The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-26
rum is SPANISH TO THESE
THEY HATE THE ALCOHOLIC
DEMON FROM THE HEART

Prohibitionists Held a Rally to
Pave the Way for Their State
Convention, Which Is to Open
Today at the Central Park M. r..
Two Days.
An audience Of about 100 people,
some of whom were local delegates to
the Prohibition state convention which
is to meet today at the Central Park
nj. e. church, gathered last night in
the same church to listen to addresses
by Prof. Dlckie, of Michigan and the
chairman, Rev. o. W. Stewart, of Illi-
Eo1s The platform and galleries Of the
churcE were handsomely decorated with
nags In anticipation of the meeting of
the convention today On the platform,
besides the speakers, We're State Chair
man Wells, who presided, and the men,
pers OF the University quartette, who
sang number Of temperance glees.
chairman Wells, in calling the meet
ing to order, said that it was apparent
from the reports from the STATE that the
convention would be largely attended,
ahd that the local committees had made
every effort to take care of the visit
ors. The convention will, if possible,
pe disposed Of today, but in any event
there would be ample time tomorrow
Tor the visitors to see all that was go
ing at the corner stone demonstration.
He later announced that there would he
meeting or the state committee at
o'clock In the Central Park church,
at IL o'clock a meeting of temperance
workers would occur, and noon the con-
Vehtlon will be called to order. The
convention will be welcomed by Rev
B. Longley, pastor of Central park
church. The regular order of business
VIII then be taken up. AT the conven-
lence OF the delegates from the various
congressional districts, they will hold
conventions for the nomination of can
o1dates for congress from cir districts.
AT O'Clock In the afternoon a memoir
lal meeting for notable workers in the
Eronipltlon cause-Frances Willard, J.
+. Finkham and Mrs. Hobart, will be
held. The prohibition banquet which
IL IS expected that all delegates and
many others will attend, will be held
this evening at Cambridge hall, RYAN
Annex.
Great moral questions like this of
prohibition are like Banquo's ghost"
SAID Prof Dickie. They will not down
They may be defeated, but thew will
not remain defeated. They will never
be settled until they are settled right.
Prohlblt1on is popular reform The
churches are with us in the fight Thew
nave not pronounced on the other re-
FORMS. You hear a great deal of sin
gle tax, of free coinage and other So
called reforms, but you have not heard
or the churches declaring for them
But it is an actual fact that the
Protestant churches of this country
| have declared for prohibition and
against the liquor evil The general
assembly Of the Presbyterian church
and the general conference of the
Methodist church declared in almost
the same language that no political
party should be supported by any
Christian man so long as it was COM
mitted to license. 1t is the duty Of
the Christian man to vote against the
| Republican and the Democratic party.
both, for they are responsible for the
| license system"
| Prof. Dickie told several anecdotes
from his own experience to prove that
| personal depravity was a requisite in
| a successful candidate for office under
existing conditions He declared that.
| II Tor the next five years all church
| work should be paralyzed, but that
| in that time the liquor evil could be
banished, then the church would be
| the better off. He urged the church
| members to do more than to resolve
| for prohibition; to go to the polls and
| cast their ballots for it,
| Mr.. Stewart gave a very witty adj
| dress, In which he made his argument
| by apt illustrations that were yery
| humorous. He said that the country
| had been engaged of late years in dis
cussing the causes of the depression
which existed. The political parties
| had found various reasons. according
| to their position. The fact was that
| the prohibition party held the logical
| position from which which to attack
| poverty.
you have been told," said Mr.. Stew
art, land have been told that the
| reason for the depression that afflicted
the country was to be found in over
| production. My friends, I have a sheer
and profound admiration for the way
the wheels work in the head of the
man who can believe that hard times
| come from er-production-that we
suffer because the good Lord gave US
country that unfortunately produces
so much food and other things. The
end OF that argument is that we got
five or ten bushels of grain to the acre
instead OF sixty or eighty we would all
be we'll Off
II believe if the money spent for
rum was spent for other things we
would all be rich and happy People
will tell you that if money is spent for
whisky it does not go out of circula-
ton. I know lawyer who asked me
what 1 meant by saying that S. spent
for rum was that much wasted 1t
isn't destroyed, he said, and it don't
go out of circulation. What becomes
Of 1t? I told him that it was thinking
| of that that unhinged my mind But
I said suppose you had a client and
somebody stole his horse, do you think
he'd be satisfied if you told him that it
was all right, the horse wasn't de-
stroyed; he had just changed hands,"
Mr.. Stewart gave many pointed Illus
trations of what is meant by the con-
tention that the money spent for liquor
is lost. He said that the state was re-
sponsible for the liquor evil, for the
state granted the licenses to towns and
villages to license saloons. "You are
the state" he continued. "You can
cure the evil by your ballots; not by
voting for the Democratic or Repub-
lican parties but by voting directly for
prohibition. You may go on neglecting
the opportunity, as for me, I am with
Wool!ey; I intend to keep up the fight
until I go to heaven OF the saloons go
to HE'LL