The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-02
TEXAS SENATOR BEST
PLEASED MAN IN DRY
CITY OF WASHINGTON
After Long Fight Father OF Prohibit
ton Btu In District of Columbia
VIII Take Vacation.
ANTI SALOON LEAGUE HOLDS
THANKSGIVING SERVICES.
Strenuous Campaign Against Drunk
enness to BE Waged by Police, and
Superintendent says Law VIII Be
Enforced.
(By staff Correspondent, J

Washington. Nov. Probably the
best pleased man in the United States
when Washington went dry was Sena-
tor Morris Sheppard, of Texas. whose
bill making the District or Columbia
prohibition territory was enacted into
law after hard and leng fight. Sena-
tor Sheppard said OF the law:
The law providing prohibition for
the District Of Columbia is one of the
greatest steps forward in the interest
of the civilization, efficiency and hap
piness OF the people Of the district
that could possibly have been taken.
Under the prohibition law is will be
Impossible for the department of la
Dor to make such report as 1t re-
Gently made. showing that many OF
the poorer families here had deficit
charged to their account when their
income and expenditure for the year
were cast up.
when the laboring man can no
longer spend his money for whiskey
and beer at the corner saloon, con-
ditions will be materially modified.
There Will he much more money
available for the actual necessities of
life and the proper maintenance OF the
family. The family income will be
Increased. for the workingman will do
Prohibition means an immense
gain TO legitimate business IN the dis
trtct. Money which has hitherto been
used for the purchase OF liquor will
now go into other channels OF bust
ness. 1t means comfort and enjoy
ment for the women and children. II
will help to make Washington. the
capital OF the nation. model city
not only for the United States but
Tor -whole norid. as 1t Ghould be.
1t will have splendid effect upon the
progress of prohibition both here and
abroad"
Senator Sheppard has remained In
Washington to watch the progress of
litigation Instituted TO defeat the law
which bears his name. Now that the
Nv has won. ne will leave coon for
his home In Texas.
The Anti Saloon league OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia aid no. hold toilifi
cation services on Wednesday night,
but AT the First Congregational
church, beginning at 10 o'clock Thurs
day morning. Thanksgiving services
were held, This meeting was open to
the public and continued throughout
the day. Expressions OF deep salts
faction were heard that the dream
of the anti-saioon forces OF the dis
u ASt liisAS1tt sl&sl GS21l r Gained. .
Albert E. Shoemaker. attorney FOR
the district league. said. In expressing
his qualification that the district now
was dry territory. that he hoped the
temperance forces would lend q help
Ing hand wherever II was necessary
to those formerly connected with the
saloon business. He said he wished
them to be prosperous and happy in
their new avocations
Major Pullman. superintendent Of
police, in his campaign agaist drunk
enness is being helped by the local
courts. This was instanced when two
men charged with being drunk ard
operating tomohiies were brought
before the court. One was fined $40
and the other was given adequate
punishment
From now on police supervision of
those Who are intoxicated viii be sx-
pecially close, Major Pullman SAYS
the prohibition law must be enforced.