Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-04

the state with thirteen speaking dates I under the auspices of the Anu-Saloon league and in the interests of nation
 wide prohibition: He came from a
 three day stay in Rhode Island and spoke in tho afternoon at Danielson ' and in the evening in this city. where Fl at the Central Baptist church he had
 an audience of about 800 which prac- ticauy filled the church. Had the
 night not been so rainy. the prospects looked good for a crowd that would have made overflow meeting nec- | essary.
 More than once the famous Nebras- 1 kan stirred his audience to laughter and applause with an apt story to H. {; lustrate some point he was making. For the 2s years he had been in pub lie life. he said. he had constantly
 been in a fight of some kind or other. In fact the only place where he had l time he had been in the army during ! the Spanish American war. In view ] of Connecticuts record on prohIbi- 1 ton, he had asked his managers to give him much time here pos
 sihle but he came with no reproach Or reproof for he thought the state had 1 done well was possible under | the circumstances. It had done bet l ter than Rhode Island anyway for one l branch of the legislature voted for the prohibition amendment. It was the farming communities of the south and l west, that-~had been the pioneers and
  hibition to be good. they had forced it upon the states over the protest of the big cities. And Connecticut had the cities but no such big farming areas. In three more years. he predicted, ev- cry col11monw edith will have ratified
 prohibition and Connecticut. New Jer- sey and Rhode Island. will not be standing for an outiawed institution. Mayor J. J. Desmond introduced Mir.
 Bryan after the meeting had opened
 with the singing of verse of America
 and Rev. A F. Purkisss pastor of the
 church. had offered prayer.
 It seems almost miraculous said
 Mayor Desmond in his introductory
 remarks. to see in our own land the
 practical extirpation of the curse of
 alcoholic beverages. It has come with
 a rapIdity that is startling. This con
 dition cannot fail to lend interest to
 the personages who have been instru-
 mental in bringing this to pass The mayor said he took pleasure introduc-
 ing the apostle in the destruction of
 1ntefn peranSc.
 MT. Bryan was given the tribute of
 a rousins burst of applause as the
 audience rose to it's feet to greet him
 a s he got up to speak
 With brief description of what the work of the Anti Saloon league is. Mir Bryan Introduced Rev. Howard H Russell of Westervelt. Ohio. founder cf the league, who explained it's plan for financial aid through enrolment
 ; said that Mexico was the next objec- tive of the Anti Saloon leagues work 50 that the coming dry United States should be defended against leakage from 2 wet neighbor.
 Pledge cards were distributed and were collected by the ushers. before Mr- Bryan proceeded with his princi pal address. ground on mary things, the Great Commoner said. as he opened his ad dress and Omaha was probably tlae i wettest place in the state when he ] made his first prohibition speech 1 there. So thoroughly was the demo- 1 cratic party under the domination of ! the wets that he could find not q single I prominent democrat to introduce him ! or even to sit on the platform with ! him. So he took off his coat and hat i! placed them on the chair. addressed l the chair, and proceeded with his i speech from q text not found in the 1 Bible: but al least the Bible contains l nothing to contradict il. The demo l cratic party shall not die Of deliriun i tremens." Then the fun began and ] in 5 12 years the state was won for | prohibition. made "dry" over the pro test Of it's large cities But the cities were then converted by experience and that has been the process all the 1 way.
 MT. Bryan poked fun at the New orh wet editors, who he said seem ed to remember one thing from the Bible, which was that the Wise Men came from the east. and these editors cannot believe that anything wise can come out Of the south or. west. Away back in April, the wet" papers begun to talk about the mo beer. no work" strike that was to happen on the first Of July. But that strike never hap pened. We heard too that the soldiers were coming home to get even with the people for making the country dry while they were gone. The wet newspapers overlooked the fact that every soldier had taken an oath to amendTne ent is now as much q part of he Com rstiJution as any other. Do you think the soldiers would come nome and help the liquor dealers and he brewers to violate that Constitu ion? If so. you islander the best sol liers tho world ever saw"
 Endorsement comes next. But it will se easier now. The liquor inter ,is for their opera tions against dry ter , 'itory. There is to be no longer a wet ; ;pot under the flag. Heretofore we : nave had to combat great financial or -iduals. and each one of these will I ,e running so fast to get away from ln officer Of the. law that he cannot cooperate with any other bootIegger anne speed. Tn the past the brewer es and distilleries have been able to I make each day the money they used n fighting prohibition; now the must be put to other uses-i { me brewery in Michigan has been purchased by a Methodist church and l converted into social settlement 'iant-the greatest conversion since he conversion of Saul of Tarsus."
 The Conscience of the nation is swake too. and this will be anotherl l factor in enforcement Every day ( here is closer union of the church es against alcoholism which is far from their attitude 100 years. ago. As an example of this: Mr.i ] Bryan mentioned Congregati ational church conference in Connecticut at which much liquor was consumed hat the conference could not come -ogether for it's afternoon session. This statred Lyman Beecher on crusade against Hduor in six stirring sern,oBs and was the beginning of the! work of the Congregational church