A Protest Against the Liquor Traffic
WEDNESDAY evening, March 14, a mass-meeting was held by the citizens of this city to arouse public sentiment in favor of H. R. Bill 1016, entitled, “A Bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia.” The Religious Liberty Bureau sent the following letter to the meeting, which was submitted to the chairman and read:— “DEAR SIR: The Religious Liberty Bureau is heartily in sympathy with every laudable effort to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia, and will gladly co-operate with any worthy movement to accomplish this end. “K. C. RUSSELL, Chairman, “W. A. COLCORD, Secretary.”