Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-24
The Evening Star has . regular, permanent
bona 1de aaily circulation more than treble
that q any ether daily paper Published In
Washington, and equal TO that Of all The
ether daily papers here added together.

ether daily papers here added together.
The annual report of Commissioner Of In.
ternal Revenue Miller shows that there has
been notable decrease in the receipts from
the tax on spirits, as falling Off OF DC, 394,177
Is reported for the year. As the receipts of the
bureau furnish a measure for gauging the
amount OF strong drink sold and consumed. Il
appears that the use of distilled LIQUORS is rap
idly declining. The decrease is partially due.
however, TO the large stocks of liquor now on
hand that have already paid taxes which pre.
vent the manufacture OF fresh supplies A
slight Increase In the receipts from fermented
liquors indicates that the mider alcoholic bey-
erages are taking the place of flercer draughts
among the thirsty.
Tnat higher standard prevails In society at
large on the use OF liquor than formerly existed
Is patent to any one who gives the subject the
least attention. Intoxication, in any form and
degree, Is odious, and Is regarded as an intoler-
able faiity in circles where, only q few years
ago, excess was lightly regarded. Within q
short period. say of ten years, there has been q
complete revolution In this respect among pub
lie men. Very few Congressman and leading
politicians keep up the traditions OF hard
drinking Of earlier times, and those who do
thus indulge themselves lose caste and In
nuence thereby.
The set Of public opinion Is strongly towards
q sparing use Of alcoholic stimuIants, and 1t is
striking fact that nowhere Is this tendency
stronger than at the south. The temperance,
or rather the prohibition, movement In Georgia
is remarkable for its aggressive and uncom-
4: promising character. Under the local option
law 122 out OF 135 counties have prohibited
the sale Of liquor within their boundaries,
and tomorrow the county in which At
lanta Is situated viii vote on the question
whether 1t will, to use the local phrase, 60 wet
or dry hereafter. The excitement I'm the city is
said to be unprecedented, and party lines are
Obiiterated In the earnestness with which the
voters range themselves for or against the fur
ther permission of the liquor traffic
The movement to amend the House rules
will, IL seems from the interviews with senator's
printed elsewhere in the STAR, get considerable
support from the Senate end Of the Capitol for
the reason that the present rules are q draw
back to the transaction of business between the
two houses.
The proposed change is also popular at the
House end because it tends to equalize the indi-
vidual influence of members. From its great
power In controlling expenditures, the appro-
priafions committee has come to be regarded
as practically the real House, whose DEGREES the
representatives accept as q matter of course
1t seldom happens that the committee Is beaten
on the floor, though its budgets are often un-
popular. So great Is this power that 1t has come
to be understood, in placing members in the or
ganization of a new congress- that simple men,
bership on the appropriations committee is
equivalent to q craftsmanship of any other
committee, except that OF ways and means.
Under the new dispensatIon this scale of i'm
portance would be altered, and it is quite likely
that the ways and means committee would
regain its former standing as the leading COM
mittee of the House.
Lady Churchill-a New York GIRL by the
way-haC such a triumph a few months ago in
eiecting her husband to parliament as a men,
Der OF the re-organized government that she has
adopted the tactics which won the victory at
Woodstock, in the contest now coming to q
mead In birmingham. In that stronghold of
liberal and radical feeling Lord Randolph
Churchill has opposed himself to the veteran
representative from Birmingham, John Bright.
The step was an audacious one to take but the
result may approve it Lady Churchill, with
the duchess OF Marlborough, is engaged In q
systematic personal canvass Of the town. and
the ladies are warmly welcomed everywhere.
Lazy Cnurchiu Las even taken the stump
as on several occasions she has addressed tho
workmen in their factories. Mr.. Bright in a
polite way, makes fun of the ladies but when
the votes are counted he may not be able to see
where the laugh comes in.
Lord Salisbury, the conservative leader does
not agree with Mr.. Gladstone I'm thinking dis
establishment an issue of the remote future.
he insists that IL is test question OF the pres
ent, and calls upon the religious sentiment to
come TO the defence of the national church
Warner seems about to Join the procession
from Wall street to the penitentiary. He was
indicted yesterday by the grand jury and q
warrant was issued for his arrest Similar ac-
tfon was taken In the case OF ]. Henry Work.
The Burmah war IL already said to be over
and the British are are settling down to possess
the land.
For real seven-bucketsofbloodE English Mr..
Cuthbert b. Jones takes the cake