National Republican., 1873-10-06
ruE TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN.
Mas, Meeting sa,urdr, Njsh,,


The violent rain storm Of Saturday evening
did not deter the cold-watcr men from turn
ing out In force to participate In the mass
meeting at Marlni's Hall, + street, to rutlfy
the temperance ticket put In tho field for the
current local campaign. Mr.. A. c. Constan-
tine presided, and MIR. ]. r. Powell was sec
rctary.
After the reading OF the address prepared
BY the executive committee, which hns al
ready appeared In the REPUBLICAN, Mr.. p.
u. Peck addressed the meeting, and handled
Mr.. schadc, Of the Sentinel, without gloves.
He thought $1,000 from the brewers, to cs-
tablsh an organ here, with Schade "a Its
editor, was dog cheap" Still everybody
knows that IIossians were always for sale ;
II was 30 IN our Revolutionary struggle, and
II was so In this moral warfare.
Some thought that VIC ought to use moral
suasion," but experience demonstrated that
the strong arm OF the law was necessary to
put down the great evil. Others thought that
government clerks ought to be prevented
from voting the Temperance ticket because
Its success would decrease our revenues, but
they forget to estimate the cost Of traffic In
runi-the industry that II paralyzed, the en-.
ergics that It crushed, the poverty that II en-
tailed, the crime that II caused, the institu-
tions Of punishment, Of reform, and OF char
itN tuut " ftHotttu uttthsufNs
Look at the question in any light that VIC
may, every Intelligent, right-thinklng mar
must confess that the man who votes the tenn
pcrance ticket docs better than he who goes
staggering to the polls to vote he knows mol
how or for whom. Mr.. Peck closed with O
defence Of carrying the question into politics
and retired with applause.
Hon. ID. =. Holloway paid q glowing trib.
ute to the countyof Washington, but said thai
1t would be an empty casket II nothing was
done TO suppress drunkenness. As to carry
Ing temperance Into politics, moral principles
should be carried everywhere. The damage
law had been successful In Indiana, and nc
license had been granted since the law wa,
passed.
Mr.. W. ?. Drew said that the old fogie,
were never ready to carry temperance int,
politics. No one need tell him that the Main,
law was sumptuary law. Sumptuary law
| were prohibitory. We did not ask for pro
hibition Of drinking-we cannot prohibi
drinking; but we did ask for q restriction o
the sale and manufacture. lie had observe,
that the candidates who had been indorse,
i by the temperance men were now more con
fdcnt Of their election than they were befor
the Endorsement. The temperance elemen
was showing itself to be a power In the city
| and II was bound ultimately to win.
| Mr.. Oscar Alexander, the candidate In tn
Fourteenth district, said he was in the field
and would stick. He had spent many year
practiclng at the bar Of intemperance, an,
total abstinence into all the relations Of life
both public and private, so far us his infucnc
extended.
/ Mr.. p. Schlcker made few remarks np
proving the nomination OF Mr.. A. A.Wheelock
In the Sixteenth district. He was hero
and one Of the bravest men In Washington
The clerks in the Departments had too mucl
independence to be lntimidated by the threat
| OF the managers of the liquor interest, an
would vote as their judgments dictated oil
this question Of temperance.
Justice s. G. Mills responded to repeated
calls. He was proud of the honor to be til
first candidate to unfurl the temperance ban
nor In the Nineteenth district. This ques
iion was above all party considerations, an,
there ought to be temperance club In ever,
district. When the liquor dealers establisl
an organ In their interest, 1t was time 70
temperance men to unite for the sake Of III
true interests Of the community.
DIR. Walsh said that the temperance mcl
had at last taken an ad 7ance step In the righ
direction. The temperance party stood upol
a platform as broad as humanity itself, an,
presented to the world In the principles EN-
blaZoned upon Its banners all that wa
grand and noble and glorious In manhood.
Mr.. Lynch explained the principles upoi
which the temperance campaign would b
conducted, and remarked that the temper
ance men only asked for q law restrictive o
the sale Of liquors, similar In its character I,
the laws now In force In the States Of Ohio
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as being NOR
effective and better applicable to the prcsen
temper Of the people than a law entirely pro
hibltory.
The meeting then adjourned.
| THE DAsHAwAYs.
The Dashaways had large and intcrcstln,
meeting at Temperance hall last evening
which was addressed by Messrs. Alexander
Lynch, Drew, Dunning and Divine.
| THE JoSADABs IN BALTIMORE.
Pioneer Council No. l Of the Jonadabs will
soon visit Baltimore for the purpose Of insti
tuting new council Of the order In tha
city. Messrs. 8. q. Mills, w. II. Young, J
B. Dunnlng and c. II. Simpson will be OF tn
i visiting and officlati ing officers.