Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-08
AN ADDRESS BY
SENATOR ALLEN
Appears in This City Under the Aus
pices of the Local Women's
Christian Temperance
Union.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC SERVICE
Speaks at Methodist Church Before
Big Audience at Union
Temperance Meeting.
N ENTHUSIASTIC SERVICE

ASuApVA CACC NACVGAASs
The union temperance meetin!
held Sunday evening at the Metho
dist church under the auspices of tn
local w. c. T. U. was an enthusiastic
one. Great is the need of just sucl
mass meetings and an immense au
dience gathered to listen to the mes
sage brought by Senator J. H. Aller
of Pocahontas.
Mrs. ]. c. Robson, president O
the local union, presided. The pre-
liminary devotional exercises were
conducted by pastors of the different
churches, during which an anthem
was beautifully rendered by the
male choir of the Methodist church
The speaker Of the evening was in
troduced by Rev. C. H. Kamphoef-
ner who said: "There are some men
to whom we give willing ear be-
cause of their eloquence and ability
to entertain us, to others because
they have been leaders in some
great movement, and still others
hold our attention because their lab
ors for a great cause have met with
definite results. Tonight we are to
listen to one in whom all these
things are combined, Senator J. H.
Allen, who will speak to you on the
subject, "The Home for Temper
ance." .........
The senator, while accustomed to
make political addresses, felt this
somewhat out of his line, and was
loath to accept the invitation so
kindly extended to him by the ladies
of this city, but 81 am here" he said,
because sainted mother years ago
interested her little lad in the temp
erance cause as it was presented by
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and when I remembered the
early struggles of that organization,
and considered the great work it has
done and is doing for this cause, l
said 4 will go and add my poor mite
to the work they have done and pre-
sent the subject as best I cam
1t was with no uncertain sound
that Senator Allen commended the
ceaseless and tireless energy with
which the ladies of the w. C. T. U.
have worked through these many
years to secure the enactment of cer-
tain laws for the betterment of the
individual and society. eve never
can realize" said he, "what they
have done, or understand the strug-
giles and vicissitudes through which
they have passed, meeting little eX-
cept disappointment until the seth
General Assembly enacted laws
which lead toward the fulfilment of
the purpose for which this and 9TH
er temperance organizations were
created
"The great work for this cause
and all others must begin in the
home: it begins with the prayer at
the fire side and with the combined
of the school and the
home, men we'll know that it need
not take long to drive out this ter
rible traffic. If you want to change
create new ideals. This
begins with the training of the
child. For instance the primary
causes of this great European war
can be traced to home training for
The German child has
been taught to hate the English,
the Italian to deSpise the Austrian,
the French to abhor the German.
The result of such training is newt
able. 1t has remained for this coun-
try to teach the world that an Eng
lishman can meet a German in
THE spirit that permeates this
country must come to all. If the
ideals of a free people are instilled
into European homes the problem
will be solved. To the mothers of
the nations we must look for this
The time will come when
they will say We will not bear sons
to be shot down The spirit of moth
erhood and love must rise above the
spirit of war.
upon the mothers of Iowa rests