The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

business in connection Herewith, ana
otherwise expend the funds of the league
for the benefit of its members and the
advancement of the cause of temper
ance, consistent with the spirit of this
charter.
Sec THE grand council shall have
power to fill all vacancies in the council
Iby a vote of two-thirds of the members
of the council.
ARTICLE AMENDMENTS
Section This charter may be amend
ed by a two thirds vote of not less than
one hundred members of the league pres
ent at any annual meeting which shall be
held during the month of February OF
each year, or at any special meeting call,
ed for that purpose upon the signed re-
quest of eleven or more members OF the
council
| The question of fees was then brought
up Mr.. Austin explained that no ices
were to be required of the signers, as II
was free-will organization, which was
open for all to enter. The election OF
officers was next taken up A printed
| list of officers proposed by the committee
having in charge the drafting of the
| charter was passed around the hall A
viva xoce vote was taken on the names
therein, resulting in their unanimous
election The officers are as follows:
President Franklin H. Austin; first vice
president Miss Florence h. Yarrow; sec
ond vice president w. r. Castle; treas
urer Edward Taylor; secretary, Ernest
| H. Shanks; sergeant-at-arms, Frank A
| Vickery; members of the council, Theo.
Richards, A. F. Cooke, j. K. kaulia,
| James Mott Jr., Mrs. Caroline Austin,
Moses K. Nakuina. Mrs. William Hop
per- David Dunlop. Mrs. NJ. G. Johnson,
l,E. S. Gill, c. H. Dickey, Miss Ada WHIT
| hey Mrs. NJ. B. Adams, Jonah Kumalae
one member to be nominated by Camp
Mckinley.
| President Austin in accepting the honor
said ''In accepting this position do
not underestimate the work that is be-
| fore me. | believe that it requires enc
| at the head of this organization who
| goes into the work with earnestness of
purpose and with the highest aspirations
at heart. If that is so, then | can assure
you that | can fill the position as far
| as that goes. l will say this much in
connection with the action l have taken
| in signing the Murphy pledge, that l
have never regretted it for moment,
| and so help me God / never will regret
| it, and, in order to help me in the work,
L have but half hour since taken one
| of Gods angels on earth to work with
me | know that she as well / will
have at heart the work. and inasmuch as
our love for each other grows stronger
| and stronger, SO we will have some to
spare for all those who have been at
| nlcted as i nave Deon III the past. lDfS
Organization will live, and live for all
time 1t will live under the shadow of
the pinion wings of the angel of love,
land in that way we shall bring blessings
upon countless numbers. Let US work
for that goal; let work to fulfill the
Hast clause of this pledge, which Is to
encourage others to abstain. That Is
why we are here We will endeavor &c
wean them from the influence of the
devils that come out of the whskey boz
tie
He introduced DIR. e. S. Chapman, SUI
lperintendent of the California Ant-Sa
loon League who delivered an address:
reminiscent of the Murphy movement il
the early '70S. 1t was away back IL
1.-THE early los he began, while / wa:
pastor of a church in Cincinnati. Ohio
when what was known as the Crusade
was begun. 1t had its beginning in Ohio
1t was a temperance league, and thos'
who are not addicted to the use of in
toxicating liquors have little idea of hov
great was the movement. Years afte
the great Murphy movement began ant
demanded attention all over the Easter
States. | have been total aostalne
all my life. / don't know how intoxtcat
ling liquors taste. | would not be wort
a cent in California as a witness whe
one is called upon to tell what intoxicat
ing liquors taste like. l have never beel
full and have signed hundreds of ZEN
lperance pledges. 1 always do, and If yo
have any here tonight 1 will sign on
of them. 1 have never been hurt b.
signing a pledge, and l have never know
, lanyone else to be hurt.
We'll, the crusade was a temperance
Isigning movement, as well as havin
Iother features, but the Murphy move
ment which followed it, was essential
, and wholly a pledge-signing movement
and it was a big one. The pastors gen
a delegate to Pittsburg to find out abou
it and determined to welcome it n tina
city on the Miami river Two men, WIN
had signed the pledge, soon after cam
to Dayton and started the movement. w
at once took hold of it and gave it sue
Support as we could. The movement the
was confined almost wholly to men VIII
had had large experience with intoxica:
ing liquors. The man who had not bee
full did not have much influence in i
A man like myself was not worth sna
to make an address. But it was the ma
who had gone down lowest into til
gutter and into the deplorable exper
ences of intoxication and then stood bt
fore the audiences as a reformed drurl
ard who could reach them and exercis
the best influence.
There is a philosophy in that. Whe
attempted to stand up and tell me
to turn aside from their habits, the
would say oh, you don't know an.
thing about the burning thirst I have
No; they wanted a man to stand up an
say to them, L know just how you fee
know how weak you are, for I ha,
been there myself There is a wonde
full, -under-a-fellow influence