The herald., 1898-09-05
SPAIN'S INDICTMENT
P1ESIDENT ADAMS ADDRESS TO
PASADENA PEOPLE
The Cause Of the Decline Of That Ma
tdon-Major Hilton's Tenn
perance Sermons

PASADENA, (Ofrlce Of The Herald. IS
East Colorado street,. Sept. 4.--Prssident
C. K. Adams Of the University Of Wiscon-
sin addressed large audience In the Pres
byterian church this evening under the
auspices Of the Twilight club, the Shakes
peare club. Throop institute. the Y. M. c..
A. and the Presbyterian society. Ne
speaker dealt with the Indictment Of His
tory Against SPAIN" In his address to-
night President Adams proved to those who
had never heard him before his right to
emlnence as scholar and speaker Of deep
insight and eloquent address. He eafd In
substances: "a great historian has said
that the decline of Spain is due to three
causes, pride. conservatism and clerical
ism. But there is something back Of these.
The reasons for the decay Of Spain and Of
Poland are similar. In Poland the reign
Of an oligarchy Of cruel mobiles, who made
serfs Of the common people, was followed
by anarchy and confagrat.on, which the
other European nations had to put out.
The partition Of Poland followed. Polish
power was broken.
"About the fifth century In Spain there
was bloody struggle between the Franks
and the Visigoths, or between orthodoxy
and heresy. The Franks won, but the
church ruled. In the seventh century
monarchs kneeled to prelates. The church
ruled the state. Then the Moors invaded
Spain, then came civil war in an effort ON
the part Of Christianity to break Moham-
mechanism Evils followed this conflict,
4 IND IN thARA Gnatn ~
These evils were theological hatred and
corrupt military rule. Freedom Of thought
was stamped out by tyranny. A hereto
was put to death. Then when Columbus
came over he brought with him all the In.
tolerance and cruelty characteristic Of the
mother country, and Spain's dependencies
were doomed.
"Spain's provinces vastly enriched the
government. but ruined the welfare Of the
people. King Phillip. not having the
people back OF him, was defeated in h!a
plans to rule the world, and then there
came series Of incompetent monarchs.
Experiments were tried, but none sue
ceeded. The people had been ground down
and were not At TO conduct q prosperous
ration. They proved this when they
failed with the republic Of 1873. They were
too used to bowling down to tyranny. We
ihall have to keep the Philippines. We
fhaii be able to meet and assume any nev
responsibilities that may ariss."
Major Hilton's Address
Major George A. Hilton delivered a STIR
ring temperance address this evening in the
M. e. tabernacle to large audience under
the auspices Of the W. C. r. U. The drIfs
OF his argument was to emphasize the i'm
portance OF temperance among young men
from purely business standpoint rather
than from sentiment. In the large cities
OF the east the Weils-Fargo company re-
quests its employees to join the Y. M. c. A..
and gives them a membership free. Twen-
ty-seven trunk lines have combined and
agreed not to hire intemperate men. The
Fairbanks Scales company makes It's en-
plcyes sign pledge before hiring them.
The Erie Railroad company has iron rules
debarring from Its employment men who
drink or even cross the threshold Of q ea-
loon or smoke or play cards. These cor
poratfons are without hearts. Sentiment h
not at the bottom Of their ruling. Dollars
and cents are. The Erie railroad is not an
anti-gambling society. It cares nothing
for the sentiment Of the thing. It has
found by experience that the men who take
glass Of whisky now and then just for
companionship's sake And this companion
ship among drunkards. and such msn are
not fit. It has found by experience that
the men who default with large sums OF
money are those who began by playing
cards and gambling for nickels. The
speaker deplored the existence Of the army
''canteen," and upheld General Skaters
decree that no beer should be shipped to
Santiago ard Porto Rico for the American
troops. Following the lecture. which was
istened 10 with interest, a collection wal
taken for the ". G. T. U.
Notes
News was received today Of the Drowning
Of Arthur ]. Hatch, aged q years. near his
CURED a few days ago. Mr.. Hatch was
winters at the spaulding.
The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Raacks
Of North Pasadena died today. The fu-
neral will be held Monday at 10 a. m. from
the parlors Of Adams & Turner. General
Secretary Parsons Of thu Y. NJ. c. A. offY-
ciating
T. A. Zackery was arrested this evening
by Officer Goldman for drunkenness and
was placed in the city Jail awaiting appear
ance before the recorder tomorrow. Zack-
cry disturbed the holiness meeting at Penfsl
hall on South Fair Oaks avenue.
There Is a stir among local dancing peo-
pie. The Philadonian club, which was so
successful last winter. will be reorganized
this month. The Quercus club IS arranging
for dance to be given within week or "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahan and family, who
have been living at 149 South Euclid ave-
nue. since last April, left this morning for
their home in Chicago.