The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-06-12
How Louisiana Women Won a Sig
nal Victory for Prohibition.

nal Victory for Prohibition.
. \ New Orleans Picayunc Special
of May 21I. from A!cAahdria, La,
/, say
There Wa a rDuslhg mass meet
! jHg iast night, called by the Wo-
men 5 Christian Temperance Union.
over go people were present. Tie
local option election Ia Alexandria
passed or quje,,y yesterday. Three
hundrrd and thirty against license
, and ~ for license. Ine ladies turn
ci out en- massc and deserve great
cicat credit for their enthusiasm in
tie cause Of rcformacioT Nearly
every one, black and white, wore
badge with the words "Education
and Prohibilien.' There is great
rejoicing now with tie firing off oG
cannon. All credit IS due the Wo.
mems Christian Temperance Union
for the manncr N which they
fought lE-Jugh the day.
They Ecvcr let man vote unless
they showed him what Il disgrace it
was to hins If and his family To-
vote fol license. They were at The
polls from 7 in the morning to 6 at
night, and did nothing but wo-k
and give coffee and lemonade to
those that were eug9gei i'll their
cause. They hope that all other
wards Of tie parish have done as
well as Alexandria. If they have
cot it is because they have not the
-mc kind ot ladies.
PlncyIle Ward gave 50 against,
t23 fer license; Cheneyville gave
about 200 majority against license.
lie LODGES OF The independent Or
,.r of Good TempIars in PineviIlc
and Alexandria orght hob'y IN.
both places with other friends of
temperance.
Col. Daniel bennett, of the Plea
yune corps, gives the following adj
ditionaI particulars Of this, one of
the 9randest victories ever won by
Southlrn women.
Did all the readers Of tie Plea
yHue read the dispatch from Alex
aadria, La, dated May %, giving
IN account of She grand victory won
by The "Womens Christian T,m-
pe!ancc Uuion' at The election that
came off in Rapioes parish on tbs
list Of MAJ:
The women, white and black, car
sicl tie election for prohibition
four hundred and nine1y-two f..
prohibition aAd ninetl-two againA,
pIohih ion. And not one Moma.
was allowed to vote!
But they went to the polls earl
in the morning women auC
co orcd womeu--WiLh coffee aur
lemonade array,d against whskey
furnished by the sale con keepers
The ladies, armed with their coffee
and lemonade, beat the saloon keep
urS, armed with whiskev, more than
three and hall TO one. And |
venture to say it was the most re
e} ectable and orderly election ever
hcll in RapiiCS parish or on Red
River.
The women of both colors went
into the ti9ht with badges on which
were the words "Educa1ion and Pre-
. hibitiou," and they, from I in the
morning until 6 in the evening,
went personally to the voters, ami
+ never let . single man vote without
showing him what a disgrace it
w0nld lie to himself and iimily to
vote for license.
/ pincyilie Ward gave SO against
and % for license. Cheneyviie gave
200 majority against license, The
/ lodges Of the Independent Order ol
Good TcmpIals in PineviIle and Al
eXandria fought noh!y with the wo-
men as their friends.
This is the 9randest victory at
the ballot box cvCr won in Louis
lana. Will other parishes follow
the example of these noble heroineS
of Red River No part OF this State
for half a century has been more
completely stepped in whiskey and
more severely inj jircd by whiskey
than Alexandria.
The noble women Of Alexandria
deserve a monument that may
stand TO commemorate their bravtry
and patriotism As long Il, the mon
uments of Washington and Lee may
stand.