Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15

to congressman here he said: THE no
license plan. during the two years pre-
vious to the return to license last May.
not only did not remove the evil of in
temperance. but it aggravated that evil
and added to it many worse evils. 1t Is
| a prolific breeder of perjury. lawlessness
| and hypocrisy. The whole moral tone of
the community has been improved by our
present rational system of license and
control
Rev. Walter G. Haupt. an Episcopal
clergyman of Philadelphia. declares: II
am opposed to the introduction of prohi-
bition anywhere. The high license law in
force in Pennsylvania is the best guaran-
tee against the lawlessness spring ing
from the evils of enforced prohibitory
laws"
Another Aggressive Minister.
Rev. George c. Stoll of ST. Louis Is an
other aggressive man on the same ques-
ton. He is opposed to local option and
| fights the organizations favorable to 1t
| with great relish. He has succeeded in
placing some victories to his credit in
Missouri and elsewhere. He believes, he
| says, in the good ld-time religion as the
best cure for intemperance and the mora!
| reawakening of sinful and weak man."
Rev. Burris A. Jenkins. formerly presi-
| dent of the University Of Kentucky. and
| now pastor Of the Linwood Boulevard
Christian Church of Kansas City, Mo-.
holds that Righteousness cannot be leg
islated into man. and 1 am opposed to any
religious regulations by city. state ma
ton concerning Sunday observance. What
ever is done on this basis should be on
a strictly secular basis"
From the Lutheran Viewpoint.
Rev. William F. Schoenfeld. pastor of
the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church. S1st street and Lexington avenue
No hot &c no al Of
liquor that constitutes the great wrong
in this country. He believes in eradicating
the dives and putting decent saloonkeep-
ers on the same basis any other bust
ness man. prohibition is an absurdty,"
he declares. Far from stopping the sale
of liquor, 1t has tendency to demoralize
a community"
Rev Judson Ellsworth of the Plymouth
Congregational Church of Milwaukee. in
a recent sermon. had this to say: 'Intem-
perate methods of promoting temperance
reform have hindered more than they
have helped the cause. and must be
brought under control somehow. but it
must be done nationally"
An English View of Drink Evil.
The utterapces of Rev. H. r. Gamble. a
noted rector at Upper Chelsea, London.
are frequently referred to in the church
world. In that country. too. the liquor
problem is under serious consideration.
Rev. Mr.. Gamble puts forward these
views:
when we consider how narrow and
restricted the homes Of the great body Of
the people are we are bound to admit that
the public house in some form is a social
necessity. The important point Is. What
form? 1t is here that. in my judgment
our great hope of improvement lies. Our
aim should be to develop a type of public
house on the lines of the French cafe.
the German beer garden or the Danish
afhOldshjen.'
I'VE want places where food as we'll as
drink and non-alcoholic as we'll as alco-
holic liquors can be obtained; where
man can take his wife and meet his neigh
bOrs without any sense of shame: with
windows through which every one can
se". and plenty of tables and chairs.
7 hese could be social centers. The worst
OF our ordinary public house is that it
does not afford these social advantages:
1t has little except standing room. and
the windows used seem tacitly to assume
that those who drink wish to be con-
cealed.''