The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1900, Page 8

DIVNES IS VDICES AGANST THE GAMBLERS Eloquently Plead for Defeat of Preposed Poolsell- ing Law. in More Than a Score of Churches Denounce Ordinance as Iniquitous and a Menace. astors B hurches in this thelr een proved to ate that he can- suicide, dishonorable flight, rder. This is what pool s unite to fight it C. Adams discoursed on of the poolrooms last evening at t Congregational Church, corner and Mason streets. He took his from Samuel xviil. He dwelt on the nizing sorrow of David over the way- ss of Absolom and said that many & father of this day had cause to grieve ‘Is the young man safe?" d that there will be gambling, ordin- not. ¥Yet we need not help it along. need to place open doors of tempta- 1s this ordinance? Simply a li- ling. It grants certain privil- es over law abiding citizens Mng in the gambling line. Wagers on contests between hing of the gamblers’ craft v it. It increases the places men. The employers are al- and many young men will 3 hs iclous characters of the community. The Rev. N. Beard of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church said to his congrega- tion: The gambling mania is certainly one of the greatest dangers to which the young men of dey is subject. I do not expect the time #oon to come when there will not be a class of men intent on getting money without an equiv- alent, or making their living by sport instead of by laber, but I do demur to the proposition that this class shall govern our municipality, and by thelr example mold to their liking the Feneration in which we live. I do not remember to have met with & meas- gre for the propagation of gambling more un- blushine and nefarious than this proposed or- dinance. 1 can not believe that any reputable itizen, and especially any business man, can support it if it is ence fairly understood. The Rev. F. C. Sanford of St. John's Episcopal Church spoke of human legisia- tion as differing from divine in not ng final or ideal. It registered public senti- ment and was governed by _expediency. Jiuman legislation was intended to serve the best interests of the community. He then referred to the posed ordinance fnx;)"licenfllnl s ntu:- not voicing public sentiment, being rather an at Dn the part of ihe baser element in the city to obtain the advantage over the ma- jority and as dangerous to the welfare of the community. It was the duty of every Christian citizen to vote no, and not only to vote. but to use his inflience in ever: ready the petition | | | | | . | HE greatest demonstration in the cause of temperance ever held in this city was that in honor of Father Mathew day, which was celebrated in the Mechanics’ Pa- viltlon yesterday under the auspices of the League of the Cross. Bishop Montgomery Jjourneyed expressly from eles to deliver the oration to and his address was so elo- rguments so logical that itled to the des ion 1ew of the West,”” which wed upon him by the Very Rev. who introduged him to Between six and seven audience. _platform. Shortly afterward the Bishop, people were present at the Pa- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1900. CELEBRATION OF FATHER MATHEW DAY escorted by a large number of the prom- inent Catholic clergy, The moment the geni was recognized he e fro he celebration “Veni Creator,” follo esponse by the Re n of the regi He said in tury to view Its worl commenced with , ascended the stage. al face of the Bishop was greeted by a wiirl- m the boys. the wed by a prayer and v. Father P. O'Ryan, ment. John J. Bar- part: s the practice at the close of a cen- k, and the names of those who have atcomplished great things are ch in the final hours of and one of the led in lasting records. We are one of the centuries, se whom we will ever rever- ence in our memories is Father Mathew. He aroused England, Ireland and Scotland —_ John J. Barrett Delivers Address in Eulogy of Great Total Abstinence Apostle, and Songs Are Sung. temple of fame.” At the close of Mr. Barrett’s address Thomas Green of the Tivoll sang a tenor solo by Tostl. His selection was warmly appreciated and the applause was so deafening that before he was allowed to leave the stage he had to respond to three encores. The audience then sang ‘“‘The Star-Spangled ‘Banner,” accompanied by the regimental band. An_ ode, specially written for the occasion by Herman Schef- fauer and set to music by H. J. Stewart, Wwas sung by 8. J. Sandy, the chorus b ln_‘gfhrendered by the cadets. e Bishop was then mtroduced by ths Very Rev. J. J. Pre 3 N Mottmnn s ohd: rendergast. Bishop Mr. President, Ladles and Gentlemen 3 and my Dear Boys:' We have come here to-day to commemorate the apostle of temperance and I PROVES A SPLENDID TEMPERANCE EVEN T Bishop Montgomeru of Los Angeles Inspires Vast Audience With His Elo- quence and Urges the Cadets Never to Let Their Zeal Flag. i + “1“.