The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-14
A Rousing Temperance Meeting.


The largest temperance meeting ever
held in San Francisco gathered in the
Grand Opera House on the evening of
the 9Th. ex-governor Geo. G. Perkins,
chairman of the evening, who strongly
endorsed the movement to diminish by
law the awful work which thousands of
saloons are doing in this city.
Archbishop Riordar delivered the adj
dress. He quoted from Gladstone, Car
dinal Manning, Judge Noah Davis, of
New York, Powderly, Gen. Booth and
many others. For one hour and a half
he held the close attention of the great
audience upon this so-called hackneyed
subject.
At the last, he threw aside his man
uscript and for a short time talked most
feelingly to his own people, of whom no
doubt a large number were present, upon
the woes and miseries of drunkenness.
We were glad to see and hear, for the
first time, this man, the head of the
Roman Catholic church on this coast.
| We were glad to know that SO leaned,
eloquent and practical a bishop, one who
holds opinions and views upon practical
questions and deadly evils, which we
most heartily endorse, is over that great
church.
Judging by the numbers and utterances
of this meeting. there is reason, to hope
that some control over the saloon power
in this city may be obtained by our citi
zens. At present the saloons rule and
ruin the city. We ought to rule and ul-
timately ruin the saloons. By united,
wise, fearless, unselfish and unceasing
efforts on the. part of all good citizens,
this can be DONE But to disconnect the
bar from the corner grocery, stop sales
to children, stop sales by women, stop
sales on Sunday, stop the granting of
| free licenses and raise all licenses from
nothing more will. require united effort
on the part of all good citizens, which
has not been put forth in this city for
many years; Let. us sign the petition
and work to achievel even one of the
above desired results. Any thing to
break the horrid apathy which is upon
our citizens, and, lift it even little the
heavy burden which the saloons are lay
ing upon us!-Pacvic.
License as s.Jo osiah Aliens Wife, Sees.
/ "If a deadly serpent had broken, loose
from some circus, and was writhin' and
twistin' his way, through JonesyiHe,
swallerin' down man or woman
every few days, would men stand with
their hands in their pockets, or leanin'
up ag'inst barn-door a-whitlin, arguin'
feebly, from year, whethersit was best,
after all, to let him to go free? After
they had seen some of their best freinds
swallered down by it, wouldn't they
chase it into, any hole they could get it
into? Wouldn't they turn the first key
on it they could get hold of? And if it
broke loose from that, wouldn't they try
another key, and another, till they got
one that would hold him?
I Do you suppose they would rent out
that serpent at so much a year to crunch
hand swaller folks accordin' to law.2-s And
would it be any easier. for the folks that
was crushed and swallered and for them
survivin' friends of the same, if they was
, killed by act of conrgess.
The London, Lancet, a.leading medical
,l journal, gives the following facts about
| liquor drinking in England:
1t is appalling to find that the drink
bill of 1890 amounts to e1S9, ,496, 40, an
}. increase of e7 ,2S2, 1853 oyer the sum Of
medical science notwithstanding. 1t il
said to be equal to one-twelfth of the
, estimated income of all persons, to one
, fifth of the national debt, and to be
: eight times more than the income of al
the Christian churches. 1t is not oul
business to moralize on this ex penditure
To us IL means so much scirrhosis
, Bright's disease, gout, rheumatism, in.
sanity, ETC., disabling employment,i tax
ing the pleasure out of the life of families
and bread out of the mouths of children
The drink bill for last year is larger thar
for any year but that of 1878, when il
was more than one hundred and, forty
two millions of pounds.
- W.