Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-04-10
CITY MINISTERS
ADDRESS MEETING
SPACE BEFORE CITY HALL FILL
ed LAST NIGHT WITH
LARGE CROWD.
Enthusiastic Cheers Raised BY Glo-
quent Address.

large crowd of people interested
in the outcome of the election on
local option to be held in this city on
the 18th of April gathered on the
plaza before the city hall last evening
to attend the mass meeting OF the
city churches, in which all members
of all denominations had been invited
TO participate with their pastors
As chairman of the publicity COM
mittee of the prohibition movement.
Rev. Robert S. Fisher, the pastor of
the First Methodist church intro
duced DR.. Henry Martin Campbell,
Of the Presbyterian church, who de-
hvered the first address Of the even
ing DIR. Campbell spoke OF the evil
influence exercised by the saloon and
OF the hope the religious people OF the
community entertained OF seeing il
driven from the city as a result OF
the expression of public opinion at the
polls. He kept within the bounds OF
the ten minutes which had been al
lotted TO the speakers Of the evening
for the expression OF their views on
the subject Of prohibition. and sat
down amid a thunder of applause.
The address OF DR.. Campbell was
followed by short talk from Mr..
e. y. Phillips, pastor of the Christian
church, who gave many reasons why
he disapproved OF the saloon. He
said that, like Governor Herrick. he
cherished no antipathy to the saloon
keepers personally, but fought only
against the traffic.
Following Mr. Phillips, Rev.
]. Harvey Deere Of the First Baptist
church spoke few minutes on the
subject of local option, and the elo-
quence of his plea moved the audience
more than any other address OF the
evening He drew a number OF pow
erful examples from the business OF
the saloon as 1t had appeared to him
during his experience.
Mr.. Deere's address concluded the
series of speeches for the evening, and
the tension of the great crowd. made
up of more than thousand citizens.
was relieved by the strains OF I'm a
Stranger Here In a Foreign Land"
sung by a quartette which had volun-
teered 10 appear at the mass meeting.
and the appreciation OF the audience
was signified in "a continued round
Of applause.
After the conclusion of Mr.. Deere's
address Mr.. Fisher made a few con-
Guiding remarks in which he summed
up the condition now prevailing iT
the city in which the struggle between
the two parties will soon be brought
to the polls for final settlement He
referred 20 the action OF a large bus
mess corporation OF the city In sus-
pending operations on a building I'M
der construction as a bluff" and
expressed his conviction that IL the
people had a proper consideration for
their own interests there would be no
saloons in Phoenix after election day
He further invited the upholders OF
the saloon TO public debate on any &C
casion they might select for such dis
cussion, and said that If such a de-
bate should ever come off in the city
it would be open for the attendance
of all the people.
II is announced that Rev Samuel
Small, the evangelist and lecturer. will
speak next Saturday night at the city
hall, with other members of the anti
saloon party who may want TO address
the gathering. Ward meetings win
be held on Monday, Tuesday. Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings Of this
week at the corner OF Third and Tay
lOr streets in a large open lot at that
point. where public gatherings will be
addressed by local ministers and 9TH
ers on the subject OF prohibition. The
members of the publicity committee
extend a cordial invitation to all 10
attend these meetings.