The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19
TWENTlETH ANNIVERSARY.

unto them" ELIZABETH
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
National Temperance SOclety-lnterest'
Ing Annual Report
The National Temperance Society
celebrated its twentieth anniversary a,
the Broadway Tabernacle, on Tuesday
evening, General Clinton q. Fiske pre-
siding. A large assembly filled the
Tabernacle. and the meeting was one
of the most enthusiastic and inspiring
that the society has held for years.
Mr.. j. N. Stearns, Secretary, read
the annual report, Ut which the follow
ing Is an abstract:
Much effective work has been done
to promote the more thorough enforce.
ment of restrictive and prohib.tory
laws. Three addit 'onal State Legs
latures Oregon. Rhode Island and
Trnnessee) have voted to submit Pro-
hibitory Constitutional amendments ia
the people. More fully than ever be.
fore the suppression of the liquor
traffic has coIne to be recognized as IN
of the foremost issues in local. State
and National politics.
Nearly every Legislature ir the Ma
ton VIII oh has been in session during
the year has agitated the liquor ques-
ton. Bills Of every variety have beer
presentation constitut Onal prohibi.
ton. local opticn, local prohibition,
scientific temperance, high license, pro.
hibition, an,i-treatin@, as well as fol
amendments to existing laws-alm ,st
without number. The liquor intere,,
has been strongly Represented at every
cap tai to secure license Tor their luSl.
ness with few restrictions, and TO OPP
pose all legislation which interferes with
their traffic. so far as heard from nc
adverse legislation has been consum-
mated. The United States Senate again
passed the bill 10 provide for a Nation
al Comm .s>ion of Inquiry concerning
the alcoholic liquor traffic. Tie House
of Representatives passed a bill in
creasing the Ii norlicensc fees in the
District of Columbia The distillers and
whisky spectators secured from the
late Secretary Of the Treasury a ruling
in their special interest, the practical
effect of which was TO extend the bond
ed whisky period for seven months-an
extension which the previous Sec
rotary of the Treasury and Con-
gress had declined to authorize.
To evade the payment of the
already overdue reyenue tax. whisky
has to some extent been Withdrawn and
shipped to foreign ports, and returned
and placed on the market IA imported
whisky. The present Secretary of the
Urea ury has thwarted this speculative
scheme by directing that the customs
officials shall turn Oyer TO the Internal
Revenue officers all such re-impOrted
whisky for the collection of the in.
ternal-reverue tax. Thus in various
ways the liquor question. in its national
as at, assumes steadily increasing
prominence and importance.
During the year the receipts from
memberships and donations have been
ST. 095. 81; sgacies. 81. 8 81; invested
funds, $l,5ln.67. making q total of
81, S97. O5. The total missionary work
of the society has been over $1,000.
During the past year there have been
published 1872 new publications. six of
which have been bound volumes for
Sabbath-school libraries, IL pamphlets
and ITO tracts. lesson leaves and mis-
~cellaneous publications..
William d. Porter. Esq. treasurer. re-
ported the entire rece pts of the year to
be 500. 2lS. IL: total expenses S60. 2sa-
"a. Cash on hand Nav I. 1856. $50. Ga.
Effective addre sses were delivered BY
Rev. Drs. 7. 1. Cuyler. of Brooklyn.
aud Daniel Dorchester. Of Msssachu-
sets. and Rev. &. H. Mead. of Hornells-
vile. n. Y, special missionary OF the
so iety among the freedmen of the
South. Among the resolutions adopted
was the following:
Resolved. That We came<;iy urge all Tom
Perancc organizations throughout our own
country and In other lands To unite in the
month Of September next IN celcbrati ons 70
iitly commemorate the completion OF tue ttrst
century nj the TEN. grange reform. rs ifsau.
gurated by the pioneer aabor> and the hister c
essay bv nr. Benjamin Rush, Of Philadelphia:
An Inquiry into the Elects OF Ardent Spir e.
upon the human Body md Mind" mrs, ps6-
llshed IN lsSA
The following were elected officers for
the ensuing year: Prcsident. I'll Cuyiec:
II. D.. New York: Corresponding aud
Recording Secretary. J. n. Stearns;
William IL P0rter.-N. l.
Observer.