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FAMOUS CHURCHMEN CONDEMN PRONOUNCED EVILS OF PROHIBITION
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Bishop Potter Of New York And Dr.
JRainsford Declare Against Policy
Of Prohibitory Law.
IMPOTENT LEGISLATION ' '
BRINGS CONTEMPT ON LAW
(Jly IlMuip llciirj ('. Potter)
Tlio law of tlio church hinds upon
inu n duty which I feci to be a deftn'
ito obligation, and in Us performance
1 wltl ask jour attention UiIb morning
to n charge upon the subject of tern
lrniico I do thU becnuso 1 regard
ilin church's attitude to this subject
as of prlmnrj and preeminent Imiiort
mice, and because I hold that she Is
In tlio. n in M as a guardian both of
fnltli and or morals. I do It, nho. bs
fanio there is. I bellce, at present
existing widespread misapprehension
on this subject, and, what Is worse,
widespread apathy
Tlio Christian Church has undoubt
edly wasted much energy, nnd well
Intcnlhmcd Christian people are still
wasting much nctMtj. In fi pursuit
of methods nnd maxims c mccrnlnir
(Mho drink habit, which have earned for
thrin the ridicule If not the resent
ment, of reasoning nnd reflecting peo
ple; but those of us who Judgo such
persons hnrshl) nro often willingly ig
norant of situations nnd incidents
which arc peculiar to our modern clI
11atlon, nnd which hato, nnd had, no
pnrallcl in Oriental times nnd cus
: toms.
Lot mo iiMkn my meaning quite
plain If the dangers from drunken
ness had been ns great or us Immin
ent in tho tropical countries In which
Jv the first mlsslonnrloH of Christianity
' llveil and to which they wrote as they
I nro In ours. I believe thnt theh Ian
t$ gungo would havo been much plainer
nnd Btrongcr. though I bellcvo that
they would not haio departed from
tlio wln law by which the wore
Kciverned, which did not la) down
rules, but which enunciated principles
Tor modern llfo Is not undent llfo,
Tho modern strain of bread winning
Ik not nt any rate with us, the easv
task of earlier or later tropical eln
rnce. With our conditions in othe
words have arisen u whole family of
perils, of which tho men and wc
men of St. Paul's time could hne
Ilttlo or no knowledge.
Wo resent, alas, most of us to whom
I speak this morning, ns an Intoler
able Impcrtlnvncu n refcrenco to these
conditions, as though they were all
of n lint lire for which we were In mi
wlso resiKinslble. and to which wo
V could bring no amelioration, but in
. fact, no one who Is reaping tile bene-J.
fits of any single nno of the enrich TJ
inents or our twentieth centurj chilli
zatlnn has n right to do so without
linking lilmseir the question: What aro
inodorn cheapness and indention nnd
muchlnery, nnd all tho multltudo of
inexpensive coincidences which make
my life so different from the llfu of
my forefathers what are these things
costlng-not tho pmplojcr who pro-
ilur-cii them, nor tho tradesman btiPJ5vj$i3$i how' weak they may bo
Utillu f 1nttilli1if fltn miinlmnln iitlwi I iirl-im.?hliiii ulnfit fitiK1ild tlmt llii
f, makes them? And how can I blame
mm, wnose tnsK Is so narrow so coif-l
!,. fining nnd su monotonous. If now nncf
' then ho 'evens up, as ho says, und
Introduces n Ilttlo variety Into llfo by
getting drunk. i
, i Wo hnv hail, ami still hac, as I
IHilntcd out not long ago, n school or
irorormers. wlinso shibboleth is ill this
jr polM a dcflnlto philosophy of rcsinusl-
lability, which, since then, bus found Its
echo In lUnuuctntluus am In Icglsla-i
.lion enuauy impotent anil innnite in-
ptlle. Mr. John II, Gough wasjiie fatii-
r iit ill mm Hunuiii ui ii'iuriiierti muisi;
Hiiiniioieiu. is nun uio iirunKaru is n
,iciini. ami not h transgressor; aim
fee
it
ivT si BI W rlloRl
AiyiERi
who. In consistent forgetfulness of tho
npostollc'mnxim that 'ciorj man shall!
