Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-03-26

five per cent. of the poverty, crime and
misery of this country may be charged TO
liquor.
"a boy ran into a. saloon In Boston
after seeing a man lying In the gutter ana
said %, mister, your sign has iaiieh
down. That saloon keeper chased that
boy around the block. The dealer will
sell liquor to the woman or the boy who
comes in with a can. found one man
after years OF searching who refused to
sell liquor to man, but his reason was
that his would be customer had no money.
1t is no good to the community. man
can work longer and harder il he does not
drink. There are q number OF diseases
that physicians cannot diagnose but
they are due TO adultersted liquors. You
may find the grip in glass OF lager.
"High license reminds me OF letting
water into ship by six. inch pipe and
letting 1t out by goose quill. Iwould
like to see Pawtucket without l,ense-a
paradise without doctors and undertakers,
no sickness or destitution. But find sa-
looms on every corner Of your streets.
'I would have no license. Perhaps we
cannot have 1t now, but we will have 1t
In time. 1t Is just about time for the
American people to express themselves.
They have stood the liquo- traffic long
enough. Don't you think SO? 'Yes,
said voice.
Doyle, "you will have n chance to show
yourself in a few days."
cpl be there" said the voice.
"You arc typical temperance man."
said the reverend gentleman.
Ir;o ~, 4 -
but 1t Is the English government and not
the American government which he has
often upheld and will do so again. He
would like to bring Ireland over on st.
Patrick's day and anchor 1t at Coney Isl.
and. But let me get back to my lecture.
/ know Of a liquorseller who threw a
glass OF liquor into poor woman's face
because she asked him not to sell liquor to
her husband. That husband went down
and thrashed that rumseller, but the man
was fined for assault, and the poor woman
had to suffer as she had no political pull.
81 will not say anything against the IL
quor dealers OF Pawtucket personally as
know nothing against them, but other
cities With all their strength and glory,
God help them, great cry will come up
soon and ovcrWhelm the damnabe traffic.
'FTSu DOu.lasb GOu Dle95 MIN, you all
know hiur, he rode with Father Mathew
in n carriage In London and called on
Daniel O'Lonnell In Dublin about half
century ngo. lIo was received by the
warm Irisnmen and wished God speed in
his work to cmancipato his race.
"rhc temperance people aru working In
a similar cause; they viii omancipato the
race and bring them from the slaughter
bouae OF ruin. I, as a Catholic priest, take
my stand In fayor OF this question as Che
Catholic church did at Baltimore. There
are 5000 people dying every year through
drink, zoo a day, s ou hour. Why have
our temperance societies not succeodcd2
Because they have 100000 men helping
them to pcrdition. Who are they? Go
out and read the signs over your saloons.
The man who casts his ballot with the
fumes OF liquor on him Is not an Amori-
can"
william IL. Rogers then rendered a solo
which was followed by a solo by Robert
j. Casey. After two cDcores Hon. ii. B.
Metcalf was introduced and made touch.
Ing address and then Rev. J. j. woollev