The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-29
puBLrN,s ARCHBISHOP SPEAKS.

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DUBLIN's ARCHBISHOP SPEAKS.
This year occurs the centenary of the birth
Of Father Matthew, the great temperance !
advocate, and it is proposed to celebrate the
event by the erection Of statue in Dublin.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of that city, 3
in recent public address, warmly approved
the project, and added these significant re-
marks:
"But il the erection Of q statue In our
streets were to be the sole, or even the chie1
work of the coming celebration, ], for one
as have already publicly declared, shddU
have no part whatever in proceeding that
l could look upon only as piece Of childia1Na .
folly. Loud applause.] live are to have
statue erected in Father Matthew's honor, lef(
us first Of all, before the day on which that [
statue is to be unveiled, take what steps we
can to secure that it is not to confront US as
q standing reproach. A reproach it must be ;
II it Is to stand there amongst people who
have turned aside in indifference, il not In
contempt, from the path into which it was the
mission of his life to lead them. If we are to
have statue, as Of course we are, let us do
all that lies in our power to guard it from
the proclamation of looking down upon the =
drunkard reeling along tue street in which 1t
stands
LIQU0R-DRINKING IN THE CAPITOL. 'ss
1t is cause for regret that while, by reso-
prohibited in the restaurants Of the capitol at
Washington, beer is openly sold, and other
liquors may undoubtedly be had on call. 3
There is no "bar" in either, and 10 stand-up
drinking, but fermented liquors are freely
served at the tables The Washington Post
makes the statement that drinks are served
as openly in the House and Senate restaur-
ants as at any place in the city Of Washing
ton" This may be somewhat too unqualified,
but that much liquor is now sold in these, the
nations restaurants, there is no doubt
The Post afirms that this liquor-selling in =
the restaurants, as matter of fact, is really
for the convenience Of the drinking public,
and adds that: "The committee-rooms form
safe and convenient places in which to keep 4
and drink liquors. and there are dozens of
Senators and members who drink with some
degree of regularity who never have done so 4
in either the House or Senate restaurants,
but who invariably depend upon the private
resources of the committee-rooms. No one
but the members Of the committee and It's
employees have keys, and it is much more
satisfactory to take a quiet drink Of liquor
that one knows is good than to be jostled
about in crowded restaurants, where curious I
eyes are ready to report everything that they |
see to criticise in the conduct Of a pubi
ers among our honorable Senators and Repre-
sentatives, but it is feared that they are in
The Congressional Temperance
Society still has useful field Of labor with
the total-abstinence pledge, apart from all
matters Of legislation. Advocate.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
OF SIS recently distributed in an English
village in privately marked coins all but $20~I 4
were found the next day at the public
houses. =
In the new State of Washington the license
fee ranges from $3.50 to $1,000 year, and
yet the saloon is the most insolent Institution :
in the land.
Bishops and brewers, ministers and malt
sters, deacons and distillers, rectors and
rectifiers, must be separated and set against
one another. 81
1t is estimated that in ninety per cent. Of all
,ases coming before the Police Justices Of
New York city the fault may be traced to the
Use of intoxicauts.
The Cincinnati W. c. T. U. proposes to hang 4
hotels, depots and barber shops OF the city.
and to keep them supplied with temperance
literature.
The Rev. DR.. William Henry Furness says =
hat be is still smoking cigars daily at the
age Of eighty y-eight. BE says that instead Of
,ausing into1ication smoking takes the place
II drinking. ,
A correspondent wants to know whether :
brandy and wine are not useful for culinary
purposes. Well, they are certainly success
ul in Disgusting poor cooking; our advice to
housewives is, do not uss brandy and wine =
,ut learn to cook.-Voice.
Beer has become very popular beverage
n Japan. The importations from Germany
increased from $780, 699 bottles in 1886 to g.
Ol, ,227 bottles in 1885, but since then the i'm
orts have decreased, owing to the establish Y
1t of native breweries.
neme1 ading, Penn, prominent politician
has been sefhan Peltzer, who is q brewer,
mentor selling nqta thirty days impriso9.
bankrupt. The Court reSSunday, is now
and ms creditors have issued hls license
against his property. s'tions Z
Yard McAllister tells reporter that tbs>6
atempt OF the New York Police Commis. -
sinerS to prevent the serving of wine ~ hin
b ball would have been, il successful IA
low at republican institutions" It wa,
,alem Constable who warned a rebeiS
prisoner that he was shaking the Conn