Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-21
OVERFLOW MEETING A LARGE ONE.
Discusses the Question of Christian
citizenship.

Citizenship.
An overflow meeting was held in Creiehton
hall last night to the large
number of people who could not gain admit
lance to the main meeting. John H. Muir
dock of Washington, d. c., retiring pres
ident of the union, presided at the meeting,
and the singing was led by Prof. Wiley, with
Mrs. McMichaels at the piano.
The hall was very comfortably filled when
Mr.. Murdoch introduced John G. Wooley of
Chicago, the well known advocate OF tenn
perance reform, who proceeded to deliver
an address on the same subject on which he
addressed the main meeting a few moments
later, viz: Christian Citizenship" Mr..
Wooley lost no time in getting at the true
inwardness of his subject, and proceeded to
characterize the ordinary Christian citizen
when called upon to exercise the elective
franchise. He likened him to a balky horse,
who is beaten and pounded by this and that
politician, with his ears tied together by
this one and his mouth filled with dirt by
that one, and finally driven to his destina-
ton by the low down politician, whom he
d~espises. He also drew a picture of the
Christian voter between the fires of his
church and his party and advised all true
Christians TO leave the party which gave
no indication of ever doing what was abso-
lutely necessary for the good of the country
nv Joih a new party, II IL was necessary
to do that in order to accomplish the desired
result. The speaker then proceeded to dis
cuss the temperance question and brought
the subject home to his auditors by assert
ing that what was right for the government
or a municipality, was right for the
individual to do. The government or
the municipality, he said, was simply the
individual multiplied, and If a thing was
right for the government to do it was
equally proper for the individual to do. If
thu ont hoe tIA .i-L. a. III 1t
liquor dealer the right of way through the
country and the right to sell liquor, it would
be equally right for the individual men and
women in the country to sell their virtue
to the highest bidder. He denounced the
liquor license system as sin per Sc and said
the crying need of the country was for sal
walton, and the only kind Of salvation that
would save it was the salvation of Jesus
Christ.
COST OF THE TRAFFIC.
w spend s1,sOo,Oe1 in this country
every year for liquor and tobacco" ex-
claimed the speaker in impassioned tones.
That is more than double the amount we
expend for bread and meat. What's The
matter with the country? All this talk
about silver is all rubbish. When a man
spends twice as much for liquor and to-
bacco as he does for bread and meat every
body knows what's the matter with him.
He is simply a drCakaTd, a common bum.
They don't waste any time talking to him
about the financial question or political
economy. If the people give him more
money he will only spend It for more
whisky. The reports of the internal rev.
enue department show that the first bust
ness TO feel the effects OF good times is the
retail liquor business. II We give The
country more money it will be speni for
liquor. II we give it more acreage it
would be used to build more breweries. The
only thing that will save the country is
the gospel of Christ. 1t would not be
kindness to the man to putty up the cracks
in him and varnish him over, Just so it is
no charity for us to keep our mouths shut
about the greatest crisis that ever Afflicted
the country The speaker closed his talk
with an impasssioned appeal to his hearers
to make election day a day for Christ and
If necessary to do this to leave the old parties
and join a party that will accomplish this
result.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Wooley's ad-
dress the chairman introduced Rev. ]. G..
McCrory OF Pittsburg, who delivered a talk
on the same subject OF christian Citizen
ship" The speaker said this subject was
inspiring the young people TO efforts that
gave promise OF the salvation OF the country.
He alluded this his own experience at Chris
tian Endeavor meetings in Idaho, Washing
ton, Colorado. Ohio and Washington, d.
C. At all of these meetings he said the
subject OF greatest interest was that which
formed the subject OF his talk. While at
the national convention OF the Christian
Endeavor societies at Washington, the
speaker said he heard the magnificent choir
Of 5000 voices stand before the capitol of
the nation and sing that grand old song,
America" and the thought came to him
why should not such a crowd as this as
semble here some day to inaugurate a presi-
dent, instead of the kind OF crowd that
usually attends such events?" He pre-
dicted that the time will come when this
thought will materalize into a fact, but
expressed a doubt whether this would be
before the women were allowed TO vote.
The speaker advanced the thought that
the thing which was going to save this
country was the consecrated vote. He
said God always worked through cOnse-
Grated men. and the country would be saved
In this way. He referred briefly to the
public schools and declared in favor Of
the little red school house. with the grand
old flag floating above il and the old bible
open within II.
The liquor question was then taken up
and 1t was denounced as the greatest curse
the country was ever afflicted with. He
appealed TO every man who has the in
terest OF the country at heart, If he gets