The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
Temperance Forces Again Sound
the Tocsin.
Father CIeary Makes a Convinc-
ing Address.
HOCH MAKES A SPEECH
Says There Are a 'sFew Joints
in Kansas.
Does Not Indicate the Work Is a
Failure.

I'VE have given the world a new
and practical definition of the word
liberty said Rev. Father James M.
Cleary of Milwaukee to over 1000
people at the Auditorium Wednesday
night, at the opening meeting Of the
Kansas State Temperance unions an
nual convention. cit does not mean
that every man Is left free to do just
as he likes. to be released from re-
sponsibility or exemption from duty,
but liberty as we understand 1t. means
that every mans rights are protected.
One Of the rights then that our coun-
try is entitled to. is protection against
the debasement of the public con-
science by the liquor power IN this
! country
With this stirring statement. the
eminent Milwaukee divine. who has
been more instrumental than any man
in Sunday closing IN his city, reused
the big audience to cheers. Father
Cleary is essentially a student and at
the same time a fighter. He brings
into his work a careful study, and
when 1t comes to argumentative
causes why the liquor traffic should
be abolished. he can present more. and
present them more emphatically, than
any temperance man on the American
PLATFORM He spoke last night on
Temperance Cranks." It was his
theory that the crusade should not be
blind one, but on the contrary a mat
Ter or study. a matter of elaboration,
and a careful working out of a prac-
teal plan.
Father Cleary's Speech.
Father Cleary said:
This is my first visit to the great
state Of Kansas. feel highly gratined,
reanzlng my first has been made under
such suspicious circumstances. We all
have looked at Kansas for inspiration
1 and encouragement in the great work
or temperance reform. We have always
understood that Kansas has not only
/ been in earnest in every reform r11ove-
ment. but also that Kansas has been
eminently successful. Many of us have
been told that your Sunf1ower state was
/ the breeding spot of cranks. and espec-
tally OF temperance cranlzs, and so when
asked to name the subject of my dis
/ course thought It might Inappropriate
and timely to designate it Temperance
/ Cranks.'
II am very glad to be here to say
a word of encouragement and SYM
pathy for those who have worked so
Loyalty, so faithfully, 50 generously for
the advancement Of the cause of Chris
tan sobriety In your great state Of Kan
/ sas during the past twenty-five or
thirty years Although my home has
been distant from your state have al
ways watched with intense interest the
/ great work that has been conducted
here and have felt a strong and tender
sympathy for its success and permanent
security. And 1t certainly is an inspira
/ ton to hear the chief executive Of vr1,r
state utter such words of endorsement
and commentator for the Kansas State
| Temperance Union as we have heard
| him utter on this platform tonight For
/ when the public men, leaders Of the
people in any community lend their
| support ana endorsement to intelligent
| and conservative work for the benefit
| of the people there is no question about
| what success may be.
Our life insurance companies have
| been in the lime light of public oTin-
ion in the last few months. But 1 want
! to give you something that I think
| gives the most irrefutable argument
against the liquor traffic, and that is
/ the action of the Northwestern Life IN
surance of Milwaukee, Milwaukee is
supposed to stand for the best and
purest lager beer In the United States
| and among all the life insurance COM
panies IL this country there is not one
SO strict in discriminating against the
1 drinking class IS the Northwestern Life
Insurance company of Milwaukee They
VIII not consider for any moment the
iDsuring of any man who uses LIQUOR
even moderately, nor will they insure
any man who is employed in any capac-
ity by Brewing company.
During the last year or two the great
spirit of reform has stirred the hearts
of the American people, and the de-
! teTmined resolutions seems to have ia
ken root in the hearts Of the leaders of
the people that we owe it to ourselves
to secure proper enforcement of law
terfere with any mans rights for law
/ in this country is simply the express
sion of the sovereign will of the peo-
pie.
How is our country to be safe? When
the people understand that respect for
authority and obedience to law are the
only safe guards for the liberty Of the
people. The authority of government is
the foundation upon which the liberty
of the people exist. Liberty can not ex-
list in the foul atmosphere of lawless-
ness and anarchy. If we wink at vio-
| lation of law on the part of the IL
quor seller or organized liquor traffic
today is there not every reason to fear
that We may close our eyes to more
serious violations tomorrow. And there
fore think that one OF the prime needs
of good citizens and temperance cranks
today is to arouse the people to a pro-
per sense of respect for law.
I'VE do not believe that 1t is money
that makes the nation great, or wealth
that makes the individual great. but
the greatness of a nation is not meas
ured by the fertility of its fields, by the
wealth of its mines, the number of its
milnonaires. But the glory of a ma
ton is measured by the kind of people
[ 1t turns out. And what Is true OF the
nation Is true also Of the state and OF
the city, and the prosperity and great
ness and the glory and stability Of g
city does not depend upon the amount
of money that is realized in its me
chanical pursuits. but the glory is tC
be measured by the happiness an6
Wellbeing Of the people that live within
its borders. when those people stanC
for the enforcement of law, stand fol
the rights Of every man-for what is
mans liberty but that It is simply tina
his rights are protected. We have
given the world & new and practica
definition of the word liberty. It does
not mean that every man Is left free Il
8 do Just as he likes. to be released
from responsibility or exeG ption from
{ duty, but liberty. as we understand It
{ means that every mans rights are pro
tected. One Of the rights then oul