Evening star., 1902-02-04
Proceedings of Regular Meeting of Or
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EanizatiOn Held Last Evening.
The District Anti-Saloon League met in
regular session last evening at the w. C.
I. Z. headquarters, No. 800 9Th street north
west, President Ewin presiding. After the
usual preliminaries the report of the COM
mittee on cooperation was called for, and
Chairman Garfield announced Miss Belle
Pettigrew and Messrs. A. L. Swartwout o.
P. Kellar, G. s. Warn and c. D. NJ
Browne as the new delegation from Cal
vary Baptist Church, and presented Mrs.
Nevis and Miss Nevis delegates repre-
senting Douglas Memorial NJ. E. Church.
Mr.. Ewin reported that the executive
committee had made progress in the matter
Of arranging standing committees, but the
work was not yet finished. The death of
Mr.. Clark Ford and the consequent vacan-
cy on executive committee was announced
Allusion was made to the attitude of prom
inent men, Standing for the best citizen
ship all over Virginia." in appealing so
strongly to the constitutional convention to
ingraft the local option clause into the con-
stitution Of that state, the matter being
handled entirely under the auspices of the
Anti-Saloon League and being a decided
forward step.
After the reports Of standing committees
the question of an application for a license
to sell liquor within 400 feet of the new
Manual Training High School at 7th street
and Rhode Island avenue was brought up,
and the matter referred to committee for
careful investigation. Figures were SUBJ
mitted by Mr. Kellar showing that fourteen
more applications for liquor licenses were
blocked during 1901 than during 1900, and
| that applications for licenses are decreas-
ing steadily year by year. Attorney Shoe
| maker reported that this steady reduction
in number of saloons opened in the District
| has been due in nearly every instance to
| the more rigid restriction of the laws gov
erning dram-shops and liquor selling.
| The recent construction by which hotels
| are excepted in this matter of liquor selling
| Mr.. Shoemaker declared to be entirely un-
justifiable and arbitrary, and measures will
| struction of Law in its stead. Mr.. Shoe
| maker also cited, as victory for the
| league, the fact that in the matter of
measuring the requisite 400 feet from
| schools and houses of worship it is neces-
sary for the measurement to be made in the
shortest possible line, instead of by means
of the right-angle method, as follows:
| The president was authorized to appoint
| a committee to prepare a suitable minute
in memory of Mr.. Ford, deceased, and to
secure suitable floral tribute for the be-
reaved family expressing the leagues SYM
pathy and coincidence. Mr.. Anderson K.
Belt, grand chief ruler Of the order of
Rechabites, was elected to fill Mr.. Ford's
place upon the executive committee.
The president named Mrs Heinrich and
Messrs. Blackford and Stewart as the
| leagues committee to confer with other or
ganizations regarding summer resorts
Mr.. VIM. Garfield Lee of the First Con-
gregational Church c. E. Society and Mr.
Harold T. Dougherty of the c. E. Society
| of Calvary Baptist Church were presented
| to the league new delegates.
| The report of the financial secretary
| showed encourag ging state of the treas
ury. Mr.. S. H. Hines was unanimously
elected a sustaining member of the. league.