bear his own burden' bare tmdcrtnk-
en to create for us n new earth If not hood, dishonored by estentfal unreal
n now hen en, b penalties which ' Ity, and dlicVedltsd by wldetpread and
strike at tho man who sells an Intoxl I contlttent failure. Thero is a drink
cant rnther than at the man who buyo ovll, and you and I mutt not ignore
ami drinks It
It was nut unintiirnl that, confront
ed by such questions ns these, an un
reflecting public sentiment should
hne taken refuge in legislation which,
If It refuted to fnco the Issuss whlrh
it raised blushed them nsldo with
sweeping enactments, thnt at one
blow proposed to. destroy u trnfTlo
which It could not control Nothing'
could hao demonstrated more clearly!
tho litter failure of that attempt than
the historical nnd vltuperntlm denun
clatlnns with which the disclosure of
ft . MShbH
iiimkh' HKMtr. c. rorn:ii.
Tiiu4i,hMpinmt iliTlnriilliitiH iiwilnri the enlh of prelillillorj law,
one Jt IIMiop Potter of Sen Vork nnd one lis lr. llnliitford, Iiom
tt.imrolrr rijiiiill) well kiion'n IliriiiiKliuiit the 1'iiHril Nate, nre pub-ifslipit-bt'.iiii.
U ii I let in t (d.i) In full.
"iJIUDop Potfir(.:iiildre was dell
Jfuwon Scutimlicr -ii. llM.'.
tllati failure has been met. In this
connection thejissbclutlnn of tho prln
clple or. local irolltlcs. whether muni-
clpuUor national, with thnt of prolil
hltlpttf-has notes -which nro allko pa-
ihtr"finTi f nlnrmlufr iinthctlc bemuse
wl:OMt7!!Uiit nine: forbids thnt ihor
sjinfy s'ptiik the truth as they know
llnd alarming becauso It discloses
toTjUiThofc' Ilttlo rcprcBentame. under
(lie dominion of this cowardice, arc
f en tlio best minus among us.
j Under the sjslum of government
which boasts that It konws no privi
leged classes, wrf cater to them nt ev
ery corner, and the club, the hotel, the
rashlonnblo restaurant, riirutBhes for a
dollar what tho weaier ot n fustian
Jacket, with his the or ten cents, can
not oen ventuio to ask for. And yet
this is a tjxli'in which we defend In
tho name of our Purltnn forefathers
and our primitive traditions I often
wonder, If they roulil ronie back mil
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GUARANTEED UNDER NATIONAL PURE FOOD ACT.
ca:s Finest Production
liOvejoy 6& Co.,
seo our changed condltons, what thoy
would say to It'
You will gather from this how super
ficial how utterly Inhuman, ineonild
erate end Unreasonable I regard a
great deal of that doubtless often
well Mentioned zeal which- seeks to
make men and. women virtuous and
temperate by a law of Indiscriminate
rcpreislon. I dot I dot And If I am
ceil here of God fir nothing else, I
am sent here, men and brethren, to
tell you that; and to entreat you to
discern that most of our methods for
tlsallng with tho drink evil in our day
and generation are tainted with false-
HI There Is a task for Christian men
nnd women Just here to perform, and
you and I must not shirk It. But let
us begin by trying to recognize the
facts, and then let us strive to deal
with them In a way worthy of their
portentous significance,
It Is In an thn,t philanthropy or,
at nn) rate phllauthiopy an feeble, as
Intermittent and ns unintelligent as Is
much of that which has, thus far,
grappled with the drink problem nt
tempts biicIi measures of reform ns
dmplv omplnslzo tho oUls which they
ured (o Hie nmiiuil couienlloii of tlio
teek to light. Two or thieo facts must
be plainly recognized and candidly
dealt with before we can own maku
a beginning, One of them consists in
ft clear discrimination between condl-i
tluns. For unmple, one kind of man
goes to a saloon to get mi Intoxicant,
and for no other renson. Wnuthor
g'oo.1 there for any no of half-dozen
purports; refreshment, amusement,
companionship, Information physical
easement, business appointment, or
mere iluuige; ror which last, you, my
in other, go next door, or to tho club,
nnd which all sensible people regard
ns wholly Innocent.