\\“\"“ \ PCTIRAT \ it vilion when a little after 2 o'clock the | to a sense of their duty. | First Regiment, League of the Cross Ca- dets, headed by the Third Artillery band, the main floor, directly in front of the introduced the idea He practically of total abstinence from drink and aroused the alarm against liquor when the whole world was a weak subject to its vice. T inscribe Father Mat he just historian will hew’'s name in the ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BISHOP MONTGOMERY OF INTEMPERANCE UPON GREAT THRONG GATHERED AT PAVILION TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF FATHER MATHEW. )-————‘ ~ FATHER THEOBALD | spiration for {its being,” IMPRESSES EVILS S will speak of him later. on this stage there was a deep Impression made on my mind that I cannot help expressing. It is that looking at your bright faces I feel the | same as_you do that there ls power in your order. Some things there are that people ¥ agroe on, but there is mo one in thia hall or in the whole world that can argue that when young men bind themselves together to lead sober and clean lives that there can be any wrong in it. There can be no two opin- ions on that. Therefore there is a vitality in your work by your knowing that you are doing Tight. This priest, Father Mathew, labored In Cork alone, and yet we ‘“rise up and call him blessed.”” He was born in 1790, so we are a lit- tle late to celebrate the centennial of his birth- av. He died in December, 1856. His great work only extended over eighteen years, yet in that short space of time he induced over §,000,- But as T was sitting 000 persons to take the pledge. | His movement first_started In Ireland, eventually extended to England, Scotland and America. All of these countries he visited to spread the good work. When death caused him to lay down his task it was taken up by those he had impressed and won over to his cause. rere 1s one word used to-day more than any other and that is the ward “‘environment." Do you know what it means? It is used to express the world we live in—our surroundings. I believe that our lives are more influenced by our environments than by any other source. Young men should be brought up in temper- ance, so that when they become 21 and their characters are molded, they can resist liquor. I do not mean that when you are 21 that you should break your pledge; that is not necessary at all. In fact, I am sure that your chaplain, Father O'Ryan, would not work and labor so | | marched into the hall and took seats on righteousness as an essential factor of true presperity. both as applied to the in- dividual and the community. In dealing | with the latter thought he spoke with d:llberntlon and belllflph“{!!l in heggrd to the pr; ordinance for the aty and county of Francisco. He It 1s my duty as the pastor of Trinity Church t> speak unfalteringly and boldly upon the side of righteousness. We live in ‘a city In which there is the. marked spirit of material prosperity. Those who know it best and have | lived here longest' prophesy a brilllant future. But this progress has its conditions. floodgates of sin are opened by the so-called | legalizing of this gambiing crdinance the step of progress will be checked by a higher law and divine which tells us that righteousness exalteth a nation and that the lack of the seme will lead to debasement and humiliation. The crime and sin of gambling is one of the curses of our age. Men all over the land are being wrecked in body and soul through its | ageney, and the very thought that such a monstrous sin should be legalized is a shock to civilization, not to speak of religion. There are many representative men of this city now listening to me, and I plead with them that they will bring the total weight of thelr in- fluence to bear against the possibility of stain- ing the city with the crime of legalizing gam- bling. ‘E’hc Eyil of Gambling” was the theme of Bev. H_H. Bell, pastor o. the Firs: United Presbyterian Church, last evening. He said In substance: of homeety, but of dishonesty; mot of better manhood and womanhood, but of ruined man- hood and womanhood; not of wealth, but of | poverty: not of virtue, but of vice; not of busi- ness ty, but of business failure: not of lite, but of death and death, too, in its most Rummed&nmhth-votm of our fair city af election the proposition wi we shall have the suf- of the citizens of the city to licensing gambling on a wide open scale. ~For that is what the passing of this infamous or- dinance on lrooms means. It is couched in the guise of “‘business.” What sort of business? The business of ruining homes, of destroying Jegitimate way to defeat this nefarious at, | manhood and womanhood, o B or tempt to make San a center of | the worst sort. It strikes at the bustness fo: u;;r‘~grgralnhdl§mm 3 terests It strikes at the n Trinity Episcopal Church Rey. Fred- | homes of San Francisco. It strikes at the best prick W, X m-’nlmmmm 2 &t It the | » every interest dear to every honorable, every loyal, large-hearted, every ethically and morai- 1y inclined citizen of the magnificent future. proud city with its Therefore, let every right minded citizen with his ballot on election day strike it down. Let Bim who loves the. h ome and the family, who loves honesty and common decency, who loves truth and righteousness, who loves God and man, who believes in who loves this city—le purity and virtue, and t him_ on election day helo dig a grave for that ordinance and bury it =0 deep that mever again shall it or anything o of the sort di resen t itself in this city. RELIGION IS SOLID BASIS OF MORALITY | Father :Dempu; Preaches on the Edu- cation of Children in Chris- tain