The morning call., 1894-05-27

would have the place removed. He was
sorry that there was no cure for the intem-
perate remarks and statements often made
by workers in the cause of temperance
and prohibition.
An experience meeting concluded the
session, many persons telling that they
had learned Of good results from this
method Of creating a physical revolution
In the human syst EN- against alcohol.
A paper on The Relation of the Gov
er nment to the Liquor Traffic" was read
by Mrs. Green of Santa Cruz The first
part of this paper was a review of the
cOuntTy's ttitude toward temperance
There was no sentiment against liquor
only when used in excess. The
liquor traffic afforded the chief source Of
income. She saw nothing in the constitu-
ton Of the United States precludng law
from prohibiting or restricting the LIQUOR
traffic il it IS shown that intemperance
causes vice and crime.
The executive is s'rkingly lax in its re-
lation toward the liquor traffic Govern
ment will not kill the goose that lays the
golden egg.
The Government discriminates in favor
OF this traffic by either legislating in its
behalf or Temainln g silent when silence is
golden. There are 100000 men employed
in the liquor traffic, whereas if the capital
were lnves ted in other lines it would give
employment TO 2, 800. 900 men, The LIQUOR
traffic costs the Government annually
$1,000, 100000, but the income is only
Sl45, 100000.
Henry French of San Jose. who was In
troduced as the next Governor of Cali
tornla, went on the stage and was warmly
applauded. When he had taken his seat
nl fn n Tor,
Rev. j. w. Webb of Hanford delivered
brief address on the liquor problem. 1t
is no use 10 expect victory on prohibition
lines. simply by appealing to the SYM
pathIes and sentiments of the people, he
said. Congress will not listen to the APP
peal to do as Canada has done appro-
pirate money TO look into this liz uor
traffic. We must also touch the nerve and
the pocket of the American people by
pointing out to them the evils of liqu or,
n awful cost even in dollars and cents.
he expressed a prophecy that the time
will come when a President Of the United
States Will be equal to that Chinese En-
perOr who said. Il never will consent to
raise revenue out of the ruin and vices
OF my people" when asked to allow opium
10 be imported into the Celestial Kingdom.
j. M. Glass Of Pasadena, chairman of
the Prohibition State Central Committee,
talk TIC the point OF "Chrstlanity OF
Prohibition" "Our churches are full of
great moral forces. but they are cold and
apathetic," said he. "Christs mission on
earth was 10 bring heaven to man. The
mission OF the church ought to be not to keep
men ont OF hell, but To keep hell out of
men. Moses was in politics; he went into
politics to fight evils. The liquor traffic is
in politics aud we have to 60 into politics
to fight 1t. We send pretty good men to
Congress-goOd men at home, but they
sell us out Tor thirty pieces of silver and
then turn around and demonetizs the
silver.
The time is come for good men in poll
tlcs. Inc situation to-day is there are a
lew good men in politics. but they can do
nothlng. You might as we'll hitch up a
fine thoroughbred Kentucky horse with a
lot Of mules and donkeys-he cannot go
any faster than the mules. This wall be-
tween church and State is a man-made
wall and not God made.
Il tell you old Cleveland, in hard times.
is making Prohibition votes very fast. /
believe God is using him like the old black
crow, for some good purpose"
lie advocated stopping foreign inmigra-
ton for ten years, and after that time has
expired allow no foreigner to vote until he
has lived in the country for twenty-one
years.
j. l.. Herlihy read the history of the
Prohibition party from its foundation in
Columbus, Ohio. in 1872 to the present
time. The party was spoken of as a
healthy boy, with sturdy brothers-tem-
peraDce, morality, e'c. Kate Field came
in for a share Of contumely because she
wrote in the press her views upon wine.
John j. Valentine, who could not attend
the session, is an enthusiastic supporter OF
the Norwegian liquor system, which has
been investigated 10y a committee of the
State of Massachusetts. This system has
been successful in Norway and Sweden,
where it has reduced the sale of liquor
nearly one-nalf. 1t places saloons in the