Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-19
FORESEE A VICTORY
Storm of Prohibition Has Now
Spent Its Force.
so SAYS 7. L. McD0N0UGH
Annual Report Of National Liquor
League Head.
FEATURE OF ToDAY's SESSION
Declares That President Taft's Rum
Decision Is Vital Blow to
Prohibitionists.

| President Taft has given the prohibi-
tionists vital blow by deciding what
| rum is In the past everything has been
| rum with them. Rum was the cause of
| all evil. The rul1seller was the blacklist
kind Of villain and the 'runfshop' a
| cesspool OF iniQuity. All this must be
changed, for President Taft has decided
that rum is made from nfolasses only
and not from rye or corn. President Taft
has settled the question in an official
way He holds that real whisky can be
| designated as straight whisky on the
| LABEL
This declaration was made at today's
session OF the National Liquor League
OF the United States by President Tim
| otl1y L. McDonougi OF Cleveland, Ohio.
| The sessions are being held at the Ma
tional Hotel, and representatives of forty
states are in attendance. Besides there
arc members Of the National Brewers
| Association and other organizations of
men engaged in the liquor business.
| In his annual report President Nc
Donough says "the storm OF prohibition
which has swept this country for the past
| two years has spent its force, and from
| now on victory will perch upon our ban
| ners and the trade will come ont Of the
conflict purged Of the disreputa5le saloons
that have brought so much disgrace upon
us ALL In the future we will have a
better understanding with the public, and
tho legitimate saloon. controlled by law
abiding, respecta BILE citizens, will not be
forced to bear all the odium that has
been cast upon it in the past
Attention is called to the efforts OF anti
saloonists to have the advertisements of
liquor dealers eliminated from the press,
and President McDonough concluded his
report with the statement Of an old Ken
lucky colonel that there is no such thing
as bad whisky. "AI whisky Is good but
some may bs better than the other" He
also recommends the re-estab lishment of
the army canteen.
National Secretary's Report.
"In the recent fall elections Robert ].
Halle, national secretary says In his an
nual report. ''the proltbitionists have
been whipped, horse, foot and artillery.
Even their much boasted stronghold,
Worcester, the largest prohibition city in
the world. preferred the Legitimate saloon
on every corner rather than a bar In
every Kitchen Worcester went wet by
an astonishingly large majority. And so
eAAANt6AouI NNt COdIltTy uOWu 10 the
smallest hamlet has been shown marked
signs of returning reason.
But we must not be blinded by this
| flash OF victory: we have a dangerous
and determined foe to contend with, one
that does not know defeat. Beaten at
one point, it quickly rallies its forces in
another direction, and is ready for bat
tie 1t is most cunning and connivering
and is ever ready to steal march In
the night and by the most unscrupuous
methods entwine its victims in the
meshes of prohibition.
The spirit OF organization is in the
air; the people are being aroused the
business men are realizing that prohibit
ton not only means the destruction di-
rectly Of the liquor trade but of many
other business interests as we'll"
Cash to Push Pet Theory.
| He adds: LAS an evidence of the per-
sistent and determined efforts on the
part of the prohibitionists to push their
pet theory to the front is clearly shown
by their successful efforts to induce the
last Congress to appropriate the sum of
$500 to pay the expenses of ten dele
gates and one stenographer to represent
the United States government at the
twelfth international congress on alco-
holism, held at London. England. last
July. Having secured the appropriation,
1t was not difficult to hoodwink the Sec
rotary of State into appointing men and
women with the one idea biased and
prejudiced on this important subject to
represent the United States"
He favors the restoration Of the army
canteen and refers to the anti-saloon
| convention held at Chicago as "a roar
ing farce and urged that wide-awake
| sentinels be kept on the watch towers of
the National Capital to prevent fool
legislation like the anti-cantcen law"
Chairman Harvey's Report.
Hugh +. Harvey of this city, chairman
of the national legislative committee of
the National Liquor League, gave his
seventeenth annual report. He stated that
the wave of prohibition was receding and
the movement OF tie anti-sa loonists
would be dashed to pieces on the rock
of fanatcism. The liberal members of
Congress regard those in the liquor traf-
| fic as men engaged in a legitimate bust
| ness. which il heavily taxed to support
| local, state and national governments.
The bill now before Congress relative
to the sale OF liquor to Indians was adj
verseis commented upon as having
niger in the woodpile' within its pro-
visions ii provides for twenty-five
mile prohibition zone around every In
dian reservation, which. IL il should be-
come law, would create a prohibition
territory Of over ::44,ooD square miles
larger than the states Of Ohio Michigan
Indiana, Illinois. Iowa and Kansas-and
would include such large cities as Spo-
kane, Seattle Sioux City ard a host of
other small places. 1t refers to the bill
"a a deeply laid scheme of the prohibit
tionists TO fcist prohibition on unwilling
territory. all for the sake of saving the
poor "redskin'' from liquor. when the
United Sta ties reservation superintendent
in recent report from Washington state
that ''all are perfectly safe with the CO.
operation between the various state and
federal authorities"
Speeches at the Opening.
At the opening meeting Of the National
Liquor League yesterday afternoon in
the banquet hall Of the National Hotel,
President McDonough called the assem-
blage to order. William +. GUIDE. presi-
dent of the Chamber OF Commerce. well
coined the delegates to Washington.
| Hugh F. Harvey made an address of
welcome On behalf Of the District liquor
Dealers and President McDonough re-
sponded. Joseph De Bar of the National
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association
made a telling speech.
| Former Senator Thurston urged the
| liquor dealers to stand together, not as
Outcasts or lawbreakers. but as men in a
| legitimate business, recognized by law
and heavily taxed. He declared that peo-
pie are reading but one side OF the liquor
Question. He urged a campaign Of edu-
cation and literature
Other speakers were Joseph NJ. Ullman
| of Baltimore and W. d. Barry, president
of the Federation Of Liquor Dealers Of
I the District OF Columbia There were