News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-02-02
TELLING ARGUMENTS AGAINST LICENSE
Union Service Largely Attended. Much In
terest Shown in Temperance Movement

An enthusiastic union temperance
meeting was held at the Advent Chri,t-
ian church last Sunday evening, when
the seating capacity of the church audi
torium and the parlor was taxed to the
limit. The large number of men in the
audience was an evidence of unusual in.
terest in the purpose of the meeting anu
the sound, logical arguments of the speak
ers held the closest attention of the audi
ence throughout.
The service was opened by congrega
tional singing with Miss Grace Prior at
the organ, after which scriptures were
read by Rev. G. G. st. Glare of the Cong /
church and prayer was offered by Rev.
w. E. Best of the Methodist church
Miss Ila Niles then rendered, beautifully,
the solo, "Come Unto Me-" Mrs. Charles
Raymore accompanying.
Mr.. st. Clare was the first spe aker, and
after referring briefly to the annual
practice of raising questions which were
intended to divert attention from the
main issue, he made some telling points
tin favor of hard and square fight for
hat which he felt his Audience would
agree with him was for the best interests
of MorristOwn. In reply to the criticism
of the ministers for taking part in poll
tics referring to the license issue } Mr..
St. Clare sad-
First" The liquor question is not only
a political issue, it Is also the biggest
m oral Issue the Christian Church has
before IT," Second--" Since it is the
biggest moral lssue which the church has
to cope with, IL must meet this issue in
the most effective way" Third" The
Christian minister will preach against
this evll in his pulpit, but he is not so
far above his tellownen that he cannot
aud should Lot go down where they are
and help them up. Indeed, If he has
any mission at all 1t is to 60 down where
the people are. Four years ago under
license no layman OF the town stepped
forward to do this work. 1t was "a re-
spons'bllty clearly placed upon the
shoulders of the ministers. Not because
they delighted in the work, but simply
because they would have been false to
the vows of their orders had they taken
Il merely nominal attitude. 1t was clear
call TO go out where the men are and
they went and they are there to stay.
Fourth-Wherever the lives and future
usefulness of the young people of the
community are threatened, right there
the Christian minister should be found
fig hting their cause"
Rev. w. Il. Best was the next speaker |
and preceding his remarks, rendered ef- |
tectiveIy a solo entitled " lie is Just the |
Same To-Day" playing his own accom-
paniment upon an auto harp. Mr.. Best |
d. 70 Of NO
vote, saying among other good things -
I'VE ought not 10 vote the liquor tlaf-
fic onto some one else. If we vote for it |
we ought to sustain it by patronizing and
helping it. Ten thousand men fill "a
grave every year, SO if this
glorious business that helps pay our
taxes and brings life and business to our
town, if this business succeeds, the |
thousand boys must be furnished to take
the place of the men who die off. Have
you d boy to spare? Which one of your
children will you give? If you are un-
willing that your children should pat
fonize the saloon, is it fair to vote it
onto your neighbours children? If we can
do nothing more for our town than to
save the boys who have not yet formed
the appetite for drink, it is well worth
the effort 30 have the town 60 nosli-
cense."
The meeting was closed by Rev. S. NJ,
Wales who after summing up the situ-
alton gave the following excellent rea-
sons for a strong no vote at the COM
ing election:-Why should we vote no?
First-Because it is right. Second-We
should vote no, because of the misery
caused by license. Third. We should
vote no to keep the town out of the Ii
1uor business. Fourth.-We should vote
no, because to vote yes makes us guilty
Of the crimes caused by drink. Fifth
We should vote no, to keep the tempta-
ton of an open saloon from the young
men of our town. Sixth.-We should
vote no, for the interest of honest busi-
ness of the town, license hurts business.
seventh. Vote no, because license
brings shame and disgrace to the town.
Lt brings in the worst characters from
he surrounding country. Eighth
Vo5e no, because it is the eight of true
manhood.
The question was then asked, Has IL
,ense been an improvement over no Ii
.ense during the past year? The facts
presented gave negative answer.