The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-30

The meeting Sunday afternoon was
ono of the most reE1afkabie cNei
held IN Richmond The academy
~ Nr,isic resorted to in The hope
OF accommodating al VINO, ~ oiie ssira
or another, had manifested d oss1 ,Ls
- 1eay the great evangelist put Wiz
LA NOT secure standing-room IN lile
.,,,,.,e1,as did not begin TO aoid me
,,,,oxvd Every s.aat was taken a42i1s
800 tiiIed. and the stage was cIoMoGa
s,o,, end TO end. The doors We're -
"a NJ ? o'clock and in fftech 49,,
,nay had TO be closed. The mouse ~
a,Saa aud vet from every quarter M
No. iS,y inc time the service began
-. .irf,t hundred Of them hao con-
,rrasgated in the street outside. some o.
-, +bundered at the doors ana W.
an,ys in a vain hope of gaming
tance. &c tho occasion
,r,,a ,+,,cr was the address by the eV.iils5e-
,;st and the manifestation OIL -.
.,,,olYad by it. When the speaker ieie1i
:, 20 .he local situation great cnee'l.lS
.f,,.5 Inc air. He spoke N caustic ~. ills
If ,,,e wine supper at the 3ai anu
-las his hearers by one or TWO oeel"i a
,tone made in connection WITH ih7 " ~
4Je addressed himself in saarleai ia-
s,,,age TO the police force OF lsicflil'o'iu'
:.wl,ich went forth cautioned 10 sec 10
.;itia as possible and say nolillhs.
Y7aclarea that he himself, altloush iieN -
,s,,.;,c been here before, could JON the
80 ~ o,,6 With this nose of mine ferret
49,, IN ion DAYS the gambling hells OF the
a.-i,,ta,,ce of which the Richmond police
.aen,,rcd they knew nothing. lie laugh
a. ~ sco,n the idea that saloon
,ee.-,n,er, are members OF the Common
..o,,,c,, of MISUNDERSTANDING laws for
.,o naonIe 1T one end and debauchlng
eho,,, AZ fine other''-and declared the sa-
loo,, n no the root Of all election frauds.
Srhe saloon. he aaid, elects the council
s,d the council docs the rest. The Con-
s,itutional Convention had refused TEN
l.,era1lce legislation because the saloon
hold .lDon't touch It" As grand eli
max. Mr.. Stuart called upon the assem-
mare to see to It that they never again
MT into the Office of mayor a man who
Is not worthy. and TO make sure that
every officer representing the community
&c a clean man Tie Wild cheering which
greeted ;nis denaiturs Was S,i'hins anu
significant expression of sentiment
The subject Of Mr.. Stuart was taken
from, I4abolsl5uk II. II and IS. In announc-
Ing his text, however, the speaker
8 changed it so as TO apply TO Richmond,
sud then read it rs follows:
.syyoe 10 Richmond taal paliaelh
Down with blood and stantisheth 4 city
NV .n.ouity; woe unto Richmond that
riYeta his ncighbor drink; he is filed
Nth shame for glory. Yes, shame
no added; SHANE for the feast in the
san, eto.. etc, thing which stinlSs in
lhc nostrils of a gentleman
Then AR Stuart scent III Tor the saloon
snd discussed it wi1h gloves off lie de-
Slared il TO be the mother of anarchy .
she mob spirit election frauds ''di-
torce" and poverty" In some cases
his denunciauon Of the whisKey-seller
has something terrible in It's intensity
In the middle of touching
description, some one from the
ripper gallery yelled down, asking The
evangelist for his opinion OF the gam
alers. lie cut his discussion short of and
stopped TO reply. "A gambler, said he.
.is no better than a common thief; \