The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-30
COL. Balm At
YEARLY MEETING
HE ENTERTAINS ABOUT 5000
FRIENDS AND OTHERS
WITH A FINE TALK
Sessions Of Friends Yesterday and
Today-The Important Hap
penings.
WITH A FINE TALK

am surprised at the ignorance
of Bishop Potter of New York in es-
tabllshing a saloon" said Col George
w. Balm of Kentucky in a temper
ance lecture before the Indiana Year
~ Meeting yesterday afternoon Mr..
Balm scored the New Yorker in very
strong terms. Among other things
he said that the trouble with the
Bishop was that he had been associat-
ing too much with the elite of New
York and had not come in. contact
with the common drunkard. All of
the remarks in regard to>Bishop Pot
terwere received with much applause
by the large audience present. Col.
Balm presented the liquior ques-
ton IN a very graphic man
hers and kept the large audience of
5000 people continually in tears or
in bursts of applause. In part he
said: "The common drunkard you
see on the street is not entirely res
ponsible for his condition but he is
just a small link of a gigantic chain
This chain is composed of the drunk
ard himself, the licensed saloon, the
licensed law, the license legislature
and last Of all you people who hold
ingour hands that ballot which gives
freedom to the license legislature. If
seN sry one Of you would cast your bal
lot where it belongs on the next elec-
tion day, the liquor question would
soon be a thing Of the past. For thir-
ty five years r have voted what I
thought were the right principles and
every time people have told me that I
have lost my vote. But I will con-
tinue loosing them until I die"
Col. Balm gave some very vivid
word illustrations of the crime that
liquor is committing on young me-.
He gave an illustration of how the
voters of Kentucky were treated at
the time of the election of William
Goebel as governor. Mr. Balm was fol-
lowed by Mr.. J. J. Humphreys presi
dent of the indianapolis anti saloon
league. Mr.. Humphreys followed
along the same lines as those set forth
by Mr.. Balm and gave strong plea
for the cause of temperance and the
downfall of the saloon.
The fore part of the afternoon ses-
sion was taken up with reports Of
the work of the Home Mission Asso-
citation. The executive COMMITTEES
made very detailed statement of the
work that had been accomplished in
the different districts by the local as
soclatlon. During the past year the
Association has distributed clothing
and provisions of the value of $245.-
50 and money $1,469S7. Talks rela-
tive to mission work were made by
Miss Mary White who is mission
ary from Iowa to Jamica and Theo-
dore Gambler of this city. Julius S.
Newly was made secretary of the
committee in place of Emma Hedges.
Friday Morning.
What to do with the ministers
who have grown old in the service
of the church, was the topic which
evoked the most discussion at the
morning session of the Yearly Meet
ing today. Nearly all of the lead
ers OF the Friends made speeches re-
gardlng this important subject. 1t
was pointed out that churches of other
denominations had made plans in re-
gard to keeping their ministers when
they became old except the Friends.
1t was also noted that this was per-
haps what kept large number of
young men from entering the minis
terry OF the Friends church. The meet
ing decided 10 appoint nominating
committee which is to look into the
matter and report at the next Yearly
Meeting. Those appointed TO the
nominating committee We're: c. S.
Winslow. ]. A. GODDARD. NJ. NJ.
White. Mahala Jay. Caroline Edger-
ton. Riley Garner. Elvira Woodland.
Eli Jay. Margaret Hosea. r. Parker
and ". A. Macy.