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Temperance Work in Washington

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 27, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 9.

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Temperance Work in Washington

THE temperance question continues to be a live issue in the District of Columbia. To quite a large extent the temperance influence of the nation has been turned toward the national capital. There has been a great amount of literature on the subject distributed throughout the District, there has been one lengthy hearing before the District Committee, temperance rallies have been held in the various churches, and petitions have been circulated among the residents of the District. In the work of distributing temperance literature and securing signers to petitions for the closing of the saloons, our people have taken an active part. A notable rally for prohibition was held in the Belasco Theater on February 16. The chief speaker on this occasion was Representative T. W. Sims, of Tennessee, who had introduced the bill for the prohibition of the sale of liquor in the District. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, national president of the W. C. T. U., was also present, and made a strong plea for the abolition of the liquor business. On the same day the pastors of most of the churches in the District took up the question in their pulpits, and urged the necessity of prohibition. This strong campaign has naturally stirred and frightened the liquor interests, and they are doing what they can to stem the rising tide. They were ably represented at the hearing, and at that hearing filed with the Board of District Commissioners a memorial stoutly protesting against any change in the present liquor laws in the District. Later they secured the insertion of this memorial entire in the Herald and the Post as an appeal to the business men of Washington to help them in their fight against the temperance forces. It is to be regretted that they were able to quote men of such influence as Cardinal Gibbons of the Catholic Church and Bishop Satterlee of the Episcopal Church in opposition to the temperance campaign now going forward.