Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-18

eense year. for saloons. on October 81 next
| We are all familiar with the gigantic bur-
| den of crime and suffering which is i'm
| posed upon the community by the saloon.
| We know tc some extent only the hideous
, misery in families and individual lives
| through this evil but the fullness of it
| surpasses our definite conception The
| members of this church oaght because of
| their love for human welfare, to do all in
| their power to lessen these burdens and
prompt to help at whatever point near your
home the question of getting license is
raised? Throw your influence into the
| scale of truth and right"
Regrets From Some.
The pastor. Rev. A. Thomas G. Apple, of
the Grace Reformed Church. expressing re-
greet at his inability to preach on temper
| ance on the day appointed, said:
The saloon must gor-but by the resist
| less power Of an honest, unselffsh, law
| abiding public sentiment, that will insure
| that it stays gone. AS a public menace it
ought to be averted; as public tempta-
| ton, it ought to be removed; as a public
nuisance, it ought to be abated.''
| Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smith, DID,, rec
| tor of st. Johns Protestant Episcopal
| Church. had arranged to preach on the sub
| ject October 10. and on that day delivered
| two diScourSeS on temperance in the morn
ing at st. Johns and at ST. Michaers in the
| evening.
Representative COlOred Pastors.
AT Metropolitan A. M. E. Chuch, Rev. ].
A. Johnson, the pastor, preaching from the
| text, Romans, xv:1-3-"We, then, that are
| strong, ought to bear the infrmties of The
| weak, and not to please ourselves. Let
every one of us please his neighbor for his
good to edification. For even Christ pleased
| not Himself'-said:
The government restricts the sale of GER
I to Ir1To oicfc
| sold upon the prescription of competent
| authority. but permits the sale of other
poisons, ruinous and deadly, in public sa-
| looms, to any and all, except small children:
| and this license, this legaiized bane TO good
| citizenship, not only makes the weak
| weaker but is daily increasing the number
of weak ones in society 1t is manifestly
| not for the good of society that these
| therefore, to remove this source of tempta-
ton from the weak, and thus build up the
| weak"
Rev. Francis ]. Grimke, DID,, at Fiji
| teenth Street Presbyterian Church, refer
| ring with approval to the work of the Anti
| Saloon League In reducing the number of
| saloons in this District, said in part:
| The mission of this organization will not
| be completed until not one is left to curse
| our city and menace our homes with the
blighting influence Of intemperance.
| DO you say that this is too much to hope
| for? That the thing, though desirable is
| impossible of achievement? Then l bid you
| think Of how firmly slavery was intrenched
| In TINS country years ago. 1t had every
| thing back of it-wealth and power and in
| fluence= and responsibility; but it went
| down, all the same, and it went down be-
| cause God was in the anti-slavery move
ment And l believe He is In the great
| temperance movement, and IL we will do
| our part, If we will but arm ourselves with
| the invincible spirit which inspired Garri-
sons noble utterance-'I am in earnest: /
will not excuse, will not equivocaie. will
| tncrIn f,al, --.n
heard-victory is sure to perch upon our
banner"
| Waste Of the Liquor Traffic.
At the Calvary Baptist Church the Rev.
| Dr. Greene spoke to a large congregation
| on THE Waste of the Liquor TRAFFIC" tax.
| ing for his text, Psalm 137:3: ''And they
| that wasted us required Of us mirth.''
By way of Introduction Dr.. Greene said:
THE season of the year has come when
| this gigantic evil seeks the consent of our
citizens to another twelve months of its
tinue only with our consent. Before that
| Is given l wish to raise my voice in pro-
] test and entreaty. 1t is the vital question
OF the hour. 1t has directly and indirectly
more to do with the future of our homes
and our country than any question before
| the public. 1t is vitality connected with the
| problems of finance, morality, health and
| labor. Its record is written in waste and
disfonor; in tears and blood
The preacher then proceeded to discuss
| the subject under three heads: First. the
financial waste; second, the moral waste;
| third, the physical and mental waste. Such
waste continued would at last destroy the
| finer qualities and possibilities of life here
and hereafter. No one Of ought to be
partners in such contamination.
| The Saloon, How to Gets Rid of 1t.
Rev. Alex. Kent of the Peoples Church
preached from this theme and said:
.T.aa1 in ha ton nnyrQY nnf
| say. Prohibit the traffic! But while victory
on this line waits, the saloon grows daily
| in power and now dominates the politics
| of all our large cities We have begun at
| the wrong end. If we would prohibit the
| traffic, We must first kill the saloon.
Il don't mean reform it or lessen the
number. 1t Is not reformable. The more
respectable you make it the more danger
| GUS it becomes. The smaller the number
| the greater the business and profits of those
| that remain, and the more attractive and
| seductive they become.
People are not ready for prohibition. l
believe they are ready to wipe out the
| saloon If the temperance people would
| lead them in that direction. The results
already effected by the Gothemburg's
method in Sweden and Norway. and by the
| state control method in South Carolina
point out clearly the way to success Re
move the element of personal. state and
national profit from the business. Let
| liquors be sold by government agents at
cost. and never consumed on the premises.
Let the sale be divorced from amusements
| Of every sort, and take place only in day
| light. Let sales be only for cash. with no
| 'chalking up awaiting pay day.
This will remove all the enticements and
| seductions Eow afforded by the saloon. 1t
will put an end to treating that most pro-
| life source of drunkenness, and utterly
| destroy the whisky rings which are the
| curse Of every municipality in the land.
And, what Is most important to many. it
| will not be in the nature of sumptuary leg
! islation, and will not Interfere with any
ores personal rights or liberties in the
matter Of drinking. Add to this stringent
legislation in regard to drunkenness, and
then we may be ready for national prohibi-
ton.
Taken to New York.
The body Of Miss Maud Gardiner Badg-
| ley, the young woman who committed sui
eide Friday morning by jumping from