The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-30

following were the important committees APP
pointed:
Fiuance-Jennings. Michigan; Brooks. New York;
Plan of Work-Clew, Minnesota; White, Nebraska;
Hale, Indiana.
ana. and Shaw. Of Illinois. were appointed q COM
mittse to devise means Of securing membership
In college clubs. The meeting then adjourned
until 2 O'CLOCK in the afternoon.
At that hour there was another small crowd
in attendance. Mr.. jennings, of Michigan,
called the meeting to order in the absence of
DIR. Mills A report from the COMMITTEES on
credentials was read, stating that
thirty-nine colleges and academies and
thirteen States were represented IN
being sc. The committee on permanent organ
iZatlon then reported the following officers:
PRESIDENT, b. l.. Smith, Of Ohio; first vice presi-
dent. ID. s. Shaw. Of Michigan; second vice.
O.S Hiebel, Of Ohio.
MIR. Smith not being in the hall at the time Of
the report there was considerable delay in find
ing him. When he arrived, however, he made
q hign-soundine speech magnifying the work OF
the Prohibitionists and predicting q great fut-
ure for the party. The chairman Of the COM
mittee on finance reported that.the gross re-
ceipts for the year had been $3.50,
while the expenses were Sl,35333-
showing q considerable deficit. to meet which the
tC1n ~ LCJOLuLncuQcu bndL AL
bership fee of S. and an assessment of 81 on
each member be charged during the coming
year. This report was adopted For . few
moments the audience was entertained by re-
ports from the various colleges. after which the
oratorical contest-the event OF the afternoon
took place.
The audience had at this time increased con-
siderably, and there was a good deal of interest
manifested. The following were the speakers:
Frederick r. Clew. Carleton Colleges. Minnesota;
II M Var XIII MI ITpfnn Cof1aOa Iowa. Vim
F. McCarty. Albion College. Michigan; w. M.
Grafton. Wooster University, Ohio; w. p.
White. Monmouth College. Illinois; Wymond j..
Beckett, DePauw University, Indiana.
Mr.. Clew, first on the programme, said that
he came from a land of high license. but that
prohibition was extending over the State.
Young men are taking charge of the temperance
movement. which augured success for it. A
number of instances were cited where young
men had figured prominently and effectively In
politics. The advisability of organizing a third
party was discussed, the speaker concluding
that it was the only means OF dealing with pro-
hibitiou. He closed with a tribute to the pio-
neers in the temperance cause. which was re-
ceived by the audience with applause.
S. W. Van Kirk, of Mount Union College,
followed with an address on The Greatest Po-
litical Epoch" He said that God ruled the
world for his own good aud would not allow
man to interfere with Him. To protect the
home against the saloon was, in his judgement.
the chief political Issue of the day. All efforts
to bind the North and South together had proved
a failure, and it was reserved for the Prohibition
party to accomplish that work. He maintained
that prohibition was a political question and
must be pushed into the domain Of politics and
that wonaH's suffrage must be q potent element
in it's solution. This declaration was received
with great applause by the audience. In con-
clusion he drew a gorgeous picture of what
would result from prohibition, which the au-
dience received with the customary appreciation.
William p. Mccarthy, of Albion College,
Michigan, the next speaker. said that the Prohi-
bitionists were assembled as q political party,
and that they had q right 10 exist as such He
discussed the grounds On which parties had ex-
listed in the past and upon which they exitte to-
day, den0uncing the Democrats party IS the
friend OF the saloon. and the Republican for
keeping alive war issues. Prohibition was con-
stitutional, he insisted, as we'll as expedient.
The speaker also favored woman suffrage as
tending to assist IN the suppression of the liquor
traffic. He drew the usual picture Of the suffer
ing caused by Intoxicating drinks and declared
that all other questions now before the public
were nothing when compared with the suppress
sion Of the rum traffic.
W.. z. White, of Monmouth College, Illinois,
told his hearers that q monstrous evil was grow
ing in the land causing all the misery and all the
crime that cursed the fair country. Self
preservation demanded that this evil shall be
voted out, not by the politician but by the edu-
Gated citizen; not by moral suasion but by po-
litical action-by votes. The triumph of the
thlrd-partym movement must be wrought by the
educated and Christian citizen.
W. j. Beckett, of DePauw University, stated
that q party was a group of men organized
around some idea and seeking to realize it in
laws. When it accomplished this end. If il did
not take mp some new idea it was like the body
of an animal from which life had departed.
Both the old parties. he asserted. were in this
defunct condition. He declared that their &C.
tivity was only q race for spoils.
w. M. Grafton. representing Wooster Uni
versity, OF Ohio, recounted the evils OF Anarchy,
socialism and the labor conflict All these, he
insisted, sprung from the saloon-the most cor
rupting force in American society. These evils.
unless checked. would send the Nation to de-
struction. The third party was organized to
eradicate these evils by eradicating the saloon.
1t was Christianity to the rescue acting through
. third party.
The judges awarded the prize to Mr.. Nc
Carthy. The contest between the winner and
Mr.. Beckett. of DePauw. was very close. and
the audience were about evenly divided between
them.