Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-25
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Continued from, Page one.)

Upper Montclair, N. j., was made a
member of it's executive committee.
No woman since the formation of
the new society has held an i'm
portant office.
BY vote of 517 to Ia, the National
Council of Congregational churches
today, went on record in favor of tenn
perance. The vote defeated move
ment headed by Governor Simeon E.
Baldwin of Connecticut who opposed
the report of the temperance commit
tee favoring an amendment to the
Federal Constitution prohibiting the
manufacture, sale, Importation and
expectation of intoxicating beverages
throughout the United States. In pre-
senting the recommendations of the
committee Rev. John Favill of Apple
ton, Wis, said:
THE supreme court of the United
States already has paved the way for
such an amendment to the Censtitu-
ton and we believe it is timely to
take action on the temperance ques-
ton"
This statement of Mr.. Favill was
challenged by several lawyers in the
body.
They have practically declared it
unconstitutional, have they not2' he
asked his DIRECTORS.
NO. no." they chorused
This is a proposition" said Coy En-
nor Baldwin, ito have the council
change its speciality from religion to
political science. 1t is beyond the prov
ince of this council to promote any
amendment TO the Constitution of the
United States. We may pledge our
selves and our churches, but this
amendment is contrary to the genius
of government. Home rule is the foun-
dation of the government. Let the
states legislate and not the United
States
Charles n. Prouty of Spencer. Mass,
called attention to the vast waste of
men and money as a result of the Ii
quor traffic.
AS soon as the report was brought in
from the business committees to which
1t had been referred Gov. Simeon L.
Baldwin of Connecticut arose to his
feet opposing it. The Governor said
such an amendment was in violation
of the spirit of the Constitution and
could not be enforced. Such an amend
ment is UP to the states and not the
federal government. declared the Gov
ernor. Separate from the national.
| the 9th annual meeting of the Amer
lean Missionary Society convened, to-
| day.
II. Paul Douglas of New York spoke
of prejudice as relating to the Negro
| question. The trend of his address was
| that while the church should in every
way extend the hand of brotherhood
| to the Negro aud aid him in every way,
| the time had not COME for the church
even to consider inter-marriage of Me-
groes and Whites.
"Why Goes a certain type of man
keep saying Niger. niger, said he,
Simply because if he did not say mig
ger, Niger he would be forced to say
| brother, brother The function of the
epithet is to make men worse than
| they are"
Specializing on the ideas of the AL
mighty in the creation OF men, Mr..
| Douglas said:
God made the world. Has not evolu-
| ton condemned the races to perpetual
! inequality? Didn't God intend then and
are we not to accept, the visible SYM
| bols Of color and speech as the natural
marks of superiority and inferiority :
This is to base caste and color upon
| the Divine will. 1t makes human bar
| riers Inevitable and eternal"
| The Rev. George W. Human of
Berkeley, Cal, told the delegates of the
race problems on the Pacific coast.