Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-11
HOME PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS MEET
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a meeting Of the Home Protection AssoCis-
ton was held last evening at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church There was q moder.
ately good attendance. F. H L. Weber pre-
sided.
Rev. Mr.. Hanson read an extended paper,
showing by citation of statistics how great a
cost it is to the State to protect and promote
the liquor interest. He cited statistics of
crime in California, and its cities, and in the
[ nited States, chargeable directly to intern
parance, and the sale of intoxicating liquors.
He claimed that the reform demanded must
and would be accomplished. To do this,
there must be constant agitation. Children
must be thoroughly indoctrinsted with tenn
perance principles the churches must urge
the reform; friends of humanity
must educate and agitate pulpit and
press must bring to bear their
Powers against The rum traffic, moral suasion
must be persisted in. The stern hand of the
| law must be felt in repression of the traffic
The question must enter into the political
strife, that men may be elected who will
favor enforcement of Sunday laws, and in
favor OF prohibition. Friends of reform
must unite, concentrate their forces, and
push on undismayed. They must select men
to vote Tor who are not held in bondage by
the liquor traffic; and if both candidates are
IN its tolls, vote for neither. In time the
people will see the righteousness of the cause
OF reform and do as has been done in Kansas
and IN Iowa. The liquor traffic, he said,
must be stamped ont.
The next speaker was Mr.. King, Grand
Lecturer of the l. o. G. 7. He compared
the liquor traffic to a great devil-fsh, that is
grssping in its Shiny arms all communities to
draw them to ruin. Moral suasion, it had
been said by the last speaker, must be con-
tihusd. In reply he said he favored moral
suasion, but it had not yet worked adequate
results. All the rum-sellers are in favor of
moral suasion. They are perfectly willing
that the temperance people may take up the
drunkards and save them by moral sussion.
For himself he believed the way to stop the flow
oflun is to shut off the tap. Prohibition is the
true remedy Destroy the source from which
evil flows. Save the drunkard if you can,
but stretch forth the arm to prevent the boys
OF the land from becoming druukards-re-
move temptation from their paths. Greeley
said that he believed slavery would fade away
before the advancing light of our civilization,
and would disappear before 1860. But did
it: No; moral suasion had no effect upon it.
Some say, Don't introduce temperance Tito
politics" Why not? Will a little
temperance in politics hurt politics
lntemperance - liquor - is already in
politics. Why shall not temperance
find place there too. He then attacked the
license law, as it, in a partial way, acknowl-
edges the liquor traffic and gives it counte-
nance, and thus commits the State to the
evil and a.. its consequences. IT prohibition
was not right, was not the general law in the
hearts Of men. why is there a license law at
all Its very existence admits that unless
suspended the law would naturally prohibit
the traffic. This reform movement is a con.
test for the right of the individual ; it is, sec
ondly, ctntest by society to protect itself
from assaults # evil. Ii the traffic is right,
give it free course and DO not license it. Ii
it is wrong, then no license should issue to do
it. They say prohibition interferes with the
personal right of the dealer in liquors. So
ciety prohibits the sale of diseased meats and
poisoned food. Why To protec. itself.
The prohibitionists, for the same reason, seek
to place liquor and the diseased meat on the
same plane.
Rev. II. H. Rice followed in few remarks
upon the prohibition movement in Kansas
and Iowa. The movement has reached Cali
fornia, and he believed would never cease
until success is attained. He gave the pres.
emit political parties fair warning that thou.
sands in this State will leave both parties, if
need be, to stand up for temperance.
George B. Katzsnstien followed in few
remarks on the same subject and remarks
upon the success of prohibition in Kansas,
where sixty five counties have been conquered
to temperance.
Rev. T. H. 3. Anderson was the next
speaker, who briefly recited interesting facts
relative to what he saw of the temperance
campaign in Missouri, where the people be-
lieve they can carry the State for prohibition
by 10, 600 maj 'rity. 1t is believed that it
would not be difficult even TO. carry Illinois,
CERTAINLY, if Missouri goes for it, Illinois
will, toe. Even in Indiana and Kentucky
the feeling for temperance is gaining strength !
rapidly. He said that Governor 81. John |
told him that in cities in Kansas where, prior |
to prohibition, twenty policemen were neces-
sary, now only one officer is needed. Cities
have but about half the expenses of govern
ment to raise that they did before prohibition
went into effect. The speaker said that all
through the South the temperance sentiment
is rapidly, marvelously increasing. Dr. C.
h. Marshall, of Vicksburg, said in large
temperance met ting at Nashville, that in the
South it had come to this, either the saloons
must conquer or the church interests. 1t is
the whisky interest or deceney and religious
interests. So in California. the speaker be-
lisved, either the liquor interest must conquer
or be conquered. Ii the doggeries can be
closed up, and there can be quiet and peace
and safety, We will have better attendance in
churches, better governments, cheaper gov
ernments, less crime, less taxation, less i'm.
morality, better attendance in schools, and
better condition generally
The meeting then elected as q delegate to
the Prohibition State Convention Rev T. S.
Dunn. with Rev. Mr.. Hanson as alternate.
The meeting then adjourned.