Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-30
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

FAIR HAVEN NEWS. A Big Union Meeting in Behalf of the
 COnstitutlonal Amendmens-AnE Ear.
 nest and Convincing Address by Rev.
 MT. Grimng or meriden-Other Ad.
 dresses and Music-R eli Gious Services
 In the Churches.
 A large congregation assembled in the First church yesterday at p. m, the union service being conducted under the auspices of the local churches and the w. c. T.U. in behalf of the proposed constitutional amendment. Seated in the pulpit were Rev. Dr. Burdett Hart, Rev. A. Fl. Goodenough, Rev. MT. Phillips and also Rev. D. M. Grif6ng of Meriden. Mrs. William s. Green, presi- dent of the W.C.T.U., conducted the prelim- mary exercises. A quartette consisting of Frank Tompkins, Howard Baldwin. Mrs. T. R. Lawrence and Miss Palmer sang "Are you working in the garden of the LordW Mrs. Green then read from scripture and prayer was offered by Mrs. M. R. Thompson. J. P. Morrow sang the solo "So Near to she Kingdom"
 Rev. Dr. Hart in welcoming the audience said: 1T bid you welcome, people of every kind of thought, of every relation to each other in church and in society, because this :. the people. This amendment is to be decid- ed by votes, but back of the voters is the sentiment of the people, the prayers of many goodly women and the sympathy of Christ himself. Never before in tine history of our good old State was there such an opportunity to act for the good of the people and the glory of the State as there is at this time. It is an insult upon the people of Connecticut to say that the time has not come for this law, and we deny the charge that she cannot stand by this amendment for the good of her citizens. We say that such law can be en- forced. My only duty to-day is to introduce a man who has great zeal in this work, the Rev. MT. Grif6ng of Meriden.
 MT. Grifing spoke for nearly an hour with great earnestness and strong augmentation, and during his discourse, said:
 "The question of questions in this latter part of the nineteenth century is the liquor question. As our brother has said, we come together on uon-partisan basis. It matters not what our political preferences are; we can vote together for the amendment without injuring our party ties."
 "We have heard much said of the Mormon question, of civil service reform, the labo, question and the silver questions. We can say that all of these do not stand for a moment along with this iquo, question, which is universal question, af- fecting the whole country. We are com pelled to confront this question, this giant evil The people of Connecticut know of the
 monstrousness of this evil. It is not public sentiment that we lack so much as public courage. It has been compared many times with the slave traffic. The abrogation of the slave traffic was the greatest duty that this country ever performed, but this question did not begin to compare with the drink traffic, as there is very much more money al the back of the latter. This servitude to the appetite Is far more terrible than slavery
 In the bondage of slavery there was no bond age that fettered the soul, but in this rum traffic the soul Is indeed in bonds." "There are in this country 200, 900 saloons In New York city, it is said, there are 12, ,00( open and legalized saloons. If these saloons were placed in 8 row and twenty feet apart they would reach 371a miles. There are 5000 saloons in Massachusetts. We drink | up the aggregate wealth of our country every
 twenty-five years, or $2,000, ,000, 900 every
 year. While we spend $1 for our schools VI spend $20 for rum, and $150 for rum fol every dollar we spend for the gospel; ano
 where we spend $1 for the heathen we spend | $350 for rum There are 700, ,O00 drunkardi
 in this country, and 70, ,000 are going down te could not exist but for the home." If this monster Is not driven away before
 the close of this century fear that it will bt the overthrow of the country. would vote for the amendment even if liquor was to be | abolished as a medicine, because where il | serves one 1t kills hundred men. I get rad icsl and would like to see it entirely ban. ished. have wished some time that tho making of it might become one of the lost arts. The sciences and the arts would get along very we'll without spirits, and if wt should lose some of them 1t would be better than that we should lose so many of oul young men.
 Since our government sustains and upholde this traffic by law, must oppose this evil I would just as soon sell liquor as to vote fol it. Some have said that we should have as good liquors as were made in the old times. But they became intoxicated in those days. Some one has said of local option that at first it was too local and at the last it was too optional. And that is just so. Local option has been tried and found to be
 sslqrs This sonstitatjSpal end ese will be more difficult to smuggle liquors from one town to another. The time must come when we will have a national prohibition amendment. The failure of the amendment in Rhode Island was due to the fact that it was nearly surrounded by Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the liquor was smuggled into the little State. Prohibition does pro hibit."
 I have been told that MT. Tomlinson, of Kansas has been in your midst Now, they say he has been hired by the liquor men to run down the amendment and to show that 1t has been failure in Kansas"
 Mr. Griffng then read letter from the Governor of Kansas and from the State Jour- nal denying the assertion and adding that If the amendment were to be resubmitted it would be carried by 10000 majority. In closing, MT. Griniug said that he had more fears from the lethsrgy of the people on the amendment issue than all the powers of darkness. If all aroused themselves the amendment could be carried.
 Rev. MT. Phillips of the Ferry street church followed with some brief remarks and an- nounced that Q collection would be taken and that after deducting the expenses of the meeting the residue would be turned over to 0. E. Hart of the amendment committee. Dr. Jones sang the solo Somebody's Boy" and the benediction was then pronounced. At the Grand avenue Baptist church Rev. MT. Goodspeed of the university preached morning and evening, the pastor, Rev. E. c. Sage. filling the pulpit of the Baptist church at South Norwalk. The church has appoint. ed J. P. Merrow, o. J. Hull, Mrs. Emma Toronto, Mrs. John Santry and Miss Fannie Beebe delegates to the New Haven Baptist nesday and Thursday.
 Rev. A. H. Goodenough, of the East Pearl street M. E. church, exchanged with Rev. A. J. Smith of the Four Corners church in the morning. At the evening service MT. Goode- nough preached his third discourse on "The Pulpit and Pew," his theme being "Useful- ness vs. Uselsssness."
 Mrs. Derby, who resides at the corner of Clay and Shelter streets, died yesterday morn. ng after an illness of four months. She leaves a husband and son, Frank Burdick, about IS years of age.
 STATE COR OKKESPONDENCE. SOuthington.
 Sept. 29.-The Republican caucus will be held at Town hall, Tuesday evening, at 7:3( o'clock