The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-06-07
Another Remarkable Gathering.

On Saturday night last the Academy OF
Music, Philadelphia, was again packed to
listen to Miss Frances L. Willard, Walter
Thomas Mills and General Fisk. Miss
Willard, although weary from continuous
labor, delivered a most forcible and sug-
gestiye address. Among other good things
she said thai can never be morally and
legally right which is physically wrong.
The government gives tariff for protection;
patent laws for inventors; animals, fish
and oysters are proteeted-why not give
us protection at the most vital point? If
a distcmper were let loose on colts and
calves there would be special laws to pro-
tect. Sehade, the brewers attorney, rings
the changes in the vested interests OF the
brewers. What about the vested interests
of the home? Motherhoods vested inter-
ests are their Sons The three sworn enc
mics to the home arc the saloon, he gam
bling hell and the brothel. The saloon is
the purveyor of every evil. The organs oil
the liquor men unite in saying that if they
can carry Pennsylvania, the backbone of
prohibition is broken. Concerning the
popular clamor for personal liberty, Miss
Willard said: We're an attempt to erect
a glue factory, tannery or slaughter house
made adjoining your residence, you would
soon interfere. Worse than a glue fac
tory, more damaging than the shambles,
is the saloon in juxtaposition to the home.
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and down. Speaking Of the saloon, Miss
Willard said it was IA form of invest
ment," not a wealth producer. The
friends of temperance should advocate
that which liquor men like least, that
which will hurt most.
Walter Thomas Mills was the next
speaker. From beginning to end his adj
dress literally bristled with points DEM
onstrating that his popular title, .'the
little giant of Chicago" was well earned.
Among other good things he said that pop
ular government is possible only SO long
as intelligence and virtue prevail. Refer
ring to the present conc ition of many of
our large cities, he claimed that popular
government has been largely surrendered
to the vicious classes. The voice of vice,
not the voice of intelligence, and because
of this these centres of population have
become plague spots in the body polite.
If cities cannot govern themselves all the
more are they unfit to govern the country.
Referring to the popular objection that
prohibition interferes with a mans hab-
it's. Mr.. Mills said (by way Of illustration)
that a man did not start a butcher shop
because it was his habit. Selling whisky
Is not a habit, but a business. Law does
interfere with a mans business. The law
says no man can be a druggist or a physi-
clan without certain prescribed prepara-
ton. No nam can engage in lottery,
counterfeit, or receive stolen goods. A
business injuring society has no place in
the markets OF this country. Every place
the saloon touches it blots. Replying
still further to the cant that prohibition
interfered with personal liberty, the speak
er said it did not interfere with a man
running Il grog shop i'll his stomach, pro-
VlucU He Sdl1eu INC CoilScib vi tHc pSSAO-
tary of the interior. One must get into
the public market in order TO run a saloon,
and prohibition proposes driving the
| saloon out Of the market. They say we
propose making men sober by law. Stop
making them drunk by law and they will
sober up all right. In Kansas the issue
was a clean one between the saloon and
prohibition. Ia every State where this
was the case the amendment prevailed.
1t failed so soon rs it was between prohi-
bition and high license.
Gen. Fisk followed Mr.. Mills, but owing
to the late hour his speech was a short one
long enough, however, to repudiatc the
ealumny that his attachment to prohibit
ton was weakening. The above is an
outline of a wonderfully enthusiastic
gathering in the interest of the amend
ment. MRS. FANNIE IL. CARR.