Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-30
THE CITI1E N.
MlSCELi ANEOUS.
THE w. T. u. COLUMN.
A Washington Letter.

Saturday, February % the Senat,
Committee granted the w q. L U
a bearing in favor of the Bill to pro
hihit the manufacture and sale of spir
ituous and intoxicating liquors in the
District of Columbia Senator Platt
who bad this Bill in the Senate, said
Il believe Congress ought to pass
prohibi ory law fer the District o
Columbus, The universal sentiment
of the p-ople favors some kind OF leg
isiation against the sale OF liquor
The people of the District have ne
vote; therefore it seems to me prohl
b;tion is the only logical legisl 81 4
that can be adopted. There ID nc
local option possible where none car
vote. l think it can be
enforced here
Senator Ingalls,, the chairman o
the District Committee, inquired i
any of the representatives of the or
eanizations opposed to prohibition
were present. Mr.. Schade answer
ing in the affirmative. Mr. Ingalls de.
cided that the opposition should have
one halt of the time.
Mrs. LaFetra remembered that the
liquor dealers have every hour in the
day, upon almost every street corner
that they are III every lobby o1
every Congress; and sighed over rhe
fact that our National President. who
came 80 far to plead for what every
body knows 10 be right, could have
only "balf a chance"
Mrs. Bittenbender presented letters
from the president of "Willow
Springs DistilliDg Company" and
from "Metz and Bro, Brewers and
Maltsters," to show that high license
does not Lessen the amount OF liquor
sold, and is really protection against
prohibition. She read part of Gov
Martins message to the Legislature o.
Kansas to prove that prohibition l.
both q success aud blessing 10 that
-tate. She quoted Senator ingalls,
upon the Economic Effects of th'
Saloon,n as found in the February
Chautauquan, and thanked the hon
orabie Senator for such strong evi
deuce in favor of prohibition. She
quoted Governor Larrsbee's grand
words against the licensed saloon. ant
closed with these words: "The peo
ole of the District of Columbia desire
70 have the traffic outlawed here
They do not want TO experiment will
high license.'
Mrs Margaret A. Weaver. our 10
cal superintendent of legislation,
asked leave to print" her argument
and give her time to Miss Willard
Hon. I'll B. Moulton gave statistics
10 prove the increase Of crime il
proportion to the increase Of the liquo
business, and presented letters from
Judge Mac Arthur. Judge Smell ant
Judge Cox against saloons and poo
rooms; also the following from judge
Crocker, the warden of the jail:
The result OF my observation ant
experience as warden Of the jail in th'
District for the last seventeen year
has been to convince my Judgment
that more men become depraved ir
their habits and morals, and are LED
to enter upon q carer of crime by The
evil influences connected with drink
ing saloons, pool rooms and othe
gambling places, than from all othe
CAUSES"
Miss Willard seemed the very EN-
bodiment of home purity and love, a
she said: In this unsccustomet
presence ] doubt not there are loya
and devoted friends of the cause &c
dear to me; but the wistful. wins0m'
faces that are In spirit looking in up
on this scene-the gentle girls, The
hallowed Madonna groups wher'
child and mother exalt to heavenly
heights the cause Of home protection
the saints of God crowned with th,
glory Of gray hairs. who pray for M
to-day-all these make the cloud o.
witnesses that buoy me up, and beaI
me on while for their sakes plead.
OF ber argument, strong with unan
swersble facts, and eloquent with the
womanly tenderness and yearning
that only such great hearts ever
know. ] can give little conception i
he space of this letter She close
with the following plea. "In th'
name Of boyhood bewildered ant
manhood betrayed; in the name o
womankood tortured and home vic
lated and destroyed. / denounce higl
license AZ high crime in these higt
places of the nation. and pronounce
upon it the ansthema maraDatha o
the American homes. 1t is the dev
IFS counterfeit for the pare gold ol
prohibition. 1t blinds men to mora
distinctions, sells them to the demon
OF expediency, and sets it's grinding
heel upon the pure face Of righteous
ness and truth. 1t merits the NAL
ediction uttered by the gentlest lipi
that ever pronounced curse. 'Wo'
unto them that call evil good, ant
good evil. that put dsrkness for ligh
and light for darkness Honoret
brothers, l thank you for this kind
and courteous hearing, iD which
have not meant TO utter one harsh
word concerning those who represen
the other side, but only to state the
stesdfast position and earnest belle
Of the nations home people. MAJ
God bless every Senator with whom
the solemn power of this august de-
cision rests, aud may each stand like
soldier on duty to guard the weak
the unrepresented, and the voiceIess
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