The Washington times., 1895-02-25
THE Fight UHRELEHT|KG
First Mass-meeting This Year of
the Anti-SaIOOn League.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Addresses Made By Mrs. Josephine Nichols,
Lillian Hollister, and ex-Gov Perham, of
Kaine-No Compromise in the War
Against the Liquor Traffic, They Say
Nothing but Prohibition viii Be Effective.

The first mass-meetng Of the Anti-Sa
loon League for the current year was held
Yesterday afternoon at the First Congre-
gational Church, corner Tenth and
streets northwest The meeting was of
additional interest because OF the ad-
dresses by Mrs. Josephine Nichols, of In
diana. superintendent of work at fairs
and exposltions for the Worlds and Ma
tional w. c. T. u. Mrs. Lillian HOLSTER,
OF the Michigan w. C. T. T., and eX-Gov.
Sydney Perham, OF Maine.
On the stage were James L. Ewin, vice
president of the League; Mrs. J. A. Gillen-
water. secretary: Rev. Allen Hazen, Rev.
Howard Wilbur Ennis, Mrs. Griffith,
president W. c. T. Z; MIS-. Lillian Hollis
ter. Mrs. Josephine 4. Nichols and Messrs.
A Z. Belt and A. n. Garfield
The meeting was presided over by wee
President Ewin. with Mrs. j. A. GilIen-
water acting secretary. The music was
by about 200 members of the Moody choir,
under the direction of Mr.. Percy s. Foster,
with Mrs. c. V. Byram as organist.
The proceedings We're opened win the
singing OF the hymn They That Wait
TDon the Lord 10y the Moody choir. fol-
lowed by the reading of the Scripture lesson
by Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, ana prayer
by Rev Allen HaZen.
Chairman Evin rose and affer some pre-
fatory remarks introduced as the first
sneaker of the evening Mrs. Lillian Hul-
lister.
FACING A GREAT PROBLEM
Mrs. HolIister said: I'VE stand face to
face WITH mighty problem, the greatest
problem with which civilized humanity
has TO contend. The question which con-
fronts us at every turn is how is the end
aimed at to be accomplished. Loo k
around ard what do you see? On every
side souls pcrishing Let Us reach out a
helping hand to these weak worldlings and
bring 1hem back again before At is too late.
THE question OF getting rid OF the liquor
traffic is one which is agItating the country
from one end to the other. Ihe Nahonai
Council of Women and all its auXilidries
are moving in this direction and we all feel
there is a good time coming, and that our
iabors VIII lot be il Sain. Why SHOULD
there be such organizations as these when
there a re public officers paidOat OF the puDlic
treasury TO execute the laws of the land!
This league has done good work in the
cause and the result OF its labors will he
felt
This is a matter IN which we are all in
terested II touches our lives, and eaol
lie touches and bears upon some Ofllcfiie.
GREATEST EVIL OF ALL.
Fx-Gov. Perham was the next speaker
H said: Il am glad to he here with You
aud especially 10 help in this cause. have
long made a fight against the liquor traffic
and regard il as the greatest evil with which
humanity has TO contend. An others pal,
into insignificance when compared with 1t
Prohibition must finally cone 10 lee the Law
OF the land. II is the only solution 0T th'
problem
GOV Perham then went on to tell mas ex
peTience in Maine with the various promD
ucrv laws. and said that after the people
had thoroughly tired them all the Stat
in the last election went Overwhelmingly
for prohibition. He was very glad 10 Sc
thewomen all over the country taking Fnci
an active interest in this matter, for he dl'
not see how the men could get along Hithou
them.
Mrs. Nichols began by saying that Their
were two great institutions in this country
the home and the saloon. One must go
Which shall il be-. In the homes the youtl
OF this great republic are taught IN
burdens and duties u life TO the church
to society, and TO State Home is tn
sweetest sound in any tongue, but confront
ing this sweet spot in this broad land o
ours is TO be- found the un- American sa
loon. The question is which shall b
DerBetua ed-the saloon or the home
The question must be met in open fight b
the temperance women with ''prohlbl
ton emblazoned on their battle flag
Mrs Nichols then gave her experience
while travelling in the New England States
Here she found that liquor could not b
openly procured. but you could get ''th
sign" and if you followed IL you woul
get the liquor out OF a mans boot leg.
DRINKING OUT OF A BOOTLEG.
Oh, how low must a man have talle
when he viii even drink liquor ont OF boo
leg? Then she told or the "blind pig
geries" in Indiana.
But there has been an awakening of col
science, and the politicians, even Indian
politicians, are becoming alive 10 the col
dition which is confronting them, for the
feel that they viii have 10 90 with ii
saloons. The fight in Indianapolis j
against the wineIoom, for there il is tia
thousands of young women are made sens
less by LIQUOR and dragged to their eve
lasting ruin.
In closing Mrs. Nichol compared Il
various steps in the temperance movemeI
to the different stages in ascending q
come 10 the fountain-head, and here Il
Fiffel Tower They had passed throuG
all the intermediate stages and had no
battle would be fought out to the end.