, 1875-02-02
TEMPFEthCE,

RATIFICATION MEETING OF THE CHICAGO ALLIANCE.
a ratification meeting of the Chicago Temper
hnco AlEanco, which il intended to be tho Gin
bodncnt Of all tho temperance organizations OF
tho city. Was held last evening ns Far
we'll Hall. Tho Allianco is comparatively
a stranger to tito public. and Its debut InnY be
said to havo been formally made last evening.
ItB objects and aimo ere nkin to those Of most
temperance organizations, except that It hopeH
to accomplish by ull.ou OF atl societies what
fo7nor isolation has retarded mud oven pEohib-
{tod. ....
THO ball was well filled. nril by highly
respectable audience, amo1g Nliotn were nany
at the eoli4 businessmen OF thn city.
On TIE r1,ATrouI
.cro .rrof:. Swing ps. ". II. R7dor.
? p y T. Fsrr5 Il nG~srf T. d. 4. E storr5, Ns''Sn se
Rev. Edmund Bslfour, rnstor Westcrgrcan. the
Itcv. Dr. Noes. Prof e. A. Endcgren, Mrs.
O. i. Wilson, 1lss. aud aliss Paxton. Mrs A..
notta, tho President and Bec1etary Of tho ALL
auce, end tho Bluuoy LotlGo Qnsrtctte.
Sherwood, tho President, Who stated briefly tho
objec: Of tho meeting and tho Society.
Mr.. Koi!ey followed, reading
Al; ADDRESS
Of tho Executive coin1nittco Of The Society.
which Get forth the ovlla OF intc1npesancc, NOR
ally and phss;cal!y, aud tho objects Of tho AlI-
nnco. 1t opposed prohsbitosy Laws for Chicago FOR
pfESVuk+ apE tE4 EBHHuH llHk tlE clt9 Ju4ClHIE
vero not such ~ would enforce them. The
straam could net rlBo higher than it, source. and
With Tue present condition of eoclety, temper
anco bad but little to hopo for It tho hands Of
tho laS..nakeFs S ard and g.yers. Eaasaatlon. it
dition II affairs. mo addross rec-
commended the changing of omployes' payday
from Saturday to Monday, which it WIS beloved
would help tho cauEe and 6nve tho Bquantering
OF thousands of dollars. Tho address ciosed
With Ut nppca! for financial support. estimating
that, to sustain tho Society for the next two
yeRrs, IL would cost at least s2t ooo Tie church
s'as expected to do great work toTatd building
up and suutaining tho work.
nl,. 14EMuEI. M0sp.
Of the Chicago University, was then introduced,
who psoceeued 10 deliver tho inaugural addrosa.
He said tho meeting, had nseenbled to
aess. Tho y" actual conuumptlou ot liquor
in tho country he found from btati.tics
to be sGOo 0Go nunnaiIy, or three times ns
much na tho loRH by tho Crtat tire Ut 187l III Chi-
cngo. The traffic in alcoholic drinks wns ono OF
the nonop0lics OF tho a5e. exceeding tho gross
earnings Of tho combined railroads OF the couu-
try over $780, UbO. 100. Il,e traffic was source Of
great revenue to the country, yielding S61 o0O,00O
Of tho aI12 900. 900 collected. Reflection unon
these figures made tue situation national diA-
grace. No real good waH ever known to come of
liquor, hcnce there was no oxcusb for its use.
It was not only present noans ot ehorleninE
life, and diycstii: homca and society OF
nhpPluees, Wv IL "As Foslt'se CURSE
to GenoI asiouH TO como. lis uso would
transmit disease to coming centuries. aud out-
crate tie family uamo In at {ease four genera
tioua, and whatever recollection it left would bo
OF imbecity, mora! turpitudo, aud deadly vice.
Tho speaker thon 1ead several extracs FROM
the preas illustrating tho evils OF intcmperarco,
aud expressed tic further object Of siln Society
to be not only to manifest hostility to drupken-
lless, but to rescue dluukaras from their down.
ward ways.
Addresses were also naIa by Dr.. n:dcr, MIR.
Btorrs, J. V. Faswell, aud the 1tev. L. bslfonr.