Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-25

Past Grand Templar Whitney was introduced
and made brief address. in which he said that
while the order has only ZOO active members
in the District there are 5000 who have been
members, and of whom the larger majority
still keep their pledge Of total abstinence. He
said that they had come together to confront
the greatest evil Of the century and were
ready to fight a good fight in a good cause
The order Of Good Templars was founded forty
years ago in New York, and now it has spread
over the whole world with over GOO 600 adult
members and 100000 in the Juvenile branch
The ritual Is read in twelve different languages
The society takes women into full membership
and gives them equal rights with men, and Is
the only organization Of the sort that does this
Lincoln and Farragut belonged to it and to no
other civic society. 1t stood upon platform
that could not be more radical nor could it be
more conservative 1t was the leader of the
temperance movement. the great grandfather
OF the Womans Christian Temperance Union,
for it was the father of bio Lewis. rs he was
the father OF the crusade that gave birth TO the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The
order was moving ever onward to q grand vic
tory. and he prophesied that the time is not
far distant when q nation will be born in day.
Prof. Solomon Brown. an elderly colOred
man. the grand templar Of the junior lodge of
the District, was called upon, but said that his
cent for him to dare to take up much time and
he would prefer to sit down and listen to the
honored speakers Of the evening.
MR.. MORLING OF MARYLAND SPEAKS
Mr.. kaistrOm read q letter Of congratulatiOn
from Mr.. B. F. Parker, the right worthy grand
secretary, and this was followed by q pleasant
speech from Mr.. Morling, grand templar of the
Grand Lodge of Maryland. He paid glowing
tribute to the flag that floats DER the free and
the brave, but said that the people were neither
free nor brave. for they were the slaves to rum
l.a
they were not free, for they had not the cour-
age to rise up and break the bonds that bind
them, and he could only hope that when the
order celebrated its golden anniversary in this
city 1t would be under the flag of the free
when there would be no rum in the country.
REV. MR.. VANCE BIDS THEM aOD-sPEED.
Rev. ]. l. Vance, young minister from vir-
ginia, babe the society God-speed on behalf Of
the Old Dominion and Of the 1000 Good Temp
lars there and hoped that it would continue in
the geod work OF raising the standard Of the
civilization of the land. This reference to the
magnificent decisions Of the Supreme Court
evoked loud applause and he concluded his re-
marks by telling Of an Indian who had once
conceived the idea that he born for poet
which was Go on. go on, go on this he hoped
would be the keynote Of the Good Tempfars
now and always.
DR. oRoNBYATEKHA's ELOQUENT RHMARKs
l. DIR. Oronbyatekha Of Toronto. the right
worthy grand councillor Of the Right Worthy
Grand Lodge, the second highest officer Of this
international organization, was present to
represent the supreme governing body. He is
= large man. OF impressing figure and his adj
dress when he was introduced to the audience,
though short, was earnest and full Of good
points. he mid, among other things: 81 did
not come here to speak on the all-important
topic OF temperance. That will leave TO Mrs
keefer. our orator, who in better able to do
that than am. am here simply to represent
the Grand Lodge of an organization that has
upward Of million active members scattered
throughout the whole world. NY friend. Rev.
MIR. Vance of Virginia, has referred to me AZ the
gentleman with the hard name. do not know
! whether he intends this as a compliment or
whether he has heard Of me before. However.
he might not have spoken Of il as q hard name
did he but understand the Mohawk language,
for represent not only the Good Templars,
but also the Mohawk nation. once the leading
tribe OF the Six Nations. Though I mny look
so much like white man that might pass my
self off for one do not wish to do SO, for am
full-blooded Indian and at heart as much an
| Indian ~ any in the land As probibitionist
4 I am not ashamed TO be an Indian, for the In
| dams practiced total abstinence principles up
| to the time when their white brethren intro
duced whisky among them. Since then the
Indians have largely fallen from the high estate
they occupied when prohibition reigned su-
preme. The Mohawks since they have been on
! the reserve in Canada have increased from q 200
to 1000. They are civilized and in an advanced
state. They have the right of suffrage and
| vote sometimes very much like the white peo-
| pie, but when there Is q liquor question before
them the vote Of the large majority Of the In
dams can be relied upon to go in favor of pro-
hibition.
HAPPY INTRODUCTION OF MRS. KEEPER.
Mr.. 8. w. Russell, grand superintendent Of
the juvenile department, read an original poem
| entitled, Anniversary Days" Prof Bischoff
played one Of his owa compositions in his usual
| mastery style, and then came one of the pref
| test features Of the evening. Four small chill
| dren mounted the platform, holding a great
| basket Of magnificent flowers. Each in turn re-
| cited verse in praise Of flowers and the last
one, closing her verse With the line. ITO our
dear Sister Keefer," turned and handed the
| basket to Mrs. Bessie Starr Keefer. With such
an introduction as this she could not but score
a success. For two years Mrs. Keefer. who il
from Toronto. has been one Of the leading
temperance speakers Of the order. She d q
Handsome young woman, and a. she came for
ward last night, tastcfuily clad in . pretty gray