The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-30

wn-anlcu. Vuou,ng, nnany, an utterance
from the bishops address of the Metho-
dist church, just promulgated by the
Episcopal bench, he forced it's logic home
with unsparing power. until men and wo-
men were seen literally to cringe beneath
1t. ut cannot be legalized without sin. y
So say those bishops, of the liquor traffic.
And, If this be true, DR.. Leonard declared,
then the members of legislature who
vote to legalize it are sinners; then the
members of party which elects these
Legislators and proposes this legislation
are sinners. And the audience shundered
its Endorsement of this terrible truth. If
certain anti-saloon Republicans did not go
home uncomfortable after Dr. Leonard's
pitiless scourging of the position they all
occupy toward license and license party
there Is no conscience in anti saloon Re-
publicanism.
Rev. DR.. J. w. Hamilton followed
Leonard. He is Boston man, of great
popular gifts, pastor of the Peoples
church. Our Massachusetts committee
offered him $4,000 year to serve as their
state organizer, but he declined. He pre-
fers not to mix up much in active politics,
"but if this be a political meeting" he
said, II shall be in more Of them" His
speech was strong and pungent.
DR.. Creighton, president of the Metho-
dist college at Lincoln, Neb., was little
slow in warming to the task Of following
two such men as Leonard and Hamilton,
but he rose finely to 1t at length, and
made some ringing utterances. He could,
and did, speak from the standpoint of a
former high license Republican,, and his
condemnation of high license, in the state
where it was begotten and has had trial
longest, was very scathing. He pro-
nounced it fraud and farce, help to
the liquor traffic and a bar to prohibi-
ton.
Professor Dickie had cor'lial greeting,
and made capital speech Of twenty min
utes, showing clearly why the Republican
party cannot settle this problem. He
bears himself with dignity and poise
which, conjoined with his gift of strong
chosen chairman of our national executive
and proud of our choice.
When Dickie ceased there went up one
mighty shout for "Fiskp' DR.. Satterlee
was yet to speak, as per programme, and
it was now II o'clock. But the crowd
would not wait further formal proceeding,
and at last the general left his box and
came round upon the stage. Cries of
"Fiskp were still incessant and deafen-
ing, and when he walked forward the
ovation grew tremendous. From parquet
to dome handkerchiefs were floating, hats
and umbrellas waving, and men and
women standing erect, voicing their well
come till it seemed as if all the thunders
of Niagara were focused there. Yes, it
was magnificent His speech was not
long, but Characteristic. He congratulated
us all and the cause. He begged that in
the one issue of prohibition we would sink
all minor matters of difference or concern,
and the crowd cheered him again and
again as he took his seat.
Then they insisted on more music, for
the Silver Lake quartet had stirred
everybody with several songs, and the
young Crystal Stream quartet had sung
charmingly as well. The Silver Lakes
once more they would have, and yet again,
but that Mr.. Mead said DR. Satterlee must
be heard, for their own sakes And so it
wore on toward midnight, with the audi
ence greedily wanting yet more speech
and song. They would have stayed longer
still had not Dr. Satterlee refused to de-
tain them further, and at 1870 the Dox-
ology was sung, and the greatest Prohi-
bition meeting ever known in New York
came to a glorious end. doubt if any
other party ever matched it in this city,
where so many wonderful meetings have
occurred. The tide is rising in our great
metropolis, thank Godl
A. A. HOPKINS.
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