The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-02-14
men OF CONVICTION
Are Needed in the Cause of Temperance
Says Rev. B. c. Wentworth.

Rev. B. c. Wentworth was the speak
er at recent temperance meeting in
Williams Hall, Portland. Ex-Deputy
Doughty presided and Mrs. Orr led the
singing. When Mr.. Doughty gave out
Line" there was at the close of the
singing a decided innovation. Mr.
W entworth, who is fine singer, sang
VIII at he termed a modern version of
TIL e familiar song, and the chorus:
"Vote out the bar rooms, vote out the bal
Vote the vile traffic away;
Vote out the bar rooms, vote out the bar
rooms,
This is the motto today"
was taken up by the audience with fine
effect.
Mr.. Wentworth spoke with great
earnestness and took for his subject,
wanted: Men OF Conviction;
After telling of some of the men of
conviction from Old Testament times
down to Lincoln, he said:
eve come now to another evil, be-
side which, slavery, bad as it was, sinks
into insignificance. 1t is a world wide
evil, and a world wide battle is being
fought against it. An agitation is going
against our Maine system of dealing
with it. There was time when there
was different state of things in Maine.
Conditions were changed because
Neal Dow was aroused and Neal Dow
was heard. He had convictions and he
stood for principle and friends. Neal
Dow lives and he will live long after
his enemies are forgotten. (Applause.)
So of Samuel F. Pearson, you called
him Sam Pearson here. God bless his
memory. (Amen came from all over
the room) The people believed in him
because he was man of convictions,
and so they said, we will make him
the sheriff of this county,
"The prohibition cause is gaining
everywhere. went to California and
when I reached Colorado Springs on
my way was naturally delighted when
told that it was dry town. The
women vote there and they make it so,
and if they could vote in Maine the
law would be enforced. "A voice That's
so'.) am glad that bill has been in
troduced giving suffrage to women and
if our senators and representatives are
men Of courage it will be submitted to
the people. 1t would be just and right.
We had a war once because there was
IdAdtiOu WlGHUuG I0pIGotI1 tdIlOu.
Some day you will find man of
the makeup of Teddy Roosevelt, a
man of faith, a man of tremendous
earnestness, a man of power and of
vast influence and he will lead us to
victory. He may be a boy now, he may
be over 20, or he may be man but the
time will come when he will appear.
"a voice we hope SOY That is not
enough, believe so.
eve had General Dow and we had
Sheriff Pearson, but we need living
men. Take Gov. Cobb for instance. It
is no harm to say that his great speech
at Riverton brought to his side the
temperance people of the State because
he stood for something. And the tenn
perance forces will stay with him and
with any man who is true to the law,
but l say to whoever attempts to
change it that the temperance men of
the State without distinction of party
will demand that it remain where it is.
"Let men Of conviction come to the
front. If there ever was time when
they were needed it is now and here in
Maine. Let every man who believes in
the home, in civic righteousness, in
truth, in the law as it is and the constr
tuition as it is, stand up, and may God
help all to do our duty, and having
said that, what more need say?"