the INES OF the proposed
S enannes SselOE Gates as many ake
are to be provided so as to fill these
fa3tnS at high tide aRd discharge as often
as required at low tide so as to prevent the
water from becoming Stagnant auu thus Gov
trlDg the marshes at all times With three feet
OF fresh water. The sedmen1ary matter brought
down by hoods will gradually fill up these
basins aided by the material dredged from the
channels and when the ILLS reicl one foot
above low water the action OF the tile gates
viii cover the whole area into comparatively
dry and productive meadows over which high
rreshets viii leave annual deposits OF moderate
extent and the river will be thus utNZ. as an
important agency fer doing the work. This plan
MOI Son ann "a any way Win that OF the
eIs. but carries 1t out In the most economical
and effective manner. 1t Is more comprehen-
siVe, as 1t includes the whole area OF marsh In
the District instead OF part only; it contem-
plates the use OF no per1shable material, re-
moves the causes OF malaria in uHo years in
stead OF requiring ten to twenty years; neceS5-
tates only small instead OF large annual appro-
prlat1ons, and places no obstacle in the way OF
filling hereafter for public parks or other pur-
poses to any extent that may be desired. or OF
constructing wharves, docks and warehouses
when the Increase OF population demands an
increase Of commercial facilities.
h. HAUPT, c. E., 1887 street NV.
Thc Raid Upon the Com mis>iOncrs.
VIEWS OF AN EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN.
Mr.. Edit0r:-You have accorded the courtesy
OF your columns to representatives of several
denominations to present their views On the
questions at issue between the preachers and
the Commissioners. VIII you present the