The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-25
APPEALS WERE
MADE FOR STATE
PROHIBITION


DIST AND FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCHES.
Sunday was field day for the state
wide prohfbitionists in Pensacola. It
was also red letter day. Rev. George
r. Stuart, Of Cleveland, Tennes-
see. the celebrated evangelist. who
was the companion and assistant Of
| Rev. Sam P. Jones for sixteen wears
and who has since then won renown
| as platform lecturer and temner.
! ance orator made three strong
| speeches in behalf Of the adoption Of
the proposed amendment to the con.
stitution regarding prohibition. The
| first OF these speeches was delivered
| at the First Methodist church at II
O'Clock; the second was at an omen
air meeting at 4 o'clock in Seville
square and the last address was at
the first Baptist church in the even
ing. The two church speeches were
in the nature Of sermons and were
! considered union meetings, the pas
! tors Of most Of the evangelical
churches In the city Joining in the
| exercises. -
Everybody who has not heard
George Stuart either preach or lee
ture, has heard a great deal about
him. He is almost constantly on the
lecture platform and in that capacity
has visited nearly every city and
town in the United States. He is a
very logical debater at times. He
is also witty. serious and pathetic
as the occasion requires But the
strongest element in all his speeches
is the wonderful dramatic mower of
the orator. George Stuart is a born
actor. Moreover he is desperately in
earnest and this carries conviction.
During his long and intimate con-
| nection with Sam Joes. he has &C
quired, perhaps unconsciously, many
Of the plans OF campaign used by
the Georgia evangelist. Of blessed
memory, and his manner Of telling
humorous stories remind his hearers
Of Mr.. Jones.
During his speech at Seville square
he was interrupted. by persons in the
audience three or four times, but on
each occasion his witty and caustic
replies silenced the interrupters.
At both the church services, the
buildings were crowded and there
were no vacant seats. The audience
In Seville square was also large one,
there being several hundred persons
present
In Seville square, after a PRAYER
| by Rev. Mr.. Pendleton. Rev. J. W.
Senterfitt introduced the speaker, who
took text like he Was going to
preach a sermon. This was the well
known passage. "Woe unto him that
giveth his neighbor drink
when God says woe, you had bet
ter stop and think" said the speak
er. Then he said that the ten COM
mandments were nothing but a ten
rail fence that God had placed around
the pitfalls of life to keep frail hui
manitv from falling in. He then ask
ed what were the big black clouds
that are hanging over the nation to-
day.
He said all Of them were born In a
beer key or whiskey barrel
"The first cloud that is hanging
over our country" said Mr.. Stuart,
"is anarchy When anarchy exists
there is no hope of law and order
1t was born out of the Infamous liquor
traff1c" The speaker then told Of
Herr Most, who was liquor seller
in New York and he said that Emma
Goldman. the leading star Of anarchy
now, made her home with the saloon
element. He declared that when an
anarchist killed the president he was
tracked to the home Of saloon man.
He then took up what he claimed
was fallacy, the argument that pro-
hibition does not prohibit.
What are you talking about any
way" cried a voice from the crowd.
"Now there's an example Of what
have been saying" said the evange>
list. you cannot hold an open air
meeting without the red handed stun
| cropping out somewhere"
He then stated that prohibition does
| not prohibit because the liquor bust
| ness was the one lone industry tina!
was anarchistic in its habits and that
defied all law and refused to be gov
| erned by law.
IF we cannot kill it. let us by the
grace Of God chop of its tail an inch
| at time"
Mob Spirit Black Cloud.
| 1.-THE next dark cloud is the mob
spirit" said Mr. Stuart. 1T this coun.
/ try has 10 De run ny iuoUs, Tou save
the country The liquor traffic is the
mother Of mobism. This is proven
| and accepted fact Of good govern
| ment."
He told how the mayors Of cities
| always ordered the saloons closed
when the towns were threatened by
mobs and asked: What is the use
Of killing a mad dog after he has
| bitten all the people
Some one else Interrupted the
| speaker.
"St. down there Young man." said
Mr.. Stuart. eft you cannot keep quiet,
go home"
Still another man over In the au.
| dfence began to try to talk. but his
| incipient speech was cut short by the
| lecturer who said: