Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-29
SENATOR COLoUITTs TALK.
He Tells the Story of the Temperance
Victory ln the Gate City,

FFo" ne EtttL0e I1htd Efests
United states Senate: A. H. COlquitt,
from Georgia, also Ex-Governor Of that
state, was the orator in the spring Gar
den Methodist Episcopal church, at
/ Twentieth and Spring Garden streets,
Monday night. 1t was the occasion Of
the First Young Woman's Christian
Temperance Unions litu anniversary,
and 1000 had assembled 70 hear GeOrgia's
representative tell tine story of the tenn
peTance victory In Atlanta
Senator COlquitt interests YOU at first
Glance, because he reminds one OF the
three biz men, Secretary BataTd, Frank
lin B. GoWen and Henry W ard Beecher,
and he looks more like one taan the other.
one Of the ladies OF the union pre- aced the
Introduction of the orator by saying that
pdror for boys had been established at
iJt North Broad street, and that when it
pcued on saturday evening 100 young
sters were present. Fne senator arose
and preluded his speech by a humorous
lecture on the depreciation Of boys. he
said
Anybody can love girls, but boys are
generally despised. "The Lord deliver us
from boys!' In big depot saw TWO
signs, "Geutlemen's Saloon" Ladies'
saloon" Girls ran in and out OF the
ladies saloon. On the outside Of the gen.
;!emens saloon was the sign, mo Boys
Allowed" | am glad to see that the
young ladies are becoming Interested in
the boys.
am not here to deliver an address. l
hope You won't expect il. | bow to the
authority OF woman. came a her bid
ding and she chose my subject.
The people of Atlanta are very proud of
their city. 1t is not near as big as Phila-
delpbia. but they think it is. The anti
prOhibitionlsts SAID prohibition will do
very well in villages, but in a big city,
never That question was met with the
answer, "lnasmuch as no other city by
vote Of her citizens has put down liquor,
now is the time for Atlanta to distinguish
herself'
The liquor men said: "Are you going
to destroy commerce. trade, business and
everything else mat makes a citv|' We
answered God help US, It our great
houses are to be founded on the skulls OF
the damned and lost" They said: "Christ
made wine at the wedding feast ana
drank it, Let me tell you what is in
our fine old wines with French labels on
them that come from the back rooms of
American grog shops. They contain pow
dered marble, sulphuric acid, blood salt
and something called turn SOUL Did
Christ ever make wine OF that? Blood
ant turn soul, what a significant COM
position.
Inc nght IN Atlanta was made by every
minister with one exception, and hun
dreds of upright young men who organ
iZed and gave the matter their energies.
he temperance people Wore the blue
Dladge and the Anti-prOhiOitiOnist the
red, on which was the word Liberty"
They put them on everybody, negroes in
particular. One old darkey woman was
asked what Liberty" meant on her
badge, and she replied NO Icker." 1t
was great tight, and on election dav ey-
cry church was open, and people went to
them from the polls and prayed. We said
to the tavern keepers. NO, sir; you can't
sell it to my boy" But back of ali our
work was more potent influence, that
of woman.
When the Senator concluded he said
Il would ike every one here VINO has the
cause at heart TO rise" Everybody arose,
and the meeting ended with the doXolo-
~. Nearly every body shook hands with
Senator Colquitt, and he said something
different to everyone who spoke to him.
To reporter he said he would hurry back
to Washington this morning to be pres
ent at the reassembling of the Senate.