The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-23

knew the worst wfleE she read the
bulletin in front Of the place.
Yes; this is the saloon dedicated by
Bishop Potter yesterday. You are vel
come"
Below 1t were clippings from newspa-
pers giving an account of the interest
ing ceremony which formally launch
ed the drinking place.
The world is getting worse and
worse" she declared, when a thing
like this is possible. 1 would not have
believed itv
Then she peaked into the water
wagon" departmental the soda foun-
tain which also runs beer. She read
this placard:
BEEF
Served at this Fount.
GOOD SODA WATER and GOOD
BEER ARE EQUALLY HARMLESS IF
TAKEN TEMPORARILY.
"That is a lying, misleading sign"
she declared, land l am sorry for the
poor souls who will be led astray by it.
II Sister Nation were only Eere!'
Bishop Samuel Fallows of st. Paul's
Reformed Episcopal church i'll Chicago
lauds the action Of Bishop Henry G.
Potter. Bishop Fallows himself con-
Quoted a similar experiment in Chicago.
He said:
"Bishop Potter is one Of the few men
in the country who are endeavoring to
deal in a practical manner with the
saloon evil. His sympathies are with
the workingman. In this Subway sa-
loon movement he is following the plan
adopted by Earl Grey and a very large
number of the Church of England
clergy. Conditions are different in this
country, and American sentiment is not
in favor Of thus meeting the saloon
problem. 1 thoroughly believe that the
most feasible way Of antagonizing the
saloon is to provide a proper substitute,
and in this substitute saloon no in
toxicating liquors Of any kind should
be Sold"
Among the most ardent advocates of
temperance in New York are the Paul
list Fathers, says the New York Herald.
Rev. John j. Hughes said Of Bishop
Potter's action that it reminded him
of an incident that had happened in
the church in Father Hecker's time.
"a man came here" he said, land
told Father Hecker that he wanted to
open a saloon in the parish. You
know he added, that I'm a good, law
abiding man, and I want to conduct
the saloon on good moral lines, and l.
don't want you to oppose m in opening
1t. If you will consent / promise to
comply with any stipulations you may
make for me in running it.
"'All right Father Hecker answer
ed, you can go ahead if you will COM
ply with my conditions. The first is
that you will have none but archangels
for ba~rkeepers.'
ut is unnecessary to say" continued
Father Hughes, ''that there was no
need of mentioning the other condi-'
lions. My opinion on the subject is
that laid down by all the Catholic bish-
ops, who say in the DEGREES Of the
council of Baltimore as to those IN
gagged i'll the sale of Intoxicating liq-
uOrs:
".Let them, if possible, choose some
more honorable way Of making a liv-
Bishop Potter's action, though con-
demncd by some ministers in Cincin- |
natl, is not without supporters. The
Rev. Philip Y. Pendleton, Christian, is
grieved by his example and regards his
action as a regrettable mistake. The
Rev. David Kinney, Reformed Presby-
terrain, says that the dedication of the
tavern was 'as incongruous as a pray
er meeting in help and insists that the
participator should be expelled from
his church.
The Rev. G. w. Blodgett, Methodist,
is emphatic in his condemnation. Rabbi
Louis Grossman, Jewish; the Rev. Dud-
w. Rhodes, Episcopal. and the Rev.
Mackay, Roman Catholic,
praise the fearless independence of the
and see in it a ph~ilanthropic
enterprise devoid Of pedantry, not
harmful, but in the end beneficial.
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