St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-29
MET IN SOCIAL SESSION.
Congregationalists Hold Their Monthly
Meeting at Merriam Park, and
RESOLVE AGAINST SALOONS.
Gen. Nettleton Scores the Prohibition
-292 ists---Dr. Sam Smith Proposed
M as a Member.

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The members of the Co ngregationa
Club OF Minnesota were entertained
last evening by the ladies of the
Congregational Ladies' Aid Society of
OliVet church, at the residence of Mrs.
G. d. Brooks, Merriam Park. AT an
carly hour there sat about the sumpt-
ously spread tables $50 of the leading
Gongregationalists of st. Paul, Mime
apoliS and the state at large. The
tables were prettily decorated with
flowers, each table being dressed.
in seme particular color of platewarel
They were eight in number and filled
five of the large rooms on the main floor.
The green table was presided over by
Mrs. c. D. f. Brooks, assisted by Mrs.
Fargo, Mrs. Daegneau and Miss Jessie
StebbinS. Mrs. Brown had in charge
the table trimmed in dark red, as
sisted by MeSdames Dow, ingalls, and
Crosby. over the flower table was Mrs.
Collins, assisted by Mrs. Cunningham,
Mrs. Crosby and Miss May Clark.
Mesdames Lockwood, YerXa, Graham
and StOnaker looked after the eating
capacities of those at the table trimmed
in light red; and over the pink presided
Mrs. ~; TrumbulI, assisted by Mrs.
George W. Martin, Mrs. Pitts and Miss
Flora Trumbull. At the blue table
were Mesdames Parker, Dockery and
Misses b. Clark and Ella Fargo.
Miss Keyes, of Winona, was sole guar
dian of the table of white plate. After
ample justice had been done this most
pleasant part of the programme the
aSsemblage was called to order.
The first order of the evening was the
acceptance of new members, of whom
there were five. They were John
NJ. Boxwell, of Pacific church.
st. Paul: t. d. Merwin, of Park church,
st. Paul; Rev. s. G. Dickinson, of Fifth
Avenue church, Minneapolis, and Rev.
r. P. Woodbury., d. d., and Albian
Miller, both of Second church, Min
neapolis. Among the names announced
to be voted upon at the next meeting of
the club was that OF Rev. S. q. Smith,
of the Peoples church, st. Paul. The
subject of ,t-
THE EVENINGS DISCUSSION
was announced to be the ''Saloon in
Politics." and Judge Burr, of st. Paul,
was called for a few statistics regarding
the liquor traffic. He placed the num-
ber of retail liquor dealers i'll the coun-
try at 1SS, JOY, and wholesale at 4. 4.241.
He also stated that the use
of fermented liquors in the last lime
years had increased 100 per cent. 1.-The
Relation of the Saloon to Politics" was
the subject of an essay read by H. S.
Griggs, of st. Paul. 1t was statement
of the saloons power, and especially a
history of the Brewers association,
which he thought had strengthened the
saloon element four-fold. Capt. j.
n. Cross, of Minneapolis, read a
paper. In the course of his re-
marks he said there were two
factions in the temperance party, one
advocating the potent influence of
moral suaSion, the other the reclaiming
power of prohibitory law, and he
Thought that the masses had always
been i'll favor of all laws of restrictive
and repreSSive character instead of
prohibitory. The Germans, he said,
left the Republican party on account of
its restrictive laws, but he believed that
in a few years they will be educated up
to that point where they will stand by
the Republican party with all its
restrictive measures. Gen. A. b. Net
tleton scored the Prohibitionists. The
aim of the party, he considered, was to
force choice between free rum or
norie, and that it considered even local
option invalid.
Remarks were made by Profs. Curtiss
and Scott, of the Chicago Theological
seminary.
TIE RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were read
and adopted:
Resolved, That the Congregational
Club of Minnesota assembled at Mer-
riam Park, May 2S, 1888, respectfully
and urgently request the Minnesota
delegates to the approaching national
Republican convention to use their best
efforts to secure action by that conven-
ton which, without cowardce and with
out ambiguity, shall be satisfactory to
the mass of anti-SalOOn voters in this
country"
In conclusion a vote of thanks was
rendered the ladies of Merriam Park for
the entertainment. The officers of the
Ladies' Aid which did the entertaining
are: President, Mrs. A. J. Turnbull;
vice president, Mrs. G. G.. Brown; sec
ond vice president, Rev. Mrs. Macy;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. G. ID.
Parker; directors, MeSdameS Collins,
Fargo, Stebbins, Anna Martin, ,Stonakey
and Mckay. The reception committee
of the evening was Judge Bun, Mrs.
Newton, Mr.. and Mrs. Macy.
THESE WERE PRESENT.
Some of those present from Merriam
Park were Mr.. and Mrs. La Sheur, Mr..
dlll MIS-. w. MI. anu MIS-.
Charles A. Pitts, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. 2.
Lockwood, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Gresham,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Brown, Mrs. Crosby,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f. Collins, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. j. Clark, Misses Clark, Mrs.
Jerxa, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Murray, Mr.
and Mrs. Mckay, Mr.. and Mrs. Dr..
Daigrean, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. l.. Kings
bury, Misses Carrie and Lizzie ~Keyes,
| Flora Trumbulla, Ella Fargo and Steb-
bins.
From st. Anthony Park were Mr..
and Mrs. r. V. Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
II. Gambler and Miss Cooper.
There were present from st. Paul
Prof. c. B. Gilbert and wife, c. w.
Prof. f. S. Taylor, Charles II. Worthen
and wife, Rev. Norman Seaver, d. D.,
Rush B. Wheeler and wife, E. ID. Par
ker. G. G. Cowie, T. E. Helmick, G. w.
Clark, George B. Woodward, Ii. S.
Griggs and Mrs. c. w. Griggs, Rev. H.
| III. Hart, George S. Bret, Evan Williams
and wife and J. F. Jackson.
| From Minneapolis there were: a. B.
| Nettleton, j. n. Cross, Dexter Thurber
and wife, Rev. E. S. Williams and wife,
K. B. Finley and wife, j. Z. Bell, G. a.
Wheaton and wife, Franklin Lyon and
wife, E.. j. Brown, NJ. D., George F.
| wage, charles IL. DauSer. rev. y. r.
Thwing, Charles ii. Woods and wife, C.
e. Young, w. III. Norris, Harlan p.
Roberts. Jared Braggs and wife, o. S.
| Chapman and wife, J. Crays and wife,
F. S. Sheppard, o. j. Griffett and wife,
Prof. E. d. Holmes, L. g. Mcmillan, r.
d. Russell and wife. F. B. Hart and
wife, E. A. Pratt, l.. W. Campbell and
wife, J. A. Crosby and wife, II. II.
Leavitt and c. ii. Pratt.
Rev. C. E. Wright, of Austin; Profs.
| Curtiss and Scott, of the Chicago Theo-
logical seminary, were guests of the
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