St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-24
THE HAPPY pRoHrsITIONGsTS.
AsNeIther of the Others Rejoice. the
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AsNeirher of the Others Rejoice. the
Third Party Concludes TO do IL.
The Prohibition banquet and rally at Cur
tiss hall last evening was very enjoyable
affair. and was attended by about two hun
dred ladies and gentlemen both young and
old. The large hall had been conveniently
arranged for the occasion. and the tables
were laid out in handsome style
The repast was a dainty one, and
was well discussed by the large
number present. After supper was over
the president of the evening, 5. b. Will
Jams, called the meeting to order and intro
duced DR.. Benton, who read letter of re-
yret from ChildS the candidate for governor
on the Prohibition ticket, who stated that
ne was unable to be present. This letter
was all interesting one and dwelt mainly
upon the great gain in the temperance vote
throughout the state at the recent election.
The letter was received with frequent ap-
Dlause. The president then made short
address. in which he said as neither the
Democratic nor the Republican party had
done any rejoicing over the election 1t was
time for the ProhibitiOnists To do so, and
that was the reason the meeting had been
called The speaker said he was glad
10 see the AUulS luCu lohliiS obSu al
interest in the movement and was sure that
the time was coming when every young
man who had any respect for himself
would do all in his power to put the evil
down.
Rev. DR.. Chase was introduced. and said
he was glad to address the audience, as it
carried him back to the good old days lie
did not see. he said, how any sensible per-
son could call the Pr0hibitioniSts crankS.
bur as long as some people seemed pleased
to designate them as such. he was willing
to be called such. The speaker told how
he mad gone out with negro regiment
during the war, and had laughed at the OBJ
iections OF his family, who thought it I'M
worthy of him. This was the kind of a
crank he was. and he delighted in it.
Every man. DR.. Chase said. should vote for
+he man whom he believed TO be the best
man for the place. have not voted in
this CITY. because the man at the ballot box
has the right to drop the ballot in the box
fer me. No man on Gods earth has
the right to do this, and until
the thing is changed shall not
vote. A lot of statistics were then fired at
the audience and every one appeared to be
deeply interested III the hgures, which re-
lated TO the votes which had been cast by
PrnHlDlIlO1iSIS III JOeelo' hO ASuiOo
wore correct. the speaker said; it was true
the increase had been of slow growth, out
he was glad of that, for it indicated steady
growth. He held that the PrOhibtionists
now held the balance of power, and il
yvouId not be many years before il
1vonld be demonstrated in manner that
would carry CONSERVATION into the ranks OF
the other parties. The speaker closed by
stating that in his opinion the women OF
the land should have the right to vote. The
singing of the hymn Grown Him Lord OF
ALP, followed. after which W. NJ. Law
Tence was introduced. He said:
THE BEST SPEECH.
eve have made great gains in the past
few wears all over the United States, and
we are here for the purpose of rejoicing.
Now let us start in and raise purse OF
about 81 900 with which to pay our cam
naign expenses. This fell like a wei
blanket on the assembly, and Mr.. Lawrence
stamped. After short pause he had the
chairman put motion TO the effect that q
snpd be raised. 1t was seconded and car
-ied. Continuing, Mr.. Lawrence said thai
the bills and dues fer the county amounted
r. about S7e0 or $500. A paper was then
circulated for subscriptions of $50 each. and
Dr. Denton was the first gentleman to GENE
down With $50. A number OF others prom