Evening journal., 1907-10-14
BIG RALLIES OF
LICENSE FORCES
CcOntlnred from Fourth Page,


Church, Protestant OF Catholic, when YOU
! and eccieslastics stepping down from
their pulpits and interfering in politics,
you can be absolutely certain they are
falling in their own purpose.
Another Objection.
Another objection ] have to poh bl-
tion IS that Il does not consult the people
that are most Interested The prohibitions
lists are saying to the moderates here ~
wilmington. we are going to IN So men
10y force and we are not going 20 consult
your habits or your wishes You've {
to-day the moderate party OF Maine say
ing We are not going TO submit to pro-
hibition and hence the Increase Of drink
in that state. Are you gong 20 introduce
that here In Delaware. I appeal TO your
statesmen. and let them come out boldly
after Weighing the details and say they
find prohibition wanting. Where the ques-
tion Is discussed. where the whole history
Is discussed. prohibition is found want
ing"
The meeting closed with everybody
standing and the Opera House orchestra
playing MY Country It's Of Thee"
Would Aid Reform.
At the evening meeting Mr.. Lynch
again presided and made a few re-
marks, during which he stated, that
he voiced the sentiment of the liquor
dealers when he said they would sub
init to the will of the majority If the
State goes dry on November 8. IT, on
the other hand, the people want the
sale of liquor continued, the liquor men
will give their support TO any reform
In the present liquor laws If they are
found TO be faulty Mr.. Lynch stated
that he had been in business in VIII
Imington for a number of years and had
lost less money through transactions
with the liquor men than through any
other class of people.
Mr.. Thompson, Of New Zealand, was
the next speaker and dwelt practically
along the same lines on which he
spoke in the afternoon III you doubt
any of the figures which have given
you" said Mr.. Thompson, Il will stay
here and prove that every word l say
is absolutely true"
The lawless party in Maine, he said,
supported prohibition for the simple
reason that it put money in its pockets.
Prohibition makes liars out Of men,
either in acts or in srsords." he de-
clared. After rigid IN. figation OF
the subject of prohibition advise
every one of you TO vCte no for the
sake OF home and children"
George Muller was the next speaker,
and made an eloquent address on the
subject He said that for % years he
had been a prohibitionist and for five
years was on the platform. Il knew
and worked with the greatest temper
asHIf.
Murphy, God bless his name" said Mr..
Muller. "a man who secured the sig
natures Of 10000, 900 people in the cause
of temperance. When he died at his
home in California, every saloon in the
vicinity in which he lived closed their
doors on the day OF his funeral out of
respect for his memory. In years when
/ advocated total abstinence / went into
saloons and / never was treated with
ldisrespect. Tonight / am just as good
a temperance man as 1 was then, but
I am far wiser one, for a man should
learn much in 25 years.
Il have not been in Delaware for six
weeks TO protect infamy. 1t is not God
i'm the law but God in the man that
lmakes the man. and God help that COM
munity that adopts methods that are
In accord with the Divine law"
Points to Ministers.
lie asked If the early ministers were
Hess moral and Christ-liSe than they are
today He spoke of an instance in New
/ York state some years ago. where a
minister. who, during the morning and
afternoon services. opened his little
grocery store and supplied his eongre-
tion with toddy which they might have
with their dinners. He set forth the
fact that Matthew Vassar. the founder
of Nassar College made his money with
which the college was endowed by the
sale OF beer.
Before Georgia talks about prohibi-
tion she had better give to her citizens