The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-17
ADAMS ALE vs.. HOT SCOTCH.
Smashers of the Jolly Jug in
Council!
ANOTHER TEMPERANCE MASS
MEETING IN DARTS HALL!
Bank Presidents on the Stage
They Invite Geo. E. Hubbell, Of Dav-
export, to Deliver Speech |!
AND LEAVE HIM AND HIS LADY 70 FINr
THEIR WAY HOME on FOOT
AND ALONE
POEMS, PIETY AND PLEDGES


held another mass meeting in Darts Hall
last evening, the 10th. The hall was filled
with ladies and gentlemen, from the best
families in the city and vicinity. At eight
o'clock 'the meeting was organized, with
Capt. I. j. Robinson as President, 2. l..
Mitchell and Hugh Warnock as Vice-Pr
dents, and J. G. Moore, Secretary. These
gentlemen, together, with a moderate rep
resentaton Of the clergy, and representa-
tives of the city press, occupied seats on
the platform.
The President, on taking the chair, de-
livered short speech, in which it appear
ed that he felt highly honored at
being selected to preside. He recounted
the irrepressible long suffering of the anti
slavery public during the existence of that
evil, and predicted similar solution of
the temperance problem. Excusing HIM
self for making speech, he introduced
Rev. Findley, who lead the audience,
or congregation as he called it, in sing
ing The Coronation. After prayer by the
Rev. Reynolds, the Arion Club, composed
of NJ. T. Wiser, Robert Chamberlin, Fred
Head and Charlie Chopper sung the Crys-
tai Spring.
Geo. E. Hubbell, Esq, of Davenport,
for the past twelve years an old crusader
in the temperance cause, and who, though
lawyer and a politician of some note, has
always been a consistent temperance work
err, both by his voice and vote, was intro
duced as the speaker of the evening. He
started out with the proposition that there
are two forces in this world-Growth and
Decay, and that it is not enough that the
generation inherit all the good of the past,
but We must work for better results. He
then proceeded to illustrate how the tenn
perance people represented Growth-al
Churches, Schools, Libraries, Science, In.
telligence, etc, how the saloons represent
ed Decay, the Poor Houses, Jails, Peni
tentiaries, Insane Asylums, the Police
the Bailiffs, Death He'll and Eternal Dam
nation, with the Saloon Men as the Fiends
who peddled out poison to men and socie
ty. Neither did he draw the picture mild
The speaker then drew the picture of the
saloon keeper exhibiting his handiwork al
the county fair, an old illustration but vel
told He proclaimed it the duty Of
every honest man to work to make
public opinion as public opinion represents
and makes laws. He condemned the use
Of moral suasion as imp0tent to stop the
sale of liquor, as failing to influence those
tiends who peddle out liquid death and
damnation. He then complimented wo-
mans love, and spoke of some of her er.
rors in producing social intemperance re-
ferred to the nature Of the American peo-
pie as affected by the custom of drinking
said he didn't find the American born sell
ing liquor, only the foreigner engaged in
the disreputable business. And here he
qualified his remarks so as not to offend
the party" and then, ashamed of the
apology, he went for the politicians; said
he dispised them; said the women would
find thicr strongest opponents among the
politicians, who would not dare to favor the
temperance cause for fear it would HURT
THE PARTY" because these foreigners
votes were valuable These politicians
would send their wives out while they
staid at home. The speaker then went for
the Doctors, designating those who pre-
scribe liquors as ignorant quacks, and quo
ted from a Boston book. He favored
womanEsufrage and closed, after speak
ing about an hour ond half
The speech pleased the audience much
better than Hon. Hiram Prices speech, as
was evinced by the frequent and prolonged
applause that greeted him at some of his
most radical and bitter remarks.
Rev. McCalister then read a pledge
which had been prepared, and while the
ladies were circulating it for signatures
the Arion Club sang DO what is Right
which one of Club had been doing during
the speech, seated up iD the loft over the
speaker, smoking.
At the close of the song an original poem
OF thirty stanzas was read by Miss Lee
Hall, one of the teachers in our public
schools. The following extract will show
the style and character of the production.
In the crowded surging city
Mht re the multitudes rush by
Through the dim and strife OF labor
Comes a wild desparinC CRY