Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-23

A-SNe@'-'e oD'><-'o~-" - &@N& -~-e-, 1870
LEY, THE cHArRMAs, REPRESENTATIVES, MORSE,
LEWIS, j. D. TAILOR AND orHEhs-'rHk sEchE-
TAHrs REPORT OF THE GOOD WORK.
large audience attended the ceieofauon OF
the ffty-seventh anniversary of the Congress
sional Temperance Society. which was held last
evariro a, the carso,d Nar,or;.l f,hr;.t;an
C
n' congress was "siny tepieSeee W
those members who sat on the PLATFORM. Hon.
Nelson A. Dingley member of the House from
Maine. the president of the society. presided
and ,,.d. .aau.-. ". Ia .h., o. f,,v.
- .Ne "n "uoioee nc fN '" A0
seven years the society had oeen carrying on
It's work at the capital city. 1he modern tenn"
perance movement he said. was only about 100
wears old. and for mora than half that period
,ba Co,,,,....;.,., rr.,.,..-a,,o. con;.,r Ia
e's,'""i ."
heP' hoatihs the hationN nag NJ the ~ nipoA u
Es ,bo,t,b, az. ~ a. oni;.;r,, ~, as,;rs t;s,x.
seven vears ago in respect alone to The cues
:ioa of temperance couid be compared with the
present he believed that it would be seen that
STeat progress haa pen m ,a ne sPSas ..
,rere T., .he ~ 1iewad tho ra,e ~ n,ncress
made Fiftv vears 400 he said. The point Of
total shst;norce NOD - been reacbea
- .
fHsi III "As ~,
linen 1t was moderation Inc speaker
quoted Vice President Wilson, one of the presi-
dents Of the society. who said that in the early
I'll a.. -.
~ "" "'
eratlon IN drinking, ana ne SAD ,hat Ins Poncy
was pursued uHtii Iney aounu ., al"' sne suev
was dyinS from incompetence, tnen an suVahce
Was maae from mooeiauon 10 so.ni apstihenee.
ne speaker ieierred 10 'he oIieMsl pscAase
Jaw ahu sai1 that congress ior tne nIe' uiie ~
,ts history haa enacted law WHICH mar n M lns
negianlhS oi temperance ieglsla',on. ne sata
.an! tooA iIoih ne s'h'Ss 'ns Po"er ~ P,0'oSt
thee,,ab, .p"tf;, nas on ar.onraa;no s;gn that
both houses OF Congress had promptly enacted
a law which relieved the country from this dan
ger. The speaker dweit upon the importance
vat;er ,s ne ~ . nroan;zst;ons he Id
that, there vas mo canse for ENCOURAGEMENT
that nrooress vas ba;ng made and that the I'm.
ture was nromisinq
.,c,,.nv ,ur, ,no,
ro"
Inc secretary OF the society, hev. MT. rover,
made his annual report He stated that forty
members of the present Congress we're menu
bers of the soc;a.y He snole q, the r,e.snrss
- "a - .s..os =. -. 49,,
i'.i naI poe IN, ~. All anu
tox,capino i;nnors Phe Ris,r i S s,,s haa
ION, ,oAicG.Ins Lquors IN Tue De'tHr mhicn nao
n ,iI'i y! 'ne ~ 'ns soeey.
nc aiso teierfeu W tne piii' Which OeGame
Nv 20 in'rouuceu py hePresehtauNe .. u. ia!ior
- IN " o ~ pieAo'o, " Pu,
~ W we saie Vi eigafes.es 70 uo!s' ne spohe
VI 'ne query iouho III 'ne quesion ooA a. 'ne
S Sonan 'eInPe,ahce meeting WHICH ASKED no"
Iess sh ~ pe reiorlheu. Ine Persoh IN
eiiai pc oi ule quesuoh poH oisPoseu vi II WIN
,ne remark tnat hne was tnere 10 answer ques-
. tonS anu nIt cohunuruIhs. me speaker SAD
.n''' NC "ouiu answer the quesuoh Dy ADVISING
mem 10 ION tne congressional temperance
SocieV. heierring 10 .ne impned sur on
reyer -, a., 80, .o,.,....,..n ,a",,l. =.
Congress as there were TO-DAY
REPRESENTATIVE MoRss's ADDRESS.
Similar testimony a. To the sobr;etv of MEM
beers of Congress was given by the next sneaker.
Representative Morse Of ,Iassa.b,sstts xho
oI,..,.,.o,, a.. -.Ir;-r- =, MY, ..S.-..
''Oi ''N '"'' oA PuoiiSneu ''"'e ine"'s'
ne had expected wnen ne came mere TO zee
good deal OF drunkenness among members OF
congress But ne said That De mad yet 70 zee q
single member under the influence OF strong
drink he SAID that II 1t should be that free
government would not outlve the second CEN
tary that TWO causes would contribute mainly
10 that result, namely, ignorant disqualitsd
sunrage ana the power OF the dram shop. 10
SAID that HE and property were safer In st.
petersburg than In New York, owing to the