The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
CRUSADE BAND
INVADES HOUSE
Women Temperance Folk Take
Virtual Possession of Capital.
BOOST ANTI-BOOZE BILL
Demonstration Made in Favor of Meas
ore Before House for Elimination Of
LIQUOR Traffic in Washington.

Temperance advocates. one thou
sand strong, marched through the
national capitol Thursday in support
of the bill introduced by Representa-
tive Weber OF OHIO, TO ria the Dis
trict of Columbia Of the liquor traf-
fic. Men, women ana children. rep
resenting a score of total abstinence
orders and the leading churches Of
the district, formed the procession
which moved through the capitol for
more than two hours, While Repre-
sentative Weber and other prohibi-
ton advocates were speaking before
the house committee on the District
of Columbia in an effort to secure
a favorable report on the bill.
Surrender" was the Watchword Of
the reformers, and many Of them
pointed to the great oil painting in
the rotunda representing the sur
render of CORVALLIS and Burgoyne
and announcing confidently that right
and justice always triumph.
Representative Weber was in
charge Of the prohibition speakers
before the house committee, and Rob
ert Grain led the argument against
the Weber bill In his opening
speech. Mr. Weber stated that il
uuor is responsible for the condition
az 80 per cent of the persons in the
jail, workhouse and insane hospital OF
the district, and after reviewing the
income from liquor licenses, explain
ed that it falls more than 100000
short every year of maintaining the
institutions which he said liquor
makes necessary.
In support of his declaration that
prohibition had been a failure where
ever it was tried, Mr.. Grain quoted
from statements Of Bishop Potter OF
the Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
New York. The mention Of Bishop
Potter's name called forth derisiye
laughter from the visiting temper
ance advocates in the committee
room. Mr.. Grain denounced the ac-
ton Of the prohibition delegation and
stated that Neal Dow, the Maine pro
hibition leader, admitted the week be-
fore his death that he had been on
the wrong track all through his long
fight tor prohibition.
It's not true" practically all the
white-ribboiner in the room exclaim-
ed, jumping to their feet and repeat
ing their denials again and again
Mr.. Grain said the south was mis-
taken in it's movement for prohibition
and that the laws regulating liquor
selling in Tennessee and Kentucky
had been a failure.
He stated that the blind tiger"
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 on
the District of Columbia, who said
the speaker had no knowledge Of
what he was talking about, and de-
clared that the state of Tennessee mas
found it's prohibition legislation an
unqualified success.
The white ribbons Of the Womans
Christian Temperance Union FREEDOM
mated in the long line Of crusaders
Women made up three-fourths OF
the army and practically all OF them
wore the white badge.
Mrs. Clinton Smith, president OF
the District Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, headed a column COM
posed of prominent members Of the
Rechabites, the Independent Order OF
Good Templars, the Prohibition CRU
saders, the Christian Endeavorers and
other reform organizations