Faith. The Triduum in honor of St. John Bap- tist de la Salle was by high mass at St. ubserved yesterday Mary's Cathedral at 11 o'clock. The Christian Brothers from the vicinity attended the service in a body and were seated in the sanctuary. The high altar was beautifully decorated with white flowers and large clusters of candles helghtened scene. mon. Rev. Father Dempsey preached the ser- His discourse was on Christian the beautv of the ed- ucation. He said in part: The life, words, works of St. John Baptist de la Salle give us an ods with which to accom) plete eaucation of youth. merely giving information. bringing out, developin, but also the m the child. Mere mental sufficlent. It will not will not form This world does not learned men so much as | higher faith, hopes, infommation. racter more tl ideal of the best meth- lish lutm and com- ities of development is not give man nor need "sherw men. wants res, aims in life far must be developed it The cha we wish virtue in the future erat! developed Without the e moral cannot be lous. Religion s the onl 1s also loped it solid basis ly. an given lite and success to the great work of the founder of the Christian Brothers. At the vesper service in the evening the sermon was preached by Very g Father Prendergast. TO DIE GOOD DEATH ONE MUST LIVE GOOD LIFE Forceful Sermon on Preparation for the End by the Rev. Peter C. Yorke. The Rev. Peter C. Yorke preached at St. Peter's Church last night on the best means of preparing for death. The dis- course, which abounded with much that touched the hearts of his hearers, was in part as follows: Th - st fatality about death. Tt would scem as If death indeed loves as the poet says, a shining mark. The father In the midst of his family, the first-born. the oride of some home, or some good and great man. The sands of life are forever down. There is no es . No matter what our kr:’:‘hdn. 1t must come. Onl: state, what our ly of one thing about it are we certain, and that is that none shall know the day or the hour. I shall come as a thief in the night.”” If we knew that on a certaln day at & certain hour ’ve could go and meet fate, death would lose ts sting. who are entering life, thoss golng gown lite's hill, all must go out of te com- mon gateway of death. Jesus {s perhaps walking on the street now. Some day, some night, he shall come to our door. He shall come himself and the first warning we shall have will be when he stands bedside. § o0 Tapldly hastening. —_—————————— 01d People’s Memorial Service. Impressive services were held at the Old People’s Home at Pine and Plerce he desires to im- | Metha Nelson, the founders of the home. l‘mflu ‘Rock rendition of a hymn, * of Ages,” by the choir of the Calyary Presbyterian Church the Rev. S. H. Wii- ley, D. D., offered a prayer. An address by ‘the Rev. Willlam Rader, D. D., fol- lowed. The speaker told of the noble ‘work of the founders, and asked his hear- ers to aporeciate what had been done for them. “Fhe chaplain of the institution, the Rev. Charles McKelvey, told in a brief way of the work accomplished in the past year, and the services closed with a hymn by the choir and congregation. SORROWING MASONS LAY DEAD BROTHER TO REST Funeral of the Late Captain Henry T. Emery Held From Their * Temple. Masons of all degrees gathered around the bler of Captaln Henry T. Emery yes- terday to pay the last tribute of fraternal respect to a dead brother; and with them were hundreds of others, bound to the dead by ties of friendship and kinship, who thronged the hall in Masonic Temple and lengthened the train that followed the remains of the old seaman to his grave. It was an impressive ceremony, impressive more from its simplicity than from any words that were sald; more from, the following than from any eulogy 'ffe pai bearers were representatt all the degrees and order!v:he dewdv;x:: had affillated with. There were George B. Hanna and George B. Crooks from Oriental Lod; F. and A. M.; Theod Binge and v’eg Chipman from (:nllf‘r’»rr3 ra in uniform, be- sides the members of the Lod; ‘Per- fection and Oriental Lodge. q“h:‘hfig- ment was in Masonic Cemetery. ——e ‘Wilshire on the Trusts. 'B.Gumwu.lhlrcollumwfll S 2 hard in the cause if he thought that when you came to your majority you would discard tem- perance. He will want you to o on as good citizens and sober men. It is no use to talk about temptations. You are right in your consclence, right in your common sense, 0 carry out your pledges. There are two wa: of keeping a man from gettting drunk. One Is to shut him up In jail The other way is to bring him up a model man. Legislation has something to do with all things of li%e, and it should have something to do with drink. That is a question that we are divided on; some people think that law should prohibit the manufacture and the sale of Ii- wuor. The majority are not favorable to the movement, and S0 we cannot expect to reach a_compromise. English speaking people are intelligent enouzh to listen to reason, but why are they S0 stubborfi On this great question that con- cerns themselves? Every one should be & po- liceman of his own principles—he should be guardian of the laws governing himself. I vonder if there any old members of the Leazue here to-day that have dropped out of the organization and