The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
MASS MEETING AT THE EXPO.
AT WHICH THE APOSTLES OF TEN
PERANCE MAKES AN AID
DRESS.
OF REV. F. o. HOLMAN.
Body Laid at Rest In Lakewood
Cemetery-News of Mfnne-
npOlis.

| k1ndled the hearts Of 1920 people at
the exposition yesterday afternoon. A
temperance rally of the Christian
young people of Minneapolis was an
nounced, and a programme was ar
ranged to take advantage of the visit
of Mr.. Wooley to Minneapolis during
bis tour of the Northwest, which in
cludes many of the leading towns and
ends with two addresses at Red Rock
June 30.
The meeting was one in which the
ministers Of the various churches and
their congregations gave a hand. Near
! ly every one of the leading denomina-
tions was represented on the platform
and in the audience. C. NJ. Stocking,
Of the life saving station, announced
the first song and conducted the
music. The congregation sang
"All Hail the Power Of Jesus
Name" Our God Is March
ing On and God Bless Our Cause
when Rev. Carey Morgan, of the Chris
tan church, announced that Dr. David
n. Beach, Of Plymouth Congregation
Church, would lead in prayer. T. N
Jayne, q lawyer, was impressed into
the service Of making the collection
plea, in which he said that it would
cost about $3.50 to defray the expenses,
! and he asked that this amount be made
good.
Mr.. Wooley spoke in Rochester yes
terday, and the train upon which he
was to arrive was delayed, so that he
was late in getting to the hall This
| enabled the audience to hear a brief
ooh Nv Dow w
of the Central Baptist church, in which
the administration Of the mayor was
given the usual attention.
Mr.. Wooley, accompanied by w. j.
Dean and several other leading pro-
hibitionists, made his appearance, and
Mr.. Dawley gave way.
Mr.. WOoley was given a brief respite
| while the congregation sang a song,
and, after a hearty Introduction by
| Rev. Carey Morgan, he proceeded with
his address, speaking for about All
hour. He was eloquent and convinc-
ing, and he told the narrowing tales
of the effect OF the drink traffic So
| forcibly that he felt an apology was
necessary for their gruesome awful
ness.
II intend to maintain that the prohi-
bition of the liquor traffic is, by rea-
son of it's Importance, the first plank
y
Mr.. Wooley. II propose to prove 1t
by three propositions: First, the re-
| peated adoption by the churches Of the
| country Of resolutions. condemning the
| license of the traffic in any form; sec
ond, the experience of common human
| tty, as shown by the studies in socio-
! logy; and, third, by its violation of the
guaranty Of the rights of every man,
woman and child under the Declare
! ton of independence. [ shall deal
! principally with the third, because it is
an Offense to your intelligence to repat
! what you have heard SO often repeated
! from every source"
! Mr. WOOley repeated that portion of
the Declaration beginning: I'VE hold
these truths to be self-eyident," con-
tinuing down to governments "deriv-
| ing their just power from the consent
Of the governed" He pointed out that
| when God created the millions of peo-
| pie He ordained that they should be-
| governed, and he traced the origin Of
the word government" to God-govern
| ment. The business of the governments
was to conserve the rights of the citi.
zen. But that divine right is invaded
| by the liquor traffic, which begins in
deceit and seduction Of the virgin fruits
and grains by promise of Offspring.
He spoke Of the handicap placed upon
American labor, as it limps in it's race
with capital, but let it once be sober
and 1T would no longer be defrauded
by the soft hand Of the politician which
never did an honest days work in a
lifetime And. incidentally, he wanted
to say that no protective tariff could
ever eQualiZe the chances Of the Amer
lean working man SO rapidly as the
saloons will differentiate against him
His proposition was once more stat
ed: First the right to life liberty and
the chance to be happy; against this
Is placed the purchasable franchise of
those men whom the liquor men can
control, and opposing it should be the
vote and the influence of the church OF
Jesus Christ. Every man must decide
Which side he will take and whether he
Will make this government which, in
fact, guarantees the principles it rep
resentS.
Then followed the most scathing and
narrowing tales of the work of the
drink demon. He said that every year
$500 babies were killed by their drunk
en- fathers, coming home drunk and ly-
ing upon them With an eloQuence
which was marvellous he pictured the
little children struggling under the
weight of their drunken fathers and
crying to the Christian world: Life.
Life
1t need not be so. Fifty-three per
cent of the men who voted at the last
election are protesting Christians. Tt
may be urged that OVERLAPPING babies
| Is the tenderest method that drink has
for killing human beings. But who will
say that these children have no right
to live? 1t is true they are tainted by
heredity, and their environment is the
worst, but who is to judge the fit to
suffer this fate?
Yet, with all this, Mr.. Wooley denied
that he was a pessimist. He could sec
signs of progress. He pointed out that
President Cleveland in his first mes
sage to congress after his reelection
recommended some action to prevent
the sale Of strong drink to the black
children in the center of Africa. That
was something. Congress was doing
considerable to prevent the spread OF
hog cholera. Matters were improving
1t was true he said, that every year
there were 100000 epileptic children
bern from drunken and drinking par
ents, and 100000 deaf, blind and de.
formed, from the same cause, but what
was to be expected when 250, 900 saloons
were at work in the land, most of then
day and night and many of them with
| the back doors open on Sunday
To the report of the commissioner OF
internal revenue he pointed that the
government gets something like $40.
100000, and to the records Of the CITY
comptroller to the fact that the city
gets about 5000, 900
Should the fight be carried into ma
tional politics? Yes, he argued. F,v.
cry ballot, national, state. county. nu.
nicipal and school, should be cast fo,
the absolute prohibition Of the Iiuuo,
traffic.
FUNERAL. OF REV. HOLMAN.