The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-11-07
PROHIBIT1ONISTS WILL FIGHT.
Political Observers Believe That Wash
ington Will be Dry Town.

Political Observers Believe That WASH
ington Will be Dry Town.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 3d.
1t is the judgment of the best
posted political observers that the
national capitol will be as "dry' as a
bone within two years.
The wave of prohibition sentiment
which has swept many states during
the past two or three years has
reached Washington and its now per-
fectly evident that tremendous ef-
fort is to be made at the approach.
ing session of congress to put stop
to the manufacture and sale Of IN
toxicating beverages in the District
of Columbia.
The foes of the drink traffic from
all parts of the country already are
aligning their forces for a descent
upon Washington with the avowed
intention of forcing the hand of con-
gress on the question of prohibition
in this capital. The onslaught is re-
garded with varying emotions by
both residents of the city and men,
bers of congress. Those who per-
sonally are opposed to the making OF
Washington an alcoholic Sahara
particularly those who are members
of congress are at a loss to know
how to meet the attack that is to be
made; and those who favor the
movement are enthusiastic over the
prospective campaign and declare
they will win without really serious
effort.
The entering wedge was driven by
the anti-saloon league several years
ago, when largely through its inf1u-
ence, congress passed the antl-can-
teen law. This was followed by the
enactment of a provision prohibiting
the sale of liquors within the capitof.
The enactment Of both of those laws
was accomplished with comparative
ease. Scores of members of both |
house and senate voted in favor OF
them, not because they really favor
ed them, but because they were
afraid to vote against them. This
moral cowardice is being depended
upon by the anti-saloon league, the
Wornan's Christian Temperance Un-a
ion and other similar organizations
to carry through congress the legis-
lation providing for prohibition in
the city of Washington.
The first gun of the anti-saloon
campaign is to be fired by Represen-
tative Craig, of Alabama, who, early
in the approaching session, will in
troduce a bill prohibiting absolutely
the sale of alcoholic drinks in the
District of Columbia. Such a meas
ure, while it will be advocated by the
anti-liquor lobby, is not precisely
what the leaders of prohibition move
ment regard as the best plan. They
fear the Craig measure or many slml.
lar bills might be side-tracked, If
allowed to stand alone. They argue
thatits not perfectly certain that such
a bill could be passed through both
branches Of congress, and that even
if it should be passed, there is
probability the president might veto
it. They regard him as a good tenn
perance man, but not prohibition
ist and he might not approve of the
effort to make the American capital
unique among the capitals Of the
world in that peculiar respect.
Their real scheme therefore is to
tack the prohibition measure to one
of the big appropriation bills as
rider and take their, chances on
point of order being made against it
on the ground that it is new legls-
lation." In such circumstances they
believe the president would sign the
bill. i
Curiously enough, the anti-saloon
measure is likely, in the present con-
gress, to receive more liberal sup
port from the Democrats than the
anti-canteen proposition received,
largely because of the great wave OF
prohibition sentiment that has swept
over the South. A few members of
congress, too, might be induced to
vote for prohibition in the District
of Columbia because of their willing
ness to have test of the plan IN
territory in which they have only an
academic interest.
A big anti-saloon prohibition lobby
will be in Washington throughout
the session of congress and no peace
will be given the members until
some action is taken.
Prof. C. F. Fellows, principal of
the Kings Mountain, N. c., school,
has resigned, giving as his reason