The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23
UNRELENTING HOSTILITY.
That is the Watchword of the Church In
the Temperance Movement.

the Temperance Movement.
Rev. W. s. McIntire at the evening SER
vices of st. Paurs M. Il. Church said
that he was az years old, and until he
came to Providence he never lived in n
city or town where there was an open grog
shop. You may travel Maine all over
and you will not find an open saloon.
You Will find such an establishment as
the city or town agency, where liquor Is
sold for medicinal, mechanical or art pur-
poses. Now compare Rhode Island with
the State OF Maine. There are several
ways To treat the liquor traffic. One way
to treat ii is to let ii be sold ps coal, ,groc-
erles,o or wood, let every BODY sell; another
way is To give man a license to sell
liquor, and this Is done in some States,
with restrictions, and one of the restric-
tions Is that the rum seller shall shut up
his shop at certain hours (hours when
everybody is in bed) shall not sell to
children, and shall not sell Sundays, but
there Is but one wey TO treat 1t and that
is Gods way-Probibition. The license
method brings in quite a revenue to the
United states, and city governments,
when 1T is in force.
The rum traffic should be annihilated,
1t should be decspitated and The person
that sold rum should be made an outlaw,
and that Is the way that the church pro-
poses to deal with the rum seller.
Relentless hostility is the watchword
OF the church. The saloon Is danger in
the community and is the evil of poll
tics, and the members of the church cam
not by word or act assist the rum seller
without being held responsible You
cannot find line in the Bible that could
warrant man to go into the liquor
trade. The Bible is on the side OF Pro-
hibitlon, tor God says "Woe unto the
m hot exfu u1tl A. Lt at..Ah h..- Jrf,, L.
The man that sells liquor when he has
not got license may be fined 500, and
serve term of three months in jail, but
Gods woe is awful, and a man in the
liquor business goes against Gods orders
with his eyes wide open.
Is the license system practical? There
are not so many rum sellers in COM
munity where Prohibition Is in force.
In Michigan when there was special tax
there was one rum seller in every 223 of
the inhabitants, in Indiana, New Jersey
and California where there was a license,
there was one in every 1862, and I'm Maine,
Vermont and Kansas where Prohibition
was in force there was one in every 523.
Prohibition does not annihilate, but il
oes prohibit. have studied the saloon
in all of its conditions, and 1 know that
prohibition is the only proper way TO
deal with it,.
The preacher told how he and another
minister found saloons in the city OF
Lewiston, Me-, and told how the proprie-
tors of drug and tobacco stores sold
liquor in the rear of their stores, and
gave vivid description of the rude bars,
and the small quantity of liquor that was
for sale at any one time, and then he
wanted his hearers to compare them with
the bar at the Nsrragansett Hotel in this
city. He continued by saying that there
was no less crime in communities where
tbara ha
been more cases of murder here in Rhode
Island since have been here than l ever
knew while in Maine. Let us see what
prohibition did for Providence in the
year of 1887 when there was no-license.
There were 105 common drunkards, and
1925 drunkards. In 1894, with licenses,
there were 1913 common drunkarts and
1919 drunkards. That shows that it is
practical in Providence. Now, il YOU
want more crime and more paupers vote
for the rum seller"
The State board of charity has asked
for S100, 600 to build q larger Jail, and
this to accommodate the patrons of rum
shops.
"Why. bless you, il we could only
move jail from the State of Maine they
could have one for nothing, for there are
lots of them in that State that they have
no use for and won't as long as Irohibi-
titon Is in force.
"There are thousands OF women and
children in Maine that have never seen a
man under the influence of liquor, and
the same could be true here if you will
all do your duty"
Mr.. McIntire rather set his audience
at sea just before he closed by saying,
that he would never do anything that a
rum seller wanted done, and he told the
congregation first to find out what the
rum sellers wanted, and If they wanted
no license, why vote for licenses; and If
they want licenses, why you vote no
license, and told them all to do their
duty at the coming election.