Telegram-herald., 1889-10-16

Does the cause OF temperance pros
per? The answer to that question could
have been found in the immense crowd
that filled the rooms of the Good
Templars' Hall last night and filled
the hallway leaGiug to it; even the
ante rooms were crowded to overflow
ing. The crowd was estimated at from
500 to 6OO
The opening ode of the order was
sung TO open the meeting, anda prayer
was offered followed by a song from
the choir. During the song the classes
of MesdameS Gray and Green wood en-
tered and marched through the center
of the room bearing large letters spell
ING the words Juvenile Temple"
Rev. J. W. Reid was introduced and
spoke as follows:
"Mr. Chiet Templar and Friends
Certainly it is a very graceful duty that
is given me tonight. 1t IS not q task.
1t is indeed hard to tell when the
pleasure ends and the task begins. /
never find it a task to welcome the
friends | love. Some times there Is
work about the house to be done to
make the guest welcome, but the house
wife Is the one who must do the work.
Now | am chosen to stand at the front
door and say come in, but | have no
part of the work. | am to stand up
here and say pretty things to you"
He spoke of the different things of
which he was proud in the city. Among
them was the police force, because Cf
Their handsome appearance, not Tor
chosen for their intelligence. "Then,'
SAID he, "we have got as nice(?) saloons
as there are IN the State, but you do not
see many drunken men on the street
the police put them IN the cooler. The
man who sells him the liquor keep open
after hours. That's what makes the
policemen such good fellows.
Continuing, Mr.. Reid kept the au-
dionce cOnvulsed over MS witty and
satirical speeches for some time, and
then passed To more serious manner,
and MS speech closed with spirited
and earnest temperance lecture. lie
sad that ii he should die me would not
rest easy IN his grave until Michigan
has purchased herself Oi the curse of
licensed crime. He hoped the day wa
not far distant when the women viii
say 10y their vote that the saloon must
60.
Mrs. J. c. Stone, Of Cleveland, re-
spOnded saying that those who well
coined the visitors 10 their homes were
doing right for the visitors are the
friend OF the home and the enemy of
the saloon. The present assembly was
bat a small part of the great army of
temperance which now j. zoo, 900
strong. Tins ARMY can be seen march
ing down the Now England hills and
the mountains Of the Net. and from
one end of the une to ;ae other
YOU can hear the battle cry. 'nO
compromise with the saloon. love
tine independent order of Good tcm-
p.ar., as love ail temperance orgsm-
zatous, hut love Good Icup'ary be
cause l- was the first order % call n the
aid Ot women.
"Erery branch of trade. the grocer,
t1o dry goods merchant. tho hardware
merchant the boot and shoe merchant.
tha livery mon. viii hc benefit q hv
tins meeting. but thc rumWce viii
not Boz one cent the richer tor .t Tins
temperance cause wll march o. victory
Through thc order of prohibition and
stand over tHe grave of King Alcohol.
The Jgvoula Irmpin exrrcses cpu.
sisted 10 tun members of tle tto
clls-es -tauaur ou tne stage wItl Ter b.
Above Their shoulder. arranged so fHat
they Spoiled tho words "JutDnl. Tonne
ple.' Then each memh.r r.Dtr1 a
worse beginning w.ih tHe ietfar tHtt De-
clrued
These cxcrc.srf w0re followed hg "a
violin .a.Y nF ST so Minnie lDe fnd "