The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-05
HOWARD TO GREAT CROWDS

Rochester Orator in Home City Tells
Throngs of the Southern Victories
Rochester, N. Y, Dec 1-(Special CORE
spondence. To-day, in the University Avenue
Baptist church, Clinton N. Howard president of
the Prohibition Union of Christian Men, adj
dressed another great meeting Mr.. Howard has
spoken than 300 times in this city since he
took the presidency of the union, ten years ago.
and today was but another illustration of the
respect and admiration in which he is held by
the people of Rochester.
The subject of todays address was Through
Fifteen States on a Fast Train" In fact it was
review of the growth and success of Prohbi-
ton. The church was filled to the doors, a
large part of the audience composed of men
only being railroad men, specially invited
week ago the Union held three great meet
ngs to celebrate the Worlds Temperance Sum
day. Mr. Howard spoke morning, afternoon and
evening in three of the largest churches
Rochester, N. Y, Nov. 2O-(Special CORE
spondence)-Of all the great meetings which Mr..
Clinton N Howard has addressed in this city
since his return from the campaign in the South
none have equaled that which was held last Sunday
in the West Avenue Methodist Episcopal church
The address was the third of series of addresses
on "The Defeat of the Saloon in Birmingham"
In part Mr. Howard said:
'You do not hear the word Temperance" in the
South. It's Prohibition always Prohibition in
the legislature and in the law in the mayor, in
the police and Prohibition for the saloon. 1t is
refreshing contrast from the practice in some
parts of the North where if a man mentions Pro-
hibton in the pulpit, the janitor will drop dead.
He is supposed to keep the church clean, and to
some very good men in the North Prohibition is
political microbe. But they do love temperance.
1t is SO elastic. 1t may mean everything; it may
mean nothing, and it usually doesn't mean any
thing. 1t may mean that you total abstainer,
like large number of the saloonkeepers and it
may that you vote the temperance
ticket that the saloonkeeper votes.
Temperance and Prohibition are entirely diff
ferent things. Temperance means, I will not
choose to drink and is matter for the ind-
vidual Prohibition means, You shall not choose
to SELL and is a matter for the state.
eve do not advocate Prohibition because men
are made moral by law Nevertheless men are by
law kept from being immoral every day. The
meat packers are behaving considerably better
since the last Congress made them less immoral
by more law; the patent medicine vendors have
been doing considerable less lying their labels
since the passage of the pure food law. The
president has been having a good deal to say
lately about the need of more law to improve the
morals of the railroad managers and prevent
money sharks from exploiting the investments and
savings of the people Our milk supply would be
considerably immoral than it is if we had
no laws to prevent its being watered This city
would not be a safe place to live in for twenty
four hours if you would repeal the laws that
strain the immoral People are kept moral by
law, whether they are made so or not. If we can't
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