The evening herald., 1917-03-01
TEMPERANCE FORCES
PLANNING CAMPAIGN
IN NEW MEXICO SOON
Mrs. Anna Gordon. President of
the National w. @. T. u, Ex-
poets to Hold Several Meetings
in State in Month of May.
Special cOErsspend.ass to tn. H.r.ll.

clation, Will come 10 New Mexico In
May and VIII participate In temper.
ance meetings In Clovis, Albuquerque
and Santa Fe, according to an an.
nouneemont of Mrs Harriet Hender-
son, state president OF the association.
Mrs. Henderson calls attention to n
misleading report of the Reed amend
nent on Interstate traffic in liquor
which has just passed congress. Press
reports omitted mention OF wines for
sacramental purposes. which under
the terms OF the amendment are not
barred from transportation In any
way.
An interesting letter from Mrs. Cor
don TO MIRA. Henderson. .elates many
phases OF the recent prohibition vic-
tories. 1t follows:
Hotel prlseoil, Warrington. n. c..
February 81. l9i7.
My Dear Comrade.--
Prohibition victories here In WASH
ingtoH. victories far-reaching in their
effect. thrill our hearts. Mrs. Ellis'S
leiters in The Union signal keep you
IN close touch with the splendid prog
ress OF congressional measures 10
which We are profoundly interested
and for which white ribboners have
fzcalously worked. The Bankhead anti
liquor advertising mails bin which
had been adopted by the senate was
last week introduced by senator Jones
of Washington as an amendment To
tho pos; Office appropriation blll Sen.
atOr Reed OF Mlssonri. always oppos-
cd TO prohibition measures. offered
4
ment, prohibiting the shipment OF
liquors except for scientific. sacra-
mental, medicinal or mechanical pur-
poses. into any state that had prohib-
tied The beverage liquor traffic. even
II such state had not enacted a bone
dry prov ision. After lively debate
the Reed amendment was carried IS
to 2s. liquor men and drys voting TO.
gether on both sides OF the question.
Today II was voted upon in the house
after a very spicy debate of an hour.
The house vote was 32i in favor 10
- against Some of the liquor men
fancy they have put dry states into "a
hole. but We believe they will lind II
Is the other way about. We think
the MEASURE viii prove q boomerang
in the liquor camp. This splendid
majority vote also passed the mails ad-
vert!sing bill which Is in effect for dry
states SO far as circulars ana newspa-
per ads are concerned. just the same
protection that the Webb Kenyon law
gives 10 prohibition states against the
liquor Itself Mt. Randall OF Calfor-
mia made the motion to concur with
the senate amendment and this uails
bin and its new federal Law amend
ment when signed by the president
will be kown in prohibition annals Of
the Sixty-fourth congress as the
Jones' Randall amendment to the post
office appropriation bill.
Temperance leader and our friends
In congress feel confident the house ui
representatives Will pass the bill re-
Gently adopted by the senate. provid-
ina for prohibition in the DistrIct OF
Columbia. Following the enactment
OF the district dry bill. Il Is believed
the house will vote upon the resolu-
tion for national constitutional prohi-
bition. a greatly Increased majority
over the vote OF December %. 1914.
In looked for and possibly the requir-
ed two-thirds vote for the passage OF
new our efforts for the passage of this
Joint resolution by tho sixty-iifth
congress which consenes December ..
1871.
We also rejoice with Indiana and
Utah in their statewide Victories und
congratulate Minnesota. Iowa, Ne
vada, ohio. New Mexico and Wyoming
we're prohibition campaigns are now
the blessed order Of the day. We
hopefully look to the legislatures OF
Florida, Illinois. Kentucky. and Mis-
souri, for the enactment of statewide
prOhibitory measures this winter.
Many states have within a Few weeks
strengthened their existing prohibi-
tory laws and the whole country n
alive and alert on the vital PROPOSE
ton Of placing our entire nation un-
der the benefit Of prohibitory law
Ohio. North Dakota and Indiana
women have just been given the bal
lot 20 degree that will enable our
white ribbon ost 10 use II To good adj
vantage Ia d5ys 20 come. Maine and
New York are now iu suffrage cam
paigns. ln fact 10 ls dihicult to cor
rcctly enumcratc the many triumphs
OF our cause.
| The possibility that our nation may
De on the verge uf war must not cloud
/ our happiness over the advance We
are rapidly making toward 'prohib-
| ition in 1890 For many years We
have -teadlastly advocated peace aud
arbitration and our beloved comrude,
Mrs. Hannah }. Bailey has been inde-
fatigable in her devoted service.
have conveyed 90 President Wilson
the sympathy and gratitude Of our
lpeace-iuyns women aud their proc
found and praycriul hope that his
endeayors a. save our country
from the d.rctul disaster Of
war may be yictory-crowned IL
seems incredible that the United
States should nov be plunged into
war: but II the blow falls white RIB
lboncrs. our large hearted. generous,
Christian patriots viii be ready to
give thsr best service for our sol
diers, sailors and marines ana for
their families through ;he department
OF work for soldiers and sailors and