The Washington herald., 1920-09-22
PROHIBITION FORESEEN
1900 YEARS AGO DRYS.
TOLD AT CONVENTION
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gress went wild when he said:
God never made human being
who needed alcoho! to stimulate his
brain or feed his body We are
here to devise ways and means to
rid the world of this scourge."
Welcomed by Daniels.
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy, rendered the delegates the Of
fetal welcome of the United States.
'T come to speak today of the cove
nant," Daniels declared, "the bow
in the international heavens. a
pledge that the world will conquer
the tragedy OF war. There is one
article in the covenant which sets
the seal of condemnation upon cer-
tain evils which in the past con-
quering nations have permitted to
sffiict provinces and conquered ter
ritory.
"Manifestly the league of nations
can have no power over the domes-
tic concerns of any member nations
But it is charged with responsible
Iity, as is stated in the document, to-
ward those colonies and territories
which as a consequence of the late
war have ceased to be under the
sovereignty of the States which for
merly governed them and which are
Inhabited by people not yet able tc
stand by themselves under the
strenuous conditions of the modern
world
Must Guard WeIl-Bcing.
1T is universally accepted, as de-
clared, that there should be applied
| the principle and that the well-be-
ling and development of such peoples
are the sacred trust of civilization d"
The delegates were also greeted
| by J. Thilman Hendrick. District
| Commissioner. Van S. Merle-Smith
OF the State Department, and DR.. L..
S Rowe, director general of the
| Pan American Union.
Edwin c. Dinwiddie. former legis-
| tlative superintendent of the Anti
| Saloon League, was made the chair
man of the congress succeeding
Jonkeer Charles r. de Beerenbrouck,
and f. II. Cherrington, also an active
worker in the Anti-Saloon League
was made secretary. Others ap-
! pointed to the international COM
mittee were NJ. de Beercnbrouck,
! DR.. Robert Herod of Switzerland; :;
DR.. ]. r. Slotemaker de Rruine of
Holland, and DR.. J. Gonzer of Berlin.
Pageant st Capitol.
The afternoon session came to a
close with an address by DR.. Eugene
Lyman Fisk. medical director Of the
Life Extension Institute Of New
York. The delegates last night wit
messed a temperance pageant in
front of the Capitol. 1t was called
The Spirit of Temperance" and
was presented on the east steps. un-
der the direction of Marie Moore
Forrest Of the local community SER
vice. Approximately 1000 dele
gates. diplomats and Washington
ians watched it.
The pageant dramatizod the
progress Of temperance and the
evolution of the Constitution Of the
United States until the time when
progress, through the admonitions
and predictions Of education, incor-
pOrated prohibition in its provi-
sions.
Bryan Warmly Greeted.
William Jennings Bryan. former
Secretary Of State and ardent pro-
hibitionist. was given a warm re-
ception when he appeared before
the crowd that filled the east plaza
from end to end.
The impersonation Of Abraham
Lincoln, as rendered by Denis f.
Connell. and that of Temperance by
Esther Gunnison were applauded
repeatedly.
Music was furnished by the Ma
rine Band and the community
chorus, under the direction Of
Charles S. Wengerd. The principal
parts were portrayed by the fol-
lowing:
The Spirit Of Temperance, Esther
Gunnison: Columbia, Maud Howell
Smith; George Washington. the Rev
Harry d. Mitchell: the Constitution
of the United States. Benjamin +.
Hinkle; Father Time. the Rev.
Earle Whitley; Benjamin Franklin.
John r. Grace; Benjamin Rush,
Maurice H. Jarvis. and Abraham
Lincoln. Denis E. Connell.
Exhibit nt Raleigh Hotel.
The meeting yesterday afternoon
was adjourned early to allow the
delegates to go sightseeing in and
around the Capital and to permit
their attendance at a temperance
exhibit which was formally opened
on the tenth floor of the Raleigh
! Hotel. The exhibit will remain open
until Friday night.
! Mexican delegates asserted that
their country would be the next to
adopt national prohibition. Prosi-
| dent Obregon. they declared and
| other high officials OF the present
/ Mexican regime We're committed to
| establish official abstinence through
out the country as soon as possible.
/ The annual meeting of the Catho-
| lie Total Abstinence JGior of
America will begin this m6rning at
Mcmahon Hall, Catholic University.
! The sessions of the union are being
held at this time because of the
fact that the Congress is now meet
| ing here, delegates being thus en-
abled to attend both.
TOday's Program.
/ Today's program for the congress
! follows:
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