Evening journal., 1889-03-18
IAN ELOQUENT ADDRESS.
Mrs. Mary r. Lathrop, w. c. t. U.
Lecturer, Delivers a Prohibition Speech
in the Opera House.


Lecturer, Delivers Prohibition Speech
in the Opera House.
A temperance mass meeting was held
in the Opera House yesterday afternoon,
at which Mrs Mary T. Lathrop Of Jack
son, Michigan, made an eloquent address,
speaking for an hour and half.
The lower part of the Opera House
was well filed with ladies and gentle.
men, while Sunday school children just
from school occupied the balcony. Mem
bers Of the Young Mems Temperance
/ Union acted as ushers.
Miss Annie Semple, president OF the
local W. c. 4. u, occupied seat on the
stage with the following gentlemen. job
II. jackson, Alfred Gawthrop, George w.
Todd. Rev r. B. Cook, d. d., Rev. O.
G. Buddington. Rev Vaughn Collins
Rev. J. w. T. Boothe, d. D., George G.
Lobdell and W. c. Pawley. The choir OF
the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church oc
cupied the left of the stageand Furnished
music for the meeting.
At Miss Semples request DR.. Cook pre-
sided The meeting opened by the sing
ing Of w. G. H. u campaign hymn L
the tune of Hold the Fort. Rev. O
G Buddington offered prayer and Mrs
Lathrop was introduced by DR.. Cook
Mrs Lathrop is fine looking, we'll de
veloped woman, with thoughtful. intelli
gent and winning face. She spoke dis
tinctly, though in q somewhat high
pitched voice. Her delivery is rapid and
her points logically and well made She
was frequently interrupted by applause,
Large numbers of the audience annoyed
the speaker and those who were listening
by coming in late, and walking down
front with creaking shoes. Also by go.
ing out before the address was over,
creating much confusion
Mrs. Lathrop began by a logical, but
terse review Of the temperance question
in the past and present, leading up to the
reasons why it had come to the ballot
box She argued from moral laws and
the universal laws on which the Ameri-
can government is founded from the
ground Of laws applying to education and
other moral questions that were governed
by laws and from the laws regarding the
Sabbath which was a moral question.
that the temperance question, though
moral one, was one that came
under the realm Of politics. She argued
that moral agencies were not capable Of
~
which had otherwise kept pace with the
sweep Of civilization Of the past century,
had not kept pace with the sweep Of
civilization Of the past century, had not
made any change in the evils OF legal
lied liquor traffic.
She paid her compliments to DR.. How
ard Crosby, mildly satirized the singing
Of temperance Sunday school hymns and
the praying of temperance prayers in
revival meetings, when no practical work
was done. Speaking Of the connection
Of the ruling influence Of the saloons in
politics, she asked who elected the mayor
and Council of Wilmington The in
fiuence of .the church OF Of the saloong
Usually, said the speaker, when / visit a
town ! find that four or five saloon keep
ers elect the city government. She told
the story of an American citizen going TO
caucus and finding himself powerless.
for the caucus was either in q saloon or
the saloon in a caucus. At the polls the
citizen touches elbows with the saloon
keeper, who .made the nominations, and
both have the same ballot and are on the
same side.
Statistics, said Mrs. Lathrop show
that only tenth Of the young men Of
the city of Brooklyn, the city of churches,
attend church. And the open saloon and
the beer garden and the Sunday excur-
sions were to blame for it. Ii was the
same in other cities. The speaker as
serted that If any government entered
into a compromise with recognized evil,
50 soon Gods Tetribution comes. She
closed with touching story Of prison
experiences that brought tears to the
eyes Of many Of her audience.
After few remarks by w. c. Pawley.
a collection was taken up to defray the
expenses of the meeting. The meeting
was dismissed with the benediction by
Rev. Vaughn Collins.