The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-18
LAST EVENINGS LECTURE
a Large Audience Present at the
i#s Cohn Hall.
THE GOOD OF TEMPERANCE
: iYFFN
Captain Dutton Gives Advice to Mothers.
Their Children May Be Following
the Wrong Path-Beware
ss Of the Drink.

The hall occupied by Captain Dutton,
the# great temperance orator. was
crowded last evening by an interested
and enthusiastic audience.
Many men signed the total abstin-
ence pledge, and the list thus obtained
is rapidly assuming most generous pro-
PORTIONS. The opening prayer was de-
liVared by Rev. Mr.. Norris of the Chris
tiasH church, who has just returned
after short absence from the city.
Captain Dutton in his temperance lee
ture said in part:
The boys who are drinkers are not
of the class who get next to quarter
and sing Nearer, My God, to Thee
but the big hearted fellows who would
give their last copper to a man who
is In need. Boys, it is better to be on
theEsafe side, and be a total abstainer
than to be down in the fool rooms
playing fool Some folks call them
pool rooms but fool rooms is bet
ter name for them.
"Whiskey makes liars out of men.
especially the married men. When
asked by their wives where they have
morning they always say: I've been
to lodge, and just took another de-
gree
.Isn't it strange that they belong to
all the lodges on the calendar? Some
of these men should stay at home and
get acquainted with their children. No
man is Christian who is not total
abstiner. In the scriptures are found
many passages to corroborate my
statements. For example, He that
loveth pleasure Is poor, and he that
loveth wine Is not WISE again, Woe
unto him that putteth the bottle unto
his brothers mouth and Wine is a
81, tel
whatsoever Is deceived is not wise.'
Away with the argument that little
beer and wine Or cider is good. If a
little Is good, there can be no harm
IN q little more, and you know what it
leads to.
Il see in the prison cells some of the
boys; their bloody fingers are raking
the strong walls; their blood is drip
ping down onto the floor. / ask them
where and how they started, and they
tell me they began with the soft drinks,
and were not satisfied: soon it took
stronger liquor to quench their thirst,
and now you see where they are.
I'VE are here to fight liquor in it's
every form. Much liquor Is used in
the homes of people whose names are
on the church register, but who are
not Christians; 1T is used to heighthen
the flavor of thesVarious sauces and
buildings. I condemn this practice most
empnatlcally ana declare that thou
sands cultivate the taste for liquor in
this manner A man cannot drink cider
and hold out long against desire for
something stronger. Every open sa-
loon advertises for the boys and will
have them at any cost. You may fondly
believe that your boy is safe, but be-
ware lest he, too, prove weak You
may think him all right, while he is
all wrong. I despise those Temperance
workers who sit with folded hands
and idly watch their fellow men drift
down to destruction. Up! Up, and to
work! Take hold there is rescue work
for you. / wouldn't give a snap of my
finger for those who are drones in the
hive. Men are all around you who
are anxious to reform, but no one
seems anxious to have them. You
never know how much good you can
do until you try. You who are safe
In the temperance boat, reach out and
lift in some fellow man who is sink
ing to an untimely grave"