Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-02

determined to go through with II. The
daily prayer meetings are kept up, and
the ladies are frequently ON the streets
} holding their meetings in front Of the
saloons. On Friday evening last mass
meeting was held in Town Hall, accord
ing to previous announcement. Mrs.
DR.. Bigham presided. The meeting was
opened with prayer by Rev. Taylor, Of
Mansfield, after which the audience
sang, "All hail the power of Jesus
name" Rev. A. n. Alcott, of Freder-
icksburg, was then introduced to the
audience, who addressed them for over
an hour in most stirring manner. His
effort was Il mastery one, and We can
say truly that we have never listened
to such an able, clear, and concise ar
gument Of the subject of Temperance as
he gave us. We were in hopes that we
could lay the entire discourse before our
readers this week, but owing to eircum-
stances we could not get the copy in
time. 1t would be unwise in us to at
tempt to give synopsis of the lecture,
as justice could not be done it thus.
The stubborn facts related, as shown by
statistics given, were hard things for
the opposers of temperance to get over
Sixty millions revenue is furnished the
government annually by the manufac-
ture and sale of liquors. The results
of intemperance costs the government
one hundred and thirty millions. Then
for every sixty millions revenue gained
the government must spend one hun
dred and thirty millions, an annual
loss of seventy millions. Would not
the government make money by pre-
venting the manufacture of liqusr at
this rate? Intemperance sends one
hundred thousand to the poor house
annually, make one million orphans.
Seventy-five thousand die annually
from its effects.
The question of disturbing capital
was clearly shown to be without foun-
dation. Plenty of objects could be
found in which to invest capital. This
objection is all sophism. 1t is estima-
ted that four out of every fifteen mod
crate drinkers become sots.
The speaker referred to the fact that
in Noble county where they have had a
strict liquor law, that there are no fell
ems, and have not been for years.
The speaker made some sharp hits
upon those who don't approve of the
ladies praying upon the streets and in
the saloons. He quoted the passage,
"How shall they believe without hear
ing, and how shall they hear without
preacher, &C." The truth must come |
in contact with their mind, unless God |
work miracle. The seeds must be
dropped right into the heart. The ladies
have right to go anywhere to do good.
Let them then save men in whatever
m ay they can, land by whatever way
God directs them. 1t is Gods work
and not mans. Let His will be done.
These are only a few points that the
speaker touched upon and rendered as
clear and plain as daylight.
Several other speeches were made
and songs sung. As the Farmer, the Or
gan of the Whisky Ring, last week
blamed, injustly, and without cause,
the temperance party for dragging the
matter into politics, in order to show
that it was not party or political
movement, but a moral one, a resolu-
ton was offered to that effect, which
was unanimously passed by the meet
ing. The following is the resolution:
Resoloed, By the temperance voters
of Millersburg in Mass Convention,
that if the Democratic candidates who
may receive the nominations for Mayor,
Council and Marshal at the Primary
election to be held on the 2Sth inst,
will pledge themselves to pass what is
known as the "McConnellsville Ordi-
nance" for the suppression of intem-
perance or any similar ordinance for
that purpose, and to the best of their
abilities execute such ordinance and
other existing laws, State and Municipal,
passed for the regulation and suppress
sion OF the unlawful sale and DISPOSE
ton of all Intoxicating liquors within
saidivillage, we hereby pledge our
selves to prove to them that this is not
political but moral issue, by aband-
oning our candidates and ticket and vo-
ting for this at the coming election.
The above resolution was presented
in due form to the nominees chosen on
Saturday, who would not make any
pledge of the kind. One of the nomi-
nees for council went so far as to say in
substance that the Judges of the Courts
did not understand their business when |
they pronounced the McConnelsville |
Ordinance constitutional. The gentle
man is perhaps smarter than we had
given him credit for being.
This settles the matter in every mind,
and the people of Millersburg now know
clearly what they have to do. The
great ado they made last week about
dragging the matter into politics, was
only a pretext for going into politics
themselves.
A New THIEvING DODGE.-An eX-
change gives this as new thieving
dodge:
"a man and woman present them
selves at the door of house, and eX-
press desire to exhibit to the inmates
some books or pictures. As soon as ad-
mission is gained, one of them engages
the attention of those in the room,
while the other picks up whatever of
value that is loose and handy" The
exposure given to this dodge will doubt
less tend to impair the business of these