The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-15
7EMPERANCEL|NE
THOUSAND. S1 Il.
Advocates Of Movement in Dis
'trict Make Great Dc
inonstration.
MOSTLY WOMEN AND CLERGY
Crowd Kisses and Jcers Name Of
Bishop Potter, OF New
York.

WASHINGTON, February 1L.-Tcmper.
ance advocates loo strong marched
through the National Capitol in support
or the bill introduced In Congress by Rep
resentative Weber OF Ohio, to rid the
District Of Columbia of the liquor traffic.
Men, women and children, representing
n score OF total abstinence orders and
the leading churches of the District. form-
cd tho procession, which moved through
the Capitol for more than two hours,
while Representative Weber and other
prohibition advocates were speaking be-
fore the House Committee on the Dis.
trict OF Columbia in an effort to secure
u favorable report on the bill.
Only fifty OF the temperance advocates
were able TO get into tho small COM
mittcc room. but the army OF prohibi-
tlonists moved constantly past the open
doors OF the room and lent their sup
port to the arguments against the sale
OF rum.
Surrender was the watchword OF
the reformers, and many OF them pointed
to the great oil-pnintlng In the rotunda,
representing the surrender Of Corn
wallis and Burgoyne, and announcing
triumph. declared that perseverance will
Inevitably bring triumph to the temper
ance army
Nearly All Women.
Tho white ribbons of the Womans
mated in the long line OF crusaders.
Women made up three-fourths Of the
army and practically all Of them
wore the white badge. :
There wtse plainly-drcssed women OF
all ages and women dressed in the
height of fashion walked with those
wearing the plain uniform Of the Mctho-
dist dcaconess. Many mothers carried
children In their arms and led their
families. Among the men In the process
sion ccrgymen seemed to prevail.
Representative Weber was in charge
OF the prohibition speakers before the
House committee, and Robert Crane led
the argument against the Weber bill.
In his opening speech Mr.. Weber stated
that liquor Is responsible for the condi-
ton OF 90 per cent. or the persons IN
the Jail, workhouse and insane hospital
OF the District. and after reviewing the
income from liquor licenses, explained
that it falls more than 100000 short
every year Of maintaining the institu-
tons which he said liquor makes neces-
sary.
Kissed Name of Bishop.
II support Of his deelnrao wn that pEG
i Mas ,trie d. Robert Crane quoted from
statements OF Bishop Henry c. Potter
the Protestant Episcopal bishop Of New
York. The mention Of Bishop, potts r,
lowed by Missing. from the tenn tempera ne
5 advocates in the committee room. MT
Crane denounced the action OF the prom.
bition delegation. and stated that Nca
Dow. the hlnine prohibition tlcader, az.
mitted the week before his death ina,
he had been on the wrong track al
through his long fight for prohibition.
TITS not true!" practically all the white
ribboners In tho room exclaimed, jump
Ing to their feet and repeating their de-
malls again and again.
Mr.. Crane said the South was installer
in It's movement for prohibition, and thai
the laws Regulating liquor-selling In Ten
nessee and kentucky have been a fail.
ure. He stated that the blind tigers
OF Tennessee have caused an Increase o.
murder and crime IN that State. This
brought an emphatic denial from Repre-.
sentative Sims, OF Tennessee, member
OF the House Committee on the District
4 of Columbia, who said the speaker hat
no knowledge OF what he was talkint
about. and declared that the State OF
Tennessee had found Its prohibition legis.
lation an unqualified success.
Miss Phoebe Cousins was among the
speakers WIZ opposed prohibition legisla-
ton for the District OF Columbia. She
denounced the temperance advocates who
Kissed the name OF Bishop Potter, anC
said such intolerance was sign OF mar
row. mindedness