IMPROVE SALOON
SAYSJiAENSFORD
(II) Dr. W. S. Italnsfonl)
It emotionalism Is tho IijsIh on which
Sole?Agents
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most temperance work is carried on,
thtro nro not lacking today thoso who
Invito us to prosecute It entirely on
a legal basis. They Ignore hciedlty;
they do not allow enough for cm Iron
ment; and while constantly asserting
that drink makes miner, they for
get all tho time that mliory, too, make,,
mum. uiu orunKora is not a scoun
drel. Alcohol makes a bad man
worse bejond question, quackery Ib
ruinous nnd excuscfess today. Uy tho
cry fundamental principles of our
Christian religion wo who bellove In
Christ aro bound to recognlto thnt the
solution Is not to bo found In law,
Lnw will lirt no man. AihI
so far ns I can sec almost nil our
temperance efforts nre legal. Prohi
bition in nil shnpoa is a well meant
crime, a conspiracy In tho Interests of
men against manhood Sunday-closing,
local option, power of oto what nro
they nil? Negative, legal. What Is
high license Itself from which so much
PLAIN STATEMENT
AGAINSTJpiBITION
dustnve Pabst: My Dear Sir: 1
write in reply to jour published of
fer I read In the Cosmopolitan
our article and that of tho Itev. Dr.
Aliron.
t am tho mother of five boys, alt
grown, all temperate, and in every
wa a comfoit and rewnrd to their
father nnd their mother.
I believe that tho question of
tempcrnnco and prohibition aro In
teresting to tho mothers of men es
pecially, und that tho mother of flvo'
temperate, honest, earnest oung
moil may properly express an opln.
Inn in a matter so Important to tho
world." '
The main thouaht that I havo hau
In mli.d iu the bringing up ot-my
bojs Is expressed more than once In
our brlof a-rtlclc.
"Shnll men rely on their strength
of character or shall thoy
put upon themselves n strait-Jacket
to make ui) for their lack of char
acter and forever dispense with tho
eerclso of will?"
rnd ngnln, "Humanity 1 will de
velop by exercise of the will In the
future as in the past, nrd It will not
develop through coercion or confes
sion of failure."
And' ngaln: ""The-nlm ot civiliza
tion Is to make men better nnd
stronger by tho oxerrlsu of will
power, not by imposing arbitrary
rules upon them.
"Temperance is civilization and In.
tolllgence. Prohibition is tjrami."
I share with all mothers a hurior
of Intoniperaiice, n hatred and loath
ing for,, the drunktinness that has
ruined ho many homes and destroy-)
ed to mini) bo). 1 believe thnt jou
nre right, and tliat tho salvation of
men Is to be found In the strength
ening of their will, and that jou
ran not substitute for will-power in
the Individual, coercion from with
out.
1 havo brought up my boys re
membering constantly that I must;
le.no them, und that any exerciso
of my will-power could only bo tem
porary. 1 have had In mlud, as I
belief oull mothers and all makers
of laws should havo Iu mind, the
fact that success and good living
mint como from within. Outside In,
(Indices may encourago and devolop
temperance und strength of will;
they can not force these qualities
iiion mankind nor upon tho Indi
vidual. 1 do not suppose that any Amer
ican mother ever failed to Impress
upon her nous tho danger of strong
drink. And I bcleVo that over and
oer ngnln tho greatest mlstuko bus
I'illHM'nilH'IT'f
is expectcn by many? It Is only n
brake on the wheol of n runaway
coach. You must get at alio horses'
heads If jou want to avoid tho ditch
What are colTco houses? Tho best,
most practical efforts, perhaps, made
by temperance folks. Excellent thlngB
In oory way, It jou only want coffee.
Hut nro wo fools nnd blind enough
to believe thntr wo can suddenly (era
dicate an nlmost universal dcslro for
alcohol, meet and overcome It with the
presentation of nn occasional coffee
house?
