The Portland daily press., 1884-02-02
CUmBERLAND's TEETOTALERs
Meeting of the Association at Wooaford's
Tive Interesting Sessions.


The Cumberlann county temperance associa-
tion met at Woodford's yesterday afternoon.
The attendance was fair. The pr esident.
vice president and secretary were not present.
Rev. P. Jaaaes was chosen president pro tenn
aud Mrs. Marston acting secretary. The ex-
ercises were commenced by singing, followed
by prayer in behalf OF the cause by Rev.
s. w. Adriance. Mr. Andrew j. Chase made
few remarks concerning the past organization
aud history of the society. Mr., 81. A. Shorey
was called upon to review the doings at the
meeting of the State Temperance Alliance
which was held at Gardner. De spoke high
~ of the attendance. harmonious addresses
and favorable reports of the higher officers
After closing he introduced ex-Gov. Perham
as the orator of the occasion. This gentleman
spoke mainly concerning the marked success
of the tenn perance cause, the public interest
lately aroused, the special interest shown in
Maine and the necessity of voting for the pro-
Libt5ry law, considering it as a fundamental
principle and that thought to stand as part
of the constitution,
Rev. S. w. Adriance was then called upon
and made brief address, remarking foI one
thing that he thought the subject would be
discussed at the next county meeting OF Con-
gregat onaist ministers.
Miss Kimb4ll one of the ladies who present.
ed petition to the Chicago council not to re-
neal the license law, then spoke of the contrast
between the Western city and Portland.
The exercises of the afternoon closed by some
able remarks from the president pro tenn, the
Rev. P. Jaques.
EVENING SESSION.
The meeting held in the evening opened
with a much larger attendance. The Rev.
Benjamin freeman presided, and Mrs. Mars
ton was again chosen secretary. Rev. Mr..
Baldwin was the first called upon. His dis
course treated largely of the work which had
been done, and termed Maine the morning
s,ar of the country in the temperance cause
and predicted an immense political storm when
the question was to be finally discussed
Hon. Neal Dow was next introduced as the
orator OF the evening. He made special note
of the adhesion of Petroleum v. Nasby (Mr.
Locke, proprietor of the Toledo Blade) to the
cause He related the experience of the great
man when he visited Maine, and his convinc-
ing researches in the Forest City ard the sur
rounding towns. He thinks that if the people
deem that the liquor traffic is as extensive as
formerly that they misunderstood the thing
Then he contrasted the old rum days when
grog was imported here by shiploads with the
present time when it is brought in smaller
quantities. He compared the Improvement of
the probibitory cause with the improV ements
on the steam engine and strictly claimed that
time would do its work. He considers that all
money spent for liquor is absolutely lost, that
nothing is so bad as the traffic and says that
the country must be delivered from the evil
trade and that the success of the cause will be
a benefit and blessing to the English speak
ing world.
After he finished his speech the pledge of
the association was read and circulated among
the audience; meanwhile Captain Coyle was
called upon, who in his offhand and captivat-
ing manner said as he stepped upon the plat
form 81 am always ready to show my colors
and never back out" He spoke of the people
of the cause s acting as towards, and that the
party should stoutly and fearlessly fight against
iutemperance, and that temperance man
must also be Christian man.
Rev. @. j. Clark was called upon but his
response waS brief. Last of all Andrew J.
Chase spoke concerning the proper training
Of the rising generation in regard to the tenn
persnce question,