Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-19

REPRESENTATIVES, BRECKENRIDGE AND GREEN
HALGE AND Mr.. @. KENNEDY.
Several hundred people were treated last
night at the special services held at All Souls
Church to exceedingly eloquent speeches in
behalf OF the efforts that are being made by
the Washington Humane Society. Commits
siOner Douglass in his capacity as chairman OF
the meeting, was quite happy in his selection OF
the few words that he had occasion to say. The
Commissioner. after music had been rendered
by the choir and DIR. ShIppen had opened the
services with prayer. took for his theme
cruelty to animals and the means to prevent it,
and expressed his hearty sympathy with any
such movement. The meeting had been called,
he said. in order to promote the objects of a
good organization and TO bring to light the
moral. entlmental and practical necessities of
such works tie well remembered the pioneer
OF the movement III this city, famous Mr..
Gatchell. who fought the good tight for several
years single handed, and he told how
that energetic gentleman once rushed from
q barber shop with his face half lath-
cred III order to stop brutal driver who was
trying to make his horse go up steep hill
with heavy load The frequent prosecutions
that are one of the results OF the organization
OF the society bringing the horse owners
TO their senses. and some of the new corners
ia town who did not know the laws are getting
the hang of the school house very well. as he
used to say when a boy. He described in
painful detail the operation known as dock
ing horses. and said he hoped that the pro-
hiOitOry provision that has Just been struck out
OF a bill now before Congress wOnld be REIN
serted. He then introduced the first speaker
MIR. Brecklnridge of Kentucky. which state he
added, has achieved the reputation OF having
the finest horses III the country simply because
the folks there know how TO use such a noble
animal
Mr.. BRECKISRIDGE's FIRST ARGUMENT
was that in the midst of all of our civilization,
the best work toward keeping society what it
should be comes from the volunteer associations
that are to be found on all sides He said we are
trying to work out the problem of diyorcing
church from state, OF giving everybody civil
liberty, 50 that each can educate himself to the
highest possible development. and the aues-
ton, amid all this effort. IS how far voluntary
action can take the place of statutory and gov
ernmental duty and power. He appeared be-
fore his auditors IN behalf of the good cause of
the society, actuated not so much bv the par
tcular objects of the association as by the
general object tina. all such institutions have
of lettering the elements of humanity within
our breasts. As we develop III this life of
progress we produce ameIrically opposite
tendencies. each growing from the struggle for
bread, but as civilization increases we become
better. and we are growing better all the time
We should see to 1t that we exert the powers
Sven W uS " dlur N0eTt we can. the un-
fortunate ones that are driven to the
wall IN the struggle-tO alleviate suffering
Wherever We find II. This country has ALWAYS
found remedy for every difficulty that has
arisen, even though 1t was slow in developing
Itself, II has always come, and il has been the
right thing. The one great remedy for a good
many OF the evils that beset society Is to found i'll
THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATIONS
1t does not come from legislation, or
Statutes, or police officers. or the courts, al
though each Of these has its proper place and
function. but all are given their vitality by the
Will OF the people that things shall be run on a
+aIr and humane basis. They are supported bv
these associations, formed of good men and
women. who give their time. talents and
money to that end. All sorts of fields are oc-
cupled by these organizations. based ON the
best OF motives, to help one another; there are
religious associations, such as the Young Mems
Association. Masonic bodies and like societies
Old peoples homes. asylums for the dumb the
deaf. the blind the insane Wherever sorrow
II seen the volunteer association comes to al
leylate II as far as possible. There IS a practi-
eel side IN all this. as well a purely senti-
mental one, and II Is this that appeals most
strongly TO the people who are to be convinced
OF the need of such bodies. In the transporta-
tion OF our food. while 1t is in the form Of liv-
Ing animals, there IS a constant danger to the
health OF US and our families which NAV have
Its termination IN the box car III which the
animal Is transported from the far west to the
butcher at some obscure station on a distant
railroad. The kinder we are to the animals
the better they are. the better work they can
do the cheaper that work is IN its final cost
and the less the burden upon the community
On this ground of economy civilization might
De defined as the simple saving OF little things
by lettering humanity.
on The SUBJECT OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
the speaker said he hardly knew what 10 say
Tor the arguments were SO plain that they
appealed directly to every true mans heart
without utterance. He thanked God that he
had the good fortune to be born and TO grow
up IN a region where he learned TO love ALI
nature and to feel that all nature was his COM
panlOn. He spoke OF his father a stern man al
Tines, and one whom even men feared TO
approach IN some of his moods. but whose stem
IN the barn yard was welcomed by every beast
and bIrd IN II, because they knew that he loved
them and fed them. He mentioned other men
OF an earlier time, whom he could lust remern-
Der. who lived IN the days when their homes
were IN danger OF savage raids, who ALWAYS had
faithful! friends 10 follow them around friends
NltsOut the power of speech, but with hearts
and with a sense OF gratitude. We do not know
what connection there ID between US and the
lower orders. Ii Is not revealed To us what
mysterious power it is that brought all the
beasts and birds and other creatures 10 Noah
and their salvation. but we do know that any
hlgher emotion IN us that makes us fee! for
anybody or anything reacts Oh Us within our
breasts 10 make US better
CURIOUS THING.
"lt Is curious thing" Mr. Breckinridre
vent on to say, THAT the Lord generally gives
The most money to those who need il the least
10 one man he gives a fortune and no children
while 10 another he gives a large family and no
means. These two men should iOin issues 10
coinoine the children with the means of edu-
eating them, so that the world nav be made
Richer a man OF this sort with lots of money
endowed a scholarship In Harvard College and
another, without the money, bcgat "a son who
tOos That scholarship and graduated a great
preacher The souls saved by the preacher
were the joint product of the man who gave
us son 10 the world and the man who gave the
education to the son.
hAFhAsESIAIlEE GHEENHALGE REFERS TO THE
SCENE IN THE HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT
After another song by the choir the chair
man introduced Representative Greenhalge of
Massachusetts. where they have he said the
pest humane laws IN the country. Mr. Green
haIge put his audience into very good humor
a. once by referring IN neat manner to the
stormy debate in the House Of the night he
fore. He asked, mentioning the eloouent
speaker who had preceded him: Where have
seen HIM before! Ii seems to me that have
seen HIM lately, but it was not at a meeting of
a dumb animals society. / wish to goodness
mat II had been. am better tonight than
was last night, and SO Mr. Breckinrldge L. COR
rect IN what he says about our progress. But
why do politicians take any interest in humane
movements for the benefit of the dumb animal1
They have no votes and, n rule, the taIker
speaks out OF his own district. 1t seems to me
mat there must be some thing behind the move
Elent mat appeals TO the heart of q man or