No, our treatment' lias to bo much
moro radical than this. To
drink Is no sin. Jesus Christ drank.
To keep a saloon Is no sin. And any
policy that claims the name of Christ,
or does not claim His name, that
deals with tho weljnlgh universal
taste of man for alcohol on tho basis
of lnw and order alone, cannot com
mend Itself to the best Intelligence
been made In trjlng to keep chil
dren In Ignorance, thus exposing
them to sudden outzldo temptation. I
llojs must grow up In the world I
as It Is. They must meet the world's1
temptations. Ignorance of llfo or a!
childish promise made to n mother
Is a poor wcapbn when the .mother
Is gone.
Knowledge, temperance, self-control
based upon good example, and
thorough understanding of the world
those things produce thi strong,
balanced man, H)sterl:at exaggera
tion, coercion In place of argument,
ni)sterious dtead that arouses curi
osity such nro the beginnings of
many n drunkard's career.
Tcmncrnnco nnd not iirohlbltlon
wntllrt irnlva flin ,1ilntr fiimullnu in'
America. Drunkenness has dimin
ished where prohibition has not been
known, and drunkenness has increas
ed where prohibition has alnly
sought to make It Impossible.
I bellcvo thnt government should
deal with tho citizens as a wise fa
ther dculs with IiIh children, teach
ing them, warning them, making the
Indulgence nt normal, temperate ap
petites casjv coercing i.eer strug
gling to build up Inside of the In
dividual a will-power that shall sae
him.
No pal? tial severity will keep a
boy temperate wlicn his father is
dead, and no triilght-Jcket legisla
tion will keep the Individual tern
pi'liite against tho Individual's will.
In temperance tho lnw works wltn
the Individual. In prohibition the
Individual will work against the
law "r "-v is made contemptible,
"V .inecs Is Increased, nit
dlmlnU:.-d.
If ri -tter Iu published. I should
"Vr jt jim use only my initials,'
i.e. .ii) mime In full. (
(MrB.) A. E. ii.
RADIUM DANCE
Ono of the prettiest features of
"The Telephone Olrl" Is the "Itu
dlum Dance," which Is the oponing
number of tho second act. While
this number had been In preparation
for several. weeks before leaving San
Francisco, and to tho mind of Dlrec-
tor I rank Hlalr had reached the
stage of absolute iierfectlon. It hap-
pened that when the girls tried to
go through tho motions nt rohcarsul
ju.ieruuy mere wus no more scni--
bianco of tho original danro than had
It nover been attempted before. This
so i.ettled Mr. Illnlr Hint he swore
ut tho girls, toro his hair, and
threatened to "llro" tho entire
bunch.
"Never saw such a bunch of mul
let heads," fumed Mr. Illnlr. "You
girls perform like a lot of children.
Don't sou know tho dance? I'll show
jou," illnlr stood up nnd tried to
essay what the girls had made a
rank falluro of. Ho rocked from side
to Bide llko the plunging of m fhlp In
tho trough of tho soa. Then ho sat
down and rubber his ejes.
"We'll tiiko that dance up tho
first thing tomorrow. You may go
home, girls." After the rohearsal
had been dismissed, Ulalr confided to
one of tho mnle members of tho com
pany that he Imagined the line of
choius girls, the big liner Sierra nnd
the swuy of the dancers had made
him eeasl;k.
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When Baby was sick, wo gave her
Castorla.
When sho was a Child, elio cried for
Castorio.
When sho bocanie Mlas, she clung to
Castorla.
When sho had Children, sho gave thorn
Castorla.
TEMPERANCE AT KAUlVtAKAPILI.
Tomotiow foienoon nt 11 o'clock,
John McTaggnrt und John Murtlu will
occupy the pulpit or Knuinnkaplll
church and mako their monthly Kng
llsh kermoii which Is groatly uppio
tliiled by tho joung pcoplu.
Their subject will bo "Tonipetiinco."
