St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
Sunday Opening and Liquor
Selling Will Not Be Coun-
tenanced.
Herbert Putnam'S Old Shoes
to Be Filled by a st.
Louis Man.
Grand Jury Indictments in
Abundanee--Hoy Can't
Keep His Land.

The First Baptist church was filed to
the doors last night during the mass
meeting held under the auspices of the
Minneapolis Christian EndeavOr union
to discuss the questions of selling liquor
on the grounds of the Columbian expo
| Sition and keeping the exposition open
on Sunday. II. a. Thompson presided
over the meeting. which took the form
of a five-minute praise service. The
| liquor proposition was discussed by
Rev. o. l.. Morrill,. Rev Ii. II. French
and Rev. w. }. Lhamon were also to
speak on this subject, but they were
unable to be present.
Mr.. Morrill, urged three objections to
the sale of liquor on the exhibition
grounds. First he considered the
financial plan of the question and pro-
ceeded to refute the assertion tina: 1t
was necessary TO sell liquor in order to
raise sufficient funds to carry on the
fair with.
Congress, he said, had appropriated
100000 and the state of Illinois Sl0.-
00O, GOO TO conduct the fair with, beside
which there were the gate receipts,
penny-in-the-Slotm machines and various
other sources of revenue.
Is If they need more money!" said he,
''let them ask again and they will
surely get il. The 65,000,000 people of
this country need not rely upon the
saloons for funds to carry on worlds
fair WITH
Discussing the social phase of the
question he scotfed at the idea which
has been suggested that the foreigners
who are used to drinking with their
meals would not be satisfied and should
not be asked to get along without their
liquor. Under the head of morals he
said that while it was proposed to sell
liquors only with meals or solid food.
there was no way of drawing the line.
A man could ask for cracker, which is
solid food. and with it get quart of
whisky. He held that instead of res
taurants with wine lists there would be
beer saloons with lunch counters.
The proposed opening of the fair on
Sunday was then discussed, and the
following addresses made:
The Sabbath and the Working Man,
James Ii. Rankin; 1.-The Sabbath a
Divine Institution" Rev. G. II. Wells;
The Legal Aspect of the Question:"
d. A. 'McWilliams; What Has Chris
tan Endeavor to Do With This Cues
tion?" T. G. So&res; The Practical
Work to Be Done'' Rev. Wayland
Hoyt also delivered a brief address,
somewhat as follows:
where yon have Sunday observance
you have liberty, but where the Sab
bath is not observed there is slavery of
a certain kind. If this exposition opens
its gates on Sunday every vile sneaking
Sunday theater in the country can do
the same thing, and every liquor dealer
will take courage and keep his saloon
open. If we do not win this fight now we
have hard and bitter struggle before US.
The Christian EndeavOr union should
appoint strong committee to wait
upon Prof. Tousley, the commissioner
from this state, who will have vote in
these matters. and personally tell him
what Christian Endeavor is. what it
means and what it intends. feel con-
WINGED that this would make an i'm
preston on Prof. Tousley. who is one of
the noblest men | ever knew"
Rev. +. o. Holman, who made the
closing address, spoke as follows:
We are here tonight as Christians, but
we are also here as citizens. | desire
now in summing up the events of this
meeting to call attention to the fact that
we are to have the fair. 1t is not Chi
cago fair, but an American fair. A
worlds fair instituted by Americans.
It is your fair and mine.
The fair is ostensibly to show the
progress of the world in art, science,
industry and literature; to manifest the
progress of the human race, and, since
it is to be held in America, peculiarly to
show the progress of America in these
lines.
In this country we have one thing of
which we are snpremely ashamed. one
thing which brings the blush of shame
to every one of our faces when we talk
of national affairs-that is, the Ameri-
can saloon. We have one thing of
which we are supremely proud-the
American Sunday.
Putting these things together, want
you to think what the local manage
ment at Chicago are doing when they
propose to make full and complete
display of the national disgrace and shut
out the thing of which We are so justly
proud.
The American saloon is a unique dis
grace. 1t cannot be seen anywhere else
the world over, and it IS a burning dis
grace to make display of it. He sug-
gested that if liquor De sold a boycott be
organized against the worlds fair.
Resolutions were adopted setting
forth that the Christian Endeavor and
church people in mass meeting assem-
kbled are unqualiiedly opposed TO the
sale of liquor on the grounds of the
Columbian exposition, and protest
against the opening of the gates on
Sunday. A committee will be chosen
from the various Christian Endeavor
unions to take measures to defeat these
propositions.