The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22

of the resolution, which was duly put
and carried unanimously.
THE rector moved a vote of thanks
to DR.. Sheldon for his address. He said
he had his own views on temperance
reform, which, perhaps, would not be
agreed with by everybody. But he was
glad to be there to show his sympathy
with temperance reform and to stand
shoulder to shoulder with his brethren
of other denominations. (Applause)
THE Rev. ]. E. Ennals seconded, and
the vote was carried"
At Darwen, on April 80, DR.. Shell
don spoke in competition with Lord
Salisbury, and seemed to get away
with the goods. The report of the
Darwen meeting says:
"A splendid meeting was held in the
Cooperative hall, Darwen, on Tues
day evening, April 30th, to welcome
and this Notwithstanding the fact that
at the same time a large party meet
ing addressed by Lord Salisbury, for
merly NJ. P. for the division, was being
held in the theater close by.
notwithstanding the long journey.
DR.. Sheldon was in splendid form, and
his speech, bristling with humorous
points and pathetic passages, with tell
ing facts and circumstances related in
his self-contained. unaffected manner
from the standpoint of personal ex-
perience, was punctuated with ap-
plause. and made deep impression
upon all present
Tour of Isle of Man.
The Isle of Man, the home of Hall
Game. and other historic characters
and literary men. was visited by Mr.
Sheldon next. 1t rained all the time.
and the party waded through mud
which must have been as bad as some
of the Kansas gumbo beds.
When the writer of the Alliance
News report wanted to say that Mr..
Sheldon was interviewed by reporter,
he said:
During this interval the represent
tative of the Isle of Man Daily Times
interviewed Dr. Sheldon, and gained
a few particulars which were embod-
led in an appreciative paragraph in
the next days ISSUE"
The first meeting was at Ramsey,
and there was a small sized tornado
prevailing when that place was reach
ed. Nevertheless Mr.. Sheldon had
good sized crowd. The usual resolu-
lions were made, and the report of the
meeting says:
I'm support of that resolution DR..
Sheldon delivered n speech that kept
the audience rapt for considera BILE
space of time. DR.. Sheldon does not
possess eloouence. as one usually un-
derstands the word. and has none of
the stock-in-trade tricks of the profess
sional orator, but he has a simple and
direct manner. and an air of quiet sin
Cerity that goes far to impart cOnVic-
ton He spoke impressively of the re-
suits of prohibition in his own state.
and asserted that despite what had
been said about prohibition being a
dead letter. the law was being strictly
enforced in four-fifths of the state and
that crime and poverty had decreased
enormously in consequence. The res
olution was carried without dissent
and DR.. Sheldon was thanked for his
address.
The visit of the author of In HIS
Steps has made a deep impression by
his address. and in other ways aroused
special interest. Among other things
the possessor of an autogra ph-book
containing signatures of some of the
most eminent men OF the times was
delighted to add DIR. Sheldon's to the
number. and on the following morning
a Photographic artist of international
repute. who has taken many great
people, including King Edward and his
Queen when they visited Ramsey, and
whose studio itself Is by reason worth