The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-01-25
Temperance Refer1n,

The Murphy movement has taken
all the towns of Southern Illinois
and is now spreading through the
country. Not less than 20,OUO have
signed the pledge.
The Boston Watchman says this
very true thing: "The young man
who starts to climb the ladder of
fame with the smell of liquor on
his breath seldom reaches tho top
most round. The drink sets his
head whirling, and down he tum-
bies.7 sSs.g,
1t is a suggestive fact that the aV-
ersge amount expended last year
in Maine Tor liquor "for medicinal
and mechanical purposes" was IF
teen cents for each citizen, while in
the rest of the Union the liquor
bill averaged SIS for each inhabi-
tant.
Rev. John Gillis writes from
Louisiana, Mo-, "The Murphy TEN
perance Movement was inaugurated
in this city, Monday Dec, 81, 1877,
by DR.. j. II. Conway, of Philadel-
phis. Every night since that time
Court Hall has been crowded, ma
ny being turned away each night
for want of room. Over $500 have
signed the pledge, and are now
wearing the sbl4e rihbQn.' Tine
city is stirred on. this subject as I.
has never been before, ali classes
are joining. The hopeful feature OF
character 1t assumes"
A mass temperance meeting is te
be held in Augusta, Me-. on
Wednesday and Thursday, 23d and
Saith insts. Fhe rail- says: 1.-THE
Temperance cause was never more
prosperous In the State than now
| for which we should be most pro.
foundIy grateful. Still there are
important subjects which will de-
mand our attention. Shall we ask
tor any change or amendment il
the prohibitory iaw9 Shall we pro.
test against granting license to sell
intoxicating liquors 20 the dE4ggist
Shall we ask for any more stringent
penalties to be Indicted upon per.
sons found intoxicated z"
The venerable Judge Qaggett, o.
Connecticut, once aeid OF dram
chops, that they should be clessed
with "the depositories of stolen
goods" and that over their door, II
great capitals, should be inscribed.
:eThe way 70 hell, going down c
the chambers Of desth.n uhaAcel.
lQr WalWerth, of New York, once
made the netable prediction, that
ethe time would come when reAec.
tive men would no more think OF
making and vending ardent spirits
than they would now think of pois
oning q well from which Q neigh
Dor ohtaine water for bile family, oil
of sraaing q maniac to destroy hi
own life or the liyes of those
around him..
The friends of temperance il
Ireland are exerting themselves t.
| the utmost to seauFe the closing o
all public-houses-pleces where
liquors are sold-on Sunday. Las
month a 9eputatiou waited upoI
Sir NJ. Hicks Beach, at Dublin Cas
tie, and presented g memorial. I
Vas signed by two srch-bishops and
nineteen bishops of the Roman
CothoIic church, two archbishop
and eight bishops Of the State
church, the Moderator of the Pres
byterian assembly, the delegate o
the Wesleyan conference, LAS
magistrates, $500 ministers of al
denominatioIs, 100 ply sicians, and
nearly three Thousand civil oficeFl
of the lover grades. This was 1
grand showing and made an i'm
preston. But the representative
of the government made an exceed
ingly cautious speech, which faileC
to express any syppathy with tn
movement.