The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-03
M Getting of Maryland Temperance
Alliance.

Tue Ola flTSL NJ. T.. CnQrcn CnarIes
and Fayette streets Baltimore. On
the rear gallery were the large letters
The Saloon Must Co." Mr.. Joshua
Levering presided. Rev. W. G.. Her.
bert, of High Street M. E. Church,
was secretary. In the chancel sat
Mr.. William Daniel, Rev w. T. D.
GLENN, and the Robinson family
The Robinson family furnished
music. Mrs. Minnie Mosher Jack.
son acclaimed "The Rebel YELL" and
answered hearty encore with "The
Maiden's No."
Mr.. Edwin Higgins, president OF
the Maryland Temperance Alliance,
opened the meeting and said: "We
determined to celebrate the centen-
NAL of the Inauguration of our first
president. 1t is meet and right to
do SO, for, as Washington represent
ed great interests, we are here to-
night epresenting great principle
upon which depends much of our
country's future prosperity"
NOT CRUSHED BY DEFEAT,
He then introduced Mr.. Eugene
Leyering as presiding officer. On
taking the chair. he said:
"We are here with bright hopes of
the future. On all hands we find
temperance discussed. 1t is the
one thing that worries our lowest
politicians and that agitatcs the
minds of our great statesmen. It
agltates all our religious bodies.
The agitation goes on in every, form
and we know that agitation means
education. The American mind
will grasp 1t. Though some say we
have been beaten, and others say
there is no use continuing the fight,
and that they see only defeat in
Massachusetts, and other places, yet
those who know think these are only
steppingstones to victory. APP
plause. Wasit mere coincidence
that our people at once on defeat go
again before the legislature of Mass
achusetts demanding new laws?
This means that we feel that these
defeats only show TO US our weak
points and prepare US for final victory
This concerns the body and soul
life present and life eternal-and
must succeed. We need not speak
of mere temperance, for even the
liquor men recognise that. Secre-
tary Window said this was an ire
pressible conflict. The county can.
NOT survive halftemperance and hall
liquor. [Applause. Canon WILDER.
force says drunkenness is the cause
of more deaths than all the woes of
the world. My friends. we must co
operate with all our bands. If for
local option, we must try for that; il
for state prohi bltion, we must unit e
for that. If all the friends of tempe
rance would only unite, we would
see greater results and achieveme u is
in the coming century than in the
past. Then we will see this worse
than slavery destroyed, and our
country will go forward on its grand
course of empire"
Joshua L. B. Baily of Philadelphia
addressed the meeting in strong
speech In the course of his remarks
Mr., Baily said,
Much is said about high license in
Pennsylvania. Let me say there is
no high license there. The highest
license is $500 and that is not a
high price to pay for making beast
of a man. The title of the Brooks
is ga law to regulate and restrict the
| liquor interest" That law was pre-.
pared by Prohibitionists to restrict,
because they were anxious to try the
experiment But what is the result
in Pennsylvania? In forty counties
there are saloons; in fifteen counties
no saloons; in seven counties it is
partially prohibited and in only two
counties is the traffic preoeptibly re-
duced. In Philadelphia and Allegh-
eny it has been reduced to some ex-
tent, In Philadelphia it has been
restricted by GOd-fearing judges.
In fifteen counties the trade has in
creased, and also the number of
saloons under high license, because
of the character OF the judges, while
in five counties the judges prohit it
altogether.
The second days meeting of the
Alliance was addressed by several
eminent temperance orators, among
the number, Col. Balm of Kentucky.
PROHIBITION IN MARYLAND.
President Edwin Higgins read
his annual address, in which he said:
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