National Republican., 1883-01-15
TIE CoLD-WATER MEN.
Two LnrgcIy-Aticndcd Temperance Meet
ings-rhc License Bil Criticised.

! tngS-ihC License liiil Criticised.
The meeting of tho Womaus Christian
! Temperance union at Masonic tcmplc ycstcr-
| day afternoon attracted quito largo ASSEM-
/ bly,. Gospel hymns wcro sung, and prayer
/ was offered by Mrs ). ID. IaFcrc.
| Mrs. Roach, president of the union, after
| reading the Goth psalm, called attention to
/ tho bill which on Dec II passed the house o,
| representatives and criticised some of its fca
lures as Objectionable, aud inttoduccd Rev.
| DR.. Rankin as one of o committee of ministers
who, from the Ministerial union, proposed to
call upon the congressional committees hay.
| ing charge of the subject and represent the
views of tho clergy and of the Christian poo.
| pie generally of the district.
DIR. Rankin began by cong,atrlatiug tho
Woman's Christian Temperance union and
the citizens generally on the improved pros.
poets Of the temperance cause Whatever
| legislation may he, it Is important TINT tho
administration OF the laws should bc in tho
hands of just men, and such an. one hu was
glad to commend in, at least one commissioner,
Commissioner West, who i3 u friend Of the
temperance cause. He then read u number
of clauses of the bill, and cXplaiucd their
probable effect. These clauses probably ywould
/ he amended considerably before final pus,agv.
The effort was being made 10 have the law. II
passed, made as effective rs possible IN tcstrict
ing the traffic Unless it shuuld be- amended
largely, the cause would he less harmed under
thu old law, ut least 50 long u8 there Is one
| friend of temperance among the commissions
Crs.
II. IT. Warner, esq, was the ncxt speaker.
He said that the first difference between the
new law aud the old was in the fact that the
/ sarcasm, Tho applicant for license shall be
n man OF good moral character Is omitted.
Tho main object of the bill IS to do away with
the tax ON personal and Cllattcl property in
the district, proper ohitct by itself bUt one
which the welfare Of the people demanded
should bc attained i'm II proper way, and not
in u way which shall be at the expense
Of the morality of the district One
objection ho instanccd was u taS Of 500
only on bror saloons, whilc ON whisky
IL IL placed at $3.50. lIc~ thought beer
atIlcast as harmful rs the distilled liquors. In
the aggregate, they do ut least us much hurt.
Another was in allowing druggists To sell for
medicinal purposes, without physiciau's
prescription and ON their own discretion. If
u single ono only should prove dishumOrublC
in CXCrcifug his discretion. much harm would
be done. The probability was that every one
who thought himself unwcll would be fur.
nshed with the liquor ho asked for. The rN-
tent of the crime of iutempqyaurc is great
enough now, and IL will not do to make
Il mistake. Judge Smell had recently stated
that 15 per cent. of all the crime in
the district was the result of, or traccablc 10,
intcmpcrancc. There are 996 restaurants in
the district, the receipts of which aggregate
moro than double all the money spent for
educational purposes in the district, amount
ing TO about SsOO,OO0; and the employees of
the drinking places number twice Us many as
the teachers in the public schools. Twice rs
much money spent and twice rs many people
employed in corruptng and dcmomlizing the
community as in educating and lifting uparo
startling facts calling on every one to decide
where he shall range his influence.
\ brief address was then made by Mr.. f. Il.
Bradley, and the meeting adjourned.
THE DAsHAwAY REFORM CLUE.
Odd Follows hall was well filled with
highly intelligent audience last light at the
regular sunday evening meeting Of the Dash
away Reform club. After u few remarks by
the president, DR.. Frank II. Howe, Mr.. Nor
timer, of Mississippi, was introduced; who
made an earnest appeal in behalf of total
abstinence. llo was followed by Mr..
j. l.. Kcmplc, tho West Virginia humorist,
who for thirty minutes held tho close uttcn-
tion of his hearers Whilo lie narrated ancc-
dotcs Of personal experience and incidents
that had come under his observation of the
consequences of the appetite orstrong drink.
lie closed with an earnest appeal for sigma
lures to the DaShaway pledge, and II large
number responded. Charley Nyc then uado
II brief but very effective address, and the
meeting. closed with the dOXology and bcno-
1iptinu