Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-27
THE ANTI-SALOON REVIVAL
MEETING LAST EVENING AT HAM
LINE NJ. #. CHURCH.
The Programs for This Evening and
Sunday NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ne
Thursday's Session.

The Saloon from the Standpoint Of a
Business Man and THE Legal Phase of
the Saloon Question were the themes dis
cussed at the revival service in. Hamline
Church. under the auspices of the Anti
Saloon League of the District
Mr.. D. D. Thompson spoke as a business
man, and advanced as his views the propo-
sitionS that the only business-like way to
deal with the saloon Is to prohibit 1t and
enforce the prohibition; that it Is not bust
ness-like to license a traffic that puts into
| the treasury only little more than one
fourth of what it costs, and that it Is not
good business for a man to take risks with
a habit that has ruined so many men.
Judge Stanton ]. Peelle of the Court of
Claims presented the legal phase of the
question. He discussed the three ways OF
dealing with the business, Everywhere ad-
mitted to be dangerous'-by prohibition, To-
cal option and license-and emphasized the
necessity of public sentiment as the ba-
SIS for any progress. and the wisdom Of
making the best use possible of the half
loaf" when that is all that is to be had.
Judge Arson S. Taylor presided. The de-
votional exercises were in charge of Rev.
George P. Wilson, DID. pastof of Assem-
bly's Presbyterian Church; Rev. d. w.
Steele, acting pastor of the church in which
| the meetings are held, and Rev. S. NJ. Hart
sock. DID, pastor of Douglas Methodist
Episcopal Church.
In addition to the music by the special
choir under the direction of Mr.. Percy s.
Foster. the features of the program for
this evening and tomorrow evening are as
follows:
Saturday-Rev. Luther B. Wilson, DID,
first vice president American Anti-Saloon
League, presiding.
Devotional exercises, conducted by Rev.
A. F. Anderson, assistant pastor Calvary
| Baptist Church.
SympOSjum 1.-The Practical Wprkipp oF
the A. S. L. Of the District of Columbia"
First. THE Work of the League" Before
(a) Congress the Law Making Power; Co
The Commissioners the Responsible Law
| Enforcing Power" Jas. l.. Ewin, president.
Second. THE Work of the League Before
the Excise Board. the DEMONSTRATING
Power under the Laws A +. Shoemaker,
attorney for the league.
Third The Work of the League in Great
ing Public Sentiment, the Power that Moves
all Powers, in (a) The Societies Affiliated
in the League; tbl The General Public"
A N. Garfield, LII. NJ, first vice president.
Address, Some A. s. l.. Work Beyond
the District Boundary" Howard o. EN-
mons, superintendent Prince Georges Coun-
ty A. S. L.
Sunday-''Temperance Sunday Mr.. A.
N. Garfield, first vice president A. s. L.,
presiding.
Sermon, The Removal of the Saloon
Necessary to the Nations Safety Rev. J.
w. Steele, assistant pastor Hamline NJ. E.
Church.
Soldiers View.
The first speaker on the program Of the
anti-saloon revival Thursday evening was
Capt. William S. Hodges of Company D, 4th
Battalion, District of Columbia National
Guard. whose theme was THE Saloon in Its
Relation to the Soldier" Prefacing his ad-
dress with the remark that he would make
statement Of facts and conditions he had
found to exist during the Spanish war and
since then, and their effects upon the SOL
der, he discussed the subject under the
heads. THE Effects of the Saloon on Disci-
pine" and Its Effect on Patriotism"
Some of his expressions under the first
head We're:
The dangerous effects Of the saloon in all
of its phases have always been recognized
by those who have been placed in authority
over troops, and there has ever been an
effort to overcome the same. A provost
guard, seeking men who are absent with
out leave, invariably makes its first search
through the neighboring saloons, and in -
per cent of the cases finds the culprit, very
often in a helpless state of intoXication.
Many men who otherwise would make val
liable soldiers, and who, in fact, in time of
need are always found where duty calls
are too weak to resist the temptation which
is before them, and knowing that the
saloon is ever inviting them and ready to
receive them, will exercise the greatest in
genuity in avoiding their duties to satisfy
their cravings 1t is needless to say that
sad condition of affairs. 1t is an unfortu-
nate fact that troops Of the National Guard
more affected by these conditions than
those of the regular establishment, although
the latter are not exempt therefrom."
Captain Hodges discussed the effect of the
saloon in keeping out Of the National
Guard many of the most desirable and pa
triotic young men.
From Standpoint of Citizen.
Mr.. F. M. Bradley, general secretary Of
the Sons Of Temperance, spoke on The
Saloon from the Standpoint of Citizen"
After describing an American citizen, he
said:
Now, what is a saloon? A place where
Intoxicating drinks are sold to be drunk on
the premises; place where drunkards are
made: a place where money is squandered
for drink that does not satisfy thirst a
place where the name OF God is not men
toned except in blasphemy; where the
conversation 10 not uplifting; where the
young man with growing appetite for
drink is brought closely in contact with the
veteran drinker who would sacrifice home,
wife and heaven for drink, If 1t could not
get it otherwise.
In some Of these saloons congregate the
lowest OF both sexes, and here the crime
and deviltries are Matched that come to
light In our police court and other courts OF
the city and nation.
Worse than this, the keepers of saloons
oftentimes combine with their lowest and
most depraved patrons to control the DO
nt!cal caucus and the elections that result
therefrom, thus obstructing righteous legis-
lation and the enforcement of laws"
Mr.. A. l.. Dieterich, president of the
District Of Columbia Christian Endeayor
Union, presided, and the devotional exer-
cises were conducted by Rev. John Van
Schaick, jr.. the new pastor of the Univer-
salist Church Of Our Father. The bene-
diction was pronounced by Rev. J. W.