As the Iho speakers uro well known
In the community, II Is exported that
ti largo ntlriiiliiuiHi will bo iprpHent
Hpeclsl uiiHlrol proKtnni has been pin
paiol tor tho uvrvlcas
Tor Kent" cards on tale rt
the Bulletin office.
nnd Is doomed to fnlt
Wlitit fficn may bo attempted? What
direction shall wo best most hopefully
rUc our efforts? Briefly I reply In
tho use of n simile. The drink trade,
at present n curse, a blight, a pestl
lenco must bo Inoculated. Wo must
inoculnto tho bad saloons with better
saloons, One of tho most nondcifut
discoveries of human genius Uas that
"like cured like." At first men laugh
ed; nt last Ihcy believed, Like cured
like sang its gospel ,nnd smallpox al
most vanished from the fpco of tho
earth; and with this knowlcdgo sclenco
today Is nssalling hydrophobia, con
sumption, and ou'ii cholera. Let us
Inoculato tho drink trade. We may
hope perhaps in tlmo to win u purely
scientific aid In some measure to off
sct'tho tragic facts of heredity. Hut
how over sclcnpo may bo abla to aid
'tis In this great contest, It must al
ways it seems to me mainly, be n
WHYSECRETARY
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Charles I). Norton of Chicago, re
tcntly assistant wcjotary of tho Unit
cli States Trcasur)-, tins assumed tho
responsible pfflce of, prlvato secretary
to President Toft. Ills bus.lness par-
tlculorly will be to shoulder part of
tho criticism which has "been heaped
u,,on tho shoulders ot tho chief mag-
Istrnto. nnd Incidentally to keen the'
public Informed In r6gard to tho pql
iclcs which may emanate from tho
White House
During the past few administra
tions, the placo of prlvato secretary
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nns rcqiureu moro man, exportness in (cr, Mrs. J, C. Axtoll, nnd n brothor,
minor afTiilrs. As n mnttor ot fact, Mr. Wm. Deacon, nre the only sur
Lnmont, Cortclyou und Loob, who v!ng members of n largo family
stood ut the right hand of thrco Pros- .well known both hero and on tho
Idents, wore more poweiful than cnb-,
(net nlllccrs. It Is said that Mr, Nor
ton is n keen man of affaire. If bo,
ho will lighten the burdens of u Pres
ident who has been lnboi'ng under
..ummous u.suuvmuuBos uunug me j Two Anioricnn citizens wet e made
pastyenr. and one ot them was forced ln the Foderal Court this morning,
upon him by his former secretory, vWi,en Oormany nt-d Great Britain
Mr. Carpenter, who has neon conven-cuch contilbuted one man to tho
tcntly uBslgncd to u diplomatic post.' Amorlcan nation.
. It ull came about through Con- The two who today received their
grcssmnn Tawney's effort as chulr- ""al papers und citizenship were
man of tho appropriation committee Henry II C, rtelnecko of Oermauy
to get nn appropriation of J25.000, to u,ul WIH'nni Hell of Orcat Ilrltaln.
lilt I e ttl nit In tnlil ill nllnllla 4il I1DV Ilin mKm
tiv stiiiuijiutci ut nituuty l ' "
Picsldeut's trn cling expenses, part
of It, ut least, being needed tq dls- Sim j-rnncUc0i lm(1(!r clmrtC(. ,)y (l0
churgu tho debts mndo during Mr. Federal Sugur Hennlng Cpmpnny. with
Taffs tour of tho west und south Inst 5200 tons of refined sugar. This Is
fall, Southern Dcmocruts objected to tho first tlmo since tho formation of
tho arrangement. Tawney thereupon Iho Biigar trust, twenty years ago, that
taunted them with dishonoring them- C!i"E ' ""fiar has been sent to tho
selves nnd casting ' n cloud upon 1nclflc c,n8' uv ' "' H'o Httnlts
southein hospitality. Ho mentioned of MaRellnn.
