Arizona republican., 1910-04-18
PROHIBITION
 EVANGELIST John (. Woo||ey Addresses
 Phoenix Audience Av0WFD APOSTLE 0f UNREST
Until Men Can be Stirred Into Action Against the Liquor Traffic. The Gla- cial Attitude of the Church on the Subject.

ihc Siut Sh- SoiiB H'tn Ol THoeHiA did not have an easy time of it yes- terday. if John G. Woolley, author. lec- turer and former prohibition candidate for president Of the United States could prevent it. for he fearlessly avowed that his chief purpose in life. so long as his present state of health held out, was to make them particularly uncom- fortable.
 MT. Woolley's subject In the morn- ing. at the First NJ E. church was a plea for practical work on the part of church members. In the afternoon, at the Central NJ. E. church, he took for his text the words: ~I beseech you, my brethren by the mercy of God. that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, wholly, acceptable unto God. which is your reasonable service" and his plea was for personal sacrifice of comfort. ambitions, or business advancement, for a terrible grapple with the liquor position.
 In the evening. the First Baptist church was filled to its seating capa- Gity to hear Mfr. Wool,ey.
 The pastor introduced the speaker in a very happy manner by reminding him that the last time he spoke in his pull pit was just eighteen years ago, in the city Of Pittsfield, Mass. Later in the evening MT. wooley returned the com pliment by stating that in those days New England men had a pleasant lit- tie way of stoning him out of town, fearing that he would entice voters away from the Republican party.
 But this was offset by the solid south, which also did a little cheerful rock k-throwing to prevent him from purloining voters from the democrats.
 He claimed, much to the amusement of his auditors, that in 1896 he spoke from the tail end of bis car simul- taneously with Roosevelt and Bryan, and made better speech than either gentleman Yet the votes did not roll up for the prohibition party. It would appear that this led him to abandon tail-end speaking. and invade the pull pit.
 He.referred to the Mosaic law, that when a man should be found lying dead in the field and it should not be known by whom he was killed, the elders should go out and measure up the dis tance from the dead man to the near est city. and then the elders of this particular city should solemnly wash their hands in token of their innocence and that of the community. After this ceremony they should return thanks.
 The speaker went on to say that nowadays church members had re- versed this arrangement and begin by holding a prayer meeting. then fondly think nothing more is necessary to be done. though some had further dis charged their duty by turning over the entire subject to a body of women, in women, in the same way as they did their weekly wash.
 Then graphically. with fine word painting. he described a man dead in the streets from drink.
 Measure up the distance from this man lying( stiff and stark under Gods clear sky. right here in Arizona. and you will find it leads to your church. aye. right to your pew. God to remove this curse from the land when you vote to give the right of way to the liquor traffic on your thoroughfares"
 'If you can't close the saloons, at least use the ballot box to clear your hands, and wash your hands like those Hebrews of old, to show that you are not guilty.
 Why" continued he, you have made saloon quite as respectable. as the Baptist church.
 Now dress like a commercial trav- pens that-a commercial traveller comes into a car, sits down beside me, and says, Well, old man, what is your iine2'
 Well reply. you see I am just going around telling people it is their duty to stop this liquor curse. You