Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-09

Importation and sale of opium and other
matters. The call at the White House to-
day was to enlist the support of the Pres
| ident for these causes.
The delegation was ushered into the re-
ception parlor promptly at noon and the
| President received them very graciously.
| The presentations were made by Mrs.
John n. Culbertson president of the
union, after which she spoke of the up
| lifting and charitable work the aSsocia-
! ton is doing. She handed the President
a copy of the petition-memorial that has
trict Commissioners, and requested him to
do all he can to further the matters en-
braced therein.
In reply the President said he is very
| much interested in the work of the asso-
citation; that he is in sympathy with the
objects sought in the memorials and will
read the paper carefully and act as far
as he can consistently. AS to the immi-
once to the Secretary of Commerce and
| Labor. and at some favorable time confer
personally with him on the matter.
| The members of the delegation said
that the President had kindly word for
| each of them.
| Resolution-Petitio
| The neutrality-suspicious., which was pre-
scented to Congress several days ago and
to President Roosevelt, follows:
"rhe people of the District many
years ago, when they had tn right Of suf-
frage. through their own selected city
council, enacted law prohibiting Sunday
| traffic, except of necessity and mercy
which was well observed for a dozen years
until it was discovered that the mayor a
the time of its enactne Mt had inadvertent-
! ly failed to sign. which made the law in
valid.
THE people of the District in several
| mass meetings. and more recently tn
| clerks. through their labor organizations,
! have asked that the day rest law be en-
acted.
1.-THE Commissioners of the District o
| Columbia have twice in past years ap
| proved q bill now pending in Congress
introduced by Mr.. Allen. which prohibits
| Sunday toll or traffic, including traffic in
! public amusenlents.
The Woman's INSTRUMENTATION
| Missionary Union, representing the vari-
Gus churches of the District and various
societies of women appeal to the Senate
and House of Representatives to enact
| this bill. or some other that will give an
| adequate and complete Sunday rest in the
| District of Columbia. is accorded by
| the Sunday laws that have been MAIN
tanned from the beginning in all the
| states, save one of which Congress is
representative.
Reference to Opium.
'The opium traffic is great hindrance
to missions. morals and legitimate COM
merce alike; and as many governments
are moving together to prohibit the sale
and importation Of opium; and large
amount of the drug is imported into the
| United States and its ihsular possessions:
I'VE earnestly petition Congress to pro-
hibit the importation and sale of opium,
! except guardedly for medicinal uses: and
| q nr0bihitiop
the jurisdiction of Congress. including the
| Philippines and Hawaii. we'll as the
| mainland.
THE indulgence in the use of intoxicat-
| ing liquors is a menace: we indorse the
movement now being brought before Con-
! gress for the prohibition of the manufac-
ture and sale of all intoxicating liquors in
the District of Columbia.
| We also favor proper and wise legis-
| lation whereby foreigners shall not be
deprived of the right and privilege of
prospective citizenship, at the same time
shall not be received in numbers too
great for assimilation. or permitted to en-
graft practices or principles inconsistent
with our Christian institutions. or that
might become subversive of that right
eousness which exalteth a nation
Views of Mrs. Culbertson.
The foregoing was signed by Mrs. John
n. Culbertson. president of the Woman's
Interdenominational Missionary Union.
The petitions have been filed in both
| houses of Congress in the usual form"
she said today. GAS the District has
neither senator nor representative of its
own. and the National capital is a matter
| of national interest, therefore we earnest
! ly rely upon the active cooperation of
every senator and congressman in secur-
| ing the proposed legislation, which. is in
| exact accordance with Giadstone's great
definition of the purpose of the law-'ro
| make it as hard as possible to do wrong
and as easy as possible % do right "
Personnel of the Party.
| Among the ladies who accompanied Mrs
| Culbertson to the White House were the
following: Mrs. Clara L. .-oach. Mrs. H.
2. Viles and Mrs j. H. Robinson, vice
presidents; Mrs. s. D. LaFetra, secre-
tary; Mrs. Washington Topham. treas
urer; Miss Cornelia Corbett, in charge of
literature table. and Mrs. j. III. .iobinson,
Baptist Church; Mrs. NJ. f. Catlin. Con-
gregational Church; Mrs. c. w. Shelton,
Christian Church; Mrs. A. 4. Birney.
| Episcopal Church; Mrs. J. G. Butler
| Lutheran Church; Mrs. Hanoch Schroe-
der. German Lutheran Church; Mrs. l.. D.
| Clark, Friends Church; Mrs. Clinton
| Smith. w. c. T. T.: Mrs. w F. Crafts,
National Reform Bureau; Mrs. r. X.
Reidel. Central Union Mission; Mrs Wes-
| ley Bovee, Waldensian Association; Mrs.
| Clara l.. Roach. Methodist Episcopal
| Church; Miss Grace Jeffries. Methodist