The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-12
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
DANIELS ON TEMPERANCE.

A monster meeting was held in
| Washington, d. c., on November II to
| celebrate the victory of the dry move
ment in the national capital Secre-
tary Daniels of the Navy spoke as fol-
lows:
"Our fathers had the vision to build
here city which has not been builded
! by money for trade or commerce.: but
on the banks of the Potomac, in the
primeval forests they built a Capital
for democracy, for Christian purity
and government.
est republic on earth is the first ma
tional capital to take the forward step
of prohibition.
| Laid out upon plans for all times,
it has been the object Of admiration
of other nations, and the example Of
America in having a city like one set
upon a hill, may be followed by the
nations of the world; and we, in our
days, may live to see the time when
no capital on earth will be enslaved
by the influence of saloonkeeper.
I'm every city in America except
Washington, the people who have
little rights to the land, own the city.
In Washington, the city belongs to
the whole Republic, and save except
the cave dwellers,' most of us who
have residences here have attach
lments and ties binding us to every
lefty in the Republic.
Nearly all the residents of Wash
lington came here either to hold pub
lie Office or to see the wheels of gov
lernment go round; and we have pre-
lserved the home ties, so that Wash
lington is typical of the Republic and
the action which we celebrate today
cannot be said to be any other action
than the formal legislative expression
of the American people.
"You did not win this proud place
in the nation solely by reason of SEN
timent in Washington, but because
good men in Oregon, in Kansas, in
North Carolina, and in more than half
the Republic took the first line
trenches in the warfare against the
the battle of the Marine. There were
times when it seemed the victory
would not be with the cause of tenn
lperance, but let us this afternoon
while we do honorS to the pioneers in
this cause to whom most is due, let
us not forget that the present Con-
Igress made up of men and one
woman gave this city freedom from
1.-THE contamination of this evil trade
when the historian comes to
write the story of the present Con-
lgress, it will be an unparalleled story
of wonderful progress. No other body
in our history has been called upon to
lsolve problems of such worldwide
magnitude. Mr.. Lincoln in his great
crusade for freedom said, I honor Mr..
Jefferson because in the throes of a
revolution when men were thinking
of liberty and war, he had the wisdom
to frame in concrete form the doc
4 trine of human rights. and human
liberty
"This Congress had the wisdom.
the vision and the grit to cut asid
all formal ideas and remember that
you have man at the front to sho'
straight he must think straight, an
| live straight. For ~the first time j!
history of any country at war, tie
great legislative body made it
criminal offense to sell liquor to n
soldier or a sailor, and also made it Il
crime for any house of ill fame to be
near a soldiers cantonment.
"Let us honor that body not only
for making provisions for national
safety, but for making provisions for
national welfare against vice and i'm
morality.
"The men to whom we owe most
| for all moral reformations in the
world are the men who have heard
the call of God and have seen the
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