The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-12
WOMEN'S WAR.
The Great Moral Caravan Soon to
Move.
Mass Prayer Meeting at the Meth.
Odist Church Last Night.
An Organization to be Effected as
Soon as Possible.

Another Union Temperance prayer meet
ing was held last evening at the Methodist
church. The attendance ranging somewhere
between one hundred and fifty and two him.
dred. OF the audience, about fifty w.r;
ladies.
Elder Davis presided and speeches wsr'
made by Messrs. Reaser, Houts, Spencer
Briggs and Robinson.
The meeting was distinguished for harmo
nv of feeling, but not characterized by any
particular enthusiasm.
The damp, gloomy weather, and MOURN
fal refrain of the ''nofth-wester" contributed
perhaps, 10 the general gloom which pervad
ed the audience.
The gentlemen who spoke referred to thu
crusade on The Saratoga" the previous
evening, and all testified the visit TO tina
place, as they had a right to, on the ples
that the proprietor, in public manner. hat
invited the ladies to visit his house. Whi!'
none were willing to conce'!e that thu
cau.e of Temperance bad in any
suffered from the attack or retreat. DR.
Robinson who was one of the prime leader
of the party on the previous night stcu.ly
maintained that the ladies were not repnis e
or worsted in the encounter-that they did
not retire until they had fulfilled the mission
of the evening, namely: to visit tbs s.,oor
and pray.
DIR. Reaser, in a speech OF some length,
took hopeful view of tie situation, and
secuted Ii. idea that the ladies were trans
gre5-ifa tn saloon keepers in such visits, OF
setting he law at defiance; asserting in hi
argument that every sa,oon-keeper in the
city had forfeited his right to cell liquor by
open violation of the provisions Of the License
Law. Mr.. Reaser called particular attention
to the Saratoga" gambling house, and de.
scrited ''keno" as a terrible alluring game,
and one in which the percentage of the deal
was vastly in favor of the house.
Accomplished "Kenoists" tell us that DR..
Rsaser has obtained correc. ideas of the
mysterious game, We cannot corroborate
the Doctors views because, We rave never
played it, but from common rumor We infer
that the percentage favors the banker, keeper,
dealer or Whatever else you call him. Mr..
Reaser then ob-e.ved. that great many
young men of the city were spending every
dollar they earned in that gambling house
The Presiding Elder addressed the meet
ing at some length, and spoke words Of en-
enlargement for the ladies who made the
gallant crusade the evening before. He be-
lieved money should be put into the cam
paigp,-men Of wealth; he thought
they shonld put their signature, %
bank checks in aid of the cause.
and hoped that God would give to them
grace to give to the good and glorious work.
He had little faith in sacrifice. that cost
nothing.
Rev. Hou,s could say for saloon keepers
God forgive them" but could net add those
other words "ior they know not what they
do.' He believed Christ in the agony Of
cruciixioa did not intend to apply the last
clause of the sentence to the Jews, Who were
cruciiying him, for they, according to Mr..
Houth, knew what they were doing; be
means the prayer for the heather Roman
soldiers stationed on Mount Calvary. He
declared every saloon keeper in Leavenworth
had forfeited his l,cenee by the Sunday pro-
visions of the license act, and therefor could
not claim the protection of the Law. He sid
ladies could pray n long - saloon keepers
blsspheme.
Mr.. Briggs introduced politics into the
meeting, drawing the attention of his hear.
en- to the near approach of the
Spripe election for Mayor, and
Councilnen. He believed every temper.
ance man in Leaveavorth should resoluiely
resolve TO support 10 candidate for Mayor Of
The Council Who ~ not IN Incorporating
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