Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-11
by professional total abstinence .xhoyE

| ers."
Recently recovering from a seplbus
Illness. Miss Couzins remarked. Game
here to add my reproof OF this m6Asure.
Prohibition advocates offer many Biblical
texts in support Of their views, but in
most cases they cling to misconceptions
OF the real meaning Of what appears in
several chapters Of the Bible relative to
wine. The first thing Noah did after the
| conference with the Lord at the foot Of
and produce grapes for wine. The Bible
makes frequent references to the en-
couragement of the growing of grapes
and the sale Of wine. In fact. there are
enough of these references in three chap
| tiers, II the grapes were made into wine,
to float modern battleship.
Misnomer and Farce.
| prohibition in Iowa, Kansas and
Maine" she declared, rs a misnomer, a
| farce. Quoting from a published article
In q leading newspaper Of the state capt.
tai, will tell you. and I sustain 1t from
personal knowledge, that behind every
hay NOW in the state of Kansas. in al
most every back yard. every nook and
| corner, and in the bureau drawers of
| every room in every hotel is to be found
| a whisky flask with the label of To-
Peka drug store on it. And this. it may
De Salo without fear of successful con-
tradiction, is the result Of prohibition in
that state.
There are just many good women as
there are good men, and no more Miss
Couzins asserted. "a cross between divinity
both sexes"
The speaker criticized the women who are
working for prohibition, and said the cry
TOT prohibition. as for the adjustment of
the army canteen came, from those women
| who advocate also the curfew bell, be-
cause of their lack of parental control over
their children. Most of the so-called re-
form meetings of women make for the dis
integration of the home. In the so-called
prohibition states statistics show that the
people are leaving them by the thousands,
and there are hundreds of idle farms and
factories.
Views Of Samuel De Nedrey.
Mr. Samuel De Nedrey was next intro
duced as the secretary of the Central Labor
Union and member of the temperance
orders Of Good Templars and Jonadabs.
He declared Maine under prohibitory laws
to be "debased and overridden by rum
In the name of the Central Labor
Union, he declared, Il protest against
this bill. Labor represents one-third of
the population of men, women and children
IN the District, and we think we have some
right to voice protest
Much merriment was provoked by the
speakers offer to forfeit s25 if Representa-
tive Littlef1eld could show that Rockland
Me- the latter's home, was any freer Of
the iil-effects Of the liquor traffic than
Washington.
Take the men in the saloons, those who
work in the breweries and those who drive
the wagons he suggested, land count
noses for sobriety with the legislators on |
the hill: See for yourself which of them
will suffer by the comparison"
Mr.. De Mercy spoke of the great increase
OF drug stores in the prohibition states |
where liquor was sold and men and women |
perJured themselves to procure it. He said |
the voting strength of the prohibitionists in |
the United States was inconsiderable-"no |
mand for prohibition. In Maine the Illicit |
liquor Is known as "tangle sap" and there
Is plenty of 1t to be had there. He spoke |
OF the members of Congress who favor pro- |
h1bition as 1.-The legislative tom-tits from the |
Jungles and marshes who manage to get |
into the eagles cage up on Capitol HILL" |
and who desire to try fool experiments with |
the District, such as Eat It; if it is a |
mushroom you live; If toadstool you die"
Should Submit Matter to Vote.
Mr.. Charles w. Darr, the next speaker.
challenged the prohibitionists to submit the
matter OF prohibition in the District to q
vote of the people here. He asserted that
the proposition would be defeated by an
overwhelming majority as not one-third of
the people here favor such unjust and ar
bitrary legislation Notwithstanding the
hue and cry that is being raised by a mere
handful of so-called reformers. He spoke Of
the dismal failure of prohibition at LAUREL |
Md, only few miles from Washington"
The Weber bill has been cited as a move
Tor Greater Washington. Mr.. Darr said
It's passage would mean a Lesser Washing
tom. He described the increased litigation
and lawlessness in prohibition communities
and declared that 80 per cent of those who |
take the responsibility of paying the ex-
penses of the District Of Columbia are on
posed to the Weber bill or any similar
measure.
lf Congress wants the opinion of our
people on this matter" Mr.. Darr added
fn
lenge the advocates of the measures to do
so.'
He said men in this matter could be ruled
by the law of love better than by the laws
Of Congress.
The passage Of this Weber bill will
mean great Increase in crime, two addi-
tfonal Police Court judges. larger Jail and
work houses and the withdrawing Of prac-
ttcally 81, 100000 from the revenues of the
District, without doing the morals Of the
District any good whatever"
Rabbi Loeb Final Speaker.
Rabbi Julius T. Loeb, the final speaker,
discussed the religious phases Of the liquor
question, declaring that the history Of the
world had demonstrated that the most
virile enduring races are those who have
grown and drunk wine.
Mr.. Mitchell read a vigorous memorial
of remonstrance, which will be presented |
to Congress in opposition to the Weber
bill.
FILES A REPORT.
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