The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-06
1900 "DRYS' AT
POLL Meeting
Anti-Saloon League Workers
Declare Referendum
Would Be Farce.
CYCLONE DAVIS In FORM
Letters from Governors of Colorado,
Kansas and Mississippi Praising
Prohibition Read. .

Notwithstanding the street car strike,
fully LOO persons attended the anti
referendum meeting at Polls Theater
yesterday afternoon, and while 1t was
declared that the meeting was not called
in opposition to a referendum" meeting
held In another theater, the liquor inter-
ests and the promoters Of the other meet
ing were denounced.
Previous to the speeches Rev. c. f.
Fultz, United Brethren Church, conduct
ed a song service, and was followed by
Rev. Lucius c. Clark, of Hamline M E.
Church, who delivered the invocation.
President Andrew Wilson, of the local
Anti-Saloon League, introduced Edward
5. Brashear, who presided, and in a few
words declared:
The statement has been made that
this meeting was organized as a protest
against another meeting held in this city
this afternoon. I want to say that this
statement Is in error. This meeting is
one of q series which will be held. The
Anti-Saloon League is not insisting for
the ballot in the District OF Columbia 1t
Is simply protesting against the liquor
trafhc. We are against a referendum on
this question because we well know that
without an electorate such a referendum
would be nothing but farce.
We do not say that those for a refer
endum are in the employ of the liquor
traffic, but We do declare that some are
working in the interests of the liquor
crowd.
Rev. E. K. Hardin. delivered the first
address, and was followed by Rev. S
G. Dorey. Of Denver, Colo, and Rev.
l. Morgan Chambers, who talked along
similar lines.
"CyelOne" Davis in Usual Fom.
Representative James Harvey CCycIone)
Davis of Texas, in characteristic speech
attacked the saloons. declaring that IN
less there was national prohibition the
country would be ruined
No date was set for the next meet
ing, but another will be held in the
immediate future and the fight for Dis
triCt prohibition will be continued to
the finish.
Upon the conclusion Of the meeting
a resolution to work for the cause Of
prohibition in the District proposed by
one of the audience was unanimously
carried by a standing vote.
Rev. DR.. Clarke denounced the
referendum people, declaring that they
were in the pay OF the liquor interests
or else were mental deficients. He stated
that his reason for arguing prohibition
for the District Of Columbia was that
in 1913 there were eight dry States;
in 1914 there was fourteen dry States
and in 1915, the number had been in
creased to nineteen, and that he thought
the people of the National Capital SHOULD
make its community dry" before all
other parts of the country set the
example.
COnvicts Urge Prohibition.
He also stated that another reason
for his desire for prohibition was that
los prisoners in the Pennsylvania
I.enitentiary petitioned the governor OF
that state for Statewide prohibition
fhaF Il ne 90
the majority Of their crimes.
Gov. George A. Carlson, of Colorado,
said in part:
Finally. upon the nrst Of January,
1915. the city Of Denver with a population
Of 81. Co., the city of Pueblo with a popu-
lstion Of 5000, together with the rest of
the state. went dry" What have been
the results? It was said that If Denver
went dry tourists would not come there
and conventions would be failures.
Denver Richer Than Ever Before.
1T was freely predicted that the stock
show held this last January would be the
last one ever held II the State went
dry" You will be interested to know
that there were over $1,000 paid admIs-
siOns; that this was the best attended
stock show ever held: that there were
over 100000 in sales, the greatest
amount Of sales ever recorded at a stock
Of Denver are unanimous in declaring
that the stOckmen left more money in
Denver than ever before"
The following extracts from letters
from governors Of two prohibition States
we're read:
Experience in Kansas.
answering your letter Of February "a,
will say that one OF the greatest bless
ings ever bestowed upon Kansas and the
law which is doing more to make good
men and women and to bring happiness
and prosperity to this State is the
amendment to the constitution prohibit
ing the traffic in intoxicating liquors.
Kansas has had prohibition for a gen
Grafton. Her people know the benefits of
prohibition from actual experience and
they are enthusiastically and overwhem-
ingly in favor of il.
Very respectfully,
ARTHUR CAPPER,
Governor"
Trade Better in Mississippi.
The statement that prohibition has