The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-09
before the students of the college on
Monday afternoon of this week.
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Monday afternoon of this week.
Agencies Juggeries," Etc.
BY the decision of the attorney genera
of Ohio, wherein he has decided thai
brewers and distillers may establish
agencies to sell spirituous and NAL
liquors in quantities of one gallon OF
more, the prohibition feature of the Dow
law is made, in manner, Intellectual and
nugatory. AS soon as a town has voted
the saloons out of existence the brewers
and distillers appoint the saloonists theil
agents, and the ealoonists have the brew
ers and distillers to stand by them AND
defend them against law suits and have
less responsibility than before. Thus
fire-w water" does its deadly work, in
spite of the law, as certainly as though il
were retailed to be drank on the prem.
ises. In Garrettsville three saloons were
voted out by large majority, and in q
few days all we're running as agencies
and apparently doing thriving business,
there being a great demand for jugs.
And since the Scott law repealed the
clause of 1854, which provided that
"iquors are not to be drank on the
premises where sold," and as this has not
been re-enacted, there is no law in Ohio
to prevent one from buying his gallon P"
and drinking and treating his friends on
the premises where he bought it; but
even if he has any doubt of this he has
only to start a saloon outside of the cor
poration, as is done in Cortland, CARROTS
vile and elsewhere, or take his jug of
liquor to some vacant lot or alley and call
around him his friends and "treat
them. We had large hope for the sue
cess of this feature OF the law and regret
that there are SO many loopholes for
liquor dealers to escape.
Anti-slavery Days.
In these times of widespread agitation
over the evils of the drink traffic we see
many things to remind us of the stirring
times of thirty years ago. The conduct
of those who upheld slavery is being re-
enacted to-day by the supporters of the
dramshop. The spirit manifested in their
efforts to "protect their business " has
the same bitter flavor as that shown by
the pro slavery partisans. But now, as
then, their methods are extreme and are
SO base and unworthy as not only to fail
to secure protection to their nefarious
business, but, instead, arouse public sem
timent against them. Among these ex-
IRENE measures are hanging and burning
in effigy of ministers of the gospel and
other good men, as in Xenia, o., on a re-
cent date; boycotting those who make or
enforce the laws against their evil doings;
assassination, as in the case of the Rev.
Mr.. Haddock, of Iowa, and in threaten
ing with death all who take an active part
in temperance work, as was done in let
ter from the saloonists of Chicago to Mr..
Davenport, chairman Of temperance
committee of Cook county. We have been
led into this train Of thought by the an
nouncement that national convention of
liquor dealers has been called to meet in
Chicago on October is, "to repel accusa-
sentiment hostile to the whisky trade +"
What! are these men SO blind as to think
for moment such thing possible? If
SO, they know not the temper of the
American people; they are not students
of history, and if they were born much
before our late civil war they have failed
to learn one of its most obvious and i'm
portant lessons; namely, how to read the
signs of the times. What check the
growth of public sentiment hostile to the
liquor tradel A man might as well place
himself in the way of a cyclone with the
hope of checking its onward course; or
try to stop the onward sweep of the
waters of Niagara, as to try to +" check f"
this steady and certain ou-sweeping tide
which we believe is destined, not many
years hence, TO sweep this vile business
into the oblivion it deserves.
INDIANA. = Oakland A series of
meetings closed on the Both OF Ssptem-
Der, continuing for one week, resulting
in the accession OF ten members to the
Oakland church. The congregations we're
large and deep interest was manifested.
We have fine brick church here but the
friends are somewhat scattered.
MICHIGAN Rev. w. w. ClaytOn's
address is 303 Second Street, Detroit. Br.
Clayton writes that he has settled in that
city to be more central to his work for
the year to come. His parishes are
Lyons, o., and Blenheim and Olinda, Ont.
At the former two places he breaches two
Sundays each month alternately, and at
the latter the fifth Sunday, when it occurs,
and on week evenings. He reports that
in these fields there is much interest man.
Tested by the good attendance and the
readiness of support. Br. Clayton fur
Their adds: "Since quitting at Toledo last
spring, have preached every Sunday except
one, and many times week evenings, mostly
where our faith is not established, and some
times in orthodox pulpits. At Defiance, o.,
a friendly Baptist minister brought to the
hall where spoke, about dozen of his flock,
and most heartily led the singing. The Pres
byterian minister invited me both to speak