South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-02
SPEAKER TALKS women
SUFFRAGE FOR STATE
Rev. Cadman of New York Fails
to Arrive For Afternoon Ad-
dreSS-ReV. SWadner Talks
on Temperance.

Swadener ID. D., associate state sup
erintendent OF the Indiana Anti
saloon league the afternoon session
Of the list northern Indiana confer
cnce being held in this city at the
Methodist Memorial church, opened.
The large gathering Of delegates 10
hear Rev s. Parkes Cadman OF New
York. y. y, were greatly disappoint-
ed in the nOn-appearance OF the
scheduled speaker. Rey. Or. Hamil-
ton OF the American University was
secured 10 speak.
Rev Swadener said that liquor WAS
never an asset but always a liability.
and the only way TO solve the in
ebriate problem is TO cease the man.
ufacture of liquor, He spoke in great
length on the influence of the COM
ing constitutional convention regard
ing the legislation against this indus
try. He said that the delegates in
Orde. TO accomplish the desired re-
suits should be partisan. They
can only run by petition of the people
and under no party emblem. He
asked: VIII this convention be COM
posed of men that viii Tewrite the
fundamental law Such should be
the case as 90 out of - counties are
now ready for the fight In the re-
naming counties the leaders are
planning as military strategists would
plan their campaign If this non
partisan convention can be elected
they will probably write the prOhibi
tiCn measures in the constitution.
Then this measure would be put 10
vote 10 the voters OF Indiana and
would be carried by 100000 major
ity. This is no time for retrenchment
or retreat. IL is tir1e for men or red
blood and backbone.
The Anu-Saloon league headquar-
tiers sent out statements that political
parties should not take the temper
ance question as a part OF their plat
form because by SO doing it would
divert attention from the question and
divide the forces This is only one
of the many efforts 10 keep outside
influences from splitting the forces.
In the state of Illinois where they
had sense enough TO give women the
ballot. he said, 2S out of 32 cities
where the question was put to vote
went dry. IN the 'city of Chicago a
man high up I'm the liquor interests
said that if the question OF prohibi-
tion was brought 20 vote the city
would go dry The records Of the
police courts of Chicago show that
20 percent of the misery OF the city
is due 10 the grSE shop. He advocat-
ed wome-i suffrage and said that most
women havS a higher degree of in
telligence than many OF our voters
ifeN. AiDer4 SInlN1tI INtkS.
Prayer by Rev Mr.. Hail of Mobiles
Vile. Ind. opened the 2:40 session
for the afternoon. He was followed
by a missionary sermon entitled The
Missionary Imperative which was
delivered by Rev. J. Albert Sumwalt
OF Logansport Ind. The statement
that il takes two 10 be Christian is
"a mistake as 10 takes three to make
a Christian. he said. This triangle is
f.prtrposag Of yofrceIf Nour neigh hor-
and the Lord. Paul. the speaker
said was great missionary because
ne recognized this triangle of Chris
tianity Missionary work did not be-
sin with such men as Livingston,
Paul or the Jesuits but with Jesus
himself. when he Invested himself of
She glories of heaven and took the
limitations OF human form.
He made the point that difficulties
rAat tend TO make the man greater.
he said that the great peril of the
day was bitterness and amounting TO
nothing i'm the world. The burning
passion of the missionary spirit in the
soul is the only salvation from this
EttlenesS.
DR. Hamilton Speaks
Or Hamilton nlled IN in place of
Dr. Cadman. who did not appear in
time to deliver his address. DIR. Ham
ilton gave many personal reminis-
cences gathered from a long career
i'm ministerial work He emphasized
the importance. of love for work and
God. 10 the human race. He stated
that what we need is more OF the
old time personal religion and less of
the materialism Of the present day
He showed that great tasks are not
accomplished in nature 10y the great
forces but rather 10y the compare
lively minor things and SO it should
ha e. ehn
palled by the apparent magnitude of
the task but go ON with the forces at
our command DR. Hamilton said
that we have not tested the efficiency
81 love To- open the human heart.
Evening Session
THE Puritan i'm Two Worlds was
the title OF the lecture delivered by
Rev. Or. :. ParlSes Cadman. pastor of
the Central congregational church OF
Brooklyn. y. y, at the evening SEES
sion.
Preceding Rev. Claimants lecture
Wednesday evening. Mrs. George
Williams of this city and organist of
the Methodist Memorial church. gave
a very delightful so minutes recital
on the big organ Of the church
'PuritaniSm has been founded on
on such men as Wesley. Calvin and
Luther was the opening of the real
address OF Rev. Cadman He said
must look 10 such men as Wesley
His intellect was stupendOus He
then went on I'm his talk and SAID that
history Is divided into three periods
First. "orientalism' which signifies
pomp and militism This was found
IN the countries of the Nile. Eu-
pirates and TiEris When "A nation
ceases 10 give what life demands. il
falls. When the fundamentals OF
making OF men and nations are lost
sight OF the nations fall SO liz was
with Egypt. which is all gone except
a few mololythic stones
The second epoch Is the Greek
Roman period. These empires gave
ts the beginning OF our law. art. liter
allure and philosophy.
The TeutOns the founder Of Puri-
tanism. differ from the people of the
Oriental and Greek Roman periods
in their performance for freedom.
This has been applied ia DcIifics and