Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-01
Vice Presidential Nominee Wooley
Talks to a Salt Lake Audience,
IS A FORClBLE SPEAKER
Had a Large crowd aud Made GOOD
Impression Did Not Arrsign tbe
Old Parties as Expected.


Is holding hls eyangelistlc meetings last
evening TO hear the Hon. John @. Wool
ley presidential nominee Of the Pro
hbltlon Party deliver an address. Mr..
WooIey has been noted FOR "a long time
as a temperance orator and those who
were present were not disappointed IN
hearing a very able effort lie has an
Impressive appearance, and at times
his clean. cut. lncislye sentences had a
telling effect upon his hearers, con-
trary 10 anticipation, he did not special.
araign the old parties, but confined
himself mostly 10 talking 20 the voter
but when he was dealing with those
whom he deemed were responsible for
the existence OF the rum traffic he ala
not spare, but delivered his blows with
telling effect,
Judge Foreman Of ogden acted as
chairman and introduced the speaker.
who plunged az once into his subject.
II have no prophecy TO make"
SAID he, 'as to who shall carry
the country IN the coming
election, but by the grace Of God
every man Of you can carry himself
like a Christian man. I say nothing az
10 whether the Prohibition Party win
break up the Republican party az the
Democratic party or any other. but /
do say that Il Is the duty Of every self.
respecting man 70 break the chains
that bind him 20 any party and 10 claim
his divine right to show himself a
man at every election day. / am ad.
dressing myself chiefly on this trip,
and Indeed IN all my work, 10 Chris.
tlan people first, because / think they
are the most intelligent people on an
average second, because / think they
are In their ordinary living the best |
people; and third. and chiefly perhaps.
because | think that according to their /
Hight and knowledge and the profes- |
slons which they make. they are DO /
lltically The worst OF the people and the |
most In need OF missionary work. This /
is Christian country and | believe a l
prohibition country II the Christian |
manhood were 10 assert itself and 10 |
have It's way on election day, yet the
most Ubiquitous business that the world
has ever seen dominates cur commerce.
dictates our political policy defeats
justice, dlssemlnates vice and pauper-
ism and ldIOcy and crime, dlsgraces our
flag debauches our sons. defles our
despoils our homes. desc
crates our affairs and continues 90 ex-
Ist ana 20 DO business and 20 thrive by
the express authority OF the law Of the
land"
Continuing he said he did not know
is TO whether he would carry the cOun.
ny this year or not, but he did know |
that every voter gould carry himself as !
a Christian, and went on TO show that |
not the saloon keeper but the Christian
voter was responsible for the liquor !
traffic.
There is something wrong In the
nation" said the speaker, when T..
U0VOO Christian voters will league |
themselves with the saloon power,
when the Influence OF a Christian min.
lister OF the gospel IS not worth q row
or pins compared with that OF a saloon
Keeper when thousands OF our best
boys are being foully murdered IN the
army by the cauteen, backed by the
Methodist President In the White
House"
He said 1t was useless TO prescribe
Tor a disease unless you knew the cause
OF II. He would diagnose the case by
the system known as exclusion. which |
was a system Of prescribing medicine
Tor every known ailment until the right
one was found. He did not want 90
blame the physicians, though they ana
wrong Ia prescribing so much alcohol
In their medicines. He did not think
with the Boston women that the cooks
were altogether 10 blame. neither would
ne care 70 place the burden on govern.
ment officials or scodlng wives, or the
preachers though these could improve
along lines OF reform with other people.
The world would never be saved by
he preachers, there was not enough ui
them, and II there was, It would be un.
lair TO put the burden entirely upon
their shoulders. He said that the
Christian man who could go down ON
his knees and pray for the advance.
nent OF Gods cause and then get Up
ma vote for the saloon was less manly
han the salOonkeeper himself The
he said, divided his prof.
Il with the government.
Mr.. Woolley made here his first allu.
lion to the old parties in the following
language:
Your party Is rotten because YOU are
n II. IL you get out Of Il. II viii arise
md be better 1t cannot clean no
While you are In It.. You don't have
o stay in It, you are no toadstool: YOU
Ire no pond lily; you cabnot free your
ELF from the mud from which YOU
prang until you get out of II, and you
Sill not be ~ for "a good party until you
10 get out and take a bath. The gut.
er is Ike the legislative body. IN mat
{ is the sole Judge Of the eligibility
4 its own members.
u am not abusing any party now. ]
I'M just talking to you about you. So
ong as you are willing 10 vote for
anteen President, don't bother God
bout the murder Of our soldier boys
~ the canteen in the Philippines The
Ulcers are as g2od as the people back