Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-14
ONE THOUSAND
TEMPERANCE FOLK
March Through National Capitol
In Support Of Bill to Sup
press Liquor Traffic.
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
We're Moving Around Walls OF Jcri-
cho, and the Barriers of the
Demon Rum VIII Fall.

Washington, Feb. i-Temperance
advocates. 1000 strong. marched
through the national Capitol today in
support of the bill introduced by Rep
resentative Weber OF Ohio to rid the
District of Columbia of the liquor traf-
fic. Men, women and children, repre-
senting score OF total abstinence or
eanlzations, formed the procession
which moved through the Capitol for
more than two hours while Mr.. Web
Der and other prohibition advocates
We're speaking before the house com
n,ittee on the District of Columbia in
an effort TO secure favorable action on
the bill.
only 80 of the temperance advocates
were able to get into the small commit
tee room. but the rest moved constant
ly past the open doors of the room. Re-
peatedly the crusaders 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 de-
mon Rum will fall"
the reformers. and many of them point
ed to the great oil painting In the TO-
tunda representing the surrender of
CORVALLIS and Eurgoyne, and am
announced confidently that right and
justice always triumph, declared that
perseverance will inevitably bring tri-
umph to the temperance army.
The white ribbons of the w. g. T. u.
predominated In the long line of cru
saders. Women made up three-fourths
of the army and practically all OF
them wore the white badge. There
were plainly dressed women of all
ages and women dressed in the height
of fashion walked 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 pro-
cession clergymen seemed to prevail.
Mrs. Clinton Smith, president Of the
district w. C. 7. T.. headed a column
composed of prominent mem beers of
the Rechabites, the Good Templars,
the Prohibition crusaders, the Catholic
Total Abstinence union, the Christian
Endeavorers and other reform organ
izations.
Representative Webber was in
charge of the prohibition spea kers
before the house committee, and Rob
ert Crane led the argument against
the Weber bill. In his opening
speech Mr.. Webber stated that LIQUOR
is responsible for the condition of 90
per cent of persons in the iails. work
houses and insane hospitals of the
district. and after reviewing the in
come from liquor licenses, explained
that 1t falls more than $500, 900 short
every year of maintaining institutions
which he said liquor makes necessary.
In support of his declaration that
prohibition has been n failure wherever
1t was tried. Robert Crane quoted
from statements of the Right Rev. Hen
~ C. Potter OF New York The men
ton of Bishop Potter's name called
forth derlsive laughter, followed by
Kissing. Mr.. Crane denounced the ac-
ton of the delegation, and stated that
Neal Dow the Maine prohibition lead
er, admitted the week before his death
that he had been upon the wrong track
all through his long fight for prohibit
ton.
"It's not true" practically all the
white rlbboners in the room exclaimed.
jumping to their feet and repeating
their denials again and again.
Mr.. Crane said the south was mis-
taken in its movement for prohibition,
and that the laws regulating liquor
selling In Tennessee and Kentucky
have been a failure. He stated that
the blind tigers" of Tennessee have
caused an increase of murder and
crime In that state. This brought an
emphatic denial from Representative
Sims Of Tennessee, a member OF the
house committee of the District of Co
lumbia. who said the speaker had no
knowledge of what he was talking
about, and declared that the state of
Tennessee has found It's prohibition
legislation an unqualified success.