Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-21

write, keep the subject agitated and before
their minds. lend our influence at every
Band OF Hope, juvenile temple or other or
ganixation for the young and where there
10 no organization, organize, persevere in
our attendance and help to keep the inter
est up. There will be many things to dis.
courage. many times We will be tempted to
quit trying.
Ny sister is there not a weak Band Of
Hope in your neighborhcod that you can
assist by your infue ce and sympathy, or
children that You can organize into a tenn
perance school, and do what yon can to-
ward the training of our coming voters.
Tor temperance and for prohibition? Let
US 90 what our hands find to do, with our
might; that at last it may be said of us.
she hath done whats she could"
THE LECTURE.
At the Gran Opera House last evening
Yrs. Clara B. Hoffman delivered a lecture
on temperance to quite a large audience
Nrs. Hoffman ia q lecturer who is earnest
IN the cause she advocates, and her dis
course was one which will long be remem.
ber,d bv tt e auditors.
Mrs.. Howey introduced Mrs. Hoffman,
the lecturer of the evening, who spike as
follows:
Moral forces are stronger than physical
forces. A physica forces change the farenf
nature, 20. in Il greater d-gree, !. oral fore. 8
change the face Of Government. On tn
question Of moral force the temperapc.
question a founded We appeal to the
letter AZURE If humanity, and the idea
advocat' d by the Women's Christian Tenn.
peranre Uni IN ia for the e'e alton of the
human race and for the advancement of
civilization. After this introduction, the
lecturer proceeded to.take up the question
s~ectionally. The first country treated
mot to Intoxicating b~everages) was Rus.
STA. On the LIST OF January. 1886. by
command of the Car, 80, OOo saloons were
closed in the Empire OF Russia, and a year.
~ license on saloons was imposed, equiva-
lent in our money to 1928.
Abo two months ago a temperance re-
form WAS inaugurated in Germany, and a
convention a held at which
l,SOD delegates were in attendance.
10 show that the Temperance movement
WAS o co... lined TO one section of Europe,
the lecturer lifted the instance of the King
and QUEEN OF Sweden issuing a proclama-
tim, not over six months ago. declaring
themselves total abstainers. Within the
short space Of time of the past eighteen
months one thousand saloons were closed
in Copenhagen by a mu icipal edict, the
reason assigned being that the saloons
WV otAAu "VAVA tVA
geruus to the commonwealth.
Last September an International Tenn
ance Convention was held at Belgium. and
the outcome was q declaration against in
temperance and in favor of a prohibition
reform.
The lecturer then made a comparison be-
tween the action OF the Government OF
Switzerland and that of the United States |
in the matter of the appointing Of a Com
mittee OF Inquiry. For thirteen years the
for the temperance cause in Swift |
had been laboring for such
a Committee. and two years ago
one was appointed by the Government.
report WIS a %refutation OF the;idea that
light wines n beer were not Intoxicating |
and would remote temperance.
In England moral suasion and phiIan.
ideas have done much to combat
the evils OF intemperance. Coffee houses in
instances have undermined the |
liquor traffic, and a Sunday law (which
C 'oses the saloons from Saturday evening
to Monday mrrning) has been put into
effect all over the Kingdom. with the ex-
OF tf'r e large cities. In every elec-
ton p avs a very important part.
As regards Canada the lecturer made a
very telling point. OF 159 counties and
cities, more than one-third
are under prohibition laws. Prince Ed.
Island il completely prohibition.
Ontario has thirty-eight counties and in
towns, t~hirty-two of which are
unGer prohibition.
To com. to our own cOu try. the lee
ur-r dwelt at some length IN the advance
m mt OF the te up rance movement with,
ur h"rders, citing tn. or, at adva, ce
made in Rhode Island. Washington
Territory, Georgia, and the -tates and
and closing with a comparison
between the temperance movement in
and America. According to the
lecturers statement, the United Sta es
leads in the pronunciation Of pr ,hibit"ry
The lady closed by stating that
has been serding to this country
the very scum OF it's population, and they
are the people who p%atronize and make
The saloon is not an American
Tomorrow evening Mrs. Hoffman. will
preach on The subject of Party Worship"
Ind will give a dissertation on the relation
,eId by the two principal political parties
20 the temperance movement.
The following gentlemen were in atten1-
ance iy invitation: M. John B. Knight.
Agent of the American Tract Society; Rev.
W. &. Shippen; M. P. Supple, President OF
The Y NJ C.. A.. of Butte; Rev. G. c. Frost,
Mr.. E. Sharpe. Of Helena.