Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-21
THE ANTeSAL DON LEAGUE
BEING MADE FOR
ANNUAL REVIVAL MEETING.
Evening Sesganns to BE Held for q
Week, Beginning Monday,
october "a.


ing in its halh at 623 Louisiana avenue,
with PresidentyE win In the chair and Mr..
Jesse G. Suter acting as secretary. The
special business of the evening, as an
nounced In Saturdays Star, was the con-
sderation of an amendment of the leagues
constitution offered by Mr.. Owen p. KEEL
lar two or three months ago, with REFER
ence to preventing the monthly conflict be-
tween the meetings of the league and those
OF the Christian Endeavor Union, which
Is member of the league, together with
the following Christian Endeavor societies.:
Calvary, Senior and Intermediates; E Street,
First. Gay Street and Nineteenth Street,
Baptist; Ninth Street, Vermont Avenue ana
Whitney Avenue Memorial, Christian; First,
Fifth and Mt. Pleasant, Congregational;
Friends Orthodoxy; Keller Memorial, Luz
Their Place Memorial and West Washing
ton Lutheran; Union Methodist Episcopal,
Emery Chapel, Marvin and Mt. Vernon
Place M. +. Church South: Metropolitan
A. M. E.; Assembly's. Eastern. First,
Fourth, Garden Memorial, Gunton Temple
Memorial, New York Avenue, Peck Memo
rial Western and West Street, Presbyte-
riap, and Memorial United Brethren.
The proposed amendment was that the
constitution be amended so as to change
the time of the meetings of the league
from the first and third Mondays to the
second and fourth Mondays of each month
The executive committee of the league re-
ported a substitute for the first clause OF
article of the constitution, which provided
that the league shall hold one stated meet
ing each month. the time of such meeting
to be fixed by bylaw.
The attendance being small last evening,
1t was voted to make the matter the special
order for September H.
The affiliated bodies represented at the
meeting last evening were Calvary Baptist
Christian Endeavor Society, Douglas Me
mortal NJ E. Sunday School, Foundry Nj.
%. Sunday School Temperance Society, Mt.
Vernon Place Christian Endeavor Society,
M. e. Church South; Tenleytown M. e.
Church, Eastern Presbyterian Church,
Grand Lodge, Columbia, Independent, Min
nehaha and Silver Star lodges and the jul
venile temples, l. o. G. r; the District of
Columbia Christian Endeavor Union and
the Federation of Young Peoples Societies
of Liberal Churches.
Mr. A. f.. Shoemaker reported, as attor-
ney for the league, that one more renewal
of license had been granted where rejec-
ton was hoped for, and that he Is still
kept busy.
Fifth Annual Revival.
Mr. Herman c. Metcalf, chairman Of the
special committee of arrangements for the
fifth anti-saloon revival, submitted re-
port, which was, in part, as follows:
Several meetings have been held, at
which there has been free discussion of
plans, and while there have been differ
ences of opinion and preferences, we are
glad to report that these have been easily
reconciled and practically unanimous ac-
ton taken. 1t is our earnest hope and
purpose to arrange a series of meetings
which will not only serve to advance the
cause of temperance in general but will
In particular give new impetus to the
special work for which the Anti-Saloon
League was organiZed-that of the aboli-
ton of the saloon from the national cap
ital.
1.-THE first and most important matter to
be decided was as to the general character
Of tha fx,,r
GRAFTON the committee has decided to rec
ommend that the programs for the COM
ing meetings be filled largely by local
speakers. We recommend that general
topic covering the advantage the aboli-
ton of the saloons would be to the city of
Washington be considered, and that the
different phases of the subject be consid-
cred at the meetings. 80
mittee has been considering the matter of
chorus choir and VIE are glad to report
that there Is every reason to believe that
this can be arranged under the direction
OF competent and conSecrated leader
THE committee recommends that the re-
vival begin the evening of Monday, Octo-
Der y, and that nightly meetings be held
to and including Sunday. October %.
Since rendering the last report the fol-
lowing have been added to the committee:
Louis D. Bliss. Mrs. Clinton Smith, Mrs
Isabel Hemick.
The report was signed by Mr. Metcalf
and by Messrs. Owen p. Kellar and Jesse
c. Suffer-
Plan Approved.
The plan proposed by the committee was
approved, and 1t authorized "to go
ahead and make all necessary arrange
ments for the anti-saloon revival to make
any modification of the plan deemed nee
essary, to raise all necessary funds and to
disburse the same" the committee to re-
port in full TO the league The next regu-
lar meeting night of the league is Septem-
Der 3. The executive committee which
met Immediately before the league meet
ing, adjourned to Monday August 49, at
Ais pm. in the presidents office Those
present at the executive meeting last even
ing were Jas. L. Ewin, president; j. S.
Blackboard acting secretary; A. N Garfield
A. E. Shoemaker Wilbur F. Mcdaniel,
Jesse G. Suter. Mrs Lizzie J. Allen, Donald
X. Sargent and Herman C. Metcalf