Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-26
MURPHY AGAINST IT.
The Temperance Apostle Says Pro-
hibition Will Not Prohibit.
HE WOULD TEST HIGH LICENSE.
Thousands of Pledge Signers Secured by
Him in Indianapolis.
HE VISITED THE PRESIDENT-ELECT

Francis Murphy, the well-known temper
ance apostle, arrived home last night from
Indianapolis. He has been in the Hoosier
State since December l, preaching his
gospel of "With malice toward none, with
charity for ALL" He spent three weeks at
Indianapolis, where he secured $500 pledge
signers. In ten days work at Connersville
he secured 1000 converts. In 13 days at
Terre-H -Haute he pinned the blue ribbon on
5000 people, and secured ], 500 in Aurora.
While he was eating his supper at the
station last night DISPATCH reporter
tried to make Mr.. Murphy express himself
on the temperance issue before the people,
viz: The Constitutional amendment for
prohibition. Mr.. Murphy was averse to
saying anything at all on the matter, fear
ing that the Prohibitionists would think he
was antagonizing them. Upon solicitation,
however, he said:
Prohibition will not prohibit, and the history
of the States where it has been tried will bear
me out in saying so. You cannot legislate
whisky out of this country or any other coun-
try. You cannot vote it out of this State or
any other great Commonwealth having the
large population in it's cities and the Industries
Pennsylvania has
notice the women won't have anything to
do with anything that is not absolute prohibi-
ton.
A WHOLESOME ALTERNATIVE.
If this whole effort is being made to get the
people converted from the evil of drinking
whisky by shutting it off from everybody was
turned into healthy public sentiment to sus-
tain the Brooks law, there would be no need of
prohibitory laws.
hoped the true friends Of temperance would
have been willing to have gwen the Brooks
law fair trial before making any new depar-
ture. The law has been the means of educat-
ing the people in the matter OF the liquor
traffic. The courts have literally interpreted
the law and the people were beginning to find
out something about what law could do in
prohibiting them from the evils attending
its use.
We have only had this law one year. 1t has
reduced the number of saloons more than one
half in that time. This is cause for great
thankfulness to every friend of humanity. l
would now ask that we faithfully enforce this
law, that we may see what it can do and what
it cannot do. The great need of the hour is
not more law, but more of Christ and his blessed
gospel of peace on earth, good will to men,.
While at Indianapolis l called on President
elect Harrison. He is sincere man and one
who will do his own thinking and won't allow
any other person (not not even Jim Blaine) to
do his thinking for him.
Mr.. Murphy is a strong personal friend
of John Wanamaker, and was in Indian
apolis when the Quaker City clothier called
on the President-elect Wednesday. The
temperance apostle would not say ''yes" or
"no'' when asked if W anamaker would be
a member
OF HARRIsoN's CABINET,
but from his manner it would be supposed
that he thinks the city OF ''brotherly love"
will not be honored in this respect. Mr..
Murphy leaves this afternoon for Youngs-
town where he speaks tomorrow.
A number of saloonkeepers in the vicin-
ity of the Union station were called upon
by John Martin yesterday. They were
asked to fill in blank on which were
printed number of questions About what
the former business of the signer was.
What kind of beer they keep. How many
meals per day sold since May 1, 1888. Mr..
Martin told number of people he was
deputized by the court to have the blanks
filled in and signed. He secured very few
signers yesterday.
The first temperance meeting of a series |
under the auspices of the Good Templars,
Sons of Temperance and the Murphy Gospel |
Union will be held tomorrow night in the |
Avery M. E. Church, colored, corner of |
Avery and North streets, Allegheny.
Ten speakers have been assigned to a |
district in the State in the interest of tenn. |
perance work, and each in turn will be
called in to take charge of the meetings
here. DR.. Cole, of Wisconsin, will conduct |
the exercises tomorrow evening.