The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-12
UNION TEMPERANCE MEETING.

Despite the storm a large congrega.
tlon gathered at Bethany church on
Sunday evening to attend the union
temperance service, held under the
auspices of the Anti Saloon League.
An excellent musical program was
rendered by a chorus choir under the
direction of II. y. Hopkins. the solos
by w. S. Goss and Miss Stella Gran.
dali being particularly enjoyable.
Rev. j. Edward Wright was the
first speaker His remarks were de-
voted to extracts from the press Of the
country, with comments ON the same.
lie first read from the Vermont Home
Guards, the organ of the Womau's
christian Temperance Union, regard
ing beer drinking in Germany, with
comments by the New York Even
ing Post, and from the Outlook, re-
garding the "Blue Cross movement
IN France, which has for its aim total
abstinence from distilled liquors.
Coming to our own land, Georgia.
the last of the States to hold ont
against scientific temperance instruc-
tion i'll the public schools, has adopted
the same. Mr. Wright read from the
new Voice with reference to the veto
of the Governor of Georgia on the
d1spensary bill.
The Boston Globe says that Boston's
rum traffic with Africa reaches ?. 900.
600 gallons year. The caustic com
ment of the Chicago Tribune on the
statement made by Bishop Potter of
New York that prohibition in Yer
mont, New Hampshire and Maine is
an lmpudent fraud and an impudent
failure, was also quoted.
Mr W.,
as hopeful sign that Hearst's pa
pers IN New York, Chicago and San
francisco, which run into the million
copies, occasionally publish anti saloon
articles. He also read the favorable
comment by the Washington Liouor
Dealer on Prof. Atwater's statement
that alcohol is food, quoted from
the Rutland Herald of Jan 10 last
that the movement to stamp ont the
traffic in Vermont "is being attended
with no little success" F" and closed
with the encouraging statement given
out by NJ. j. flaming, superintend-
ent of the Anti-Saloon League in New
Hampshire, i'll regard to the recent
closing of the saloons in all of the
large cities of that State.
Rev. Z. o. Judkins spoke OH 1.-THE |
place OF the prohibitory law in the
general scheme of education. - The |
speaker drew an interesting picture
OF man passing from lawless state
to that plane where he can live in a
community, free, because he obeys all |
law TO help on this work seems to
be Gods purpose. After tracing the
process from the lawless to the helpful
man, the speaker asked what place in
TINS scheme has the prohibitory law?
lie referred to the right of the
American people to legislate against
anything that is injurious to the pub
lie at large and characterized the
prohibitory law as a dignified express
sion of public conviction. The idea
that it is a reasonable law was elab-
GRATED with several forceful examples.
and che thought that one of the best
phases of education is the expressed
honest conviction that alcoholic traffic
must be prohibited was especially en-
forced.
In closing Mr.. Judkins addressed
himself to local option men. He
thought local option would eventually
come in Vermont, possibly within a
century, but it can never come until
the morale of the larger towns and
cities is as high as il is in the smaller
villages ard rural communities.
The next union ,arvice, to be held !
under these auspices viii be in Trim
iaty church some Sunday evening in ,
April at which Rev. j. Edward
Wright will give further press notices,
and Rev, Lucirs f. Reed will deliver
an address.