Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-11
CHEERS FOR METCALF
Given al the PrOhibitOy
Mass Meeting.
SCORING THE LIQUOR MEN.
The Nominee For Governor Reviews
Local Incidents.

The Prohibitionists held mass meeting
in Music Hall last evening which was
fairly we'll attended. The proceedings
were opened by selections by the Slocum
Post Quartette.
Rev. p. NJ. Vinton offered prayer, and
afterwards made an address, saying that
II the people are intelligent our rulers
will be careful to carry out the laws 80 as
not to arouse an outraged public opinion.
He had an abiding faith in the ultimate
triumph OF their principles.
He closed by introducing Mr.. Metcalf
who was greeted with applause.
Mr.. Metcalf thanked those present for
their kindly greeting and hoped their
confidence ana appreciation would not be
entirely unmerited.
The principle upon the banner he bore
was unqualified, uncomprlsing suppress
sion of the liquor traffic.
He had no respect for the principle OF
selling the right To make drunkards,
which so many of our citizens, foolishly
aud carelessly, he believed, endorsed in
other times. lie was OF the opinion that
he was OH the unpopular side, but 1t had
"no terrors for him as he had been there
before"
"Have left the Republican partyP No,
but the Republican party has left me-"
he said. He was still as true to the prin-
cples Of the party represented by Lincoln,
Seward and men OF their calibre but the
managers OF the party have stolen the
machinery and now run 1t on the princi-
pie OF trading on the necessity OF the day.
To those practices he could not subscribe.
lie recounted the events of the campaign
of 1856 when Constitutional Prohibition
was enacted, and showed how those In
power manipulated the wires to annul the
efforts of the people who voted to engraft
upon the constitution this prohibitory
clause.
lie then entertained his hearers with a
review OF the efforts of "Pawtucket's lar
gest wholesale liquor dealer" to secure a
license last year, and how Senator Aldrich
interfered and caused bill to be intro
duced in the General Assembly for his
special benefit, and Of the pigeon holing
of II when tie necessity ceased to exist.
He quoted from the figures of the cleo
tion last April in proof OF his statement
that the liquor men of this city voted for
the Senator and Representives Of the Re.
publican party to large extent, and as
serted that 1t was part Of the corrupt bar
gain for the repeal of prohibition.
After a selection by the quartette, Hon.
volney b. Cushing OF Maine was intro
duced. He said he supposed Maine was
the inventor Of the prohibition idea but
there was no patent on 1t. He said that 1t
was necessary to curb the saloon power
because OF the we'll known propensity Of
the saloonkeepers to- corrupt the govern
ing powers.
Hon. M. j. Tanning was then intro
duced and In humorous strain put in
some OF the most telling hits ever made In
favor OF the prohibition party In this
city.
He quoted from Father Conaty's speech
and also an address OF Bishop KeaDe Of
Washington which went to show the
danger, in their opinion, OF the saloon
power.
After selection by the quartette, while
collection was taken up, Mr.. Tanning
made ringing peroration and closed by
calling for three cheers for Hon. II. b.
Metcali which were given with will.
During the evening Mr.. Metcalf an.
nounced that the conference selected the
following General Assembly ticket and
those in favor OF it should sign their NOM
ination papers:
Senator-H Henry b. Dexter.
Representatives, William o. Brown,
Alonzo J. Nickerson, Charles G. Burnham,
Daniel A. Clark, John +. Abbott and Ed
ward NJ. Arnold.