Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-03-02
Ex-supt. Morrow and Quartet.


Rev. q. w. Morrow OF Burlington, ex-
superintendent OF the Vermont Anti-Sa-
loon league, and the Neal Dow quartet gave
free entertainment Of music and lecture
Tuesday evening in Dubois x Gays hall.
The attendance WAS not large, there being
possibly $50 present, and Mr.. Morrow took
occasion to remark that ON their trip
through the state they had been greeted
on the average by bigger houses every
where than Randolph had given them. In
Northheld they drew a crowd Of 600,and IN
Montpelier a round thousand.
The quartet could sing, and sing so
beautifully that the audience longed to
hear such exquisite voices in selections OF
a higher order OF music than the repertoire
of anti-saloon songs that the occasion
called for. This is the third time these
talented musicians have jouTneyed through
the state In the interests of the league, and
their last appearance is at Bristol tonight,
Bellows Falls being their stand last night.
Placards in large black letters around
the stage bore the sentiments-"The sa
loon must 90, "The best saloons do the
worst harm TO the best men, "The great
end OF government: make it es hard as
possible to 60 wrong and easy as possible
to go right (trom Gladstone). No saloons
work to this end"
Mr.. Morrow showed two maps of Yer
mont, one dated 1908 with ~ license
towns marked in black, and the other
dated 1904 with its fair surface defaced by
only A dark spots. The voters in the
coming town meetings would rub out
many OF these spots, he thought, with
their ballots against license, and he eX-
pressed the confident hope that both
Montpelier and Barre would be found in
the no-license column. IL Northfield and
Barre town can be controlled by the tenn
perance element, Washington county will
be a bright place on the map, while Rut-
land viii doubtless continue to sit in
darkness.
The anti-saloon movement he charac-
terized as the movement OF the day in re-
form Ii is allied with the churches, and
liuuor papers show that never before has
the liquor element so trembled for its in
terests. 1t is no longer on the offensive,
but on the defensive. The business world
has taken its stand, too, with church and
league and is rapidly closing its doors to
men Who drink.
DR.. Lorenz, the great Vienna surgeon,
refused wine at a banquet in New York
because in his great work he needed clear
brain, steady nerves and firm muscles.
Thomas A. Edison, the wizard OF Menlo
park, declared he had better use for his
brains than to muddle them with drink
One OF the arguments Of the high license
advocates was the number Of fine hotels
that under the new law would be built m
Vermont to enable the city people TO enjoy
the advantages Of license as well as scenery
here. Where are those big hotes2 In
stead OF any sumptuous Waldorf-Astorias
being erected in the state, three hotels,
located at Norton, Middlesex and Cuttings
vile, have been DESTROY ed by fire, directly
traceable to drunken orgies in the bar
rooms.
New and larger jails, however, are being
built to accommodate the increasing num-
Der Of criminals, and the fires OF alcohol
are sweeping the state with more lasting
devastation than the flames which a year
ago robbed the green hills OF their wooded
beauty.
Mr. Morrow pointed out that in the de-
linquent taxpayer the liquor men find
way TO increase powerfully their influence
in town meeting, for by their money they
can qualify him to vote and he will natur-
ALLY further the interests Of his benefac-
tors