Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-23
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MONDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1883
The Temperanee FestIvaI.


Water. The Lalies had adorned the Hall with
wreaths Of evergreen, and the words, Faith,
Hope and Charity" and "Wclcomo Friends"
occupied opposite walls, beautifully worked
with sprgs Of evergreen Three tables, occu.
pying the whole length of the room, were
densoly packed VITA the good things for the
physical man, and Shubert's Amateur Band,
composed mostly Of volunteers for the occasion,
afforded pleasant relief to the many well.spiced
speeches made during the evening John Jami.
son and Thomas Warburton also kept the com
Pany in good humor by the production of sew
eral excellent songs
The Dedicatory services conducted by Rev
James NJ Morrow, Of Delaware, Grand Worthy
Chief Tempar of the State, assisted by Rev
Mr.. Henderson, of this CITY, and Mrs. Hannah
V, Spencer Grand Worthy Secretaries of the
State. An elaborate and excellent address
was afterwards delivered by Mr. Morrow, which
was well received. NJ. II Allardt of the ana
iyst, the President Of the evening, g,--after Rev
James @. White of this city had invoked divine
blessing,-made a few appropriate remarks,
admonishing members to make their New Hall
worthy of the objects Of the organEadon--a So
cial gathering place for the youug-a reunion
point for the older and more sedate-the cen
tralization of all that is good, progressive, and
reformatory.
The following Regular Sentiments were then
offered:
Our ordsrAs lis basis is brood and inclusive, may
]. A. Spencer, of the Aaaiyst, responded to
this sentiment, lie stated that tho Or.
der Of Good Tempas is bnt seven years
old, and now numbers several hundred thou
sand members. 1t originated in New York in
the year 1882, and soon rapidly extended into
the adjoining State, throughout the whole
| West, and the British Provinces In Ohio il
| commenced existence in 1853, and the first
Lodge in Cleveland was oganzed in 1854, with
barely enough persons to legally obtain char.
! ter. Since that time, four Lodges have been
| established in the city, and there are now over
halfa thousand working Good 1emplars in our
midst The Order has basis truly "broad and
inclusive" " admitting old and young, male and
female.
The innocent victim of the curse of Imtem.
perance has here field in which to labor, as
well as those who are the more voluntary suf-
! terers. A social vice needs all the social elo-
ments combined to accomplish its overthrow
There is no reason for encouragement.
IL is related by Leigh Hunt in his Autobi-
ography that in the public library at Florence,
in Italy, may be seen encased a aeiG one of
the fingers of Calico The hand to which it
belonged is supposed to have been put to the
torture by the inquistion for ascribing motion
to the earth, but now the finger is worshiped
for having proved the motion. Let no suffering
reiormer then be discouraged, but by constant
energy and tixedness of purpose, the lesson
may be learned through him that the world
poes move.
The Sons Of TemperqnceOur older sister in the Temper
aner Reiorin May her eolts and our exert ions never
Total Austuenc5.
Geo. p. Burwel, of Cleveland Division of
the Sons Of Temperance, made short we'll
timed speech, detailing the progress of the Or
der in the United States.
Refuge Temple No I45-A shield aud anchor to tho ine-
hrate enemy to the bu degrading him aud his
hm Long may It's name be an index ofiIs choaoerand
Responded to appropriately by NJ. L. Higley,
from the West Side.
CugaloQa Temple. No, lO-A society Of workers. The
lsI IN The Fas gives token OF tho dawn Of day VI tenn
peranco rejoicing,
Rev Mr. Henderson, from the Mission
Church, made an excellent response, giving q
history of the rise and progress Of the energetic
e happy alluslion to the Light in the East
which was the dawn of the redemption of al
mankind Mr.. Henderson has done much tC
further the Temperance cause in the eastern
part of our city, ard deserves great credit to
his disinterested labors.
Frendshtp Temple, No. l5QThough young in tho cause
vigorous strength OF all thb ships To- temperance hhNi
gators, trieHd- ship Is the safest.
Sylvanus S Dickson, from the West Side
responded to this sentiment, the regular res
pondent not being present.
VOLUNTEER SENTIMENTS.
Canadq An example 70 US of energy IN the Temperance
cause We welcome q worthy RopTes9natiVe Of her sen
e W. A. Fergurson, Grand Worthy Secretary
of Canala responded to this sentiment, III
said that the Order of Good Templars in Clnadi
was as yet only in its infancy. When first in
troduced an untold amount of opposition wai
expressed. The Order was represented a.
something TO be dreaded The seveTest oppO
sition came from the Sons OF Temparance--s
much 30 that some Of their members weT,
threatened with expulsion for joining the Tenn
pars But he was happy 10 state that througl
the exertions Of some of the tried friends o
the cause, and the all prevailing influence O
y. the sisters, they had out-lived all opposition
and now numbered some 1900 members
and were working with all sister organization
appointed by the Grand Lodge of Good TEN
I. plars to cooperate with the Grand DivisiO
, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for
!. prohibitory Liquor Law. The joint Com
mittee met in London on the 2d Of Decembe
last, and resolved 90 send joint circular I
all the Lodges and Divisions, exciting them
i renewed effort And he was happy to stat
that the success had been beyond the expecta
tons of the most sangune The latest aC
counts showed that over 10000 signatures ha
been presented to Parliament praying for
stringent Prohibitory Liquor Law At tn
commencent of the session a bill was intro
duced to prohibit the sale Of intoxicating
leuors from O'Clock Saturday until 8 o'coc
Monday morning, but was defeated After I'll
n petitions were poured in however the bill wa
again taken up and passed without oppOs
tion.
Parliament had also appointed CommittC
for the purpose Of collecting statistics rell
8, tive TO the Liquor traffic. The Chaplain
the Provincial Penitentiary stated that foul
ffths Of all the convicts were there from II
/. effects Of ardent spirits. The Governor
Toronto goal made a similar statement
N Thirty-nine Sherffs gave unanimous test
Nv timony that in two years in thirty-nine coul
ties in Upper Canada 10000 criminals WEI
committed, 1900 Of this number hayin
- committed the crimes for which they were il
caroerated while under the influence Of il
Y toxicating liquors. Before the same Con
mittee il were proven that over three millic
of dollars were annually spent In the liqu'
Il traffic for which the country received !
, anuiva aIeni and that two million bushels