Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-18
RALLY FOR TEMPERANCE.
Proposed Mass Meeting to Be Held
Next Month

For the first time in the history of the
present local temperance crusade among
the church organizations and social fra
ternities of the city, general meeting of
the representatives of various organizations
assembled at Good Samaritan Hall Wednes-
day night. The delegates at the meeting and
the organizations they represented are as
follows: Sunday School Association, w. w.
MILAN; Temperance Alliance, II. b. Moul-
ton Peoples Mission ]. B. McMichael; Sal
walton Army, Marion Gilbert and Or. E.
Evelyn Gilbert; Good Templars G. w. Tull;
Rechabites. w. A. Hickey; Sons OF Jonadab,
S. H. Wiley; Independent Sons of Jonadab,
Capt. j. c. Daley; Fraternal Sons of Jona-
dab. DR.. j. P. keifer; Sons o. Temperance,
Smith; Y w. c. T. T., Mrs. Don P. Blaine;
Christian Endeavor Rev. Z. H. Copp: Ep-
worth League. DR.. E. l.. Derrick: B. Y. P.
u, VIM. L. Ford; Central Union Mission,
o. b. Brown; lexington Christian Templars,
]. A. Van Anden; Prohibition Crusa ders,
John Callahan, Mrs. E. F, Bishop and Miss
F. NJ Bishop; Prohibition Union, Sarah
ward; St. Vincent de Paul Society, J. c. Sui
Ivan, ]. P. Burg and John H. Pellen; Cath
Ole I. A. Union, VIM. F. Downey. Thos.
Maloney and J. p. McGinness; Carroll In
stitute, Jas. +. Shay International Reform
Bureau, DIR. Wilbur Crafts; American Anti
Saloon League, Rev. E. {. Dinwiddc, AL
bert E. Shoemaker VIM T.. Brooks and
| dODefC l.. DultOn.
A temporary organization was effected
with the election of Mr. w, E. Brooks of
the Anti-Saloon League as president and
Mr.. w. n. Hickey of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union as secretary
Mr.. VIM. F.. Dowpey. president of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, and men,
Der of the Anti-Saloon League, read a pa
per outlining the proposed reforma tons de-
sired by the temperance people at the
conclusion of which a general discussion
of the liquor traffic and its many conse-
quent evils was INDUCED in by nearly every
delegate present.
Society made an appeal to those present to
combine forces in the great work of tenn
perance reform"
Mr. A. E. Shoemaker and Mr.. Robert
Dutton spoke of the work during the past
fourteen years of the local society of the
American Anti-Saloon League
Mr.. George w. Callahan of the Prohibi-
ton Crusaders urged a combination of all
the temperance forces in favor of the
Weber BILL
R. E. O'Brien. R. E. Major, G. E. BelIer, ].
B. Cornwall of fthe Fraternal Sons of Jona-
dab and Thos Maloney and ]. p. McGinness
of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union favor
ed the formation of a temperance federation.
w. A. Hickey, Grand Chief Templar i. e..
Tull of the local lodges of the International
Order of Good Templars, DR.. E. Evelyn
Gilbert, Marion Gilbert ar Rev. Zed II.
Copp, chief probation officer of the Juvenile
Court. representing the Christian Endeavor
Associates, spoke in favor of a general
mass meeting of all the temperance forces
On motion of Miss Sarah E. Smith of
the Prohibition Crusaders, it was voted
unanimously to hold grand temperance
mass meeting, the date to be determined
at the next meeting of the delegates,
Wednesday night, January 3d. at Good
Samaritan Home. The consensus of opin-
ion was that the meeting sho;- d be held be
fore the adjournment of Congress and it is
probable that the mass meeting will be
held in February; 1t was also decided on
motion of Mr. William A Hickey of the c.
T. A. L. that plans for the mass meeting
be left with the Ant-Saloon League, and
that that organization be empowered to in
vite delegates from all the other. temper
ance organizations. The proposed mass
meeting will be held in one of the local the
aters and addresses and a musical pro-
gram will be given. 9.