niiines of southern Congressmen who U t: ti H Xt it ii ti it ti it it
had traveled with tho President dur- thero to try to recover his health and
lug part ot tho hitter's tilp through Incidentally to uct us Amorlcun .mln-
the South, Inning obtained these Istor. Tho President, remarked hittur-
names from the President's prlvnto ,ly to Southern congressmen to whom
secretary Naturally, tho miutliernors ho folt obliged to upologlzo:
resented this nnd blamed the Ptesl- "It seems that I cannot got up In
dent iiIoiik with TaiMiey fur the char-( the morning without finding (hat
nrter of Iho allude minlii upon llioni, himiio frloml hns lilrked tlio legn out
Mr Tali, horrlllod, wrolo Tawnoy n fiom under mo"
sharp letier. Now tlio Preldeiit'n Ho thu prhato secrnturj- of Dm
prlwilo socrotary Is bound for tho re- Piiisldant rait iiinko tho llfu of thu
uiotu but Buittbrloiu coast ot Murutvo,clilef muttUu wlgljiy iulcraUlo.
moral one. Wo cannot hope to win
moral victories by Immoral mean's. Wo
cannot hope to help men to Iho truo,
self respecting lives by restricting
their freedom, by plotting against
their manhood. Perhaps no commun
ity cer stood so greatly in need of
phecs of social intercourse ns our
own. l)i Ink has claimed and holilu
these places. Tho social scientific:
draws tlitm to the saloon; there drink
lies In wait to destroy them. What
they must havo aro better provisions
for social needs. It Is folly to attack
the saloon until you provide ft substi
tute. Wo can only hope tO oust tho
bad club by bringing In a good one.
Inoculate these places. Put on tho
market a saloon roomy. Instead of
cramped; with small bar, liistcad of
all bar; with table, clean food, chcmi,
wholesome and non Intoxlcattiri;
drinks; nt cost prlco or near It; good
beer, wine, all of tho purest, nt prices
that will pay a large profit,
MHENTS
FOR FUNERAL
Ills Honor, Mayor Forn, u member
of tho Hut Oiwi and Knmohnmchn
lxidgc, has Issued tho order of tho
funeral of tho Into Senator Frank It.
IC. Harvey, which will take place Bun
day afternoon nt 3 o'clock.
Promptly nt 1 o'clock, tho members
of different societies of which tho do
ccascd tienntor was u member, will
nsscmblo In tho Sllvn Undertaking
pnrlors on Miller street, preparatory
to holdng fcpeclnl son Ices over tho
remains of tho deccasod. This fore
noon tho members of tho societies and
general public viewed tho remains, for
tho last time. '
Tlio order of tlio funeral procession
as arranged by Mayor Kern atidoth
crs who have charge ot tho matter,
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Oiwi Society. ' lk
Olwl Slstors. 4 v", ' '"I
Kanielinmolin Iidgu. 1 ,
Y. M. I. Society, ;t, , l
Poolas' Society. ' ,' t
Poolas' Intcr-lslnhd.
Clergy. i
Hearse with pallbcarqrn and po
lice on side. ' ,
Family. I
Senators. . V I
HeprcscntnthoB.
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Territorial ofllclnls. I
City und County olllcluU. t j
Citizens and friends. j
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HENRY DEACON'S
DEATH HEPORTED
News of the death of Mr. Henry
Deacon, on June 17, was received
nt Hllo by cablegram on Saturday
Inst. Though ho was. seriously 111
for somo months, hopes of his ultl-
mnto recovery wes entertained by
1 the family until the Inst.
I Mr. Deacon was born nt Wappln-
ger's Falls, N. Y. He came to Ia-
wan nver thirty years ago. F
For sovv
oral ears he was bookkeeper for his
brother-in-law, Mr. C. C. Keiinody,
at Walakcn. For" about flftceu years
Mr. Deacon wus tho successful mau-
user of Pcpcekoo plantation.
"" '"o 'all of 1S0& ho acceploa
the managership of Kolmja planta
tion, but fulling health caused him
to remove with his family to Herko-lej-.
Cat., tlio following summer,
Mr. Deacon leaves a wtfo and thrco
cons to mourn their loss. Ills bIh.
Const.
TWO CITIZENS
THU AMKHICAN stoaniBhlp I.yra
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