The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15
Men, Women and Children De-
mand that District of COL
umbia be "Dry."
POTTER'S NAME is KISSED
CRUSADERS SAID THEY WERE
FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF
THE MARCH AROUND THE
WALLS OF JERICHO.
Publishers Press1

Washington, Feb. 14.-Temperance
advocates 1000 strong marched
through the national capitol in sup
port of the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Weber of Ohio, to rid the
District of Columbia of the liquor
traffic. Men, women and children rep
resenting a score of total abstinence
orders and the leading churches of the
district, formed the procession, which
moved through the capitol more than
two hours, while Representative Web
Der and other prohibition advocates
were speaking before the house COM
mi,tee on the District of Columbia in
an effort to secure favorable report
on the bill.
Only 80 of the temperance advo-
Gates were able to get into the COM
mittee room, but the army of prohibi-
tionists moved constantly past the
open doors of the room and lent their
support to the arguments against the
sale of liquor. Repeatedly the crusad-
ers moved about the rotunda under
the great dome of the capitol. and
again and again the leaders of the
movement remarked, We're moving
Just as around the walls of Jericho,
and the barriers of the demon rum
will fall"
Surrender was the watchword OF
the reformers and many of them
pointed to the great oil painting in
the rotunda, representing the surren-
der of CORVALLIS and Burgoine and
announcing confidently that right and
justice always triumph, declared that
perseverance will inevitably bring
triumph to the temperance army.
The white ribbons of the Women's
Christian Temperance union FREEDOM
mated in the long line Of crusaders.
Women made up three-fourths of the
army" and nearly all Of them wore
the white badge. There were plainly
dressed women of all classes, and wo-
men dressed in the height of fashion
walking with those wearing the plain
uniform of the Methodist deaconess.
Many mothers carried children in
their arms and led their families.
Among the men in the procession,
seemed to prevail. The
Rev. Carl G. Doney and the Rev. +. Z.
Dinwiddy of the Anti-Saloon league
were among the prominent leaders in
the procession.
Mrs Clinton Smith, president of the
District Women's Christian Temper
ance union, headed a column COM
posed of prominent members of the
Rechabites, the Independent Order or
Good Templars, the Prohibition cru
saders, the Catholic Total Abstinence
union, the Christian Endeavorers and
other reform organizations.
Representative Weber was IN
charge of the prohibition speakers be-
fore the house committee, and Robert
Crane led the argument against the
Weber bill. In his opening speech
Mr.. Weber stated that liquor is re
sponsible for the condition of 80 per
cent of the persons in the Jail, work
house and insane hospital OF the dis
.rict. and after reviewing the income
from liquor licenses explained that it
'alls mere than 100000 short every
year of maintaining the institutions
which he said liquor makes necessary.
In support of his declaration that
was failure wherever 1t
vas tried. Robert Crane quoted from
of Bishop Henry c. Potter,
he Protestant Episcopal bishop OF
New York The mention of Bishop
ootter's name called forth derisive
aughter. followed by Kissing from
he temperance advocates in the COM
nittee room. Mr.. Crane denounced
he action of the prohibition delega-
ion. and stated that Neal Dow, the |
Maine prohibition leader, admitted the |
week before his death that he had |
,een on the wrong track all through |
lis long fight for prohibition.
cts not true" practically all the |
White ribboners in the room exclaim- |
d, jumping to their feet, and repeat |
ng their denials again and again.
Mr.. Crane said the south was mis- |
AIKEN in its movement for prohibition |
nd that the laws regulating liquor |
cling in Tennessee and Kentucky |
ave been a failure. He stated that
he blind tigers" OF Tennessee have /
aused an increase OF murder and /
rin,e il, that state. This brought an /
mphatical denial from Representa- |
I've Sims of Tennessee, q member o
he house committee on the DiStrfc
f Columbia, who said the speaker
ad no knowledge of what he was
alking about. and declared that the
tate of Tennessee found its prohibi-