Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-11
Talking for Prohibiti0n-The Meesins
Of the W. e.. r.. u.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union held
its quarterly meeting at the Metropolitan NJ T.
church yesterday. At the day session Mrs.
Weaver reported aggressive work by the legisla-
tive committee and the presenting OF petition to
Congress for prohibition in the District. Resolu-
lions were adopted bidding God speed to al friends
engaged in the cause OF prohibition and condemn
ing and deploring all sharp, unkind and unchari-
table expressions toward either persons or parties
A petition was adopted praying the enactment
OF law TO authorize the appropriation OF money
rom n the national Treasury for temporary aid In
the establishment and maintenance OF free public
schools Reports were heard from different depart
ments Of work.
HON. HIRAM PRICES ADDRESS.
At the evening session Mr.. Moulton presided.
Hon. Hiram Price, OF Iowa, was the first speaker.
Mr.. Price referred to the large number of arrests
In the District for drunkenness The church men,
bers were not doing their duty, he said. There
were enough OF them, he said, II they stood to-
2OO,OOO people I'm the District There were in the
country the same number of wild Indians but
lence here than among the Indians. The reason
was that Congress provided that no liquor
should be sold to the Indians, while here
he would not, he said, call them saloons.
III he had his way he would have the ministers
preach on this subject continually. The town OF
Atkinson, n. H.. he said, had not had q saloon In
IL for nifty years and for ten years 1t had not had
pauper or criminal In Vineland N. j., with
and police expenses were f299, while town In
Connecticut paid for the same $4,000. Here, In
Washington IL took half-million dollars flor pO-
lice expenses. He saw that the Commissioners
said they had reduced the number OF grOg-shOpS
ny 200 He urged that there was one thing about
the nquor-Sellers he liked them fOr-they stood
together. Reading from the recent decision OF the
supreme Court on the Kansas case, Mr.. Price said:
THANK God that we have got this far at last, and
t has gone forth that the court OF last resort has
decided In favor or decency and good order" He
asked II any one could come within 100000 Of the
cost OF the liquor traffic.
Mrs lockwood said that II the expenses of the
Police Court, jail Criminal Court, &C., were added
up, he could get near the cost.
Mr.. Price said that was good answer. The au-
thOrltles ne said, would put cOlored children in
the Mary Hall building, 1t is said that 1t Is not
10 every mans face that there should be such
place here after they had been fighting the liquor
trac for nifty years. He was not after the dr1nker
put the traf1cer, and he wanted every Christian to
do his duty.
Mrs. Ii. B. Moulton, in a neat address, presented
Mrs. Burrfs received the gift on behalf of the
union, and spoke OF the scene In a meeting twelve
years ago, at Lincoln Hall, at which Mr.. Lee was
converted.
REV. WALTER s. BROOKS,
OF the 10Th Street Baptist church, advocated pro-
hibtion. He opposed high license, and the placing
OF the liquor trafic In the hands of q few. He ap-
peaed TO all to take the advanced stand of prohibi-
ton.
Mrs. T1lton presented resolutions, which were
adopted, Offering thanks TO Hon. Hiram Price for
his address, indorsng his statements true, and
Calling on each man and woman to stand up and
lions also thanked Rev. Mr. Brooks for his address