that have not been equal to the task of keeping the pledge? Perhaps you know some who have violated their pledge. I want to know if you think that they are money in pocket by doing so. Have they the more re- szect of their friends? You know very well that they have not risen in your es This treating habit is a bad habit. and those who induige in it are slaves to pubiic optnion, Why cannot & man treat his friends to good slain water, and if he must give them some- thing else the ingenuity of man has devised so many palatable non-alcoholic drinks that I don’'t see why they can't drink them. In No- | vember you are all no doubt going to vote, and at the same time you are going to say “Down with the trusts.”” " Are you aware that the li- quor trust is the strongest of them all? It has the wealth back of it and will never be defeat- ed in its work until we all organize and fight it by organized strength. Among the clergy who attended Bishop on the platform were Fath?r: | now that the wint | the dark shadows now cast CIRCUMLOCUTION OFFICE ~ ANGERS MISSION PEOPLE Want a Street Lamp Moved, but Board of Works Is Dilatory. i Red Tape and Promises Seem to Be Used to Make Life in the Warm Belt Dan- gerous. b “‘Out of some qualint and curfous vols ume of forgotten lore’ the Board of Pub- He Works seems to have-drawn the s son yesterday. “Ever was organized the people end of Howard street have been endeav: ing to secure a slight favor whic would not cost the city $§10 to grant they are gs far from accomplishing end as they day they siart At the corner of Twenty-s ard streets an electric iight Is located 1 such a position that its rays do not ford light for the people on Howard street. When the new Board of Supervis ors took office a petition was sent to tha body asking that the ht be placed the intersection of the streets stead of down at one sixth street. This w Gas and Water Inspector and after sev- eral months a recommendation was made that the Board of Public Works take ac- tion {n the premises. “When the matter reached the circum- locution office,” said Bronson, “there matter was allowed to siumber. The ous residents of this dfst saw a nu ber of the Supervisors, visited the Board of Public Works and spent more time in endeavoring to secure the change - cation of the light than the cost of change would be If measured by th earning capacity. “A letter was addressed to Supervisor Hotaling in September, who promised to see that the change should be made. This was placed in the bands of Secretary Park of the Board of Public Works, who lkewise gave his promise. Commissioner Maguire’s services were enlisted and more promises made, yet the light stays in its original position. If I had pald for the removal of the lamp al my n expense I am _sure I would have been financially far ahead.” The proposition pre of Public Worl remeoval of an ar a point s Twenty-sixth street, west of Howard, to the Intersection of the »_streets. The neighborhood is very at night and O 1S appro ing residents are a s that an equ able distribution of light may be ma on both streets in order to d ?Wa}f w h and foil foot- pads. “If it takes so lo moved,” said Br take under t some import of Public W As yet no one Bronson's questic to get on ng, 1as been found to answer Took Ninety-Three Grains of Chloral. W. J. Kirkwood, 1422 Larkin street, grains of chloral Sa cidakintent. His con yesterday orning the Recelving Hospital nounced out of & er, bu are wondering why he ains of chloral is suppo ose. as forty to be a fatal ADVERTISEMENTS. Through Dublin’s strests the aged Queea Rides on in honored state, And “Hip Hurrah!"—*Good luck to you!™ Your brothers in the field Have carned the right to wear the ‘Qresn’ Yorke, Brady, Hickey, Cullen, Prendergast and O’Ryan. en, Quinn, speak to-night at 0dd F Hal Tior of Marlket and Heventh stmoets b ors subject of “Trusts.” m '!fll fll'-l"leg’t. g; ! Democratic_position on the trust Mr. Wplhhlre is a v-u-knownpm | ;’.‘,"‘3‘,{ t:\em‘::&tg lx:l.u":aée Los Angeles and | Bater and a fuent speaker. - “bie de- OLD FRIENDS HOLD CLOSING CLAMBAKE A Large Crowd of Jolly People Enjoy Feast at Buena Vista Park. About 500 Old Friends and thelr fa partook of an old fashloned cll:!:l;: yesterday afternoon in Buena Vista Park, {Sausalito. The clams were baked in the | sround by L. G. Schord, the proprietor of ‘l the park, with James Banks as head cook, | assisted by Melville Hermann and J. £ i Egcx;:te’y the president and secretary of the I. H. Hink and Dr. J. 8. Zaowlt ;ll distributors to the guests n::m‘b‘i:id Charles Kaufman took charge of thedanc- irg floor and Colonel Thomas P. binson provided partners for all wz: wna:ua to dance. The music was furnished by Prot 8850 umi' s and everybody had a no: . e fat men's race was won by !;‘:x:ml:‘ uslnwyer. ex-president of the so- p ol oyfld. Judge T. A. Hornblower a good During the banquet o ator W. G‘rngd?tt)‘ R ) clambake of the was mnounoo‘m ‘What makes the Irish s0?™ *“When Dan was young,” a dame replied, *We fed him on H+0." for the nutrition of the body in every stage of life, and have for ages been the national diet in Ireland and Scotland. H-Ois a scientifically prepared oatfood In rolled form, more delicate and easier to digesq than catmeal or rolled oats. 'WELLMAN, PECK & CO SOLE AGENTS