The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-10
Forces Gathered in Wash
ingtOn-Will Invade the
Capitol Today
TWO THOUSAND MEN
AND WOMEN TO MARCH
Demonstration Will Take Place at 10
O'Clock This Morning at East
Front of Capitol-Want Con-
stitutional Amendment

I Washington, December 9-Prohibition
Fforces from all over the country are
gathered in Washington tonight. prepared
for a mighty demonstration tomorrow be-
fore the national capitol. More than 2O0o
men and women, representing the Anti
Saloon League of America and the wom-
ans Christian Temperance union, will
march in separate bodies to the capitol
bearing petitions demanding that ma
tlonal prohibition be effected by constitu-
aional amendment
Disagreement as to the part each or
ganization should play in the p.esenta-
tion of the petitions threatened today to
cause aNsplit in the temperance forces,
but it was said tonight that all differ
'ences had Esen smoothed out and that
there would he no friction. As result
the coinpittee. of 1000 men, representing
the Anti-Saloon League forces, will be
received at the capitol first. after which
they will withdraw ana the women will
,nake their plea
Daggett to Act as Grand Marshal
Brigadier General A. S. Daggett will
'act as grand marshal of the mems pro-
cession. while the women will be headed
by Mrs. Lillian NJ. Stevens of Maine,
president general of the Womans CHRIS
tian Temperance union.
The demonstration will take place at
10 O'Clock at the east front of the capitol.
Representative Hobson of Alabama
author of the proposed constitutional
amendment, will receive the petitions on.
behalf of the House of Representatives:
while Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas
will act for the Senate. Addresses will
be made on behalf of the, committee of
1000 by Ernest II. Cherrington OF Wester-
vile, O.. editor of the official organ of
the Anti-Saioon league. and by former
Governor M. r. Patterson of Tennessee.
Afterwards the reason for a constitu-
tional amendment from the womens
standpoint will be presented by Mrs. Ella
A. Boole of Brooklyn, N. Y, president of
the New York state Woman's Christian
1'emperance union. and MfS. Mary Harris
Arnlor of Georgia.
Plans for the demonstration were in
augurated at meeting recently at CO.
lumbus. o., of the Anti-Saloon League
OF America, when resolutions in favor o.
national prohibition were adopted and the
committee of 1000 appointed TO urge Con-
gress to adopt the proposed constitutional
Draft Completed
subcommittee tonight completed the
draft of a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution. Repre-
sentative Hobson and Senator Sheppard
will, it is understood, introduce the reso-
luton in the House of Congress tomor-
row.
The preamble recites that 'exact sclen-
tific research has demonstrated that al
cohol is narcotic poison, destructive
and desenerating to the human organism
and that it's distribution as a beverage,
or contained in food lays staggering
economic burden upon the shoulders OF
the people, lowers to an appalling de-
gree the average standard of character
Of our citizenship. thereby undermining
the public morals and the foundation of
free institutions, produces widespread
crime, pauperism and insanity, inflicts
disease and untimely death upon hun
dreds of thousands of citizens and blignts
with degeneracy their children unborn,
threatening the future integrity and the
very life of the nation.
The resolution would propose a con-
stitutionai amendment to forever prohibit
the sale, manufacture for sale, transpor-
tation for sale. Importation for sale. ex-
portation for sale of Intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes, but empowering
Congress to provide for the manufac-
ture, sale, Importation and transportation
of Intoxicating liquors for sacramental,
medicinal and other PURPOSES.