The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-20

q store for supplying the necessaries and
some OF the luxuries viii be established
and maintained during tho time of the
meeting. There Will also be place for
the rental of cots and camp stools and
chairs, but no bedding or camp utensils
will be obtainabls nearer than Seattle or
Tacoma.
The delegates began TO arrive Saturday
and many reached the city yesterday. To-
night the ante-convention festivities VIII
commence with a banquet exclusively for
members OF the convention, followed by
a meeting at the First Presbyterian
church, TO which the public IS cordially
invited Rev. w. III. q. Temple VIII de-
liver an address OF welcome TO DIR. Mann
and the delegates for the churches OF the
city and Mayor Wood viii welcome the
distinguished visitor and delegates for the
municipality To these addresses DIR.
Mann win respond. Tomorrow the dele
gates will leave by steamer for the isl
and, when the active work OF the years
session will commence.
DR.. Mann, who today IS the most dis
tinguished member of the order IN the
world. was seen at the Butler last night,
and accorded a post-Intelligencer repre-
sentative very interesting interview con-
corning the order in whose tenets he Is
80 devout a believer, its objects, growth
and matters of general interest OF the
coming session of the Grand Lodge.
There Is an erroneous impression" said
DR. Mann, ".hat the order OF Good Tenn
plars and PTohibitionists arc the same,
or at least IL not the same, very much
alike. In fact, there is nothing in CON-
mon between the order and the political
marty except the belief In temperance.
Our order Is non-Sectarian and non-po-
fitIcai and opposed to ali forms Of legal
aiizlng the sale of intoxicating drinks,
and in favor OF the total prohibition OF the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic bev-
erages. We favor prohibition by the viii
OF the people. while the Prohibition party
seeks to enforce its principles by political
legislation. Our order includes among its
msnlbsrs representatives Of every political
party no. only in the United States. but
az over the word. We ere prohibitionisis.
but not political prohlbil4onists. This
membership at present exceeds o.0oo.
scattered the world over, and includes
every known religion and belief, and there
are lodges or Good Templars in almost
every city on the globe. The movement Is
growing rapidly. have just attended the
Grand Lodges of North Dakota and Mon
tana During the past year the growth
in the former was go and in the latter
500.
.O,.r order" continued Dr. Mann, els
rstaaSistIc. and the ritual has been trans
lated into thirteen different languages.
III its history, commencing with its or
eanlzatson in New York in 1881, over
seoHaa persons have taken our pledge.
and over 2so.ooo lifelong drunkaras have
kept Il.
.sThe banner Grand Lodge OF the world
Is that % Sweden. where a gain Of S.99e
has bean made within the past year. The
reports of the state Grand Lodges, now
commencing all over the country, viii
show great gains IL membership. The
wcuen's Christian Temperance Union
claims 20 have larger number or women
as members. but IN point OF fact there
ara only two-hfths as many women IN
that organization as In that of the i.
O q. T.
As ar educational adjunct we have a
study course very much on the lines Of
that Of the Chaa,aaqga association. the
onIy difference being that oar study IN
Guides al phases OF the cause Of temper
ance ard to;s. abstinence
Eyes, our pledge demands total absti-
hence FOR life, and, as / have said. Is
voluntary step"
Dr. Mann IS professionally A physician
and prscticcd for many yrars Ia the city
az prucklyn, T.. T.. aud unsH the dem sras
upon his iine. tn the cause Of temperance.
were sech 50 10 lead him 20 abandon Il
ara devote himself exclusively 20 his ffe's
lssss wc-k. for humanity, on larger scale
than the restrictions or q single city al
LEVIED him. He Is venerable ia appearances.
with a fne white beard and hair, shot
With gray that hssEn.ens tire cn.or OF his
szre lie "a positive IN address bsTt char
stahse in his dealings wsth those who do
ret happen - agree WITH aim He is
ssssssa As a writer and lecturer srd wsu
curing the coming meeting a. chautanqEa
sselsver enc % his most celebrates lectures
entitled The Csthoiogy q Drunken
ness His lectures are al sctsntiso and
are Illustrated With MAPS ard charts A.
ser MS sngaze Fnent here. Dr. Marin wsa
return East, stopping az Minneapolis. s.
Paul and Chia&g9. wls@rs mass meetings
win he he'd n the interest .. The cult
which TIRE famous exponent OF temperance
So asiy represents
Besides q uarros- OF addresses ard
sr4schex that nj. o@cur In conners son
with TIE meeting tenixht tire programme
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