Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-08
THE GOOD sAmARIrANs.

A Large Attendance at Carll's Opera
 HOuse-Address by Hon. Alexander
 TrOuP.
 There was very large attendance at Carll's Opera House last evening on the occasion of the Sunday meeting of the Good Samaritans. Not only the parquet and the parquet circle, but the galleries also were filled by an audi ence that seemed to take deep interest in with singing, followed with prayer by MT. J. H. Moore. President Luaington then made a ringing opening address, and in con- cluding introduced Hon. Alexander Troup as the speaker of the evening.
 In his opening remarks MT. Troup re- ferred to his early education of the impor- tsnce of total abstinence from the use of in toxicants as taught him by his mother and said the lessons of his youth had been of lasting benefit to him through life. For over a quarter of cen tury, said the speaker, have been total abstainer from all intoxicating drinks, but owing to the multitude of cares that have pressed upon me I have not given the sub ject of temperance that attention which l think it deserves. am not here tonight to wage war against the ruInseller, although l
 
 ness that only brings sorrow and misery to hundreds. I am here to- night to appeal to the rum thinker to renounce habit that has ruined it's tens of thousands and filled the world with misery and crime. The speaker then read at length from a book presented to him several years ago by the philanthropist Peter Cooper, and which con- tained the opinions of eminent English writers and others on the effects of alcohol upon the human system, the results which followed it's use among the laboring classes and the hereditary tendency of drunkenness. Proceeding, he said: I can recall to mind many men in the same business myself who have gone down to drunkards' graves and they knew that certain death would re- suit from their indulgence in strong drink, yet had not the will power sufficient to break away from the appetite that had taken such hold upon them. All of us agree that the use of intoxicants is curse to the human race I believe that in order to stem the tide of intemperance we must appeal to mans Letter reason; we must find out the drunk ard, appeal to his better nature and if possi- ble induce him to join organizations like this I desire to say that the work of tenn perance men and women of to-day points plainly to the fact that the temperance re- form movement is moving rapidly forward, and let us hope with lasting benefit to the country and the world at large. In passing the speaker paid handsome compliment to the effective temperance work of Rev. Father Cotter in this and other States. Con tinuing, he said: The work to be suc- cessful needs combined effort on the part of all classes interested in temperance reform. The temperance men must be aggressive. As Father Cotter said on this platform a few weeks ago, "you must conquer rum or it will conquer you" You may say, can drink or let it alone; yet no man ever became a l ro.l T ak o{a of career say the same. Referring to the Knights of Labor, the speaker said: Here are tens of thousands of workmen banded to- gether in this country and one strong plank in their platform is that rumseller shall belong to their organization, and this is one thing for this vast army of la bor to incorporate into their code this great principle. When laboring men take so important step this it should be great encouragement to the Good Samar1- tans and other temperance organizations; It shows that organized labor is awake to the fact that to succeed they must have clear heads and avoid the evil influences that fol low in the train of dram selling and dram drinking. I believe that, acting on this principle, they will do a great deal toward beneftting their condition. The good work is going for ward. The time is rapidly com ing when as you cut off the number of drink CTS the saloons will close and go out of bus- ness, for there will be nobody to buy their stuff. 1 wish you God speed in your good work and hope the time will speedily come when your members will be increased ten, yea an hundred fold, not only in New Haven, but in the State, throughout the country and the world.
 MT. Troup's address was listened to with deep attention and during it's delivery the speaker was frequently applauded as he was at it's close.
 The entertainment which followed consist ed of readings by MT. R. H. Kimball, of Bos- ton, song by MT. John F. Farley and accor- deon selections by Mir. A. Lubenow.