The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-19
Methodist Minister'S Scathing De-
nouncement of President.
IS AFTER WHISKY VOTES
TERRIBLE ATTACHMENT AT
METHODIST CONFERENCE. :
Presidents Course On the Canteen
Question the Cause of Criticism
DR.. RAIDER of Denver Used Vigor-
Gus Language-Audience Ashamed
Mckinley Was a Methodist.

President McKinley's action on the
question of closing the army canteens
was criticised harshly and at much
length by two of the speakers at the
temperance meeting last evening of
Methodists in connection with the
Methodist conference.
DR.. Daniel L. RAIDER of Denver, editor
of the Rocky Mountain Christian
Advocate, particularly handled Ma
jor Mckinley without gloves, and
spoke with bitter sarcasm of the
manner in which the president
had evaded the question and re-
fused to either commit himself for or
against the canteen question.
A dramatic incident came at the
opening of his address. DR.. RAIDER had
been speaking of the terrible curse of
the liquor traffic, drawing a sad pic
ture of its results from incidents that
had come under his own personal no.
tice. Then he changed the current of
his argument suddenly to the queS-
ton of army canteens.
Ashamed of Mckinley.
Now there's President Mckinley"
he said, hes a Methodist, and we used
to be proud of it. But we're not proud
of Mr.. Mckinley since his stand on that
canteen business. Are we?"
There was an effective pause.
How many of you are proud of him
now?"
Not a sound.
How many of you are ashamed that
Mr.. Mckinley is a Methodist"
One woman in far corner muir
INJURED Il"
rs that ALP" asked DR.. RAIDER. And
then the responses came from all over
the church.
IF ever a man had an object lesson
before him." went on DR.. RAIDER then
Mckinley is that man. He had it in
the camps about Washington, in the
disease and plaques that ran through
them, all caused by the canteens or to
be traced more or less directly to them.
They had no disease in the navy be-
cause they had no canteens there
they have abolished the use of liquor,
enforced sobriety in their men.
IF my boys were coming back now
from the war. and 1 knew they were
to become such men as most of those
that | have seen come back, / don't
know what / should do. l know this,
though, I'd rather have my boy come
back in a long box than as a drunk
ard. The canteens have made so many
drunkards that in some regiments the
officers are ashamed to bring their men
home.
William the Silent.
Major Mckinley has gained one
name in connection with this canteen
business that will stick to him for all
time. William the Silent he was
dubbed. for when bishops were plead
ing with him, editors Illuminating and
fathers and mothers praying, he said
never word. One delegation of w. c.
T. L. women he sent away with the
message, Go write what you have to
say and I'll read it
Is After the Voters.
Why? Why" Numbered DR.. Ra-
der. and then he went on shaking his
finger impiessively at the audience.
Because he knows where the votes
come from. 1t isn't because he believes
the nation upholds the liquor traffic.
but because he understands where he's
going to get his votes from next time.
He knows that the liquor dealers make
the nominations: that the saloonkeepers
elect anybody they choose and defeat
anybody they choose for any office they
choose; that our entire political sys-
tenn is in their hands. That's why Mr..
Mckinley was silent on the subject of
closing the army canteenS."
DR.. RAIDER closed with a statement of
the hopeful signs for the cause of tenn
perance in the fact that many business
houses. many railway systems were de-
handing total abstention in all their
men. He also said that education of
the children was doing a great work
for prohibition.
Denounced By Goodwin.
George F. Goodwin, chairman of the
meeting, in introducing the first
speaker, Rev. Richard Wake of Kan
sas, spoke of President McKinley's at
titude on the canteens. He could have
abolished the canteens." said Mr. Good
win. with a stroke of his pen, but he
did not, and now we are civilizing the
Philippines by sending there with every
carload of soldiers a trainload of beer"
Mr.. Wakes address was largely a
statement of the immense amount of
damage the liquor traffic is doing to
the world. He quoted statistics at much
length, and said that what was neces-
sary was the total suppression of the
saloons.
Miss Blanchard, a deaconess, sang a
very effective solo, without accompani-
ment.
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