Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-23

upon who entered the capitol intoXi-
Gated.
: The Webb bill long held in the
committee by the influence of the
liquor forces was quickly passed by a
; large majority when reported, and as
quickly was passed over the veto of
the President. This is the most
singing blow ever dealt the liquor
traffic by the Congress of the United
States
Long suffering, prohibition Maine
has recently seen four multiplying
sherffs removed by the Governor on
the address of the Legislature, and
now has the most effective and hon
est enforcement of her liquor laws she
has ever had.
This nation is now being stirred for
the adoption of a prohihitory amend
ment TO the national constitution A
great meeting is to he held in Column
bus, Ohio, next month to launch for
mally this national campaign.
The morning light is breaking, and
soon the moral forces of this nation
will sweep the drink traffic away for
| ever.
Following the address of Mr.. Berry
| the appointment IF committees took
place. the following being chosen;
| Committee on credentials. Mrs c. ID.
Boothby and Mrs. Josephine Ward:
committee on resolutions, Rev. G. G.
White. Rev. b. P. Hope and Rev. John
| Evans. Following the appointment of
the committees the delegates went
into separate conferences at the
| Methodist, Baptist and tniYersalist
churches.
At 6 p NJ, a banquet was served in
| the vestry of the Methodist church
which was attended largely by State,
county and district officers. The diff
ferent officers discussed the plans to
DE carried out for the next year in or
der to bring about good results.
The Evening Session.
The evening session opened Al 7.30
| with service of praise. At IA, well
come addresses and response by
President oaks were in order Is min
utes in length) Hon. Elmer f.
New bert mayor of Augusta, was the
| first to address the delegates Mr..
Newbert said:
Members of the Convention and
|
| Augusta welcomes you. | bear
from our people a commission which
lays upon me the very pleasant duty
| of greeting you in their name. You
have come here from near and far.
You hare left your homes and work.
turned aside from the familiar duty
of the day that you might meet one
another. renew old friendships and
make new friends. You come togeth-
| er, workers in a common cause, to
| wait on truth, to invite inspiration
and to pledge yourselves anew to high
endeavor in the field of religious ac-
tivity and the moral and spiritual
training of youth. eszz
Augusta is honored, tonight, by your
presence. We are glad you have come
to us and have brought TO us your
splendid enthusiasm. On the other
hand. meeting such as this is good
for you who are here. More or less
isolated in your work. you may bring
here your own method and aim to
measure aim and method blythe larg-
er standards which you. will find here
set up. Isolation N any kind of work
is monotonous and ends in drudgery.
Especially is this true of those whose
work is moral and spiritual. 1sola :
ton would oyerwhelm the soldier SEN
tinel on his outpost of STERN duty die
he not know that behind him is a
supporting army enlisted for a like
service.
A small Sunday school in little
Maine village may find itself wonder
ing just what it is doing and why
1t is doing it. Such q meeting as this
means for such workers scattered
throughout Maine the massing of an
army behind the lone sentinel, the evil
dence that others are set to the same
tasks.
Many conventions, small and great,
come to Augusta. 1t has been pleas
ure to me to have part in greeting
such big gatherings as the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Sons
of Veterans, with their reminiscence
of war; the school teachers of Maine
who came in overwhelming numbers
like an invading army; the State
Grange and political conventions. To-
night there is no "reminiscences of war,
no bond of secret brotherhood, no loud
acclaim of loyalty to party name and
party platform. This gathering is
distinctive. Augusta Welcomes you
tonight, because Of whom YOU are and
whose You are and because of your
disinterested purpose and the nature
of the service you render. You are
called to such service by the inspira =
ton of high ideal
breezy Westerner once was shown
about Cambridge. He marvelied at the
things he saw and Was interested
in the stir and the go of university
life. Finally he asked, And who gets
the dividends from this great plant
Who, indeed. One in while we
come to ourselves and really set the
man above the dollar. giving ourselves
10 some service that has no price. Div
idends? What are the returns from
public hospitals. from the great char
| tiles, from the schools and uniVer-
sites. from the pull lie Libraries and
the churches of the land? The Sun
day schools connected with the
churches you represent stand for the
things of the spirit apart from which
life is merely working for wages. They
point the way of youth to what is