St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-20
THE REFORM CLUBS.
4 Vigorous Address by Rev. w. w.
Satterlee i'll Harrison Hall
Yesterday.
DR.. Lyman W. Denton Rights" at the West
End Reform Club.

The Reform club at Harrison hall yester-
day afternoon was addressed by Rev. w. w.
S-terlee. He opened with singing, prayer
aud reading the fourth chapter OF Second
TimbtAy, Preach the word, be instant in
seas1n and out o. season." etc. The speaker
was glad to return and find so many present
aud especially so many young men,. There
Was similarity between the old African
slavery question and the present liquor
gu stun considered in a national point of
view. History ever repeats Itself. Avarice
and the love of gain had been at the bottom
o, slavery, and the same could be said of the
liquor gu sti"n. The same arguments were
presented in both cases by the adherents Of
wroif2 and corruption. and the same foul
methods were used to perpetuate them.
1t ased to be contended by the adherents
to slavery tAat ii wss moral and not legal
gu siion, but when Lovejoy went out 10
, preach against the institution he was cruelty
murdered.
Men differed on great national questions,
and sometimes may be honestly mistaken as
III tne case OF Garrison, who though an anti
slavery advocate considered the institution
constitutional. He WAS simply mistaken.
In ike manner We find great men differing
us to the great crime of liquor selling, and as
to whether it be national question or
merely to be handled by the states individu-
ally. TIE speaker then went into an elab-
orate discussion OF the rights of property in
slaves. quoting from the constitution freely,
and concluded that the final settlement
Z of A..
ton Was legal and constitutional and
that argued that B'aine's position delegatiug
to tiie states all on stinns appertainiug to
Iccnsc was raiicaily wrong.
Political parties mad always been in favor
( OF compromises. Ia the d VS. of slavery We
liaa been governed by tue Missouri compro.
mise oi 1910, ana in the trmp.rance agta-
/ ton there mad been frequent att mpts at
/ smiias compromises. FIRST came the Ohio
! idea, tlcn luc,. option AMI high license fol-
! iowc'i, Iui D'ne 81 t.cs satisfied the people.
| Prohibition - inscribed on the coming
pArty's Dau8er. TAe new party vas surely
anu steadily growing and in 1888 the speaker
! believed TIE nation would be
allowed to vote on an amend
ment to the constitution forever
/ prohibiting the m inufactUre, importation or
sale oi br.tI rs or matt liquors. The state
oi Oao alone tnis year has cast more Prohi-
biion votes tlan Neal Dow received for pres
ident in the whole nation.
WEST END CLUB.
The West End Reform cub meeting held
in Chestnut hail yesterday was opened by
R-v. DR.. Murch by reading the first Psalm
and prayer. The choir also sang two fine Sc
! loctOus.
DR.. Lyman w. Denton then read a paper
given elsewhere on tlc subject of Rights"
Following the doctor Mrs. A. ". Tying gave
! q very interesting talk on the subject of
''Home Protectiun.'' She believed every
woman had right to project her home
aud the precious children God had given her
from the curse of strong drink. The speaker
had once heard y young man speak of lis
first vote and confessed that it had been
given FOR prohibition, this she commended
AMI hoped hundreds OF young men might be-
! induced to cast their first ballot for prohibi-
ton this fall. She hal gone To hear the great
national singer, Phillip Phillips, last evening,
AMI after being delegated tn his mastery
! efforts Tor good in singing, was sadly disap-
! pointed At the c.usc of tie en-
terrain mont. The last pictures pre-
! Logan. This was shocking to her. The re-
! ligiOus standing OF either was unknown to
! her, but everybody she thought ought To
/ know of ST. John and Daniels as nigh
minded Christian and prohibition gentlemen
/ Therefore argued inst Phillips ought to
! have shown their pictures