The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-13
THE TEMPERANCE CONGRESS.
Third and Forth Days Session-Many AID
dresses by Able Workers in the Field.
Especial Correspondent.1

CHICAGO, June s, 1898,
The third days session of the Worlds
Temperance Congress was largely attend
ed. The meeting was presided over by
Bishop Fellows.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster made vigorous
address on constitutional prohibition.
She said in part, temperance workers
must strive for constitutional prohibit
bition in the states and then the next
step would be national prohibition. She
once had conversation extending over
three hours with the late Hon. James G.
Blaine of Maine on the subject Of Nation
al prohibition"
Miss Charlotte A. Gray of Switzerland
delegate from the international society
of Europe spoke of the temperance work
being accomplished on the continent of
Europe.
Hon. Joseph Mains, representative of
the Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
England spoke of what had been accom-
plished by Good Templars in England,
British America, India. the isles of the
sea and even in Africa. He said, "In the
Good Templars lodges in different parts
of the world were negroes, Malays East
Indians and even red Indians.
| Bishop Fellows then called upon Bishop
Gaines of Richmend, Va, for "a rousing
speech The eolored bishop responded
with just that kind of speech.
He said in part, ssWe temperance peo-
| pie ought, above all things else, to make
the impression on every person we meet
| that we are sincere in all we preach.
Whiskey has done my people more harm
than slavery ever did them. tThe Lord
| in his wisdom gave power and moral
courage to the American people to break
| the letters of slavery that bound my race
and trust the day is snot far off when
| God shall give courage and power to the
| people of this and all other lands to go TO
work and legislate in such a way that
whisky can be repealed and thrown back
by the power of the country, even if it
takes bayonets to do the work. I be-
lieve in moral suasion, but it will take
| something more than moral suasion to
save the colored people of the south.
gress were united in q grand temperance
mass meeting, the speakers of the even
| ing were Col. George W. Baine, Mrs. J.
Ellen Foster and Rev. Father John M.
| Cleary of Iowa. Their speeches were
listened to with the deepest interest by
| the large audience present while the elo-
| quence of Col. Baine of KY, as he pic.
| tured the evils of drink evoked shouts
of "Amen' from the lips of the brethren
| CryrC 90 s. Jupn q VI 1o0o m.
Congresses in the Memorial Art Palace
yesterday came thick and fast III
Washington Hall the non-partisan w. g
T. U. people held forth morning and
evening and the Royal Templars in the
afternoon. In Columbus hall the Catho-
lie Total Abstinence Union of America
occupied hall Nos. Bishop J. B. Cotter
of Winona. MINI. presided and the open
in address was given by Archbishop
Feehan. His declaration that intemper
ance is worse than war, pestilence ane
famine, first uttered by the greatest Of
British statesmen, was heartily applaud
ed.
The afternoon session was opened by a
paper on, stThe Knights of Father Mat
thew" by Hon. Daniel o. Connell Tracy Of
St. Louis Rev. D. Barry of England
delivered an address upon temperance
work in Great Britain.
In the evening public meeting was
held. Eloquent addresses were given by
Rev. Dr.. Barry of England, Rev, DR.. A,
P. Boyle and others.
The morning session of the non parti
san w. c. T. y. was opened with singing
of hymn and prayer by Rev. D. Law
son. Mrs. Ellen J. Phinny of Clev Gland
Ohio occupied the, chair. A. paper on
THE Ethics Of Womanliness,n BY Mrs
Florence c. Porter Of Maine was read b,
Mrs. F, E. Tower of Maine. An address
| by Mrs. Howard NJ. Ingham Of Eas
part, That the soul should oeI be snp a sfs