New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
Thousands of White Rib
boners Make Demonstra-
ton for Prohibition.
DEMAND RUM
TRAFFIC BE ENDED
Proposed Constitutional Amend.
mentS Presented in Both
Houses of Congress.
LFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Dec. 10,-White ribboners.
several thousand strong. marched in a
hody upon the Capitol to-day and gath
cred in a body on the steps under the
dome 10 present their formal demand for
constitutional amendment putting into
eject nationwide prohibition.
one thousand women. representing the
Womsns Christian Temperance Union.
and as many men, representing the Anti
Saloon League. marched in procession.
Flower, OF Massachusetts,. four years old.
representing the cradle roll of the
Womans Christian Temperance Union.
With the men marched John Good, jr., of
Massachusetts,. age six. AS they gath
cred on the Capitol steps the prohibition
advocates sang Onward. Christian Sol
diers" and America"
In their march TO the Capitol the Anti
Saloon League forces were led by Brig
adler General A. S. DaGgett Mrs. Lillian
NJ n stevens. Of Maine president gen.
eral Of the ". c. T. L., marshalled the
women. who waved banners as they pa
raded down Pennsylvania avenue.
Senator Sheppard and Representative
Hobson. champoned the cause OF national
prohibition I'm the two houses Of Con-
rress. President Baker of the Ant-Sa-
loon League presented the legislators the
resolutions demanding a constitutional
amendment.
Addresses were delivered by Ernest w.
Cherrington. Of Westville. Ohio: eX-Gov-
ernor NJ. f. Patterson, OF Tennessee:
Mrs. Stevens. national president of the
Womans Christian Temperance Union;
MIS-. Ella \. Boole. OF Brooklyn. New
York state president OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. and Mrs,
Mary Harris Armor. OF Georgia.
Later. Senators Sheppard, Thompson
and owen interrupted the consideration
of the currency bill to present the cause
OF prohibition. Senator Sheppard intro
duccd the resolution in the interest of
which the demonstration was made.
Senator Thompson pointed TO Kansas
IN illustration Of the advantages of pro-
hlbtion. and Senator owen said that the
leople in Oklahoma had insisted that the
prevention of the introduction Of liquor
into the eastern part OF the state should
te made q condition for lis admission
into the union.
Senator sheppard in receiving the resO-
luton said;
There is no higher duty that we can
conceive than 10 introduce in both houses
Of Congress this resolution calling for
nationwide prohibition by constitutional
amendment. we are against the liquor
trafic because il il the worst enemy of
our civilizations: because we want a
drunkenness republic and an untainted
fag"
Speaking for the Anti-saloon League
forces Mr. Cherrington declared that
the army of men, aided by the Won
ans Christian Temperance Union were
stockholders in the great institution OF
American society. pleading for nation
vide prohibition by constitutional amend
ment, as the only hope for the speedy
solution Of the growing liquor problem in
our great centres of population
When more than 1900, 600 of our pop
ulaton," ne continued, live in territory
from which the saloon has been banished
by the sovereign will Of the people and
when a very large percentage of the
population I'm the remaining license ter
ritory Of the nation is earnestly and
actively favorable TO prohibition legis-
lation, IL is certainly not presumptuous
TO assume that the time has come when
this question should be considered OF
national political importance.
Ex-Governor Patterson, OF Tennessee,
declared that nine states already had
Prohibition. Civilization and humanity"
he shouted. now demand new amend
nent TO the Constitution. one that will
wipe this evil business from the land.
Mrs. Stevens declared that the women
OF the nation know that the liquor trat-
&c is the great home destroyer" that the
women OF the nation long ago had begun
the tight 10 overthrow the liquor business.
and that its end was certain 10 come.
Mrs. Arrnor and Mrs. Boole both spoke
Tor the proposed amendment and aroused