Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-24

Good Templars Celebrate the Twenty-dfth
Birthday of the Order.

Good Templars Celebrate the Twenty fifth
birthday Of the Order.
The Good Templars of the District are now
| engaged in celebrating the silver wedding Of
their organization, starting the proceeding last
night by meeting at the Metropolitan ME-
Church. over which Rev. DR.. Corey presided
He, as one Of the order, preached a strong SER
mon on the evils Of intemperance and Of the
| liquor traffic, before one Of the largest audi-
ences he has ever faced. He briefly reviewed
the history of the order and then launched
forth on the topics of his discourse. His plat
| form in reference to the District was thus ex-
pressed:
IF were President-and I wish were
there should not be a licensed saloon in the
District of Columbia. No monarch in Europe
has q more absolute power than the President
so far as the government of this District is con-
| cerned. Ii were in his place would appoint
| three Commissioners who would never grant a
| single license' but. moreover" said he. Il
would furnish them an army, to sleep on its
arms if necessary. to maintain their position.
The saloon must go or the republic win die
Last year. he went on to say. the Commits
sioners promised that they would issue but 400
licenses. but by the end of the year 1870
saloons had been authorized to carry on BUSH
ness. He thought that the trouble lay in the
absence OF an adequate law.
ToN1GHr's EXERCISES
Tonight there will be public demonstration
in celebration Of the anniversary in the form
of meeting at Congregational Church at 7:3O
o'clock. The officers of the Grand Lodges of
Eirginia and Maryland and representatives
from other Jurisdictions will be in attendance.
After short speeches by the visitors Dr.. Oron-
hyatekha Of Toronto, right worthy grand con-
sui of the order in America, the highest officer
now i'll the country. will make an address, fol-
lowed by Miss Bessie Starr Keefer, also of To-
ronto. A short program of exercises by the
juvenile lodges Of the District will form y part
Of the entertainment. DR.. Bischoff will pre-
side ut the organ.
RECEPTION AND BANQUET.
Tomorrow evening the order of Veteran
Good Tcmplars of the District will give a re-
ception and banquet at the Kenmore House,
on North Capitol street. to the visiting Good
Templars, beginning at o'clock. The vet
eran order is composed of all Good Templars
who have been in the organization for ten years
or more. Wednesday evening the celebration
will be closed with the annual meeting of the
Grand Lodge of the District at Good Templar
Hall, corner Of AZ street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, starting ut O'Clock. The session will
not be public, but will be open to all Of the
visiting Good Templars who may happen to be
in the city. The officers will make their an
nual reports and their successors for the ell
suing year will be chosen. A program has been
arranged for the entertainment of the visitors.
The present officers are as follows: A. kalstrOm.
grand chief templar; J. Van Week, counsellor;
Miss Carrie Sherwood graitd vice templar; r.
G. Spurgeon grand secretary; MIS-. L. 4. Cham
bers grand treasurer.