The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-05

Worcester We are sure we amount to
good deal in the matter of temper
anee. | want to welcome you in behalf
of the young people, the old people, the
pastors of the churches who believe in
temperance, and the w. c. T. U. l want
to welcome you in behalf of the denom-
ination, which has for it's two strong
principles total abstinence and prohibit
ton The church may try a man and
expel him who uses alcoholic liquors as
a beverage or sells or manufactures it.
II want to say as a Methodist preach
err that I have whole heap more re-
spect for the W. C. T. U. than for any
institution which says you should take
intoxicants as stimulus for work.
like Worcester, but the saloon still re-
mains and I want these meetings to
help drive the damnable thing from our
midst"
Rev. Frank r. Penney spoke for the
Baptists. He said:
ut is a pleasure for me to stand be-
fore you tonight, and when / contem-
plate the principles which you represent
l feel that only the strongest word of
sympathy as a welcome.
There are 100000 Baptist people who
believe in you and in temperance. We
believe that there can be no raising of
great nations or great principles without
temperance. I am inspired by your audi
ence; am encouraged to the undertake
ing of great things when ] recollect
Miss Willard Neal Dow and John B.
Cough. Bearing these things in mind,
we are recreant if we do not hurl our
selves into the vortex and snatch one
man who will make a Dow or Cough.
Remembering that the rum traffic is the
most un-Christian evil that we have to
contend with. For the sake of all those
who must be released, in the name Of
God, let us swear allegiance to a union
that will sweep around the earth until
there is not left a single shred of that
which God abhors. Think of what awful
things are done in the name of law.
There in New York they pour out milk
if it contains little water, but they
pour in that which deals nothing but
death, according to law.
County President Mrs. A. W. Har-
rington of Leicester said: Tonight we
welcome you to a county which at first
was not prepossessing. Leading men
of Boston doubted if it would ever be-
come a respectable county. But in
spite of opposition it was made county
in 1871. Now the only Indian we see
is squaw or two standing on pedes-
tails on the street, offering nothing but
mind by this time, as she has covered
one of our villages with water. This
county has given such names as John
B. Cough. G. F. Hoar, Eli Whitney,
Clara Barton. The people of Worcester
county south are peculiar; they have
an eye trouble; they can't see the good
of the w, C. T. u. I suggest that we
add another department to the 40 we
have and send a doctor to them. We
m 10 %, ,ar
the gospel of temperance everywhere,
and by every means, and we want
them to see
THE people, the men, have an eye
trouble, the mathematical part is left
out of it. | have said there are not any
snakes in Worcester. south, but there
are They are in bottles There is an
other class-the policemans eye in
Chicago. The policemen of Chicago
spend their time winking They cannot
see the law. One night little lass was
arrested for preaching on the street,
and at the same time 1S saloons were
pouring forth their poisons in disregard
TO the law, and the policeman saw it
not When our nation was holding a
tea party, the people met in convention
aud determined not to drink tea To-
day their daughters are met in conven-
ton for the same reason. We welcome
you. You have been on our hearts ALI
the year. Now you are on our hands,
Mrs. Emma ]. Ware of Worcester To-
cal union said: LAS we listened this
afternoon to the crusaders, my heart
went back to the time when a number
of noble women in Worcester met in
Grace church to pray for divine guild
Ance. It seems particularly fitting that
you should return here after Is years
and to unite hands again in the bond to
work together. We welcome you here
sisters, and we anticipate much from
you. We are praying God that your
coming will Danish the liquor traffic and
be the arrow point that will pierce the
armor of prejudice, which is even yet
in the city. We hope your coming will
help us toward clean city. and we
welcome you to all that we have and
all that we are, and we hope that you
will enjoy your visit"
Mrs. Helen G. Rice, state recording
secretary, said: my text is, keep it
a-goin' We have been keeping it go
ing for % years. and we will keep it
a-goin' as long as our flag floats over
one brewery One Interpretation of our
letters is washing contracts taken UNI
conditionally, and that's exactly what
we do. And now we want you to help
furnish the bluing, the soap, the tubs
and a little starch to stiffen up some of
the backbones.
Mrs. Abby f. Rolf responded for the
state union, and said:
st seems to me like a welcome home |
l am thinking of my first visit to Wor- |
cester 1t was more than so years ago. |
We drove here in chaise, my father
and mother and T. / remember of my
father telling why Worcester is called |
the heart of the commonwealth. The old
Boston committee sent out a letter in
order to find out the sentiment held by
the people regarding freedom. Leicester
replied that it felt 1t a duty to risk i
lives and property for liberty. James
Otis wrote. of Worcester, Worcester, !
the heart Of the province, always loyal
to freedom. Then l remember the visit