The times., 1898-01-10
They Unite With the w. c. i. U,
Against a Library Bar.
WANT NO WINE OR BEER SOLD
Resolutions Passed at a Largely At.
tended Meeting at Foundry Church
TO BE TraGsmitte ed To the Libra rian
Ministers and Others IndorSe
the Movement.

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found interesting and temperate express
sion yesterday afternoon at Foundry NJ.
l.. Church. The popular interest in the
agitation was evident from the large as
sent 10y absent pastors.
Mrs. Margaret b. Platt, president Of
the W. c. I. L.. under whose auspices tie
meeting was neld, direoteI the proceed
ings, which Were largely adtres~e and
musical selections.
Mrs. Pla,t read as the scripture lesson
the appropriate paragraph from the fifty
eighth chapter OF isaiah: Cry aloud
and fear not"
TINS was followed by solo sung by
Mr. Percy Foster, Watching and Wait
ing"
Mrs Platt explained that the meeting
had been called to consider tire question
OF the sale of liquor in the Congressional
I.iblary. that this permission mad been
granted by the superintenuentofth the build
ing who said that IN Difference 10 the
". c. j. L. only wine and beer would
he sold. This did not satisfy the W. Z.
T. T.. who appealed 10 the President,
who referred the organization to the Ii
brarian of Congress, who, in turn, re
ferred them to the law in tie case
1t has been stated that the rules To govern
the Library would be the same as those
governing The restaurants OF Congress. Mr..
platt quoted these rules to show that
alcoholic liquors were absolutely excluded.
The matter, therefore, after ali the calls on
Ia President officers pf \ lnr1rV
stood exactly as it did when the W. G.
Z. =. made its protest, in which nearly all
of the affiliated reform organizations hati
united.
This statement was succeeded by-a 1rynm
by the Central Union Mission Quartet.
Short addresses were then announced,
the first of which WAS by Rev. Dr. Fisk
of Gunton Memorial Church. He began by
complimenting woman as the great civiliz-
ing force OF the past and the present under
the Christian dis pensa ton. The new
Library, Ii said, was in the first instance
to be regarded as a monument in marble
and bronze TO the highest learning ard
morals, one sacred 10 religion and edu-
cation. 80 far as il comprised all art and
science.
But all A msricans would cons sen tthat such
an edifice should not be prostituted TO
sensuaIuy, where equal honor should be
paid 10 the statue of Bacchus, st. John
and st. Paul. Alcoholic liquors pro-
.Iibited for sale within certain distances
Df a schoolhouse or church, Yet permis-
sion Tor their sale is worked into the
structure OF the building. lie hoped that
The decision OF the librarian would be in
accord with the spirit OF the American
people on the subject. This could be done
without laying the w G T. L. and their
friends open to the charge OF fayoritism, be-
cause The Congressional Library was per
haps the most Inappropriate place in the
country to sell liquors, except perhaps the
basement Of church.
Letters We're received from DIR. J. +.
Rankin, OF Howard University: Dr. S. ii.
Greene, Of CALGARY Baptist Church: Rev.
nr. Hamlin. of the Church OF the Cove
nant. and nr. Naylor, OF the Maryland Ave
nue. Baptist Church, expressing sympathy
With and hope for the success of the purpose
of the meeting.
Rev nr. Wilson. presiding elder for the
District. began iiis address by stating that
the situation was more promising than it
was a few days agO. He believed that
the visits OF the ". {. T. L. and the Metho-
dist ministers had consider bly, cleared the
atmosphere. He thought il natural that
the superintendent OF the Library should
have thought he had the sa me right TO
make regulations for that biilding the 81 me
az those in the House and Senate Mr..
Green. OF the Library, had expressed him
self as rather favoring the exclusion OF
wine and beer from the Library. He be
lieved that the protest of such important
bodies would eventually succeed in its oh
Ject. tApplause.D He asserted that the
failure in the promotion OF public morals |
WAS rather due 10 the fact that the forces 1
anita goniStic to morals often found eX- |
preston when the reformers were silent |
He believed that at all times public men /
would never array themselves against the
moral elements OF the country.
twas a false proposition tina t there was
any yielding 10 sentiment by the selling
OF only wine and beer Far better would
il be that gin and rum be sold. for the
former two We're an appeal to con
sumption, while the Others might not be
80 generally desired. II would be better
To have the building free from all such !
sale, for the whole building, magnificent
as is. would not be worth the destruction
of the soul OF single youth. Applause.l
The anagement f. indeed kind md phil.
amthropic in making provision for reading
10 the blind. but the permission 10 blind
The youth OF the land would stand as an$l
eternal disgrace to the Government. ZAP
plause.l
Mr.. Platt said that il Superintendent
Green had ieen brought 10 believe as he is
now reported TO believe. a distinct pojpt
had been gained. She sa id that the W. CT.
I. had arranged that petitions snail he |
sent from all the States of the Union. 10 |
The effect that liquors shall not lye sold I'm
ahy Government building. Mrs Platt |
made strong appeal to the meeting for
contributions TO meet the expenses OF pre-
pairing printing and mailing these pett-
tons.
Rev. Walter Brooks next addressed the |
meeting. lie said that one of the prime
was. where would il sfonp !
What guarantee was there that heer and
wine might not be sold one dsy in The
dairy lunches? IL was only a s,ibterruee 10
limit The sale TO ieer and wine, Because
sach was an intoNicant. II would i,e
argued of course. that the building was
erected Largely out OF the receipts from
customs and internal revenue taxes but
IL was none the less the duty or the peonIe
70 protest, ana God speed their success.
Vice Chancellor Beiler of the Am eTjcan
University, made short. puinfe Ell address.
he was opposed TO the general theory of
ecelving taxes from liquors. II it re-
,eived sIcn taxes. why not sell it, and |
hat was its logical position, and also the