The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-03

Ilanlly WIS ny pSESOIidi WI N onu
that the pastors of churches should
get the aid of their members in do
ing it.
Tho. discussion driftcds to the laps
ing of membership in the churches,
and IL was stated that in one year
there had been a lapse in member
ship of 500 900 in the Methodist church.
Many ministers took part in that dis
cussion and it seemed to be the gen.
eral opinion that many people who
work in the churches in smaller
towns drop out of the church when
they move to the large cities, some
times because of feeling of social'
inequality, sometimes because of dis
interest, and Or. Randall declared
that it was often true because of be-
coming slaves to the movies.
5 DR.. Randall closed his part of the
service with this statement; We
should become conscious of the fact
that the church is a place in which,
to Worship God. Sometimes the,
cordiality business is overdone. and
the worship of God is forgotten" T.
Address On Temperance.
THE people who are being sent
to our reform schools and peniten-
tiaries are largely the children Of
the first generation of the immigrants
from Europe, and particularly from
Southern and Southeastern, Europe =
frla ,,Eo ,a1n n
by Rev. Henry c. Mccain. repre-
sentative of the Methodist Church.
Temperance, society. Rev. Mccain
spoke on the relation of the immi-
grants who pour into this country
every year and the liquor traffic. !
He believes that the Slavic and
Latin people who come to America
are largely forced into their wretclS
ed condition of living because Of
the political and social influence Of
the saloon. He cited an instance OF
one block in Chicago where there
were 1000 children, twenty saloons
and practically no place which was
decent for young people to frequent
SuAooh USSODuSo lHC
grants clubroom and the red flag
of anarchy floats from it's door
These people from Southern Europe
have natural suspicion of law and
when they come to this country and
gather to the saloons they are en-
couraged in their theory that law
is a thing to be defed.
Children Frequent Saloons. %
The children of these immigrants
frequent saloons from the time they
are able to carry a pail, and theft
ideals are cleaned from the liquor
traffic. The only regard these for
ejsncrs have for their children is the
fact that the children earn money
and are therefore of commercial
value to the parents. -.
The moheyed interests do not
corrupt politics to any such extent
as the liquor traffic does and the
manufacturers and dealers in liquor
continually and openly defy laws
But it is not only the foreigners
for whom we should be fearful
There arc the negroes of this coiIi-
try, whose ideals and moral standing
are comparatively low. But above
Iall there are our own boys and girls,
whose welfare we should Ire careful
of. We must rid ourselves of the
liquor traffic in order to protect our
children. " '" #
The only. way to accomplish this
| is at the ballot box We must elect
an administration which will dis.
solve the disgraceful partnership Of
Uncle Sam and John Barleycorn and
which will prohibit the manufacture
and, sale of intoxicating liquors for
ever
I Rev. Ezra r. Latfrop who preach
| ed his sixtieth anniversary sermon
this afternoon, is truly q veteran. He
has answered to the roll call of the
Minnesota conference ffty-seven out
of the tifty-nine times since the corr
ference has been organized, and was
! a minister of the gospel for three
years before that tine He is hale
and hearty and says no breaches
now whenever he is asked to, al.
though he has not had charge
for ten years.
Rev. Lathrop was born in 1891
and was brought up in Indiana. He
Ereceived his education in the log
| school houses of that state and then
l'attended the De Paw university
which was then known as Asbury
university. Although he did not
4 graduate from the college he was
later made an honorary alumnus.
He entered the Methodist ministry
in 1853, in Indiana and came to Ohm
. stead county, Minnesota in 1856. Hi
4 prompted a homestead and took al
his ministerial work, joining the Min
,nesota conference about a year. aftel
/ arriving here. He had charges il
this conference during the entire time
of his service from 1857. There 4,
only one mannow living who has beer
i a member of this conference longe,
than Mr.. Lathrop and that is Rev
4 William Mckinley of Winona, wht
commenced his ministry in this con
ference in 1856.
i Rev. Lathrop was chaplain of thu
house OF representatives during thu
term of 1870, and was chaplain o.
the state senate during, the tern
i of 1889, He has known PERSONAL,