St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-09
MURPHY.
Progress Of The blue Ribbon Re
form in st. Paul.
The Meeting Last Evening at Central
Presbyterian Church.

Owing to the inclement weather there was
but small attendance upon the Gospel Tenn
perance meeting at the Central Presbyterian
church last evening. Mr.. Murphy opened
the exercises by reading the first Psalm COM
mencing BLESSED is the man that walketh
not in the council of the ungodly" He in
terspersed the reading with illustrative re
marks Of the meaning of the words of the
psalm, and followed them with an earnest.
simple and touching invocation to God on
his Bonded knees.
He then introduced his friend. Hon. A.
kimball, of CrescO, Ia, who narrated of Mr..
Murphy that on single Sabbath day in
Cresco 1000 persons signed the pledge and
put on the blue ribbon at his meetings. He
was the president of the Iowa State Temper
ance alliance, and he gave very interest
ing account Of how his state had been edu-
Gated IN public sentiment up to securing 4
constitutional amendment against the man
facture and sale of liquors by a 10000
majority, and their subsequent obtaining
statutory prohibition, also. In seventy out of
ninety nine counties in the state there was
not saloon, and they would in time get rid
of all those institutions of drunkard manu-
'acture. He hoped the time was not far dis
tant when Minnesota, so closely allied to
Iowa in its every interest would also come
into the ranks as a prohibition state
Mr.. Murphy then very happily, in words
chosen, introduced his son aud co-laborer in
the temperance work on both continents.
who spoke for a half hour to deeply inter
ested persons. He thought every son should
think his father the best man in the world
Che did his), and every girl her mother the
best mother. He made telling hit on the
necessity of personal work in rescu-
ing men from intemperance, and
gave an interesting account of
his labors in city in Ireland, where in if
teen days and nights 45, 900 persons took the
pledge, those doing this each constituting
himself a committee of one to peruade
others. instances being cited where a
butcher got BOO postman 100. a policeman
124. and bright little cripple boy Johnny
McCurdv, whose name is now famous for
this deed on the cOntinent 217 signers, and
reclaimed a notorious inebriate as well. He
thought his father had overestimated ireland.
his native land, but found he had not
for never was there a kinder. more generous
N1iANA ANc fANoNAO JSppAS, anu uluC-leul0S OF all
the distress therein was owing to an expen-
diture of S22 per capita per annum for
whisky. In the city in which under the
auspices of the Irish Temperance League he
worked, and in which this great personal and
individual labor was done, crime decreased
96 per cent. and business prosperity came on
in great wave following the reform.
Such personal eXertion was needed here in
st. Paul aud as a recompense prosperity and
happiness would succeed the sorrow and mis-
cry caused by drink. 1t was due that It
should be thoroughly entered upon for the
good Of business, homes, children and the
future welfare of the state.
The speaker was warmly applauded at in
tervals and with his frankness and sonnd
common sense showed that he was a genuine
''chip of the old block
Tomorrow evening Mr.. Murphy and son
will speak in market hall, which has been Sc
cured by the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union, which ladies deserve the moral
countenance and pecuniary assistance of
every well wisher Of the cause of Temperance
reform in the city.
About dozen persons took the pledge
last evening.