The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-19

20 you about not touching liquor but our be
loved pastor has started a saloon 10 connection
with the church, and We nave lovely times
drinking whisky and other things, I have
grown to like liquor immensely and feel that
our church saloon is doing great work. The
other day was downtown and wanted drink
church saloons around. so I went into place
ana to my great surprise found German in his
shirt sleeves behind the bar instead of one Of
our ministers Of tbs gospel.
This >" said the speaker, Twill be the re-
suit Of the church saloon. Il will make
drunkards. Prohibition foreveri Now hiss
all you want.n
The audience did hiss.
It was learned later that the speaker was
the Rev. John A. b. Wilson. The gentle
man whom he had accused of having a red
nose was W. Thornton Parker Birtwistle.
/ Scarcely had Mr.. Wilson sat down when
half dozen men sprsng to the floor, among
them the gentleman with the jag He was
speedily squelched. Mr.. Birtwistle finally
secured the floor. he said:
"Dr. Rsinsford has been shamefully
abused" and would have said more, but the
audience rose and cheered, until they
Threatened to bring the roof down.
When they stopped Mr.. Birtwistle was in
his seat and an old man was shaking his fist
at Dr. Rainsford and yelling something at
the top of his voice. One of the brother
hood, who stood beside the Sun reporter,
said In hoarse whisper, Holy smoke how
did he get inl"
Who is heY" asked the reporter.
"Old Prof. Bloom. II the crowd know
anything, they'll get out"
But the crowd didn't seem to know any
thing. The old gentleman wandered from
the subject in hand, and seemed to be de-
noUnciug ministers in general.
None OF your Rainsford type gentlemen
ministers for melh ne cried. None of your
ministers who live in brown-stone houses
four stories high aud who"
'Sit DOWN. yelled half a dozen voices.
II won't. I've got the floor, and +"
''Sit down." went up the cry from a
hundred throats.
II WON'T" shrieked the old man so that
his voice was plainly heard above the
racket in the room. "The rest had their
night"
Prof. Bloom was right. He did have his
say. When he sat down there was a storm
of hisses. He smiled in scorn.
Say, you may not believe Pm Jagged,
but am, came in a solemn voice from the
| corner.
There was a sound as il a number OF
bodies were moving rapidly toward the
back door. Then a few groans arose and
the gentleman with the jag was no more
heard of.
A man who refused to tell his name made
a forcible speech
81 have been in this country just four
years." be said, land when first landed nv
one idea Of solving the liquor question was
by prohibition. l soon had that knocked
out of me. In the matter of liquor l agree
with DIR. Rainsford,
Flight it with fire, l say. There are
other evils, though, which cannot be fought
In this way. DR.. PRrkhurst, for instance,
could NOS become one of the degraded
creatures he sought to exterminate in order
to bring about the result he desired"
A tall man, who said he was Axel Gustaf-
sen, addressed his remarks 90 DR.. Rains
ford. He told the latter that his statements
about the liquor traffic in Norway were
away off. Drunkenness hourished as much
as ever in Norway, he said, and no attempt
was being made to check it by the authori-
ties.
why, in Gothenberg, only short time
ago" he said. II myself saw a crowd OF five
men frightfully drunk, and / also saw a po-
licemsn turn his back on them and refuse
to arrest OF interfere with them in any way.
l tell you that that officer knew that be
would lose his place if he interfsred with
those men"
No more speakers were allowed to take
the floor after Mr.. Gustafsen. DR.. Rains
ford, looking very weary, rose and made a
brief speech, In which he said he was very
sorry that SO few people in the room agreed
with him in the matter Of church saloons
He had not expected TO raise 30 much dis
cussion, but was not sorry that he had