The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-29
In the vernacular Of the Street
Baseball-Evangelist Runs
Amuck at the chautauqua,
Sunday.
GAVE VIVID DISPLAY
OF VERBAL FlREyV0 V0Rks
Sheds His Coat, Drinks from i
Flower Vase, Jumps on Sa-
loon Flag and Waves Aloft
American Flag.

About six thousand men and women
afternoon at tho chautauqua
heard the saloon condemned by tho
Rev. Billy Sunday In the vernacular
Of the streets. He had the nervous
energy OF Salome and the eloquenco
Of Mugs McGraw. when that
ire has been aroused hy m
umpire. The Rev. Mr.. Sunday ocoaa-
lonally lapsed into profanity % drive
a point home and used his entire -
sortment OF stage tricks-A large COL
assist in holding his audi
ence's attention. This was unnsces-
sary as he had them stunned to q.
lence. As vaudeville-evangelist the
Rev. Mr.. Sunday has the late Sam
Jones distanced quarter Of I mile.
Booze" was the title Of the Raw.
Sundays lecture. It is needless 70
say that when he had concluded his
remarks each and every one Of his
auditors was firmly convinced that the
former right fielder Of the famous
Chicago White Stockings had ! desD
prejudice against saloons. breweries
and distilleries: In fact, that he hAted
these "damnably. low-down, stinkin',
rotten places
Declares Open War.
The Rev. Mr.. Sunday declared Opsn
war,on the liquor traffic yesterday and
promised to give or take no quarter.
It was the first dyed-ip-the-wool.
brimstone and damnatlon tempefance
lecture that the six thousand Nno
crowded the big tent had heard utnco
the Wayne county local option cam.
paign, nearly two years ago. Whist
effect It Will have remains 10 b sean.
Mr.. Sunday. after getting we'll warm
ed up shed his coat and for the next
ten minutes there was nothing but
skyrockets and Roman candles. Fin
ally he became 80 enthused that NJ
yanked some flowers out Of Z vas0
and drank Justify OF the water therein.
Later Sunday produced red flag.
heretofore known - the emblem of
the bull fighters and the anarchists,
and pronounced It the nag of the -
looms. It had been stained red with
the blood Of its victims. he said. He
then hurled 1t violently to tho fl0or.
arose in the air and came down On Il
on his heels, with q dull thud. Mr..
Sunday then seized th4 stars and
stripes and pulled OF Jim Watson
act.
ITO Hell Win Them.s
Shouting his defiance ct the liQuOe
interests Mr.. Sunday informed tho ~.
dience that he was going after the -
loon interests with q big club. Damn
'em. I'll give 'em all they want 70
hell with EN-" he shouted.
Mr.. Sunday suspected that some d
the men sitting In the tent, known -
good churchmen." had voted vet Tor
financial reasons. He informed thu
suspects that he wouldn't spit On
them and he wouldn't disgrace . pole.
cat by comparing It with them"
Mr.. Sunday closed his remarks b
an interesting account Of q great bass.
ball game that had the fans. ii thu
audience all up In the air. He alsu
told Of the sad fate OF some of hi1
former teammates.
Hide For Orumhsads.
II shall ask no quarter from the -
loon men; shall fight them tookh
and toe nail until die ana am eptnG
to ask my wife that when I dio Sna
shall skin me and use my hide foa
drumheads 20 that my Successors may
90 throughout the country beatina
them in the fight against the saloOn.s
The foregoing was the Introduction
OF the Rev. Ei1ly Sunday IT the chm
tauqua yesterday afternoon. Ho ~
clared that he was making It his Aohl
to put whisky IN hell ana II ~ laIIel
he would know the reason Why.
The evils of the saloon business ~
not alone borne by the drunkard's fam
fly but also BY the farmer Who
through his tar, assists IN supDoetiaa
the drunkard's family. Sunday sa1l
The supporters Of charitable Orxan1xa,
tions likewise suffer and tho ba1inesl
man suffers when he llnds his htlls N
paid, Sunday also sid
Hard On polisieiana
The politicians prom equally wit1
the liquor men. Sunday sid His ~
inion Of the politician 49, naade voxy
clear. He called them dirty, jow-down,
vote buying dAstards.
ITO heIl with personaI lfbty: 4
killed Lincoln and AcKin1ey ana ~
Z drunkard's personal liberty NhGn r.
goes home and beatS hi Wf1o 1A1