The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-04
PROHIBITION PARKS L,NY., June 3

PROHIBITION PARKS IN Y. June
m ENERAL NEAL DOW, the
u father of Prohibition, was greet
I'm ed by 10000 enthusiastic admir-
WI ers at the international temper
nuUe congress which opened here today.
He occupied an arm chair ut the right
Of the presiding officer during the
morning, afternoon aud evening ses-
lions, and showed by his quick appre-
citation Of the points Of the speakers
that his mind is undimmed by the
ninety years that have passed.
Prominent speakers and Prohibition
workers from many states and from
abroad were present. Governor Till
man, of South Carolina, arrived DUR
ing the afternoon session and was given
seat on the platform Immediately be-
hind two Catholic priests.
At the morning session William T.
Wardwell, of New York, presided
The Rev. D. S. Gregory. D. D.. led
the devotional service. Col. Alexander
B. Bacon, president of the Sunday OBJ
servance society Of Brooklyn. deliver
Ell the address Of welcome. Addresses
congratu)ating Neal Dow on happily
passing the nlnetieth milestone were
made by Aaron NJ. Howell, editor of
the National Temperance Advocate;
Samuel Dckie, chairman of the Nat
ional Prohibition party; Susan e Fes-
sender. and Miss Ellen j. Phinny, of
the Women's Christian Temperance
union; Hon. Samuel D. Hastings. of
Wisconsin; and c. A. Everett. of st.
Johr, N. B. Neal Dow made brief
response telling how thoroughly he ap
preciaied the kind words OF his friends
and encouragement they gave him in
the work of his life
AFTERNOON SESSION.
General Wager Swayne presided at
the afternoon session, The k-v Father
Miles, OF Pougnk4epsie, N. Y, VINO
came TO take the place Of DR.. McGlynn,
who is i'll. was the first speaker He
was followed by Joseph Cook. of Bos.
ton, and of international renown as q
lecturer on temperance. DR.. Cook who
is large of frame, large of voice, en-
phatic in utterance, said in part:
"The house of lords, Mr.. Gladstone
says, must be ended or mendel. The
liquor traffic, this convention says
must be ended because it cannot
be mended. My conviction ia that this
will be the keynote of the twentieth
century. The work of Neal Dow has
led to this. He has fought q good
fight. and even at 90 years of age, he
has not run his course. The truth
that Maine has been transformed and
transfgured through the work of Neal
Dow travels slowly, but the lie that
the Maine liquor law is failure trav-
els with seven league boots"
The Rev. DIR. B. D. Tyler, of New
York. read the formal address to Cen
eral Neal Dow. 1t was signed by the
heads Of Prohibition and temperance
movements of this country and Canada.
NEAL Dow's ADDRESS.
General Dow said: "Idoa't feel that
have accomplished anything that en-.
titles Inc to the honor which is done
me day. No words can express the
gratitude I feel for what has been said
and done here. But perhaps it was
best that should tell of SONS of the
work that has been done and the i'm.
pcrtance of the work yet to be done,
There is no question before the
people OF this country or of
any country so great as the liquor
question. yet strange as it may seem
there are many prominent men, many
men OF enlightenment, education and
understanding who know nothing
about the work of Prohibition. / was
once handed II slip from q newspaper
which announced that Goldwin Smith
had said that prohibition was failure
in Maine. My reply to that was that
hoped Goldwin Smith did not make
such statement. for the reason that it
is not true.
So far from being a failure in Maine,
prohibition has been great success.
AT one time we had a great many
hrewcries and distilleries in Maine.
There is not one now, and there has not
been one in many years. At one
time curgoes of jamaica rum were
imported into the state There is
none now. 1t is true that liquor,
in small quantities, is smuggled
over the boundary. But liquor is not
openly sold, and there is not one hun.
dredth part of the consumption in the
state AS before the law passed. A rem
edy for consumption that will cure
ninety nine cases in hundred cannot
be called failure. Applausel An
entire generation has grown up among
three quarters of our people, and has
not seen grog shop nor drunken
man"
Speaking of other states, he said that
great progress had been made and there
are many places where no liquor is sold
owing to local option laws. Continu.
ing, he said: THE liquor traffic has
existed for fifty years by permission OF
Christian churches. Their members
are masters of the situation. When
they say Go and vote. the saloon will
60" Applause.
At The evening session General
Thomas D. James, of New York, pre-
sided. There were addresses by Alex.
Rnder Russell Webb of the Mohsm.
medan church, andsFather Murphy, of
the Roman Catholic Church of Canada.