The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-01
!; HIGH; LICENSE.
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Eloquent Addresses Delivered In Favor

Eloquent Addresses Delivered In Favor
= =: :. .. of the Moyenn ent.! -
: La conseauence:of the gathering clouds
tile :attendanee at the meeting Of tile High
License Associations at Metrop6litan Hail
was%not as large last nishta as its projectors
had hoped for, but: it was, nevertheless,
representative Of !. The intelligence and worth
Of hecomm Anity.atf nd madenp iii entlitsi-
assn. What attacked a numbers. .:,~:: - -
=. Slertly after S.o'clech the stage was taken
psssessian.of by the leaders in. the agitation,
among whom Were::z Joseph g. Eastland,
+ Rev. Father .MentgeRlery,:. Rev: :: James
MGedw0rth. Oliver Eldfihge, Charles ASH
ton, A. S. Halladif, Rev. AlexanderJ. Kerr;
tCharles. As, Mursloeh Martin 4. Roberts Dr.,
Michael Flood. George A. MoDre, Reuben
Tucker:and Rev. j. Sanders Reed. -*::
f: After Pfofesser. Wilnet, the blind OF
gaiist, had entertained the audience with n
voluntary which was. heartily applaLdfyd,
and Miss Gertrude Aud had rendered the
e:.Bird.. Song With iIliIlitable grace; and ex-
preston; iJeseph e.: Esstland rapped the
meeting. to- order: : He congratulated The
assetnblage ON the good start wtficlr the
High: license movement had already made,
spekeof the success lad MET within East
eln. cities, and to his query Wight could not
be successful here; answered that il would
/ be3sllccessfulif the:eft{zen3 of San Francisco
.haYenet lost their VIM: and he did not think.
fatlley had. IL 4. -:
+: .Rer Alexander J, Kerr was introduced
as the first speaker and in the course OF a
Logical acknowledgements that the working
.Ina,ltana his family were the chief Sufferers
:fFoln the wonderful growth of the: liquor
traffic, that contrary tg tire usual opinl6p it
WAS not the werkingnhau WHO Sought flre
lia1tor-sb but the Shop whJ. sought him.
. The statistics of the licensing boqrd were
:rited and. the eHillence gained in week
through the business ceilters of San Fran
cisco; Vi as: pip iIp.ed in support of tue theory,
aud twas elearlys hown:that saloons sought
/ the:neigh Borhood Of Tie ztoilers, who: oily
fell dUwn before temptation .beea,lseit was.
ma fes0: efstfding and SO convenient. =:
|: Tie speaker :descrihed four classes of
saloons, tie . Nab9b.s Tor higl:t0iieti, high
prical drinking EST Adjustment, the common
E$beer: and whit ky saloon, the. corner grocery
and the Tow theatef or dive saloon. The;
effects Of each: were wildly described, and
|: The cause Of 70 per cent of the misery and
Ecfinle, in the city traced directly to, intem-
+ nerahcc.. r he reverend gentleman laid par
:tleular stress upGn the abuse OF the ficfnS-
ing law by the authorities by citing it as a
Fact that ih*Seyeral; OF: the houses of pros
titltiotr in tbs city, where the vilest pfac-
/ tics; are encouraged, regularly conducted
f:falopns carry on business under the protec-
|: tiUn of those same license laws. Ii "a high
I LICENSE 1aw*ls put in force. here il: Will re-
|; meVe Inany:of tile objectionable features of
the traffic It. will not accomplish every
|: ltll1p, tHdb tttltFtIbBCt dSSOCiutIoll -W0uIu
like to see, but3it VIII decrease the tenipta-
| ,ian aud produce a1cQrresponding decrease
in crime and pauperism. He appealed to
the audience to help tile association by sign
ing the roll and give weight to the move
lnent by helping to form. public opinion ON
| the subject. !. i: IS; r.;
| !: A.; S: Hallidie substantiated Rev.. Mr.
+ :Kerr's statistics from: his personal :observa-
tiqr;in different parts. of the city and especi-
|: ally in the neiglborhood of his factory He
| was surprised thai citizens: stand by SUI
pinely and. make mo effort to control the
tTafic. They, are much to: blame for not
| doin;s so, as there isnQ doubt of The result
if they. VIII make :a.nIiited effort 10 secure
! high license. : r., ;; -
+ Charles A. Mnrdoek touched upon the
religious side of tile question and called upon
|: his hearers TO cUniniserate with the:drank-
ard instead of loathing him. He made. COM
parisens between prohibition and high
i license: and gave his. adhesion to The latter
because: it is. in. his opinion. more practi-
cable. iProhibftory laws don't prohibit, he
| said, and he proved his. statement: by a
| fact which came under his notice in Iowa.
where tourist who only desired an inno-
cent glass Of beer could not obtain it on ac-
count Of the Drohibltory laws in force, but