The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-19

Cleveland, o., Nov 1S.-Bus.ness was
laid aside today by the delegates and
officers of the national w. c. T. u.
convention. The hours were devoted
to worship and rest Many of the visit
ors spoke in pulpits thrown open to
them by the city pastors. A mass meet
ing was held in Music hall at clock
in the afternoon. DR.. James w. Bash
ford, of Ohio Wesleyan university. was
accorded the honor of delivering the
annual sermon, which office had here
tofore been filled by women. The
preacher took for his text, Matthew vi
L: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be
Done on Earth as it is in Heaven
He said the aim of the w. c. T. q.
was to bring in the kingdom of heaven
on earth. He thought the subject for
the considera ton of the hour should be
1.-THE problem to be solved in bringing
in the kingdom and THE best solu-
ton of the problems which confront
our civiliza tion.'
One of the problems he regarded to
be the growth of the cities. With the in
crease in population has also come an
increase in the tax rate. In the early
part of his address, DR.. Bashford
turned to a discussion of Tammany.
1--WE have just Witnessed said he,
''the humiliating revelation of munich
pal corruption in the chief city of the
land. 1t is estimated the Tweed ring
during the entire period in which it
controlled the city of New York stole
&c. 600. This was the most enormous
theft discovered in municipal admins
tration down to that time. But it is
now established that Tammany has
been stealing SIS, 100000 a year. The
question of municipal government is a
national problem. If the corruption of
our cities grows with the cities growth
during the next half century, or if our
urbane population becomes larger and
larger than the rural population, the
republic is doomed. Do we not need to
pray earnestly today, Thy Kingdom
Come Thy Will be Done on Earth as it
is in Heaven?'''
World wide relations were next dis
cussed
I'VE are spiritually asleep" said the
preacher; dreaming the self-same
dreams of race supremacy that have
wrecked the greatest nations of the
world. Meanwhile, jehovah is saying
to US as he said to the Jews of old
either serve the world or perish
America in the twentieth century must
say to all men even to the Lagos and
| to the Guiteaus, to the Lobengulas and
! the Calibans, we are brethren and lift
them up to angelhood or the Calibans
will hoarsely hiss in our ears, we are
brethren and drag us down to beastli.
ness
| The latter part of the sermon was ar
account of a temperance movement in
| Washington's time. Washington, z
/ hundred years ago, was characterized
! as a temperance reformer Washington
owned a distillery and sold whisky. His
expense account, in his own hand.
! writing. shows that he spent money
| freely for liquor when he was a candi-
| date for the. house of burghers, and yet
| one Of the first temperance organiza-
i tions, hundred years ago, took refuge
under his name, and called itself tbs
! Washington society. At the rate al
which temperance reform had progress
i ed since that time, the ultimate tri-
umph of its progress would be seen
in the twentieth century.
After the sermon a rousing suffragist
meeting was held, presided over by
Susan B. Anthony, and this evening
| ''The vs. were held in different parts
of the city, presided over by secretaries
of the organizations from different
states.