The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-18
DREADED TO RETURN
TO DEBAUCHED STATE
callie H. Howe DeplOres That Vermont
Is Living Out a Dark Page in It's His
tory Through License Enactment.


Mrs. ealle Howe of St. Joseph, Mo,
gave one OF her eloquent addresses at
the Methodist church last evening. Mrs.
f. y. Beekley, president of the Ida
Reed union of the w. O. 7. q. Of this
city. presided over the meeting and IN
troduced Mrs. Howe as the national or
ganizer Of the w. G. T. U.
A good audience greeted Mrs. Howe,
who held the attention OF her listeners
for an hour and half. While her chief
effort IS being put forth in the fight
against the traffic in, and use Of, intoM-
eating liquors, she shows that she Is
broad minded and fair enough to see
and give due consideration to other
great dangers that threaten the peace
and prosperity Of our country. She
spoke Of the conflict between capital
and labor and OF The boodlefs and graft
ers in politics as being dangers which
are rising like mountain peaks above
the horizon Of our continued peace and
safety as a nation.
But she sees in the intempefanee Of
the land a danger that surpasses all
others and one that is costing tremend-
ously in the very life blood Of our peo-
Pile The marvellous prosperity, the
splendid school system and the noble
citizenship Of prohibition Kansas were
pointed to and the loyal, fearless, law
enforcing governor of Missouri was com
mended The speech of Mr.. jerome Of
New York on a Kansas platform last
year was arraigned az reasonable TAX
en- all together, Mrs Howe gave one Of
the strongest Temperance addresses ever
delivered in our city.
Mrs. Howe said in part: When
learned three years ago that the darkest
page OF Yermont's history was being
lived out and when / learned that the
manhood and womanhood of Vermont
had fastened an awful heritage on their
children, said / cannot go back to the
Green Mountain state. Although | have
been asked to return many times, this
is the first time that / could come and
look upon Nermont's disgrace. | cannot
become accustomed to thinking OF sa-
looms existing in Vermont"
THE majority OF men and women are
Indifferent to this great cause of tenn
perance reform. 1t has been thus since
the birth Of Christ among the hills Of
Iudea. When once the sleeping world
lifts its head to listen to these great
problems it cannot return again to rest.
What is true of other great reforms Is
true Of the temperance reform. Mighty
problems confront the American people
today. Carlyle said that some day the
American nation would be on trial for
its life, and when that time comes we
n shall each be called upon to testify fol
the life or death of our system Of GOV.
/ eInment.
There are great clouds rising upor
our horizon today, but one looms up ant
oveTshadows all the others. 1t is thS
reelaiming OF the American people from
the debauehing influences of liquor. II
means more to our system Of govern
ment than to other governments. M
nation ever went down to ruin until its
people had become drunken and i'm
moral. 1t is a question OF patriotism
and no man on woman on Gods foot
stool can be patriotic who for any con
sideration OF cause whatever Is willing
TO debaueh manhood and disgrace wom.
anhood.
/ @Seventy-fiye years ago the medical
fraternity Of this country began to study
the causes Of the feeble minded and
idiotle children born in this country
They found that It was the sins oi
the men and women who had lived be-
fore which were being visited upon these
poor unfortmates. There were never Sd
many insane children and child erimi-
mails in this country as there are today
and the cause Of this is drink Drink
and intemperance are the cause Of oul
insane asylums, reformatories and homei
for feeble-minded children"
Mrs. Howe then presented some very
interesting statistics regarding the condi
ton Of this country and the money
spent annually for various things. Ther'
was spent in this country last yea
81 zoe. 100000 for liquor and 100000,
600 for tobacco. On the other hand
there was spent only S370,000,000 TO
bread, S175,00o,00O for education, $50,
100000 for church purposes and $40,
000.000 for missions, both foreign AM
domestic There was only 100000 10
w. G. Z. q. purposes in the past year.
After the address collection wa
taken up and the proceeds will coward
making comfort bags and providing Ii
brary for the 700 sailor boys on Tia
new battIeship Vermont
BURIED AT WAITSFIELD.