The morning times., 1896-12-11
TEMPERANCE FORCES RALLY and ACH|Nln'RNUI1S
DR.. Garrigan Lectures in the
Father Matthew Course.
Drinking Not as Fashionable Now
as 1t Was Fifty Years
Ag0-RespOnSible
for Crime.

Rev. DR.. Z. j. Garrigan delivered the
lecture yesterday afternoon in the Father
Matthew course at the Catholic University.
His subject was, The Essential Element
in Temperance Work. The audience was
of generous proportions, in keeping with
those that have been attracted by previous
lectures In the series. Dr.. Garrigan SAID
i'll part:
The temperance question interests all
who have the welfare of society and the
security OF their own homes at heart, for
the evils Of intemperance are far-reaching.
The reasons are physical as we'll as moral;
sociological as well as spiritual. They
effect soul and body. The very existence
of the evil makes temperance work neces-
sary.
Fifty years ago drunkenness was not
the dlSgraceful thing il Is today. Then
ii was fashionable to drink lntemperance
prevailed to an alarming extent in the
Middle and New England States. Now We
rarely find wine on the table OF even the
best of families.
ROOT OF CRIME.
''Intemperance is largely responsible for
crime. over three-fourths of the adult
paupers III the State of Massachusetts, trace
the cause OF their downfall to intemper
ance In that States insane asylum 81 per
cent OF the inmates We're addicted to
liquor The average age Of prisoners in
the United States is only twenty eight
years This is astonishing, when we re-
member how largely drink is responsible
for their downfall.
drunkenness rs tie greatest enemy to
the home and to prosperity. Intemperance
is the most active and impotent evil among
young men and women. The home is Il
great factor in temperance work. Tie
cheerful home is the nursery Of moral and
social virtues, and the destroyer or tins Is
an enemy of society, Of church and of
state. Men of all conditions or life are
convinced of the evils of the drink habit =
The speaker discussed at length the
various civil methods of combatting the
evil of intempcrance, and dwclt upon the
Gotteuherg system Of legal control i'll
operation in Sweden and Finland. This
he said, had a protege i'll the South Caro-
lima dispenSary law. The machinery oi
this law is too complex, ho wevcr, To make
it effectual, and it is constantly in the
hands of politicians, where the way t.
corruption is open and wide.
MEANS OF PREVENTION.
There are three modes, said DIR. Garrigan
for the suppression of intcmpcrance. On'
is by civil legislation, an inadequate rem
edy. Another is an appeal TO popular en-
| thusasTm and social sentiment, but this II
only OF passing effect, and the disease re
| suHies sway and becomes worse.
The third ana only crfectual way is 10y
religious and moral influences, which ap
| peal not only To the int elect and heart q
nan, but prOffers graces To accomplish
| what nature, unaded. is unable TO attain
Il call this religious motive said Dr
! 'iarrigan, "and the essential element i
| temperance work, without it no othe
| means have proven adequate for the pur
| pose. do not underate the human motives
| that make sohricty. They are not as nObl
| and lasting as motives of religion, but the!
| do good and lay the foundation for sOmt
! thing higher