New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
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thing to do. 1t takes much tme and even II we could
every one in tho ward we not OF getting
majority then. We hire men TO take our petitions and
| get them signed I understand that at the prayer
| meetings last evening Thursday got up and
| announced that tho OF somo of their deacons,
ministers and best churchgoers some OF these
petitions and they all coming down to look into the
matter. oh, they are kicking up devil OF muss and
| everything they do tells on the boys. We've got to
| fight them They mean business now and so do we.
The ladies of Indianapolis have in truth, hit tho
nail on the head. They have discovered the only
way of making the Baxter law effective. It is an
excellent piece of machinery but it requires constant
watching and oiling. But tho watching must never
cease for when the ladies sleep the enemy will
work. But they keep it up foreverf II so
| years hence, the Baxter law may perhaps be pro-
nOunced success
THE GENERAL PROGRESS OF THE CAUSE
| TIIE CINCINNATI CRUSADERS UNDIsMAYED-oPPosI
TON To THE MOVEMENT IN HAMILTON.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
CINCINNATI March 15.-The temperance cru
saders OF this city continue to work. but have few vic
tories to encourage them. They have, however, sue
ceeded In obtaining large number OF signatures TO tho
pledge OF personal abstinence. At the last meeting OF
tho Temperance League the lady presiding said. II
work could be done in quiet way all the better but
1t must be done. She advised them to seek counsel Of
God and leave their closets until they felt that
God with them Two sisters had complained 10 her
OF the insults and jeers they had to endure, but
she consoled them with the fact that
their Lord and Master reviled and
spat upon and subjected every ndgnity that malice
could dictate Some had complained to her that they
really feared tho hostility of women than the jeors
OF men, these she counseed to bear all and not
allow opportunity to 30 by to say word OF pity and
sympathy to these misguided creatures no matter how
debased and sunken they wero in the social or moral
scale she then read letter from poor broenhearted
mother, who the child OF luxury and fortune,
who now reduced abject poverty through the
drunkenness OF her husband, and whose children arc
obliged gather up the handfuls OF corn that escape
from the wagons the way TO tho distileries, and
parch 1t for food.
Another lady spoke OF the thousands OF women who
living lives OF degradation and shame because OF
drink. She related her sufferings with dear
brother, with whom she was locked up Ave days in
ROOM while he raved and tossed in the madness OF deli
run He gone, poor fellow but she hcpod that God
had mercy on HIM and pardoned him 1t such suf-
ferng tins that made her determined to try aud save
others from the awful misery OF drunkenness Another
lady advised that they do speak OF their discourage
ments In the streets cit did no good and only got
into the papers" These remarks show the Gpirit ami
mating the crusaders.
In Hamilton the quor-dealers will fight the praying
women every step. Last night Large hail in that
city was packed with assembly OF citizens, mostly
Germans, opposed to the crusade. The Mayor OF the
city being present, called to the platform for
speech and had the independence to say that he in
full sympathy with the women In their temperance
movement, and hoped they would accomplish all they
sought These remarks received with astOnishment
and disfavor by the audience, and committees were
appointed funds to carry on the fight against
prayer and resolutions strongly condennatory OF the
women's movement adopted amid much enthusi-
asm II is expected that meetings Of the kind VIII
be held In Cincinnati this week
MORE VICTORIES IN oHIo-ARGUMESTs OF AN ANTI
CRUSADER.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.
CINCINNATI March 15.-The temperance work
In the interior shows dimnuton in force although
for number OF days has been without any prominent
feature Yesterday the last saloon Xenia closed and
the place is without bar any other place where
liquor be publicly obtained The fight there has
been desperate but every excrton OF the saloon.
keepers 10 sustain themselves has been fruitless,
and the ladies now rejoicing over their hard
won victory At Plymouth; the last saloon capltu-
lated, the liquors were poured out in the pubic
square md the furniture sold ut auction many articles
selling for much moro than their value AT Delaware,
Yesterday thirteen dealers fined s25 each for selling
nouor in violation OF the city ordinance and that num-
ber OF saloons perempt0riy closed At Carding-
ton today an Individual, bold enough to hoot at the
prayng women, was arrested Dy the maFshai, Wherc-
upon his friends TO his rescue and fight ensued
No serious damage done and the women went their
way unharlned At Madison, Ind, the praying band
encountered den filed with rowdies who continued
drinking and treated the ladies to coarse jests and
,bd songs and by their riotous conduct compelled the
ladies TO leave.
Judge Stafford OF Chllicothe, who was prominent
counsel against the Hlsboro ladies in their injunction
suit made a speech at Chicothe last evening against
In the Of IN
protestant clery as set OF Infamous seOundrels who
made II their business to circulate lies about honest
men. He said the women were honest, but were the
dupes OF religious fanatics OF intriguing politicians
He condemned the temperance movement as fanatcal,
and urged the organization Of all opposed TO 1t for the
purpose OF nghting to the full extent OF the law He
compared the operations Of the ladies to "female
Commune" and said it disgraced civilized society He
also asserted that had legal right to sell whisky
through their Government license
A BEGINNING IN PITTSBURGH
fnY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE.l
pITrsBURGH, March 15.-The new temperance
movement was begun in this city, in tho North Side Dis
trict yesterday by committee OF ladies' who waited
on we'll known saloonkeeper named Byrne He agreed
10 stop selling If the would pay him for his stock.
and they took the matter under advisement Similar
visits will no doubt be made In different parts Of the
city tomorrow, but general movement will occur for
the present. The policy now for committees to visit
tho liquor and reQuesttthem to desist from sell
ing singing prayer not engaged iu, that mat
ter still being held In allegiance. Over l20 boys were
last night enrolled as Band Of Promise, under the
leadership Of Miss Ella L. Beeson, ready to march when
called upon. The forthcoming grand mass meeting is
| looked forward to with enthusiasm.
THE LIQUOR LAW IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. March 15.-The failure to
convict any OF indicted for selling liquor last Sun
day has induced change in the plans of the authorities
| to-day Police officers instructed to make no
arrests vew but TO report the names OF propretors