Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-02-19
7 { MPERANCE ACTIVITIES.
THE ADDRESS OF COZ, DICKIE-TIIE GOOD
TEMPLARs BAZAAR NEXT WEEK - A
GOOD PROGRAMME-PERSO

| GOOD PROGRAAlME-PERSON
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A large audience gathered at the Opera
House on Friday night last, notwithstand-
ing the intense cold which prevailed, the
thermometer being down to 100, to heal
the address of Col. Dickie, the Chairman
of the National Prohibition Executive
Committee. Rev. W. J. E. Cox the new
pastor of the Staunton Baptist church
opened the evening by prayer. The lectur-
Ell was then introduced by MI. w. w.
Gibbs.
MI. Dickie opened his remarks by saying
that people would ask what is the Prohi-
biton party? He would talk tonight
about what it was not. In the first place
the Prohibition party was not a Temper
ance organization the men that now
formed the party had done Temperance
work IN years past and were now doing it
in the different organizations for that pur-
pose. 1t was not religious organization,
but welcomed every one into it's ranks that
believed in it's principles. 1t was politi-
cal party pure and simple. The speaker
said that the Prohibition party did not
intend to be content with holding the bal
ance of power, but had hoisted its flag
with the intention Of gaining control of the
power itself.
lie called attention to the fact that
while on trip through California last
summer he WAS for two weeks in the city
of San Francisco. He had seen the liquor
laws violated there every hour in the day
and the police officers seemed blind to the
fact. He said the police were aware that
they owed their places to somebody else,
and that the somebody else owed their power
to the baser classes to which they had to cater
for votes, and those police officers would
continue blind to the violation of the laws
until they had a party behind them that
did not want that vote. The same was
true of every city on this continent. The
speaker said that if a good, honest man,
one who would enforce the liquor laws, were
elected to Office by either Of the old parties,
and he did his duty, he would be relegated
W CLC lCttl tbO UIlC IllOC opportunity.
He said that our annual drink bill was
One Thousand Million Dollars a year.
Think Of it That amount of money
would build two lines of railroads from
Boston to San Francisco, and would fully
equip them with rolling stock. MI.
Dickie said that while the tariff touched
one man to his hurt, the drink traffic
touch ten to their hurt; that there was not
man in Virginia who was not injured by
it, and that every honest trade felt its
deadly power. He said that if Prohibition
prevailed in Virginia, prosperity would be
noticed almost at once from the fact that
every one would have more money, invest
in houses. lots, furniture and all that per-
tains to honest trade. He said that if half
Of the money spent for liquor was spent in
the product of the mills, it would give en-
ployment to every person on this continent.
Mr.. Dickie in closing his remarks said
the liquor men were more potential than
any other class Of people in this country,
and one Of them did more to dictate the party
policy of the old political parties than any
five pure men in it. Any one familiar with
the election Of 1883 in New Y ork, knows
that it was the organized liquor interest
that made Benz. Harrison Republican,
President of the United States, and David
B. Hill Democrat, Governor of New
Y ork at the same time.
At this point the room being so cold as
to make it both disagreeable and dangerous
for his listeners, the speaker closed his
remarks by wishing his audience good
night.
Extensive preparations are being made
by the Good Templars to make the supper
and bazaar to be given by them next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday grand sue
cess, and the outlook is quite promising,
several hundred dollars worth of articles
having been donated to the cause. The
O'Connor building on North Augusta
street will be handsomely decorated for the
occasion with evergreens, and the room
will be made as attractive as possible.
The fancy work tables will be presided
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tables by Miss Alice Steinbock, while the
fruit and candy department will be in
charge of Mrs. NJ. E. Slower. Both meat
and oyster suppers will be served, Mrs. A.
s. Woodhouse and Mrs. J. w. Bryan
experimenting those tables respectively.
On Monday, court-day, dinner will be
served from II A. M. to P. M, and at
this dinner, as well as at the tables each
night, will deserved choice viands by pretty
and graceful young ladies who have devoted
themselves to the Temperance cause. No
admission fee will be charged, and the
dinner Oh supper will be served at twenty
five cents. A handsome gold headed cane
will be voted for at the bazaar, to the most
popular pastor in the city.
The proceeds of the entertainment will
be used in erecting Temperance building
in this city. It is not often that the Good
Templars call Oh our citizons for help in
their good work, and we would like to see
them well patronized as the proceeds are to
be used for building that is much needed
in our city.
AT the Sunday afternoon prayer meeting
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at the Lutheran church last Sunday.
Rev. VIM. Cumming the new pastor Of the
Second Presbyterian church was present
and made brief address. In opening his
remarks he said laughingly that from the
looks of things he supposed he was in a
nest of ''cranks," and ''fanatics,'' and
marrow minded people," so-called, and,
he might add, that he didn at all object to
his company.
There will be an important meeting OF
Mountain City Lodge I. o. G. I. at their
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