New-York tribune., 1884-02-27
IN FAVOR OF HIGH LICENSE.
PASSAGE OF THE ROOSEVELT BILL URGED.
.nnnrssrs N cu1cKgR1Ne HAIL BY MR.. REEonrR,


meeting in favor of the Roosevelt High License
bill held last evening in Chickerng Han under tne
auspices of the Church Temperance Society Inc
audience crowded the auditorium and gallery anu
trespassed upon almost every ayaliaoie Ni0n
of staudinQ-room 1t was attentive anu
enthusiastic Mr. Beecher was the pTlhelpai SP''0''
and he was warmly appauded wheh DC o'"o
upon the platform and greeted with peIlUo'
of applause when he rose to speaA--@-No 80
sneakers AT length were Justice Moan DaNs anu '"o
Rev. DE- Howard Crosby. On the PLATFORM, AIMING
Others. were r. Fulton Cutting ex-Judge LuWaIuS
Ip;orro,on+ II F. Pellew E. p. Pitcher, d. c. Cal
win Colonel r.. H. Shannon, the Rev. Messrs Lind
cav Parker E. T. Miles, G. II. Hiek, H. \. Satteriee'
w W. Atterbury and J. G.. Oakley; the Rev DR..
McKim. Daniel B. Wright Benjamin II. Field W.
n Nichols DR.. Joel Foster, j. Hooker Hanersiey'
J. l. Bickneu and DIR. A. :. Ball ., -, ,o-
Robert Graham. secretary OF the Churcn 1SIhPei,
ance Society read letter from John Jay, who had
been expected 10 preside regretting his detentl3n
elsewhere and expressing the warmest sympathy
with the purpose of the meeting. Nj. cutting was
elected chairman. He said in part
We are met here TO take active measures to pro
cal Marty aud not 20 any view Of the ques
Ion The effective feature OF the Roosevelt Oil Is tnst u
nust eliminate from the midst Of us many dangerous
sSros-shops whose work is TO brutalize the poor
Mr.. Graham then recounted the la6ors OF tne
Church Temperance Society in behalf OF restriction
of the hquor traffic. He denounced the dlsrepula-
bic character" of the Board of Aldermen, ana de-
clared that the Roosevelt bill to abolish their powers
of confirmation of the Mayor nominations went 90
gether with the High License bill. MI; Graham
read the following resolutions, winch Iater were
adopted:
Whereas The undue multiplication Of liquor saloons is
danger this city and State and the cause or VIDE
EIereaS bin to restrict the issue Of these licenses
by means Of high license fee Of $500 for liquor ana
beer country districts has been Introduced INTO the
Assembly at Albany by the Hon Theodore hoose'e cit
10 NnfR pnm II
BereG That the CITIZENS Committee of the Church
enersnee Society be requested 10y petition and public
meeting to urge the passage OF that 9 and that the
Following gentlemen. O. G. Barton, Henry H. Truman
" ii. 81 Moore, W r. Stewart, spencer Trask Brooks
Leavilt. Robert $ Holt, NJ p woodruff A. c HoMs1is, s
ersley b r. Field. II. c. Gibson Byron W. Greene ana
klan Van Rensselaer,, ne an aooioonsi cof,I0 f an
CITY o. the state wait the senate ana Assembly ana
take such further measures they may Oeel ues0DC
Mr.. BEECHER's ADDRESS.
