Evening star., 1900-01-16
INsTALLS IT'S OFFICERS
Anti-saloon League Of the District Holds
a Business Meeting.
Annual Repof' Of President Ew'n-
The Treasurcr's Exhibft-Nembers
of Societies Represented.

The Anti-Sait.l League of the District
held melting at its hail, 6.3 Louisiana ave-
nue., last evening for the installation of
officers for the ensuing year and for the re-
cepton of annual reports and the transac-
tion of other business. The chaplain of the
league Rev. Walter H. Brooks, D. D., Off
ciated at the installation, and the officers
1nducted into office We're President, James
l.. Ewin; first vice president, A. N. Can
field; second vice president, Mrs. Clinton
Smith; third vice president, Abram L.
Swartwout; chaplain, Rev. Walter H.
Brooks, D. D.; recording secretary, H w.
Shipe; corresponding secretary, Mrs Mar
tha b. Hamlin; treasurer, j. S. Blackford;
doorkeeper, w. F. Mcdaniel
Following the installation the reports of
the work of the past year were received.
The report of the treasurer showed small
balance in the treasury
Mr. A N. Garfield read petition to Con-
sresS from a prominent citizen of Hawaii,
asking that in the preparation of a new
constitution for that country the manufac-
tnre and sale of liquor be prohibited, to-
gether with the sale of opium and the busi-
ness of gambling. Mrs Margaret Dive Ellis
of the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union addressed the league on this
subJect The president was instructed to
address letter to Congress in support of
the petition.
Annual Address.
President Ewin, in the course of his an
nual address, said:
Our first department of work Fedora
non,' as suggested in my last report, is
peculiar, so far as l am informed, to the
District of Columbia League and the Amer
lean tNationaD a. S. l.. which preserves
the same in its national board of direc-
ton. 1t implies duly elected or appointed
representatives from existing churches,
temperance societies and other friendly or
ganizatlons. whereby they are actually and
tangibly federated for the object of the
league. The active membership of our
District of Columbia League consists of
such representatives, not exceeding five in
custom is to admit the body by vote, and
TO recognize its duly elected or appointed
rlep5r.esentatives lo5.e without question. Six new
bodies We're admitted during the year 1899:
Calvary Baptist Christian E,ndeavor So
ciety: Florence Crittenden Mission, St An
drew Total Abstinence and Prohibition
Society, Spencerian Business College. North
capitol Methodist Episcopal Church. Ju-
venile 'remDlars of the District of Column
dia. !. o. G.. r.
''One body that had become disoreanized
was dropped. making the present number
OF animated bodies 11i, classified as follows:
Nhurches-Baptist -; Christian, ,;
GStongregational, &C >; Friends. .: Lutheran, 5;
Episcopal l: United Brethren, 1; total, g.
Temperance Societies l. o. G. T. 10;
!. l. o. X. .: W c. T. T., 10; miscellaneous,
~.
Active Membersbip
The active membership thus brought to-
sether includes Catholic and Protestant
white and black, men and Women, clergy
and iaymen with an existing organization
OF scores or hundreds and even thousands
behind the individual representative. Tjur-
ing the past year the associate member shin
was replaced by a Sustaining membership
with an increased but moderate monthly
MINIMUM contribution t25 cents). This af-
lords an opportunity for the participat tion
Of individual members of churches and
other societies that are not disposed a vet
tc become affiliated, and the roll should he
greatly increased"
Representatives were present from the
following affiliated bodies: Calvary Bap-
tist Church and y. p. S. c. E, Metropolitan
BAPTIST Church. Nineteenth Street Baptist
Church and Z. p. S. c. r., First Congrega
las Memorial Epworth League Foundry
Sunday School Temperance Society, Tenley-
town NJ. E: Church, Union NJ. E. Christian
Endeavor Society, North CAPITOL NJ. p.
Church, Eastern Presbyterian Church.
Memorial Z. b. Christian Endeavor Socie-
~, Grand Lodge and Columbia Independ-
ent, Minnehaha and Silver Star Lodges, l.
~ q. T.; Capitol Hill, Frances Willard.
Hamline. Northwest and West End Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Unions, Yer
mont Avenue ''Y' Wesley Chapel Band of
Hope and the Federation of Young Peo
pies Societies of Liberal Churches
The Friends Y Z. s. c. f sent in the
names Of Mr.. and Mrs. H V Easterling as
new representatives. The next meeting of
the league will be held on Monday evening,
February >.