Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-21

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that threatened them. Another speaker
paid his respects to Lord Wolseley, the
successful commander of the campaign in
| Egypt. His lordship has the reputation OF
| being a total abstainer aud Of trying to in
! fiuenoe his men be so too. He ia said TO
have expressed the opinion that if ell her
soldiers were teetotaIlers England would
have the finest army in the world. Such
views act with the puhlicaus much ss red
! flag does upon a masculine bovine, and the
General gets il right and left. The speaker
who tackled him at this meeting said that
personal inquiries in Egypt among the
troops showed that Lord Wolseley was
anything but in favor among them in con-
sequence of his stopping or limiting their
grog, and the doctors were strongly of opin-
len that little spirits mixed with their
water would have ohviated much sickness
This" said tbs speaker, els in answer to
what the teetotal party have said as to the
battles being fought on tea" Another
speaker had
A FLING AT THE UNITED STATES.
These publicans do not like either our
country or our oountrymen. We do not
guzzle enough for them. The average
American traveller is an abatemious man.
If he drinks at ill, he INDUCES in light
beverages sach as the saloonist here does
not care to dispense. Moreover, il is fact
highly credisable to US that il was from our
own glorious land Of the free that the
modern Boglish temperance movement re-
oeived its frat impetus it's inspiration and
life at the present time still coming from
the came source. When, therefore, the
| Secretary of this meeting after referring
TO their opponents as mounting local op-
tion with a sort of labisl lusciousness," de.
clared that this principle was thoroughly
unconstitutional and was, withal, "a
Yankee Importation" he, 80 to speak
drove in the bung hole of the Victualers'
indignation, and in doing so covered him
self with glory. None the less. however,
did he pay America real compliment, for
surely anything that any nation on earth
can do to help redeem the rum-s teeped
masses of this land, is not My worth do
ing, but is worth being abused for. An
impartial newspaper man will give even
the old gentleman below his due, and 80 /
must tell you of
A CHARITABLE SCHOOL
Which the Licensed Viotualers of London
have maintained sinoe 1903. In all 9. 24l
children have been cared for in this insti-
tuition, and there are about $50 enjoying its
hOunties at the present time. It's main
tainsnce costs annually some $35 900,
which, with the exception of a secured in.
come of small amount, is raised by cub
scription at an annual meeting. At these
anniversaries the Nlctuslers put their best
foot foremost, and their complaints on such
occasions, uttered from behind a mask of
philanthropy, have, at least in their own
estimation, some appearance of justice in
them. Such a meeting was held at the
Crystal Palace on Monday. The children
were given q treat, and the patrons sat
down at night to grand banquet. The
Lord Mayor was there, with several mem.
bers of Parliament, several army officers
aud one or more clergymen of the Church
of England. Above all was George Au-
gustus Sala present. The speeches were
very rich. Captain Hamber was not sur
prised st the rumored resignation from the
head of the army of Field Marshal, the
Duke Of Cambridge. His Royal Highness
was no. doubt shocked at the heresy of
Lord Wolseley. He could well imagine
him saying, "Eb what Abolish the
public house? Why, we shall never get q
soldier" The Captain added that any one
acquainted with the recruiting service of
this coHntry for the last thirty-f years
would acknowledge that if they
ABOLISHED THIS earthly HELL"
As Lord Wolseley called it, they would
put the greatest stop to the recruiting of
the brain, muscle, adventure and enter
prise, necessary to keep up the army, that
the Legislature could ever effect. Captain
PIN, responding for the navy, indorsed
all that the previous speaker had said
about the General who had dared to assert
that the public house was an "esrthIy
hell" He (Pim) believed quite the con-
trary, he said, by which he meant, l sup.
pose, that he looked upon the place in
question as a sort of earthly heaven. But
the speech Of the evening was that of our
old newspaper friend, Mr.. Sala. 1t was
not convincing, to be sure. but it was
piqusnt and humorous, and az showing
how utterly destitute OF argument is the
aide he ohampioned, it will not be lacking
in usefulness. The trade of the Licensed
Victualers was menaced, he said, on every
side. 1t was menaced by bigotry and
fsnsticism, and by hypoorites
Who compounded for sins they were inclined TO-
By damaging those they had no mind to.
Deploring the difference between the radi-
calism of the present day and that of thirty
years ago, he said those belonging to that
party we're then banded together to carry
out an honest political programme, whereas
now they were trying to carry on
THEIR UNDESIRABLE "FADs,"
AS though people were the children of the
old woman that lived in a shoe, "to be fed
on broth without any bread and then 10 be
whipped and sent TO bed" These points,
and others of which they are fair samples,
were greeted with loud cheers, aud no
doubt the publicans present felt that the
temperance movement had received q
crushing blow. The public houses in En-
gland are already closed on certain hours
of the Sabbath day. They do not open,
in fact, until l P n and then do business
only till 3. Afterwards they open again
at 6 o'clock in the evening and remain
open to IL. This, at least, is the hour of
closing in London, though in other towns
they shut up earlier. Indeed, there are a
few places in which, by special Acts Of Par
Lament, the saloons are closed throughout
the whole day. Several such special Acts
have been passed this session. Thus, the
public mind has been prepared for the
general measure which is coon TO come up
in the House of Commons, and the fact
that the hours Of closing as at present ar
ranged in the different cities are rigidly
observed is the best guaranty that there
will be no trouble, should it be passed, in
enforcing the more stringent law.
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