Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-18
LIQUOR
Proposed Movement in Force Against
the Traffic.
GOING 10 PETITION CONGRESS
Plan of the Anti-Saloon League
for a General Canvass.
MEETING FOR TONIC HIT

The Anti-Saioon League of this city is
preparing to make a movement in force on
the liquor interests. For some time they
have been preparing ammunition and bur-
nishing up weapons for the contest. Prep
arations are now SO far advanced that a
plan has definitely been mapped out. The
movement will consist of an immense Pc
ution to Congress asking for a law prohib-
ting the retail sale of liquor in the Dis
trlct. The league will make canvass OF
the District, house to house, and do 1t all
in one day, asking signatures to their petit
ton
The league will take the ground that if a
large proportion of the business people Of
the District ask for prohibition Congress
will have to act. The proposed plan has
already been adopted by the executive COM
mittee of the league, and this committee
Will report to the league itself at a meeting
to be held tonight.
The executive committee report on the
subject is as follows:
The Committee Plans.
Your executive committee was charged
with the duty Of formulating a plan for
carrying into effect suggestion made by
Mrs. John b. Henderson of this city, and
adopted by the league, viz:
That petition be presented to Congress
asking that body which exercises excju-
sIVc legislation in all cases whatsoever
over THIS District to pass a law prohibit
ing the sale of Intoxicating liquors in the
District at retail to be drunk on the prem
iSes where sold. Your committee submits
the following report: The plan adopted con-
templates giving every intelligent adult
resident of the District who believes the
continued existence of the open dram shoD
an unmitisated evil an opportunity to de-
clare That opinion. and includes the follow
ing provisions:
L. a house to house canvass of the en-
tire District should DE made for signatures
to the petition. with a sufficient number of
WORKERS to cover the field quickly and
thoroughly when this part of the effort is
begun.
- In preparing for and making such
canvass we should follow the general plan
OF the house to house canvass made b. the
Sunday School Association in 1897 which
includes subdividing the District into divi-
slens and subdivisions, in charge of super
Vtsors and assistant supervisors, and send
ing out the supervisors simultaneously
two and two
3. There should be general committee,
or board OF managers. to have supervision
of the work. with power to raise a sDeriaI
fund to cover the expenses involved. The
supervisors should be members of this
board, together with others. to have charge
of other departments of the work
T. Inc managers should be organized at
once and should report to the league from
Tune to time as the arrangements progress.
Board OF Managers.
The following named persons were ap-
pointed and consented to act as members
OF the board of managers, viz: William C.
Alexander. ID. D., pastor West Street Pres
byterian Church; Mrs. A. L. Barber. Bel
mont, 14th street, corner Clifton: Rev.
Stanley Billheimer. pastor West Washing
ton Lutheran Church; Mr.. John s. Black
Iord member of executive committee. A. S.
l.; Francis NJ. Bradley. G. W. p Sons of
Temperance; Walter Fl. Brooks D. D. pas
tor Nineteenth Street Baptist Church and
member of executive committee; Mr. An
Grew n. Garfield, member of executive
committee, A. S. L.; Mr.. VIM F. Downey
president. League of the Good Samaritan
Rev. j. w. Duffy. pastor Mt Vernon Place
NJ E. Church South; Mr.. James L. Ewin,
member of executive committee, A. s. L.;
Mr.. Byron A. Ford, member of executive
committee, A. S. L.; Mr.. NJ. C. Grasty
merchant, 15OS-1512 18th street northwest;
Francis j. Grimke, D. D., pastor Fifteenth
B. Hamlin, member of executive commit
tee, A. S. L.; Mrs. John B. Henderson
Boundary Castle 10th street and Flor
ida avenue: Mrs. Sarah Jackson, member
OF executive committee, A. S. L.; Prof
Bernard 7. Janney,. supervising principal
fifth division, public schools; j. Albert John
son. D.. D., pastor Met. A NJ E. Church;
Edward H JCnss, G. c. T. of l. o. G. T.;
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Church, Unitarian; Mrs. John A Logan $50
18th street; Alex. Mackay-Smith. DID, rec
tor st. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church;
Mr. John A. Massie. Brookland. DC; Mr..
William G. Mayo, member executive COM
mittee. a. S. l.; Prof. Kelly Miller college
department, Howard University; Joseph j.
Muir, DID,; pastor E Street Baptist Church;
Mr.. Sidney Perham, ex-governor of Maine;
+. D. Power, DID, LID, pastor Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, etc; Mr. A S
Pratt, president Humane Society, etc; Mr.
Hiram Price. president American Anti-Sa-
Icon League; DR.. Chas. B. Purvis, physi-
cian Ills 18th street northwest; Prof. W.
H. Richards law department, Howard Uni
versity; Mr.. Harry w. Shipe, member of
executive committee, y. S. L.; Albert E.
Shoemaker. LIN, member of executive
committee, A. S. L.; Mrs Clinton Smith,
president w. c. T. L. of the District of CO.
lumbia and member executive committee:
Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, principal Spencer
ian Business College; Mr.. Jesse c. Suter,
member executive committee, A s. L.:
Mr.. Abram l.. Swartwout, member execu-
tive committee, A. s. L.; Prof Willard F.
Thompson, 4S4 Maryland avenue southwest;
Mr.. Washington Topham, 1231-1233 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest; Col. John F.
Nlnal, member executive committee, 4. s.
L.: Andrew Wilson, d. c. L.. member ex-
ecutive committee. A. S. L.; L. b. Wilson,
Md, DID, presiding elder NJ. E. Church:
President b. L. Whitman. DID. LID,
Columbian University; Clayton E. EInig,
LII. NJ. member executive committee A.
S. L.; Mr.. John w Douglass, ex-Commis-
sioner of tie District of Columbia; Mr.
Owen P. Kellar. 1415 9Th street northwest;
Mr.. George W. Haveii. pension office. 323
street northwest: Mr.. ]. W. Reisner,
pension office. 1875 B street southeast; Mr.
John B. Kinner. Takoma Park, d. c.; Mr.
Thos. B;nstead, Conduit road. D. c.: Mr.
r. Z. Harvey, us 9th street northeast:
Capt. j. S. B. Hartsock, 1014 Sth street
northwest.
1T is proposed to increase the number
to one hundred.
THE board organized by electing Presi-
dent Jas. L. Ewin, chairman Second Vice
President Mrs. Clinton Smith, vice chair
man; Mr.. Jesse c. Suter. secretary, and Mr.
a. N Garfield, treasurer. Mr.. Suter hay-
ing left the city, resigned as secretary, and
Mr.. Robert e. Harvey was elected to that
office.
Since its organization the managers have
met frequently for consultation and pre-
urinary work. have prepared map of the
District on which the subdivisions for the