Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17

closer union Of Catholics and Protestants
in the glorious battle against the liquor
traffic. IF we unite" he said. I'VE can
outgeneral the liquor men and We can out
vote them"
From n Business Mans Standpoint.
Mr.. F. w. Walsh. jr., of Boston. made an
earnest address on the subject of temper
ance as viewed from the standpoint Of a
young business man. He is the state super
intendent of the department Of temperance
of the Massachusetts, Society of Christian
Endeavor. He Is an active and prominent
newspaper advertising agent, and. incl
dentally, a first-rate speaker. In his ad-
dress he said that it is the liquor evil more
than any other influence that keeps youn
men out of the church. 1t is the social
glass or the glass of wine taken at nome
that starts many a young man on the
downward path. He was glad that, as a
young man and as business man, he was
occupying a place in the front rank of
those who are battling with the liquor
traffic.
The work as viewed from the standpoint
of a veteran was the subject of an able
address by Judge Hiram Brice Of Iowa,
who is eighty-two years of age, and mas
spent many of those years in fighting for
the cause Of temperance.
Mr.. Edward Higgins of Maryland said
that the time would soon come when the
politicians themselves will ally themselves
with the cause of temperance. for the
cause Is right, and sooner or later is sure
to prevail.
Rev. Walter ii. Brooks.
Rev. Walter H. Brooks, the eloquent col
ored minister of this city, then made an
impassioned address, in which he expressed
the opinion that the battle against intem-
perance can never be properly fought out
while eight millions of his race, who might
be the strongest kind of an ally, are left
of i1ero
force in this contest
"In this city," said Mr.. Brooks. there
are but seven saloons owned and run by
colored people, while We have seventy
churches That means ten churches to every
saloon. Can you white people show any
such creditable record as that! But 1t
does net let us out to say that for the
colored people patroniZe saloons not kept
by members of their own race. There is
work to be done among the colored people
of this country, and If this work is prop
erly done it will ally a great host -. on the
side of opposition to intemperance.
During the half hour that remained be-
fore the noon adjournment brief addresses
were made by Rev. Mr.. Edwards of Nir-
ginia, Rev. DIR. Whitlock Of Ohio, Mr..
Harry White of the Good Templars of Ohio.
Representative Morse of Massachusetts, ex-
Governor Perham of Maine, Mrs. J. Ellen
Foster and Mr.. Joshua Baily of Philadel-
phia, president of the National Temper
ance Society. The session closed with the
benediction by Rev. Mr.. Edwards.
Future Programs.
At l o'clock the convention met again in
executive session, which lasted for couple
of hours
This evening at 1:3O a mass meeting will
be held at the First Congregational Church,
corner of 10th and G streets northwest. at
which time the address of welcome to the
city will be by Rev. DR.. b. l.. Whitman
president of Columbian University. The
subject for discussion during the evening
will he state and Territorial Alliance
Against the Saloon Among those who
will speak are Rev. Albert G. Lawson OF
New Jersey. Mrs. Margaret B. Platt, presi-
dent of the District w. c. I. L., and Rev.
A. J. Kynett of Philadelphia.