The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-26
LAING'S HALL.
Jennison's Temperance Meeting
Last Night.
Over Two Thousand People in
Attendance.

Laing's Hall was denseiy packed iss'
night to witness the anomaly Of liquor
seller in the role Of a temperance lecturer.
Every .vailable inch of sitting room and
standing room in the hall, including aisles
and stage, was filled, and hundreds OF peo'
ple went away unable to gain admittance.
The meeting was called to order BY the
President Of the Temperance Alliance. Capt.
Lsrimer.
Prayer was offered BY Rev. J. G. Rsaser.
A song, "The Right is our Motto" was
sung by the Glee Club.
Col Jennison was then introduced by the
chairman. and opened his remarks BY stating
that it might seem little strange to Leav-
enworth audience to see him before them as
a champion of temperance.
He stated that he did not come as a total
abstinence man, but as an advocate Of ''tem-
perance in all things" and as the question
of temperance is now the leading topic Of the
day, he proposed to discuss the bert methods
of suppresling intoxication. On this point,
he read at length extracts from the police
reports of several Of our largest cities to show
that the amount of drunkenness in cities
that have license laws as compared with
those where prohibitory laws have been en-
acted. He showed that in Boeton, where
the mos, stringent prohibitory law is upon
the statute books, the proportion Of drunken
ness is greater than in any O. the cities where
licence laws are in force.
He paid his compliments to the Leaven.
worth Club Room, ard told the ladies that
here was one of the places where they could
put in few visits to good advantage.
Any temperance reform, he thought, 10 b
permanent, must begin at headquarters
form the Government, from the Senate Of
the United States, clear down through all
the State Legislatures; but 30 long az
the government licenses legalzes, and givt'
respect ability to the traffic. it cannot be sup.
pressed by praying bands. He admitted
that the LIQUOR traffic in Leavenworth and
throughout the United States is great curse,
hut he did not believe that It would be sup
pressed till the women of the country, arm.
ed with the ballot suppress it at the ballot
box.
The speaker next referred 10 the remarks
Of Captain Anthony, few evenings before,
and called attention to the fact that every
lauor dealer in the city sold by virtue of q
government license, issued and signed BY
Geo, T. Anthony! Which. he inquired lis tic
more guilty-tne saloon keeper, who sells
for the profit of the business, or the man
who licenses oil the saloon keepers Tor the
cake Of the salary Of a petty office!
The speaker closed by parting word to
the ladies engaged in the crusade. He said
have hear1 their prayers and songs in
several of the saloons of the city, with close
attention and profound sympathy. Many Of
them know to be pious, good women, who
have suffered erievOus wrongs at the hands
of drunken or brutal husbands, sons or bro
theirs. No wonder they are in earnest, no
wonder they are excited. No wonder that,
in the presence OF domestic calamity such as
many Of them suffer, they are led to efforts
that have hitherto been he'd as beyond the
sphere of woman. Ny heart is With them
in their COL fl CT. bn: my judgment is against
the efficacy of their remedy.
SaIoon-keepers, az a rule, dispise drunk
ards and detest drunkenness. They would
prefer that none such should ever enter their
doors. But foremost, as class, in sustain.
ing all works Of charity and benevolence,
they will heartily join q crusade to reclaim
the drunkarj and repress drunkenness. They
will meekly follow or lead the pious col
umn to the homes or places Of business OF the
drunk.Td, and, with his permission, will join
or lead in prayer and song for his reforma-
ton.
B. not deceived, ladies; the world is full
of bvpocrites: few men are as good - they
pretend to he, some are better-far better
than they seem. The average "Christian
statesman" murt have hobby, BY means Of
waich he can advertise his pretentious piesy
to the void. Heretofore Y. NJ. c. Ascot
atoms, Sunday Schools and Bible Societies
gave him ample scope; but by either leche-
~ OF knayery, or both, he has found those
excellent institutions unwilling longer to
carry him, and with the government "bsg"
in one hand and plagiarized harangue Of
Ross or Cough in the other, he mounts the
Temperance rostrum to denounce an entire
class of his fellow-citizene and ipjure them
IN q business for which he gratis them
License and accepts fee.
No man more keenly than myself feels,
ard no man will more sternly resent, and, II
possible, redress the many wrongs done the
wives, mothers and daughters Of this coun-
try by a bru;alized OF drunken manhood.
No drunkard "need apply" 10 written
boldly in every department Of my establish