Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-27
AFTERMATH OF REVIVAL IS
THREAT AGAINST SALOON
MAY BRING QUESTION TO VOTE
Two Thousand Men Pledge Them
selves to Wage Unrelenting
War on RetaiIers-ovation
for {. s. Chapman

opened formally yesterday aIteTHoon'
AS the outcome of the mass meeting
held in the First Methodist church a
permanent organization was formed
which will be known as the Church
federation
Two thousand men pledged their sup
port in the fight to abolish the saloon
and arrangements were made for the
circulation of large number of petit
tions asking that a special election be
called and an ordinance be submitted
to the people which, If passed, will do
away with the retail liquor traffic.
The First Methodist church was
crowded with men and women who
had gathered in the interest of the
"no-saloon campaign yesterday after
noon. Rev. William Horace Day pre-
sided.
In the body of the house the men
were seated, while the gallery was
filled with women. The meeting was
called by the various committees of the
union evangelistic campaign, and upon
motion the committees resolved them
selves into permanent body under the
name "The Church Federation of Los
Angeles 1t is this body which will
work. with DR.. e. S. Chapman as lead
er, to fight the Royal Arch.
Rev. Robert j. Burdette was the first
speaker and he emphasized the neces-
sity of harmony.
Must Make Concessions
Dr. Burdette said that every one
should get into line and stay there.
1--WE will all have to make conces-
sions to the other fellow" he said.
1T is perfectly consistent for a man
who drinks in his own home or at his
club in a moderate way to take part
in this campaign if he wants the sa-
loon to CO.
"If you can't keep step with man,
step over him or around him, but
whatever you do, don't kick him out.
Climb over him, but keep him in line
at any cost. Battles are not won on
dress parade and the man who does
not keep step with you may hit every
thing in sight when it comes to the
fight. Remember to keep up a rapid
fire in the direction of the enemy and
keep yelling all the time. We are go
ing to fight and if we do not accom-
plish our end now we will at least
give some one a run for his money.
He will at least have a scare.
"This should be a campaign of re-
venge as well as Justice. Every honor
able man who cares for his home is
an enemy of the saloon.
"It is the place where all evil is
plotted. If man wants to bribe a
senator he will choose the darkest
room in a saloon in which to give him
the money. If a crime is planned men
will meet in a saloon to arrange for 1t
and whatever business you have that
is low and vile you will carry it to
the saloon. 1t should go and we are
going to hit hard"
Rev. Hugh X. Walker, who has been
identified with every reform of recent
years in Los Angeles, was the second
speaker. DR.. Walker said:
Expects No Reaction
"There are many things for the evan
gelistic band to do on the wave of
this revival We are not in it for spir-
itual luxury; we are here to carry out
the resolutions to triumphant end.
There is no danger of a reaction from
this campaign. for we are still acting
and we are going to keep on acting.
II would like to strike out this entire
business forever. I would like to strike
away every restaurant license, 1 would
like to strike the brewery and | mean
to strike them, by the grace of God,
some day. This is only the first step
in the fight. All you have to do is to
keep step. and if you can't, fight any
way.
1T is necessary that we should win,
and we are going to win now. l love
this city of Los Angeles and believe it
is the best city on the face of the
earth, but we must rid it of this blot
for two reasons-for the sake of the
weaker man and for the sake of our
boys and girls. If we win the fight it
is to win the cleanest and best city
that we could get for them today"
When DR.. e. S. Chapman was intro
duced the people arose, waved their
handkerchefs to salute him and sang
the christians Battle Hymn"
DR.. Chapman outlined the plan of
campaign and said that the committee
had spent many months in perfecting
arrangements for it.
Can Win Victory
"I have looked forward to this time
for FIVE years and yet 1 did not COM
prehend the magnitude of it," said he.
There are enough men-and women,
for without them we cannot win
there are enough to go out and bring
glorious victory to us. We must have
three things-conference, concession
and harmony. We need sermons I'm
shoes, sermons behind the counters. i'm
the streets and sermons everywhere.
The committee decided the three things
that were necessary. Shall we make
warfare against the saloons? what
shall we attempt to accomplish? and
how shall we proceed?