The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-16
''"'' MEETING
Rev. DR.. Mcdaniel, Of Richmond.
Addresses Large Temperance
Gathering
HIS SPEECH A BRILLIANT ONE, ETC.

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After Rev DR.. q. W Mcdaniel. OF Rich
mOnd. had finished his address at the
lcOurt-house Tuesday night on the abOl-
ishment of the saloon before an audience
OF five hundred men, women aud chill
dren. he was the recipient OF hearty con-
CALCULATIONS on his brilliant oratorical
effort
Preliminary to she regular program a
hundred children marched into the build
ing, beaded by Mrs. J. ;. Courtney, and
a corps OF lady assistants, with banners
| lying, on which Were Temperance mot
toes, one OF which. Vote for me, papa. &"
was carried by little tot. Several cam-
paign songs were sung The coming OF
the little ones elected much applause.
When the children had finished. Mr.. J
Willard Adams led in the general slug
Ing Between the verses. after one had
been sung. he said, IL wish YOU 10 en-
phasize It's Bound TO Co" Thea again
he said, You men are not singipg You
are the ones 10 settle the question. Sing
Ike you meant IL. and the volume Of
sound increased
At this point DR.. Mcdaniel. R.v X. A.
Williams and Mr.. J. McCalla Boulware
entered the building and were welcomed
with applause
President Willis called the meeting to
order and said Rev. W. j. Decker. who
Il well known to you all and who has
been temperance man all his life, will
lead In prayer" Mr.. Decker delivered II
short iervent prayer invoking Divine
blessing on the movement.
Rev. K. Aubrey Williams presented DR..
Mcdaniel, saying be DID not Introduce
him, as he needed no introduction 70 the
people OF fredericksburg, 70 whom be
was bound by sacred ties
DR.. Mcdaniel said be was not an IN
truder. but in response TO an urgent in
ytation OF the campaign committee he
had laid aside important duties 20 come;
that be was here really 10 the interest OF
the saloon man and be would prove II
said be: Today they are under "a social
ban. No respectable church will receive
them, no iraternal order such a. Masou..
etc. VIII receive them, they and their
families are shut out from respectable
society; let them close their saloons aud
embark in other business aud what will
be the result? Churches will throw open
the door TO them, lodges will receive
them aud society Will welcome them with
open arms, and their homes will be made
happy.
he compared the character of the peo-
pie who were In the local option move
ment, aud said he would rather be IN the
minority with them than IN the majority
with their opponents; that id Davis,
the leader OF the Lost Cau-.," wa. In a
measure. local Uptionlsi: that no
dry man VIII tell you under local Cd
ton the law cannot be enforced IL Will
only be- said by wet" man. and il n
threat made by him that usj ,rity shall
not rule. IL. said he. You cfi .efs in con
troll do not carry out the laws under
\ local option, turn every one of them out
anu replace them with men whp will do
II. lou VIII have the power. Five Year,
ago. when the last election WA held. the
vets beat the "dry-' by NOR. mai.lr
ity than the "drys' had votes. They
Will not do IL now. II YOU lose on Nav
9th, let them know that 10 two N.a-s
you will be I'm the fight eglin: that
their cause II hopeless and they must
90 out OF business; that the PRO
biuon movement Is sweeping the
south carrying States With IL. aud thai
the saloon men had a. well face The
Issue, that they must 10 out Of business
de said the saloons exist 10y law and not
by natural rights and he could not be.
lieve that the prosperity and success OF
fredericksburg depended on thirteen sa-
looms
lie read statistics from Missis,ippl and
Georgia telling Of benefits under local
option and said he had never heard Of IL
increasing taxation. lit doe- decrease
taxation, what are few paltry dollars
compared 10 the moral beue fit which
would accrue?
he referred TO the article printed headed
Voice OF the Church." said the Bihlecon-
demned the saloon. You need not 20
out OF your city To get The opinion of
ministers Here In your city are Cody
men OF the church, whom you love and
respect, four out Of FIVE of whom TO the
white churches are working IN the cause
oil temperance and two out OF three I'm
the colored churches. What. said he. do
you think OF a minister OF the Gospel
who Is not for Temperance? | leave that
question for you to answer. The saloon
Is the enemy OF the school and the law
regulates Its proximity to the school. 1t
Is the enemy oil the home. He painted IN
glowing language the gided saloon with
the mirrors and other attractions. 1t IL
the Zoe OF the State. The law recognize.
that. Ii Is closed on election day while
other business places are kept open.
IL Is the enemy of the race, both white
and colored. He cited riots in Atlanta
and said they were caused by the saloon.
Eliminate the saloon and solve the race
problem In the South. He appealed to
colored men to vote against that whichis
running their race. He referred to the
"hippant" style OF the articles signed
Citizen" in regard to the women who
are engaged in local option work and re-
buked IL.
dis closing was a gem Of oratory, W hen
he paid his tribute to the women OF the
South for their heroism from the days OF
the lost cause" to the present, and pic
tured a dream in which maiden-Fred-
ericksburg-is seen In the coils of hiss