Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-15
l BREEzs AMONG TIE TEMPERANCE
FOLKS,

III
II the Rescue is not found as usual At yor-r Post
office this week you informed that the ENeutiye
Committee Of the Good Templars last yeek de-
mahded OF the undersigned editor and publisher to
yacSte his position without notice and we're in
formed that he would surrender charge At tho s,J
OF the month only. Monday evening Noysr,bsv
10th, Frank n Lane, the newly.appointed editor
and manager, appeared at my office with tw, Sbsr-
ms officers ana MI Maggie, attorney, bearing legal
instrument sworn 70 by some elastic means They
seized all the papers, lists books, accounts. 6Ies
etc, in any way connected with the Rescue ipclrI
ing the private records memorandums accounts
etc, Of the editor Mr. Lane insisted on searching
under protection Of the Sheriff, all the desks draw,
ers, shelves, clothes-jrawers and trunks Of the
undersigned including packages Of old private let
ters, photographs, etc When he vas not permitted
to carry away packages Of private letters he De.
manded and attempted 20 examine The letters scpa-
ratey, 10 see il they did not way relate TO
the Rescue. In th.s outrage upon officer Of the
Grand Lodge, without any necessity or provogatlu
Mr.. +. X Lane favorsbly introduces and comments
himself 20 the Good Tempars 81 the state and the
readers Of the Rescue its editor and manager
fitting tool oi the owners OF the paper, George
&. ha,zeustein ana Robert Thompson and perhaps
the politicians behind them. This is the first time
in his life that the undersigned has been treated ike
a thief
We give the old veteran the benefit of .
republication Of his card. not because il will
be Ineligible to the pablic, but because it
lifts the veil from the disgrsceful scenes
trsuspiring behind the closed doors Of q secret
moral organic ton.
The order Of Good Templars has attained
membership in this State Of over 20. OoO.
1t has built and maintained the best con.
Quoted orphansSe in the State. 1t has &C
quired strength and soliiity, and has become
one Of the recognized moral forces of the
commonwealth. just row it il torn by in
ternal discussions. The fires within it acquire
intensity by being smuthered under the lids
Of secret signs and passwords. Discussions
within secret frsternal organization have
no escape valve by way Of public vent Like
family row, the hates engeuderei surpass
tae raucor of uUfra.erns) feuds. In the case
under consideration : great snd good work is
actually threatened with disruption. We have
looked behind CAPTAIN Woods card and
find it to be a flash from an internal
heat like that which issues forth
from opening and closing the door
Of the furnace under a gas-rstort. Unlike
most troubles, the one now agonizing our
friends, the Good Tempars, had double
origin. IL 1852 the Prohibitionists uomi-
mated full State ticket, with DR.. Il. II. Nc
Donald at the head candidate for Gov
ernor. There are several varieties of Good
Templars, amoug which may be prominently
mentioned the socisl Good Templar and the
refOrmatOry Good Templar. The social elC-
meut md in the Order cOngeuial COmpAn-
ionship, and in the Lodge.room the subs /
tuts for the clubhouse and the public read
ing-rOom. This class endure the temperance
talk for the sake of the socabilitY of the
Order. In every Lodge may be found
this social element. 1t sometimes vents to
dance, TO the great scandal Of the more stsid
element Sometimes il courts. and fiirts, and
enjoys itself, fully sive to the comforting
assurance that the siiljction Of the temper
ance harangues and cnesp retail morality
under head Of Good of the Order is com
penssted by the recess and the Literary ex-
ercises, in which the csllow youth deClsims
Somebody's tied my dog loose"
Or parody on Barbara Freitchie, ending
with
So Who touches a hair on that old bald head
Dies like dog-Go ahead, he said
It should be noted that msjority Of the
membership is composed Of women and
girls; also, that a majority Of the entire
membership is composed of young people.
This dancing, laughing, goodfellowship ele-
ment 6)ats along with the current of sociabil-
ity, and finds the work Of the Order and
the cause something of q bore.
The reformatory element is Jealous, intol-
Grant and fanstical, Jealous much more
through hatred Of the "arch evil, the LIQUOR
traffic, than through love of men, Fur
Their than this, it is JEALOUS because in
tolerant. and intolerant because fanaiical
Now, in the campaign Of 1882 the Order was
aroused from its SAUNDERS by an attempt on
the part Of the reforuatory element to run
the Order into politics. A resolution was in
PRODUCED into the Grand Lodge ipdorsing the
Prohibition ticket. Then followed a love
feast Of chsrge and counter charge, Of Grim
ination and recriminStiou. The dreaming
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millennial in which "iutempersucs shall be
bsnshed from the earth, was told that
somebody must do the bauisuiug as wei
ss sing and spoon about IL. On the
other hand the rei0rmatuIy element meant
to ruG the Order into politics without the
politics. a hot political campsi n was rag
Jag. There were Democrats and two kinds
OF Republicans, the E-tee and anti Estee
Republicans. The anti-Estse Republican
saw in the Prohibition ticket a wiudfall
his way. Nearly all the fanatical Prohibi-
tiouists are Republicans hence nearly every
vote for Mcdonald was half g vote for
StOneman. Democrats saw the point and en-
Outraged the II 5ht. Thus In the interest of
the anti-Estee cause and the Democratic
patty, although from perfectly conscientious
motives upon the part Of the leading PrJhibi-
tionists, the Order Endorsed Mcdonald and
gave him over 5000 votes. at least 600 Of
which belonged TO Estee. The thing became
clear to the meanest capacity before another
year, and the social element rallied strength
enough to lay the Prohibitionists on the shelf
and restore the ancient order of things, with
its divertins Dutch parody on Barbara
Freitchie'
Within all th7, and on q much lower plane
OF thought and feeling, personal qUsrrels
among the leaders broke out The political
contest effected the personal arrangement
which rapidly dePenersted into mere per
sonal malignity. Tnis is the stiuger to Cap
tain Woods card; but all the other leaders
have singer, only it don't take on the lit
erary form of iuCision. The lamp that fred
Chicago was kicked over by COW, and the
tempest which now threatens Good Templsr-
ism was conjured up by the loose tongue of a
woman. One of the leading ladies Of the
Order-a lecturer Of much ability and prom
that the ladies who man
aged the domestic affairs of the Orphan
sge were not honestly administering the
affairs Of that Institution. One of the
lsLiies thus maligned had husband high up
in the degrees, official honors and councils Of
the Oiaer. Explanations, retracsious, apollo
gies, and satisfsctions were demanded A
session of the Grand Lodge coming Oh, the
administrative boards were found rent in
twain, p sorry illustration Of the spectacle
TO arise on the vision when that
scripture is read which sayeth, Behold how
good and how pleasant thing it is for breth-
rem TO dwell together in unity" The raw re-
3ruits from the country found many features
4 show not on the bills. Temperance
esscns were forgotten, prohibition ignored.
For once fanaticism forgot its intolerance.
moral lsziness forgot its love of ease. A new
ssue had srisen among men, new principles
for supremacy.
The merry childish roundelay of
Sparkling and bright
Ia its liquid light
Was far too tame for the wrinkled front of
var which glowered over the body. 1t was
/ Jolly time to lovers of the melodramatic-s
eric comic performance in one act. Now
md then it assumed a tragic phase. SIS when
me OF the principal leaders tainted, and
Fhen one reflected how worthy a cause had
allen into hands so unworthy its standards,
L. Is perhaps too late to save the OrCer fror,,