Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-03
GUST SALOONS,
SPEAKER PLEADS
ENTI-LloUOR CONVENTION IS
ENTHUSIASTIC
"co TO POLLS AND VOTE" ADVICE
OF DR.. MccAsH
Tribute Paid to e. s. Chapman, Who
Is Conducting the Crusade
for Temper
ance

"Send men to the caucus ana prl-
mary; go with your ballot and vote
for men and measures and forget pon-
tics-vote for the man that can be
trusted in the fight" said Rev. DR., l.
N. McCash last night at the evening
session of the Anti-Saloon league.
The large auditorium of Imman-
uel Presbyterian church was crowded
with an interested and enthusiastic au-
dience and the speaker many times
was applauded with much earnestness.
Dr. McCash at the opening of his ad-
dress on "a Civic Conscience paid
a high tribute to California and also
eulogized DIR. e. S. Chapman, superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon league, and
said that his STAINLESS Flag IS
priceless heritage which will only be
fully appreciated in the generations
to come.
In his address DIR. McCash said:
"When God says woe to a man ne
had better stop. for he is on the wrong
road. And it is woe every time In the
liquor traffic. The great American
conscience has been touched. The con-
ditions about us indicate this. The man
who drinks, who has unsteady hands
and bleared eyes-that man is not con-
sidefed desirable. In the railroads.
when they want to break record in
speed, the fireman and the. engineer
are not told not to drink, for every
great railroad system has clause in
its contract that the men must not
drink, and in some that the visit 10 a
saloon will be equal to discharge.
Must Shun Liquor
"Today in this great land there are
400. 900 men employed about the rolling
stock Of the railroads that are total
abstainers, because those industries say
that it is not safe to hire man that
takes Intoxicating liquors. for they en-
danger life and limb.
an the banks, If people know that
the cashier drinks they Will not think
their money safe. He might make a
mistake or embezzle, so the men con-
nected with banks must let liquor
alone.
"The fraternal orders are also taking
II up. In Sioux City. Iowa, there are
40, 900 Masons who have passed reso-
luton that no saloonkeeper or others
In the liquor traffic may become mem
bers. This Is not from business stand
point, but from a social one-the men
don't want to associate with them. The
odd Fellows. 10000 strong in Iowa,
take this same stand, and even say
that if a man rents his building for a
saloon he may not become memper.
So this makes 100000 men in Iowa that
have taken this stand, not for business,
want to associate with them. Even the
Elks are putting out the bar in many
lodges. we may have hopes when the
united forces of men take hold OF a
question as these men are.
There are two great FACTORS at WORK
in this world--intellect and conscience.
Intellect blazes the way to think ana
conscience completes the WORK.
Through these the Anti-Saloon league
Is making a great record and Is mar
shaling it's forces for a practical out
line and then making men feel that
they must carry 1t on.
.'It is not the greatest nation that
has the greatest amount or territory
But it is the greatest nation that can
set forth four great qualities, the pest
guarantee for the safety of life, en-
vironment for life, putting temptations
from men and lastly the best examples
Of men and women obedient to the
law.
1--WE have these institutions. begin
ming away back in Paradise when God
smoke and made the first husband and
wife, that was the beginning or the
home. We have the home We have
the school and we have the church. We
have the latter not because we are
perfect, but because we are trying to
do right--to make 1t harder to do
wrong and easier TO 90 TlBHl.
"The question is shall we have the
book or the barrel-the creed of Chris
tendon or the saloon? We already
have a great change In feeling. AS
Savonarola changed the trend of
italian literature and thoughts, as Italy
is a better nation today, this can be
brought to a higher plane and enter
our civic life. 1t was not until Alex
ander Hamilton was killed In a duel
that public sentiment was aroused
against dueling. The state of Massa-
chusetts was enabled to present two
large halls to Harvard university, a
Christian institution, through lottery
tickets sold to the multitudes. 1t was
public sentiment and conscience that
caused our great Civil War and freed
the slaves. 1t was the conscience of
the north that went to war against
the practice of the south.
There was a time, and not SO many
years ago. when there was no public
sentiment against drink. 1t was only
few years ago that here In Cali
fornia everything was open and you
couldn't have gathering without
liquor, and 1t was much the same all
over this land of ours. But that has
passed away.
"You Of the different denominations
who are not on good terms, do you not
see the common enemy? Bury your
differences and fight for your country
and your land. Wanted-men and
b. &c