The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-26
SOUTH Is Ill
For Prohibition. Says Governor Glenn,
OF North Carolina. ut a~hua

Nashua, Jan. 1g.-The initial ap-
pearance in New Hampshire of r. 3.
Glenn, former Governor of North Car
Dina. in the interest OF the anti
saloon movement. drew a large and
ap~preciative audience to city hall this
evening. AS a word painter Governor
Glenn eXcells the most DISTINGUISHED
temperance orators who ever spoke
in Nashua. Facially he closely re-
sembleS a Democratic member OF the
Nashua bar. In rhetorical style. al
though extremely religious in his sen
timents, Governor Glenn strongly re-
sembleS the late Robert q. IngersolI.
especially in gliding from the humOr-
Gus to the rhetoric. and in his oral
pictures Of human nature.
The speaker was introduced by the
Rev. Cyrus Richardson, and nearly
all of the Protestant ~clergymen OF
Nashua sat with him on the platform.
In the front row on the floor sat the
Judson Bible class of the First Bap-
fist church, under whose auspices the
meeting was held.
Governor Glenn said he was the son
of q southern father; that his father
died on the field of battle when ne
was years I'D, and that he did for
the support OF his mother every me
MEL task which was ever performed
by a white man or a black man.
He old his hearers that the South
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the temperance issue, and that in two
years three win not be a State south of
Mason and DiXou's line where a drop
Of liquor will be legally sod. For
much OF the early part of his lecture
Governor Glenn portrayed the evils Of
intempcrance with q master tongue.
He old of his visit to prisons. aSytims
and soldiers homes. a large per cent
Of whose inmates were brought there
by WhiSkey. He told Of the steps bE
which North Carolina had at last be
come totally dry and how increasing
prosperity Kept step with the events
of prohibition. He refused TO maxi
speeches in Maine at the request OF
the Democratic managers of that
state. because the Republicans We're
pledged to a continuance Of prohlbi-
ton and the Democrats TO is repeal
He told Of q sheriff in North carolina
whom he threatened with arrest un-
less that official enforced he laws.
The result was that two men worth
| $50, 1000 each are now doing time on
the State roads Repeal the license
law. elect me mayor Of your city. or
appoint me chief OF police and 1 viii
show volt that prohibition prohilI Is,
l~ dAnlarad-H-4oke of the wosSen
he had seen drinking ia sasS -
York. Washington and other place.,
and declared that no women Wef1
seen drinking publicly in North caro-
lilld, DI liz IolJtd Pr ~ dt'iS-
pIfmented the Nashua member whom
he heard had introduced q bill int
the Legislature TO make 1t illegal t
retail LIQUOR to women in New Hamp-
shire under license. He urged ms
audience to do everything 70 induct
the Legislature now in session to re-
peal the license law.
The Poston Globe says h a in his
large audiences when Governor fI"nI
spoke at Concord there were MANY
members OF the Legislature present
and il adds:
He commended several Temperance
bills before h present Leeislature.an'
warmly urged the return OF Ne"
Hampshire from high license 10 pro
hfbition. The address was REGARDED
as one of the best on temperance ever
heard in the city, particularly in the
m~arshaling OF facts and figures,
The Governor was given an in
formal reception at the cIosg Of tn
address. in which nearly all present
participated"