Evening star., 1896-07-10
The Topic Discussed in Both
Tents, in Central Hall
and in Several
Churches.

acter of many of our civil officers and the
rottenness Of municipal management. and
have aroused a deep determination to en-
ter upon and cooperate in systematic, per-
manent and effective reform.
Good citizenship" he explained begins
its practical work in choosing civil officers
as bad citizenship universally does before
the primary election is held,'' and following
his precedent, the speaker outlined briefly
the task in the field which good citizenship
workers have before them. the substance of
which was activity in the campaign. He
did not mean that the work in the political
arena Is to supersede educational work and
public sentiment building. and the organized
work. he said, must also be interpartisan or
omnipartisan. After devoting considerable
attention to these points Of his address Dr.
Russell came more particularly to the
liquor traffic. and said: THE Christian En-
deavor societies. the Epworth Leagues and
members of the Baptist Young People here
find common foe to federate against. All
the great denominations are with u.s. You
will be interested to know that in the great
Methodist denomination the presiding
elders have recently united in an address
to be read by the pastors in all their
churches. which address has been signed by
every presiding elder in Ohio, and this ad-
dress appeals to the people to support every
Where the Anti-Saloon League and the
Haskell bill. This unity of the Methodists
characterizes all the other Protestant de-
nominations. You will also be interested to
Know that the great Roman Catholic Church
testant Church in battle array
Enumerating some of the results of this
the speaker declared that 1.-The laws are en-
forced as they never have been before in the
history OF the reform. The number of sa-
looms mas been greatly reduced. For five
years before the league was formed the
saloons increased over 400 per year In the
last Two years the number has been reduced
over 400 We are assured we are now upon
the right track, and our success is due to
the unification of the people who are op-
posed to the saloon. We need in this cam
paisn, now spreading into the other states, -
hammered iron. which shall give US tension
enough for long pull. strong pull. and a
pull altogether -
Next Year ut Frisco
AT the conclusion of Mr.. RusselPs ad-
dress Mr.. John Willis Baer, the general
secretary. announced that the trustees of
the society had decided that the sixteenth
international convention of the Christian
Endeavor Society should be held at San
francisco. He introduced DR.. E. E. Kelly
OF San Francisco. who invited all the En-
deavorers to the city Of his home, and said
the visit of Endeavorers to the Pacific
coast would be a liberal education to every
one who had not crossed the 5000 miles OF
the United States. He wanted every one to
know or the great things of which Cali
| fornia can boast
International Arbitration.
| The last address of the evening was by
Rev. R. S. Macarthur Of New York city
| Mr. Macarthur. speaking of good citizen.
| ship, urged every one to take an interes,
in the political movements Of the country
! and said that If the political pool is a dirty
| pool Christians should seek to make il
| cleaner. He dwelt at length on the subjec
| Of international arbitration which he sait
was surely coming. During the last 1W
years, he said, eighty international dispute.
| had been settled by arbitration, but tn,
| histories said but little about that, as the,
thought better reading could be made by
| reciting the wars of the Eations. He hat
been born under a corner of the flag O.
| England, but in his manhood he had adopt
| ed the stars and stripes and glor.ed IL
| his American citizenship. He condemned
| the practice OF twisting the lions tail, ant
said the United States and England, tn,
| two great Protestant nations of the world
should march SIDE by side in civiliZa ton
ana not hinder progress by war. Mr.. LAC
Arthur said that England had changed
greatly since George III. and had learne,
| better how to deal with her colonies bu
the histories of this country did not Civ
her credit for this change. He then drifte,
| into politics, and scored Tammany, an,
said the tiger must be kept down. He cam
| out strongly il condemnation of free coin
age of free silver. and made an earnes
appeal for sound money, and received loa,
and loud applause.
The speaker advocated restriction o
immigration to men who can read the Con
church and state In this country" thes
sentiments being enthusiastically approve
by the great audience.
The audience was dismissed shortly afte
10 o'clock by a benediction pronounced b.
Rev. DR.. Witherow of Chicago.