Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-29
TEMPERANCE TALK
Or. Tracy Delivers His Open
ing lecture.
AND A RADICAL SPEAKER Is HE.

Many ExsmPses Drawn From Real Life
The SsereoPeicon vse~s-rhe Ff-ss OF =
and
II was large audience that greeted
Dr.. y. W Tracy'> Introduction to
the CITY OF Rock Island .. Harper's
theatre last night For nearly ten
years no man has talked temperance
for any extended period in the city.
and the news Of Dr.. Tr.ey's coming
was received with no end Of good
wishes by the socdly people
The exercises opened last evening
with song by the chorus. composed
mostly OF members OF the W. {. T.
L. Rev. j. H. Kerr next read = scrip
ture lesson This was followed by
= song hy male quartet Rev. H.
{. Marshal. followed with IN offering
o: PRAYER. at tie conclusion OF which
tine chorus again sang
Dr. Tracy introduced.
Rev. W. ). Marquis then stepped
upon the stage. and in q short ad-
dress he stated that in II years there
had been but one temperance meet
ing in the city. and that was given BY
John C. Wooley. 81 the Central Pres
bvte-ian church. He told of Dr..
Tracy's success in Davenport. where
he secured 1000 pledge >igner>. He
then introduced she venerable lee
turer.
DR.. Tracy stopped forward. and.
after speaking of temperance as be-
ing = subject worn ,hreadhare
with long use. he said he
was glad OF il. Tonight he
remarked. .-vou came here to size
ME up. You'll have me for lunch
tonight before you retire. You'll
have me for breakfast tomorrow
morning. perhaps Youll have me
for dinner Is desert. and Jhen-,hen
you'll rehash me for supper. Well.
that's what l want You to do. and
then tomorrow night. want vou to
come and get some more of me
After talking for some time on vari-
Gus examples he had drawn as in
Productions. he said: .Scme u and
two wears ago. was in YOUR citv.
and | have made several visits since.
On each occasion l saw the same
things as saw the other dav-the
dram shops. l saw MANY an old
man. . young man. = single man.
and = married man reel and >tagger
i'll and out of these shops. and have
come 10 the conclusion that Rock
Island is sick"
To Feel the City's Pulse
Then he snok. of his coming .sto
place his fingers on the city's pulse
and prescribing for its ailmcnt. His
purpose here was Ia arouse the peo-
pies svmpashies with the poor men
and women known as drunkards.
He said that he might saw things
that would not please his hearers.
hut that was what ne wanted to do.
..but." quoth he. says some mar.
DIR. Tracy. man NAV take drink
and not be a drunkard. 3 man who
can't take drink and let i, alone. i :
no man All brethren. that sentence
has done more 10 damn the soul of
msny = Young boy. il is the wcrs;
sentence that could be uttered" At
ter dwelling upon that question he
said: ..Go back to our Young DAYS
when we We're boys q, school. Take
any young boy NJ school and he picks
his ideal man and saws. there. that
man is perfect; now shall YOU go on
and allow yourself TO be an ideal vi
some poor lad and saw such n thing
rs n man that can't take n drink and
let i; alone is no man." After
speaking of his father As being q
moderate drinker. ne not having
seen him take over IL glasses of
spirits in his life. he SAID that ..he
coald no more think of taking one
| drink and letting alone. ;han-well.
when two passenger trains running.
one from Chicago and the other from
Omaha. at the rate of 90 miles an
hour. can pass each other on the
same track without waking up any
of the passengers. why then I'll be-
I lieve / can take 4 drink and let ii
alone"
| An Invita alton
After asking some man from the
audience to step upon the stage and
say to the audience: "A man that
can't take drink and let it alone.
I is no man." and no man accepting.
ne took an imaginary man. and
..sized him up to the audience. and
then he referred to Daniel Webster
[ and ex-t;ov. Dick Yates in the same
connection. He eXempliied two
teipperaments. the phlegmatic and
the natural temperament. and then
the two under the influence of liquor.
1T is always the brightest of the
family that is grasped by the throat
by the serpent: it is never the idiot. :
In conclusion. he asked those who
would help him. to rise. and the
house rose as Ivy general impulse