Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-03

| mcnt OF law prohibiting the sale o
beer or other intoxicating liquors on
Sunday in the District of Columbia
The bin was originally intended t,
prevent the importation Of beer il
kegs into the District, but was changed
/ by the House, passed by the Senat'
exactly as it went through the House
I received the signature Of the Presi
dent. and became a law. IL il 50 mucl
J more sweeping in its effects than tn,
\ District commissioners had asked u
| Congress or intended should pass. They
| have not yet recovered from their as.
I constituent and surprise, and are en-.
| deavOring TO find some loOphole where
| by hotels and houses may con.
| tinue to dispense liquors to Their
/ patrons on Sunday.
| Following Is a copy of the law:
| An Act to Prevent the Sale of In
\ toxicating Liquors on Sunday in the
/ District of Columbia
Be ii enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress as
sembled, That it shall be unlawful for
any maker, brewer, or distiller of beer
or other intoxicating liquors in the
District Of Columbia, or other person
or corporation or the agent or servant
Of such maker, brewer, or distiller. or
the agent or servant of any maker,
brewer, or distiller of beer or other in
toXicating liquors outside Of said Dis
trict, or other person or corporation to
sell or deliver any beer or other intoxi-
eating liquors in the District of
Columbia on the first day Of the week
commonly called Sunday.
Sec. 2. That any person violating
the provisions Of this act shall on con-
viction thereof in the police court on. a
prosecution in the name Of the District
Of Columbia be punished by fine Of
not less than $50 nor more than $500
for each and every offense.
Approved March 8, 1899.
Still another reform measure for the
District Of Columbia has been granted,
and while not just that for which we
have asked and labored. still il is
step in the right direction. 1t reads
as follows:
An Act for the Punishment of Seduc-
ton in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
sembled. That if any person shall
seduce and carnally know any female
of previous chaste character between
the ages of 16 and y years, oht of
wedlock, in the District of Columbia,
such seduction and carnal knowledge
shall be deemed a misdemeanor and
the offender. being convicted thereof,
shall be punished by Imprisonment for
a term not exceeding one year or fined
not exceeding $500. or may be punished
by both such fine and Imprisonment.
Sec. p That this act shall not be
construed as repeating or modifying
any statute relating to rape.
Approved March 8. 1899
In Alaska the Age of protection"
for girls has been raised from IA to Is
years of age.
We are truly grateful that in the
closing hours of this momentous Con-
gress, in the rush and swirl of an
avalanche of bills, these measures for
the betterment of humanity were not
overlooked or pushed aside; and thus
we gain, not in a mighty, on-sweeping
tide, but step by step, little by little.
Let us hold fast with Christian faith
to that already attained, and some
glad day we shall scale the heights of
victory for all the land.
MARGARET DYE ELLIS,
Superintendent of Legislation,
National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, 101 South Tenth Street,
Newark, New Jersey.