, 1879-03-12
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

Entcry A. Storrs Mt the Resl-Itthhon Cu1p.
Tile First Red.Rbbon Club iuld largely
Intended meeting last evening In their new lsnl,
curncr OF Twcnty-seconu STREET nnl 1nltanu
avenue. Mr.. T. W. Porter presided, and Mrs.
Etrl.lCe and Miss Grannis entertained tho audi
cnce with instrumental music. Miss jennie 4.
Stafford followed with recitation, "MuF1!ntrlic
OF Francc,n Ni,tl Airs. Crane rendered n song 40
Acccptably that she received MI encore, to which
she responded by requesting ".tcanBette to
Loosen the Snood from Her har.''
The Hott. Emory A. Storrs was announced as
thc speaker IT tho evening. lie said that such
demonstration rs tint ot this meeting could
not but be gratifying, not only to tlusc who ha.t
publicly given In their adhesion to the 1tct-
Ribbon cause, but to every nun nnd wou,a,l
who desired peace mid good order Ia tho city
The reform movement was very near to his
heart, and he know OF no phase OF tho temper
nuce movement with Which ho m)re fully SYM
pathtzel. It was only fonr Years s!nce this
great moral movement was inlttatcd In the city,
md alrcady several thousands had been rescued
from the thraldom ot drluk. lie never
tsea oho Ct tak n hs,,' to re{ermsa TO- ssa.
was not without experience, nEd had learnt Ills
lesson tn that school, nnd had received the
lar0cst una. most highly decorated diploma
lE8uGu lhEfEIlOut, lEuHG ASkEu lutH E0LHCtlltE9
what he could find new to say abuut the oyils Ut
lntempcrante. But they would not want
preacher to cease dcnouneEHE stu bccnlssu
another man had spoken OH tho subject week
before.
nj. storrs enid ho had no botet in tho theory
tl.at drunkenness Is a disease to bo cured by
cinchona, or any other medicine. but no was
willing to concede It to he dlaeasc II he might
~ no%s1 to Tor H. t 9gay ma Ts
was one Of thoso who fully dcsfrtd ti's
assistance Of tile saloon.kccners in tho
suppression q lutemperanre. III fact, ~
greatly did he dcsiru tulr llulp thnt u wanted
to cut up their business, root a''4 irauch. so
that it would nut interfere with teir Efforts.
And he pra;,osed to instruct them rs to whit
the law was by lessons administered by Police
Justices, and enforced by fine utu tnlpr!son-
mcnt. TIC conservative o1onlens Declared that
tlle sa1ootl-keeprrs ought tu bo Wa!l-trunte1.
But there was no auc! thing os compromising
In regard to the enforcement Of The law III re-
who were opposed to murder, larceisy, n'la nr-
sdEl must not hesitate to onfOrcc thu statutes,
a,,l should do tho satne With tho Temperance
laws.
CTS to glyu up thu tubIt Of drinking liquor out
OF consideration for those 10 Mhonl lguur
tntant ruin. There was no tcaEl!er 50 powerful
as example. aud they ought to be happy to favo
could begin to describe tle Horrors tnduccd by
drink ad t3s evils which It Wrought except
tfoss who had suffered rs he tlai donc. ~ was
for talfs rcatos TINT reformed men wcru tho best
exnoEcnts OF its eY,1a ct intepcranee, n''d tiIe
movement seemed tp hin ull inspiration from
eloauent OF persuasive than slIe allent Testimony
Of onu Vi thcsc reformed men. Within two years
tho movement hnA lifted ilfseen thousand Nell
out Of tho gutter aslA ,!atle thousands
Of happy homes, where once poverty and
bquallor dwclt The speaker considered tllAt tho
reformed men POSSESSED Il eourngu far trhns-
ceR.llnE that ot tha soldier who, clirercd by
soa e r" ' @ IT. M1rapat afes% @ @ e 'h lr
enemy day by day alnl hour by uuT, md ctItl-
! quercd him. rhrru were many WIN were afraid
10 conn out openly In favor Ut temperance fur
fear Of seeming taslaticaI Or losing thrtr posi-
thu. Would theY rAtter bo twlttel With being
sober, or bs twittul wlih ocinE drunkl Tbs
| OF liquor to minors Ind DOM noru to cut down
.sI f f.I II H.. s"i h"tna I,ni $3.50 ,tn.