Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-24
The War On Alcohol.


MEETING TO FATeR PROHIBIToRY r.,w * s-ar
DISTRICT.
Yesterday afternoon a meeti-x,, wss held AZ
Lincoln Hall. called b. the temperance All.
ance, to consider the subject Of 'Iocal option"
Rev. DIR. Butler, or the Memorial Iutheran
church, presided. and IT, ere were on the Sfar-e
. number OF other ministers, and ire choir ar
the Esteet Baptist Church. IN calling the
meeting TO order, DR.. Butler said this meeting
was assigned 70 be che first Of q series hayinS
for their Object an agitation Of tna question OF a
prohfeitory law In the District OF Columbia.
he said me Pastors Union lad developed
healthy sentiment In the District favorable to
temperance and they had now made up their
minds TO take no baCkw ari step Du. 10 con-
tinue the.r tight against TINS liquor traffic. Rev.
Mr.. Richardson, OF AcKesnfree Chapel. made an
acdress OF some iepsth, saying they now Gro
posed that the tguor traffic be abolished and
that me present acense law at the capital of
the nauon had eeen construed by 'moSt un-
faithful men. who ba1 no temperance back
bone" Addresses were made by Mr. F. NJ.
Bradley ana Rev. Je1eph T. Kelly. Rev. Mr..
Richardson offered resolution. which was
adopted, requesting The directors OF the Wash
hgton Market Company not TO reconsider their
on ith and 9th streets, opposite the market. and
the meeting then adjourned.
THE PASTORS UNION
met at the parlo,s OF the y. NJ. c. A. to-day at
noon. Rev. A. =. Steele was called to the chair
with Rev. C.'H. Ramsdel as secretary. Rev
Mr.. Richardson reported from the committee TO
walt On the resident With reference 10 the non.
eDiorcementLf the liquor law, that they had
had very satisfactory interview and that they
stated explicitly TO the President that they did
not ask she removal OF any one OF the District
commissioners, but that they desired the Ia W
enforced. Rev. MIR, Steele remarked thai the
President asked IL they desired the removal Of
the commissioners and all OF the committee
answered In the negative. The President then
said: 'ph. STE; you Wish them disciplined
and promised TO look into the matter.
A resolution was offered that the committee
q tod Tn Drf.sr fnfr
with the temperance organizations to secure
from Congress local option law De authorized
70 move either In that dlrectioH or in the drac-
ton OF obtaining prOl,tbitory law as may be
deemed most eXpedient- This resolution was
debated at some length, and Rev. DIR. Reilly
said that he knew that there was movement
u hich the District could be included and also a
movement 10 prevent the importation OF
liquors. He urged that the fight should be- on
Prohibition. The resolution was adoNted
Rev. Mr.. Kelly offered a resolution recIttng
that the saloons On 9Th and 9TH streets have
been closed through the protests OF the Market
COL, PAW. AID the LIQUOR interests are now
making efforts TO have the protest Withdrawn
that the union representing the several demon
nations OF the city, thousands o. whose me-
berS 90 business st the market, reuEest the
company 10 adhere TO It's protest and protect
said members from the disorders and annoy
anses inevitable to the location OF saloons
<AeTt aDOutS.
The Resolution was adopted. ano Revs- Nes5rs
Leeeh and Little We're appointed q committee
70 present the resolution 20 the directors
Mr.. George T. AGgeil. Of Boston was intro
dGeed and addressed the union.
THE DAsFAwAYs
There was a large attendance at the regular
sunday night meeting OF the Dashaway Reform
club at Talimad.;e Hall last eyeniBC-Mr. Eg-
sleston presiding; Mr.. l. 81. Patterson secretary.
Addresses were made by the president and
Eessrs. A. X. Belt, William Knox Jack Har-
mon, T. X. Mcintosh. L. l. Nicholson. James
&. Lee, Capt. John Grant, OF Alabama Major
a. ID. WEIGH, Col A. b. MeachaIn, and Judge j.
J. Wood.