, 1880-12-12
TEMPERANCE.
Addresses by Emery A. Storrs
and Gov. St. John.

Tie Latter Tells What They Have
Done and Intend to Do in
Kansas.
Farwell Hall was about one-third t1led last
evening to listen to lectures OH ''Tcmpcrance
BIZ Gov St. John. OF Kansas, and Miss Frances
E. Willard. The FarTel-Hau Choir furnished
tho singing. Upon entering the hall every per
son received card. Of which tho following is 9
copy:
PRO BONO rUBL1Co.
A declaration Of intentions by citizens OF Chi
caEo: c... ,.ua,,., .,oo,.-o ~,
Intention to rote at the next municipal eccn"n
for such officers urd Aldermen us will pledge
themselves to tho enforcement of existing laws
toE the regulation IT the liquor trafhc anu lis
W. women of Chicago, do hereby pledge our r-
selves tn lse oil honorable means to secure 'otes
for tho object ebove mentioned
This pledge had On 1t d place for the name ana
address of the person who received it. The
Temperance movement thus fnauRurated undcr
the auspices of the Womau's Christian Temper
nucc CuItn is intended to he carried into tue
coming spring municipal campatXn Inc n'eet-
1ng last evening wis one Of the series under the
auspices OF the Citizens League, some Ut whose
officers occupied seats on the etnGc, fnclud ing
Mr. Encndorn, Mrs T. 3. Carse, tho President
and Emery 4. Sto1rs, whotntroduccd the speaker
Of the evening.
Mr. .STORRS
said that he had been called upon. he supposed.
to introduce the speakers because he spoke SO
iufrrouently in Chicago. Hc supposed that was
the reason Of the iightness Of the audience Con-
eldcrtng the great subject and able and eloquent
speakers who were to address them. be WAS sur
prised at the sparseness OF tho assemblage. He
went over the good work that had been done by
the Ci1izens League III preventing drunkenness
and crime among boys anu girls Statistics
showed that crime hal decreased under its
hcu,1hy influence, and considerably reduced tax
alton. 1t had done n1ucn to save Carter H. Har-
rsou and keep him within bounds, considering
the crowd he had Immediately SURROUNDING him:
If the League could make an at-woo
and yard-wide temperance 1nnn out
liz M stiso co,nplilncnlcd Mr: Harrison upon tie
assistance he hud given the League through the
medium of the police forre. He thought ull the
the perss.ency Of the women, who kept talking
temperance, thus creating Il hcuithy public
sentiment He attributed nj! evils aud crime to
int1.fupcruncc. which was their fruitful
mother. He then went on to say TINT Gov
cEn1neI1 bad power to shut up tho rum-shops
il g1t ready ne would ; ;' the card ,
having officers who would enforce them. The
temperance people would not ask much this
Wl1tGf OI Inc LExl6kl1LuFE% 0uG IuCt "Oulu NtEk
for The enforcement Of tho Law they had, and tie
would oppose its repeat, which would be at-
tempted this winter. He then tiattcringiy In
fTUduced
Gov ST. JOHN, OF KANSAS.
That gentleman came forward aud said that ho
called all citizens, because he included the
indit.s and he believed in universal suffrage.
There WAS no difference Of opinion between Ae-
pubcAns. Democrats, OF Grcenbackers on tho
subject Of temperance, whose platform was
broad enough for all parties and religions to
stand In his state men Of all sects, races,
uuuonnlitie8, and cnl0rs worked In the cause,
and women also, and they all worked as privates.
They had no 1risadicrs or Coloncis In The tenn
pcr7incc r1inks. Fur fifteen years past Kansas
saloon, he bad to ret the signatures
70 petition Of the majority Of IT the men and
the right to women to have something to say
whether their husbands and sons Should he
allowed to drink or be drawn on to drunkards'
graves. III some States IT required to
huvc good 1noral character to open Il saloon.
lie then went on to justify prohibition. be-
cause " neither ne Nation % nor. nor State had right
kn1lsas had adopted the Prohibition law. He
tten went on to give history of how the con-
Kansas. and the great work that hud been done
by the women. 4 great deal had been said in
knnsas about losnx the Gerniun and Irish
fs But The 4hey eoudna ' 9eopsrdi1e the pDIs f.
publican party in Kansas He wanted
is,s cry Of irish. German, eoorcd, or any other
welcome IN ksAnsas: even Of Cinnamon they were
not afrAid, but they didn't want Kansas Ger
lnanized: II German wanted to do that. aud
cAue to Kansas. he'd save his pa&sAgc f,y stay
Ing ut home This was America, alld they pro-
posed to continue it such, and II Sabbnth-
keeping and Christian country. The natives of
ai1 nntions were welcome, but they must obey
our laws If tho production Of whisky was
stopped. and the corn, aid wheat. and rye 1nude
hrufr 7n1GrInE hf1r
and thus create wealth. Eighty per rent
OF the colorrd people voted for prohibition.
Started Kansas gave them John Brown, who
was :ct u1urchiny On. and this action in Kansas
was 1he entering wc1&e TO rescue every slave
slave was rescued. They had bud 3.O0o drink
Ing places in Kansas, Including drug-storcs,
where $7,tDo. .000 worth Of drink was sold an;,u-
III tue State was :lUO.000, including 4O) miles
Of railroad. In the rcnitentinry u per cent Of
the cYnvicts wcrc tho fruits of tho grog-shop,
guard them. He thnnkcd God TINT ut Icnst they
b "a small spot III every StAtc where there was
absolute prohibition, where there was no liquor
suld. even II it wits a walled spot
the Penftentiary. He wanted to know why they
should protect the convict within the prison.
,sall: l;, with prohibition when the honest man
late the appetites II he had the power. There
wus National Inv which prohibited tho sale OF
liquor to 1ndinns. He was opposed to herding
tho Indians like Texas ponies. but be believed
the white man was IFS good as the Indian, und
he could not sec why they should license the
sule of liquor to white nlen when they would
not to 1ndiAus. They wouldn't license horse
thieves. though they wanted to prevent horse-
stcal!nE, and it was the same III many grades Of
crimc-
There we're 800 churches in Chicago and 1900
Saloons Or elevcu churches for the devil and
one tor God. The churches rlu only On sun
Guy and the saloons seven dAys n week. He
knew the theatres ct,uad be closed on Sunday If
the people insisted upon having tho Inv en-
forced. They had the whisky trntlic down III
h"'asxs, and they proposed to choke it to death-
hAnsas had three congressman, NIL temperance
men, thrtc Supreme Judges tn the same boat, and
not state officer who drink li9i1or. The teul-
prnnce movement had progressed. Mrs.
Hayes had driven liquor from tho White House,
a1q hoped Mrs. Garfield would do the slime. u,,d
ns oeAcvcd the American peoplc would insist
nih'n nothing else: In this Suite Of
ILLINOIS t4S towns refused to license
otAtnshops. lie predicted that in twenty-tiy
y'ars every State ta1 cast It's vote for Garfield
anu Arthur would pass prohibition amend
intnt- They should ntn bring Temperance into
politlcs. FIR 'hcrt' It would fall and had always
1at!eu. They wanted to create n sentiment
Wnlcn both great partie9 would have to cater IT,
ne closed a'y giving some advice to young men,
HpJuf1n9 them never to. enter Saloon, but 70
1hlnk III their God and the dearest friend that
Icy ever had On c1rth-theiE mother
Miss Frances Z. Willard was then introduced.
anu Urged the audience Il sfpn fha lo,.