Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-15
Small Army Of ProhIbitionists IN.
wade Corridors Of The Build
ing and March Around.
Want WASHINGTON A DRY CITY
Their Battle Cry was Surrender
and They Laughed DcriscvelY
When Bishop Potter's Name Was
Mentioned-RichIy Gowncd Women
Marched Alongside the Poorly Clad.
(B,' Associated press.)

Wy ftoopGidlSu k>TeBS.1
=, WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. IL
ignorance advocates one thousarM
strong, marched through the Nat.
iollal Capitol today in support of
the bill introduced IN Congress by
representative Webber of Ohio to
nd the District of Columbia of
LIQUOR traffic. Men women and
chiluren representing a score of to-
tal abstinence orders and the lead.
ing churches of the District, formed
the procession which moved through
me capitol for more than two hours
while Representative Weber and 9TH
or prohibition advocates were speak
ing before the House committee on
hic District of Columbia measure I'm
an effort to secure a favorable re-
port OH the bill. Only fifty tenn.
perance advocates were able TO get
into the small committee room but
the army of Pr'ohlb.t,onists moved
constantly past the open doors OF
the room and lent their support to
the argument asa.rst the sale d.
rum.
Surrender" was the wa.chword
OF aAe refOrmars and many of them
pointed to the great oil painting in
the rotunda depicting the surrender
OF CORVALLIS and Burgoyne and an
increasing confidence that right and
justice always triumpfed and declared
that perseverance will inevitably
bring triumph to the tempera4ce
army. 20
The White Ribbons of the Won.
ems Christian Temperance Union
predominatcd tho line OF tile crussl.
ders. Women made up three fourths
of the army and part of them
wore white badges.
All Kinds There.
Many We're plainly dressed women
of all ages and women dressed in
the height of fashion walked with
those wearing The plain uniform OF
the Methodist Geaconess.
Many McthGaiSts carried children
in their arms and led bhsir families.
Among the men in the procession
Glcrgynen seemed TO prevail.
Representative Webber was ! in
clarga OF uhe Rresbytenian sprak
prs before the House; committee
and Robert Z Crane. led the argument
j against! the Weber. bill. 6 In his
speech Mr., Wsliber $, aled ;, tlpit@li-
.iq,lo, is Responsible foi2;. thes. eotall-
'tiEn for 90 per GEM of3:the people
IN Jail and &orklouso $tlpl ,nsqne
;lSyIims of. Z D;atriGtys aildi after
reviewing tti,l inconIe from Jliquo:
Slicpnses} explained that III. falls moro
Y han iSSGo,Q00 short every year .of
maintaining the %inatit9tlbns which
lie said liquor made necessary. Z
I.i Don't Like Bishop Potter. I
In support OF his declaration thai
prohibition hhd been "a failure where
ever ii was tried I Robert Crane
quoted from statements of Bishop
Henry C. Potter. the Protestant
Episcopal Bishop Of New York The
mention of Bishop 'Potter's name
called forth dcrisive laughter from
the temperance advocates in the
room. MIR. Crane denounced the
action of tho Prohibition delegates
and stated that Neal Dow. the
Maine Prohibition leader. admitted
the week before his death that he
had been on the wrong track all
throug.s his long fight for proh:bi-
ton.
Its not TRUE" practically all the
white ribboners in the room cx-
claimed jumping to their feet and
repeating their den.als again and
again.
South Has Very Wrong Idea.
Mr.. Crane said the South was
mistaken in its movement for pro-
Inhibition and that tile laws regn-
lating liquor selling in Tennessee
and Kentucky have been a failure.
He stated that blind tigers" of
Tennessee have caused an increase
of murder and crime in that State
This brought an emphatic denial
from Representative Sims OF TeDncs.
see of the House committee whb
said the speaker had no knowledge
of what he was talking about and
declared that the State OF Tonnes
see has its prohibition Legislation
and was an unqualified success.
Representative Cousins was among
the speaidars who opposed proihbl'
ton in the District. He denounced
the temperance advocates who hiss
ed the name of Bishop Potter and
said such intolerance was sign
OF narrow mindcdneSs.
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