Evening star., 1913-12-09
MASS|NG Of WORKERS !
IN PROHIBITION CAUSE
Committee of 1000 to March
on Capitol Tomorrow
Morning.
Leaders of w. c. 7. u. to Petition
for Adoption of Hobson Amend
ment to Constitution.

TIE vanguard OF the Antf-Saioon
League of America and the woman's
Christian Temperance Union have arrived
here for the demonstration tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock at the east front OF
the Capitol.
II the weather is inciement. il is al.
nounced today. the exercises will be held
in the rotunda of the Capitol building.
Addresses will be delivered by Ernest J..
Cherrington and ex-Gov. NJ. r. Patter.
son OF Tennessee The committee %
1.o0C which has gathered here from al
over the United States win meet tomor-
row morning at $50 o'clock at the Ra.
leigh Hotel and march TO the Capitol in
a body.
Leaders in the City.
The leaders now on the ground ars
Purley \. Baker. executive officer OF the
league, who is charged with the response
bility of organizing the demonstration:
Ernest II. Cherrington. chief orator os
the day: Bishop Luther b. Wilson OF
New York. president OF the Anti-Saloon
League; VIII am H. Anderson of Balti-
more. leader of the Maryland forces:
Daniel J.. Polling of Columbus. Ohio, who
presided at the first session OF the Cour-
ell of One Hundred. f. j. Moore. who
heads the PENNSYLVANIA delegation; Clin-
ton y. Howard OF Rochester. ~. Y, who
has just lined up with the Y. NJ. c. A.
forces OF the nation against all forms or
tanned money in the guise of contr.bu-
tions; Edwin /. Stearns OF New York
who will be- associated with William II
Anderson of Baltimore in the coming
league war on Tammany. and scores OF
others who are national figures i'm the
work OF the Anti-Saloon League of Amer
ica.
Wayne B. Wheeler of Columbus. Ohio
Is on the wav. at the head OF the. Ohio
contingent. which includes Rev. DIR. How
ard III. Russell. founder of the league and
of the Lincoln-Lee Legion the juvenile
department of the leasue which has more
than 100000 members enrolled.
Cooperation Expected.
From eevry state the leaders in every
department OF temperance activity ar
expected to -indorse personally the woriS
of the Anti-Saloon League. and TO p edge
the cooperation of their organizations
to the uttermost in all the efforts Of the
league looking to national prohibition
under an amendment to the federal Con-
Stitution
The mass meeting in Memorial Con-
tinental Hall. the evening OF December 10.
will be addressed by Senator Morris Shep-
pard of Texas and by NJ. Clyde Kelly
of Pennsylvania There will be a num-
ber of impromptu addresses by leaders
of the cause. including Dr. Baker, Dr.
Russell. Mr.. Anderson and Mr.. Wheeler.
Presentation of w. c. T. y. Petition.
The W. c 7. L. will mass in the
rotunda of the Capitol and present
| resolutions and petitions calling for
the adoption of the Hobson amend
sf,.ts0 fSfrr~
the manufacture and sale of liquor in
the United States. Representative Hob
| son of Alabama author Of the pro-
posal expects to be in the rotunda when
| the women arrive. as does also Senator
Sheppard of Texas. Representative
Hobson yesterday reintroduced his
resolution with slight verbal changes,
providing for the constitutional amend
ment
president Of the w. c. T. L., today sent
/ out invitations to participate in the move
ment &c every organization OF men ana
women in Washington having the slight
est interest In the passage of the Hobson
resolution; and liz was stated that the
procession would be open to any one who
desired nationwide prohibition. whether
the individuals are affiliated with organi-
cations or not.
Formation of Parade.
The procession VIII form II llIt GisS-
coll Hotel, 1st and B streets north
west, at $50 O'Clock am. II will be head
ell by a boy carrying a silk American
flag Streamers bearing the words Ma
tional Constitutional Prohibition" Will be
carried by young girls dressed in white.
The commander of the parade will be
Mrs Lillian NJ y. Stevens Of Maine. presi-
dent general Of the W. {. T. \. She vii
BE- accompanied by the national vice pres
ident, Miss Anna Gordon OF Illinois; Mr.
Frances Parks, national correspondents
secretary: Mrs Sara Hosc, assistant sec
retary and president of the Virginia W. Z.
L. L: Mrs Elizabeth Hutchinson OF Kan
sas. treasurer general of the ". 9. T. =.
State Presidents Come Next.
Following these national officers VIII
come Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton. presi-
dent OF the District Of Columbia ". {.
L. T. and the following state presidents
Miss Hardynia Noryille. Ala: Mis-. Culla
]. vayhinger Indiana; Mrs. Frances
Beaucnamp OF Kentucky; Mrs. MAJ Has
up. Maryland: Miss Esther Elsreth. New
Jersey: Mrs Ella NJ. George, Pennsyl-
yania. Mrs. Selma Holman, Tennessee;
Mrs j. l.. w Rook, Rhode Island: Mrs
Lulu L. Sheppard, Utan; Mrs. Leela
Lowe Yost, West Virginia; Miss Mary
Russell. Mississippi; Mrs. Osbourne and
Mrs. Cunningham o. North Carolina, and
the national superintendents.