The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-17
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Rev. Il. d. Grant Addresses Y. NJ. G.
on Evils Of Liquor Traffic.

on Evils Of Liquor Traffic.
The announcement that the Rev. Roland
r. Grant, of Portland, would address a
mass-meeting of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association at Plymouth Congrega-
tionai church drew a thronged audience
to that place yesterday afternoon. Prof
ii. Sherman Sharpe officiated at the organ.
and Hon. Roger 8. Greene in a few witty
remarks introduced the speaker.
Mr.. Grant took as his subject '~rhe
American Saloon" After aluding to the
Importance Of the temperance question
he plunged boldly into his subject, and
ssid that the saloon Of today was a very
different thing from that which existed in
the early days. Then a man must have had
some pretensions to responsibility to keep
an inn or tavern; now it was quite the re-
vsrse. The drinking houses of today were
the pest houses of crime, disease and
political power. He said that at the $780,
Coz saloons in this country at the present
time more political dictation was done
than the ordinary citizen had ever
Dreamed.
He said that saloon men and manufact-
uiers of intoxicants argued that an attack
on them was blow at vested rights and
an onslaught on their property, which was
rs sacred IN the eyes of the law as any
other class of property. The speaker said
that there were many fathers and mothers
who had vested rights in their boys and
girls, and the vested rights of the latter
were far more sacred than those of the
former. Illustrating another phase of tho
eubject, the preacher said that a noted
Partisan scientist said that, after a
thorough investigation of the subject, he
had found that 20 per cent. of the fallen
women Of that great city could be won
back TO virtue if it were not for alcohol.
The speaker said he had no curse for the
drinking man. The individual who is
wrapped up in the terrific desire for strong
drink was the object OF his tenderest con-
earn, and he VA, no reformed drunkard
either. he then presented to his hearers
some Of the frightful effects of drink ana
Us horrible effect upon the system, and
suggested that every ssloonkeeper be coma
yelled by law to keep standing in front of
his saloon an example OF a sot who had
bssn brought to his low condition by the
infucnce of drink.
The speaker then touched on the farmer,
who vas so solicitously looked after by
ths politicians. The tiiler uf the soil got
a. cents for n bushel of com. the railroad
sot about 81 for transporting il 10 the dis
tiliery. the wholesale man got about s.. IS
a. his profit, and the retailer who meas
Ured IL ont over the bar in the soul-des-
troyiug process Of making drunkards got
about s. as his share. The speaker had
only the deepest pity for the farmer. who,
lie said, by his vote helped 20 make this
sort of thing possible.
Mr. Grant said that he had been in
formed that the school system of the city
was line one lie felt that its effect was
however, being nuliied by the fact that
the boys could return home from school
and md on every hand the open door OF q
tA.aou that invited them in.
The speaker suggested a number Of
remedies. hut condemned the project OF
loca, option. He said local option re-
T.lndei him of the case of mad dog
wn'ca, If We thought il dangerous here, we
could send over 10 Tacoma. lie said that
the mai dog ought II De killed. and that
the .qaor trsfiN should be wiped out. be-
cAu>a "1-n could nos afford TO compromise
VITA tae devil.
The speaker made a number Of other
strong points and wound up by saying
that the country had a.reaiy gone through
two grest epochs. The first OF these was
when the nation said IL was free and then
In coates; with the mother country
proved IL The next wss when Abraham
lincoln on certain day sad that all the
slaves were free and the North proceeded
"a move il. The next crisis wouid be when
the American people arose in their might
and .sl5 that Shs liquor traffic and the
American saloon Was illegal and pro-
eeetei without fear or h!nchlng 20
Prove &
The audience WAS completely carried
Away aS tie eloquence of the speaker. and
Al numerous times broke out into pro-
ionsei applause Mr.. Grant IS undoubt-
siy al orator u ability. 4 collection Was
taken -. uot FOR the speaker. bnt for the
s'soe.sutr. AMI uetted liberal amount.
PRAYER vas offered ny the Rev. q. J.
harcae't Tor the president Of the United
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