Mr. Beecher was then introduced. AS be ad-
Yanced. to the front of the platform he was
loudly applauded. After the first storm subsided
and be just opening his lips to speak another
storm broke forth, violent and prolonged than
the first. At last he said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I think tonight I
bright star Of hope above the horizon as ever al any
fnle i'm nv life have lived longer than most OF you
and soSG d. o9S s,e,t Is5eI In fPor Of tor bsence
which then supplied pledge which Vas Thought lo Oe
Seae SsIs Tal simply from ali alcoholic drinks. lived
see that itself after debate and yl ana oposl-
ron 10 include and al that ntOlcate~ And upon
Ina Ist g. ~. It srrire ont NJ that Baltimore movement
the Washing gtous reformation: signal point OF de
VeOpncut IL THIS regard. that whereas up 10 tDat time
The iuovrmeut was Ia tire hands OF the moral and
Teligions part OF the community, the Washingtonlan
movement took It down among plain people ana u
became part of the enthusiasm OF the common people
Then war came have reason to believe that great
deal moro whiskey than OF blood was shed IN tSSt war
Uauchter.l Now think the effect OF war upon the
financial conscience IN this country was neI a4lo-e1eI
desirable, but the genera colsSIeiice VIZ Vu. ~
Men felt the dignity and duty OF citizenship as they had
NOS done before they impressed with the duty
OF acting for the whole country as never before,
But some towns temperance was Iefvld IN m.Iy
teliied. Laughter What We needed was organiza-
ZION Few dared hope, however and none to rOphesy
that Ne should advancing at last the great Episcopal
her orderly communion, Der staucn and stable men, nor
suspected of radcaan but rather conser1atNe n the
white unOlded cross ana the priests OF ga Des I'm " III
,nor 80 m than ia wilderness when the priests Leu
tic armies Israel Great applause And my friends
such auspcies indeed be slack OF courage who
does not grd up his loins pek up sgaln gam nis InIW t
away weapon and 90 into TINS great ana sO4Ous ooo''
,1wST viii be willing 70 follow TINS orderly aud most
er7clent organization than would perhaps pc WlLhS %
ad oIn myself UNIV orthy unlOOse the latchets OF the
shoes Of those who IN the ascendancy Applause }
1nited by b-ing called scoundrel daughter
Conscience excellent gooa laIuie tes
~ Won are 10 bear in mind that this driving
6~stress mas been handed down from generation 70
sn-tetjc, 7 am a little proud OF my middle name
Ward is our family legend thaI IL one o! me me
campaign against the French and Indians one OF our
anoes,o refused ~ h7 asIny T2tlSns 1 he R t9PA d he @ @ S
number OF spoons-and that was long before General
Rutler too. fCrect laughter
The business Of making and selling OF importing ana
exporting is old am not surIris therefore
that there should be great many meE hat asA Wy we
tie grocer butcher or the baker III L. not because
You are cOnmercalists but because We tAlk tbat you
- Is
~ nouor seller But we do -ay this tlat this
b-iness above all others from beginning, mldde ana
All is mischcvOus. lApQiauae.J I1ere are some u'u
soubt that the blacksmith throws some cnders III
neoUie's eyes Laughter. Bakers do not always dis
80 6pffer s0ld laughter The cheese IL not much
better and there Is good deal Of socaed cder hat Is
good. The general drlt 9i an klis ol =
beneficial and only incidentally miscAeFo4s Dut uie
sac OF liquor only Incidentally beneficial and generally
but of iGuOr Itself would charge II with almost every
inioJiiy known human experience. would declare
that liquor delhorallzei W.seI' . me- & i,
q moor house builder Applause NOW we are not
t6e cause OF temperance some and hasty such
men sensible compared MIN the man or oman IA
onsa1d nniesnsed nine Thousand by your perInis-
Son omen and destroying night aud day rendering
elections corrupt and members Of Christian churches
sever Tor II ose you have among you. Applause Now
put it to your own conscience II you ought not 10
since il is impossible destroy the whole OF it at one blow
we will undertake do what We can. We Will undertake
TO limit 1t by license DO not say that you permit
an evi when YOU license H. That is not fair argument
When Hercules attacked the hundred-headed Hydra
be could work al but one head at time. Laughter J
Fyu then he mad assistant 10 cauterze every
head that knocked of. Laughter But he went
around and around and finally killed him lLaughier
We Win ten thousand heads, and tue man hs
not been that strike them all on AT one dow
No sword exists with edges sharp enough no arm exists
long enough and strong enough 70 cut the 80 on d. one
stroke Applause When doctor Is called IN 10 see
patient MultifoFm diseases, medicine Mas ever
known would assist nn IN curing all IN the lump
except quack medicine Applause and laughtel There
AZ not in ten Thousand who can AFFORD D pay
500 Tor license, and the minutes OF those who VIII be
uccised viii probably be reduced more than bali. Then
the able embark capital will probably be
of higher character than the rough-scun OF the city.
The that take these hi gh licenses VIII In
constitute themselves policemen, though that
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