Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-26
A KANSAS BUZZSAW.
Dr.. Geo. P. Hays Makes Sawdust Fly
in a Warm Prohibition Speech
AT A GATHERING OF REFORMERS.
he Thinks Judge White Has the Qualities
to Make Good Sawyer.
ARBITRATION As A REMEDY FOR WAR

The first paper read before the National
Reform Association yesterday morning was
entitled: ''The Romish Assault on the
Common Schools" Rev. D. McFail took
this subject, and made an attack on the
Catholic Church and its rulers, and claimed
that they were the only enemies the public
school system had.
Rev. S. L. Baldwin. Secretary of the NJ.
E. Missionary Society of New York, spoke
on the 'Chinese Question" He said there
should be no Chinese question, no Irish
question, no German, but only American
questions. The only reason why we have
this Chinese question is that other classes
of immigrants want to run this country.
All the Chinese who emigrate go through
Hong Kong, which is not Chinese port.
but British port, and when they 60 on a
vessel they are asked if they 60 of their
own accord. Consequently the charge that
Chinese slaves come is false. The speaker
then proceeded to argue the immigration
question, denouncing the exclusion laws in
unmeasured terms.
The afternoon session was presided over
BY Mrs. Smith, President of the W. G. T. U.
Exercises were opened with prayer by Rev.
DR.. Robinson, after which Rev. George P.
Hays, OF Kansas City, was introduced.
ABOUT THE BUzz-sAw.
He said that the title of his address would
be "Does the Buzz-ssw Saw" The speaker
said:
was somewhat grieved this morning when
the subject of my address was made known.
There we're some in the audience who laughed,
and yet these same people will sit and listen TO
3 discussion of the question Does Prohibition
Prohibit?' 1 want to tell you that a buzz-saw
that can saw through Kansas City and the en-
tire State will saw, and what is more saw it
saw. There is one man in particular out in
Kansas, that know of, who is satisfied that
buzz-saw saws, and saws most effectually. That
man is studying out the problem in Jail, be-
cause he thought it did not saw.
They are now discussing the question if a
man can be made moral by law. l have here
petition signed by S75 inmates of the Kansas
Penitentiary, who tell me that law will make
man moral; they tell me that they haven't even
had drink Of liquor in some years. and one of
them told me that he thought it would be
good thing to put the liquor in the penitentiary
and let them out No sober, sensible resident
of Kansas will deny that prohibition does pro-
hibit
The buzz-saw has recently been at work here
in your License Court and while there was con-
siderable hazzing there was not quite enough
saving. You now have SO men who have been
duly investigated by the law and have been
found to be good, moral citizens who are to dis
pense poison to the multitude. Now, do you
think that the physicians of this city will be
worked TO death taking care of the people made
sick because of the want of LIQUOR in a less
number of saloons? Out in Kansas we are
thinking of licensing the thieves; they are to
found to be men of good moral character who
will only rob men who have the money to
spare.
GOOD LAWYERS NEEDED.
II seems to me that if had children on the
bad road it would not matter to me if they
went to the devil through a man whom
court said was of good moral character. tell
you that you make a mistake when you sup
pose that high license will clean out the dives
They are the ones that can pay for a high
license; the saloon is only used as place to
beguile the unwary.
want to tell you that if a man gets drink
in Kansas he must be up in the art, and pro-
hibition is the only device i have ever seen
that makes the saloon keeper stop selling to
man who has got enough. He has to do it as
he must protect himself, for il the man gets
drunk he will likely tell where he got his
drink and that is he kind OF selling that does
not make new drunkards. Out in Kansas City
recently there was a meeting of treeholders,
and they suggest that a license be placed at
$500, one-half of which was to go for the con-
sVTucuon of a sewer. Now, 1 think that is
about the proper place for it-in a sewer, and
eXhoru the State of Pennsylvania TO go into
the wholesale sewer business and build one
that will extend out into the sea and take with
it this traffic.
Now want to tell you that buzz saw will
not saw without sawyer, aud YOU people
must be the sawyers. and must keep that saw
saving. The work will cost money; it cost us
lots of it out in Kansas. 1 can take YOU TO
temperance homes, and they will tell YOU that
1t was made SO over the bier and corpse of a
victim Of this terrible curse. Go in and work
and if you don't WIN this time, then at it again
for another campaign.
Rev. George K. Norris. of PHILADELPHIA. was
the next speaker. He said: If prohibition is
defeated in this State it will be by the stay-at-
home vote of these godly, Christian people who
think the question does not concern them. The
liquor traffic is like rock in the sea. against
which the waves of righteousness are dashing
with little eject, caused so by the lstlessness
of these good deacons, elders and people of the
church. l tell you the people who are the
meanest and most contemplate are sometimes
the louoest shouters at the prayer meetings.
An earthquake would be good thing for about
six-tenths of the population of Pennsylvania at
present
AN EMINENT DIVINE.
In the evening officers were elected as
follows:
Hon. Felix R. Brunot, President; Rev. r. /
George, Recording Secretary: Rev. T. P. Ste
venson, Corresponding Secretary; Rev. Prof
d. d. McAllister, Treasurer.
The same list of Vice Presidents as last
year was continued, with the addition of the
Rev. / n. Hays, of Pittsburg, to the list
from Pennsylvania.
The Rev. DR.. Herrick johnson, of Chica-
60, was the first speaker. He confessed
surprise at the downfall received by prohi-
bition in Massachusetts, and expressed fears
as to the results in Pennsylvania. The
papers, he claimed, have not given the pro-
hibition question any hearing; have never
dieoreSnd II a If ShOnld he fla =
that the masses are still uneducated as to
the true principles of the matter. He re-
ferred to the assertion that prohibition is an
uuwarrantable invasion of human rights.
beyond the power of legislation. and claimed
that Government is impossible without
large surrender of personal liberty. A man
could build house, he said, but he could
not burn it. he could buy a gun, but could
not shoot it off at his pleasure. DR.. John
son derided the cry OF personal liberty
The Rev. DR.. Arthur T. Pierson, of Phil
adelphia, read lengthy paper, reviewing
the history of foreign nations and showing
the bearings of the liquor traffic on them
and their prosperity under a moral
government, and downfall under bad
laws compared. In conclusion DIR.
Pierson showed what q vast difference there
was between a good and moral gov
ernment and an immoral and vicious one,
in the affects on the people of the nation.
At the end of Dr. Persons address a
number of resolutions were read and
adopted. One was with reference to peace
and arbitration, favoring the latter plan in
stead Of war.
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