Daily Republican., 1886-03-29
THIRD EDITION.


The Institute Hail xaeterday after
noon contained an intsllteent and re-
spectful audience, though IL was mot
crowded. As it was announced thai
an experience meeting was to 90 hello
and no speaker was 70 occupy more than
Ave minutes, no regular speakers were
present BY invitation, but any and
eyegybody who felt like Il went on y 90
as-yon-picase style. John W. Todd and
several young ladies gave excellent
music at short intervals during the
meeting. President Hodson led on by
n few well-timed remarks. and asked
everybody to attend the opening OF the
Red Ribbon Temperance Associations
rooms over Crosby 8 Hills store next Ut
Saturday evening, from 7.30 TO ~
O'Clock. He promised that there would
be somsthing good to eat and drins
upon that occasion and he also an
nouneed that the Sunday meeting here
after would be held in ahose rooms.
Thomas Worrilow followed In lively
experience. He said he had been
pledged mau for fifty years, and that
being o carpenter and contractor DC
would mot work In q liquor saloon, moi
allow q man who worked for him to
work in one.
A gentleman unknown TO the most In
the audience, bnt evidently . practical
speaker went into q minute logical ar
sument on the physical causes Of In,
temperance, and Was much surprises
when At the end OF hve minutes I'M
George h. Hartman also seeuou W 70
Ret,that Ave minutes experience meeting
only were In order as he came TO th
front with handful Of manuscript. ID
read and commented on about tw,
pages when time was called and Mr.. II
retired with handful Of unread manu-
script.
The next speaker was Rev. William
l.. White, who made an eloquent AM
impassioned appeal for christian peopl
to unite to put down the evils OF ID
tenperance. Much enthusiasm wa
created by Mr.. Whites address, an,
his sentences were loudly applauded
He could have occupied fifteen minute
without being In any danger of havin
time called on him.
Rev. w. II. Mullin also made q
earnest address In favor OF politica
action and q third party. He bad com
out from the Republican party to sta
ont. and he was In favor OF building u
a party that would give what both th
old parties had refused.
John @. Otto, quite young maj
told OF the progress he had made
temperance sentiment.
He started as suasionist, but |
was now q pronounced Prohibttiont
and ready TO 90 a. far rs any to p'
down intemperaDce. When one
young as he could 60 30 far, he tbougl
those two or three times as old ought
be ashamed for not having made mo
advance.
A, j, Dolbow told In . demonstr
tive manner how he had once been u
slave of rum, but how he had Doen r
deemed from that slavery and made
free man by being thoroughly CONVEX
ed and redeemed through Jesus Chrii
Pointing 70 his red ribbon on bis COS
he said he had put 1t in the most 90
spicuous place, where II could be SEX
by every body, and they could say
"See, there goes one OF them fellers
John White told how he came TO Ii
city seventeen years ago. and went
work In the rolling mill, in which
still works. He spent all his eveuin
and spare time in the saloons and
gambling, until he was convicted OF
and got cow erted, and the template
49, was now all gone. He had been
strong Republican, but was one
more. He voted for John z. BIT. JIG
tor President, and he would do thes So
thing again.
President Hodson again reminded
audience OF next Saturday nights
ception in the rooms OF the Red Ribl
Association, and the Sunday meetil
hereafter in these rooms, after VIII
the audience WAS dismissed by
nounciDg the benediction.