Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
Demonstration at Capital.


''On to Washington is the subject Of
an address that is to be delivered Thurs
day morning by Don c. McMullen of
Florida, and in this connection, it is
stated. there win be demonstration in
this city by fully 1000 persons at the
Capitol shortly after Congress convenes
regular session in December.
Represen. ative Richmond Pearson Hob
sons nationwide prohibition measure
that has been Endorsed by the w. &. [.
I. probably will come before the con-
vention for Endorsement and Representa-
tive Hobson viii be on hand TO explain
i. Following adjournment of the con-
Vention there will be a meeting of the
committee of 100 to discuss every phase
Of the liquor question
1t Will be in the nature of a booster
and educational meeting, says Mr..
Shoemaker. 1t viii be an entirely new
feature OF the work and probably will
strengthen the organizations already in
The field Of temperance reform.
Special trains from ali sections of the
country are speeding in the direction of
columbus with large numbers of delegates
and others who are gong 10 attend the
convention. One thousand singers will
lie on the train scheduled to reach Co
un5us from Indianapolis tomorrow.
Tennessee and kentucky are sending
large delegations, the delegation from
Tennessee being headed by Gov Hooper
and including Il number of the legisla-
tire, former Senators Webb and San
defs.
Large Prohibition Area.
II is stated in the call for the conven-
ton that at the present time more than
. per cent OF the area of the United
tates Is under no-license, and more
chan forty-six millions of the people
are living in no-license territory. One
fourth of all the people in the United
States now living in license territory
ldiNe in six cities. In all the sixteen
states of the southland there are fewer
saloons than in the single city of Chi
cago, while there are thirty-SiX states
or the Union where the aggregate num-
Der OF saloons is less than the number
existing in New York city. In short
the liquor traffic, driven from the rural
SECTIONS Of the nation, has intrenched
itself IN the great centers of population.
creating thereby q mighty city problem,
which now challenges the united forces
Of Righteousness in every commonwealth
OF this republic.
The cities are the industrial and
commercial centers Of the nation" the
call states. The millions Of bread
winners which make up one of the most
substantial parts of our city citizenship
ere in a very large degree deplorably
ignorant of the relation existing be-
tween alcohol and Industrial problems.
The business world is uniformed as to
he part alcohol plays in the accident
and waste column of the business ledger.
Spread OF knowledge.
This knowledge is being slowly forced
upon the employers of labor and the
la5orins men themselves by means of
the insurance liability laws which are
being enacted by the several state
legislatures together with other state
and federal requirements for the con-
ducting of industrial enterprises: but
the necessary information on this sub
iect must go TO these men in a more
direct and specific way if we are soon
to marshal the forces OF the commercial
and industrial world against the liquor
traffic.
These conditions loudly call for a
campaign OF temperance education.
nationwide III its scope, which shall have