temperance man, and I am a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, (Laughter.) I want to ask if I can be permitted three minutes to tell you what I want to tell you? I believe that we never will succeed in having total abstinence until our government ceases to speculate in rum. When Noah was planting his vineyard, the devil came along and said to Noah: "What are you doing?" "I am planting a vineyard." "What is that for?" "You see fruit is very pleasant to the taste and good to eat, and the wine is pleasant to the taste and soothing to the spirit." "Say," said the devil, "I would like to go snooks with you." "Well," says Noah, "I guess you would be a good helper." So he took him into partnership; and the devil has always been a silent partner in every operation rum has made. He is, to-day, the senior partner in all these rum operations.

B. F. DENNISON, of Pennsylvania: Mr. Chairman: Total abstinence is a foundation principle. If we have no Bible ground for this, then we have nɔ ground upon which to base this reform; because all truth is of the Scripture. There is not any truth outside the Word of God. No passage of Scripture is to be interpreted contrary to the general trend and teaching of that book. The general trend and teaching of the Word of God is against the use of alcohol as a stimulant. The Lord Jesus Christ came from Heaven to earth and assumed our humanity in order that He might lift that humanity to His own, and in the likeness of God. It is not fair to assume that He would create or use that which only tends to destroy and degrade, and not to lift up and elevate; so that I stand upon the broad ground that the whole life and character of Jesus is against the use of alcohol as a stimulant; and it is fair to assume that that which He made at Galilee was not that kind of wine which is intended to destroy and degrade us. That is the solid ground, and I am willing to stand upon it. I have stood by it away back in the days that are gone, and I am prepared to stand by it here or anywhere. I believe it is solid ground.

Rev. J. B. WESTON: We can quote that example of the making of wine for the marriage of Cana, for nothing further than we know. What kind of wine was made, we do not know. The only thing we do know is that it was wine that was made immediately and directly from cold water; and when we can find any wine that is made just as immediately and directly from cold water, we may have it and use it.

A telegram was received from the National Order of Rechabites, which was read to the Convention; and the Convention voted to

send greeting to that Order. Also the following telegram from Prof. A. A. Hopkins, Harriman, Tenn., as follows:

"From a city but eighteen months old, with three thousand inhabitants and no saloons, I send greeting to your assemblage, with regret that I am prevented being with you and filling my place in the programme. May great good come of your counsels together."

The paper of Rev. D. C. Babcock, of New Hampshire, "The Use of Temperance Literature," was then taken up and discussed.

Mr. BABCOCK said: I have no desire to take the attention of the Convention. The paper is before you, and I ask you to glance at page 150, at the bottom. First, we need a concise, clear, and printed epitome on the question. The matter should be set forth in larger words, and arranged in the best possible form. The second fact which I have tried to develop is, that I would have those who are already interested in the various questions, those we call professional men-such as ministers, lawyers, and school teachers, and all persons who are interested-see that all the larger journals are reached. Newspaper men, ministers, and school teachers come together in conventions, and I think that some plan of this kind might be brought up by which they might be reached and educated on the great fundamental principles of the question.

J. L. THOMAS, of New York: I think perhaps there is no topic that is of greater importance to the cause in which we are engaged than this topic of temperance literature. I have no doubt but that this Convention here to-day, and the Conventions that have been held in past years, have been largely aided by the literature published by the Temperance Society, which has been scattered abroad. I believe that we can scatter literature in another way that would, at least, supplement the use of the tracts and documents issued by the Society. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union has utilized this method to some extent by the preparation at headquarters of a National Bulletin, containing notes and arguments on temperance work, and distributing it from their headquarters among the local and general newspapers all over the country. It is a fact, and perhaps an unfortunate fact, that as a man reads in his newspaper, so is he. And I believe that we could help in the distribution of temperance truth in no better way than by getting temperance arguments and facts into the newspapers. To facilitate this there is being prepared and put into stereotype plates, by the Press Association of New York, six columns every week of temperance matter and arguments. That matter is prepared

most carefully, is stereotyped and furnished to the newspapers and all publishers at the marvellously low price of $1.20 per page, six columns of twenty inches each. In many places the Committees have secured places in the newspapers. The newsman does not receive the news and arguments in document or in type, but in the stereotyped matter, ready to put on his press and print. And we have discovered that there are newspaper publishers and editors all over this country who are ready to give these subjects very much attention.

D. W. HOOKER, of Syracuse: I confess, sir, that when my eyes first fell on page 151 of Mr. Babcock's paper, the idea of fraternity occurred to me, and I said, that means the organization of another fraternity. This is such an age of fraternities that we are almost cursed by them, and yet it seems to me on second thought that there is a good position taken there. The great educators of today are the editors of our different papers. But while we have organizations of different papers, there is no organization of temperance editors to-day that we know of. I simply wish to emphasize that thought.

Hon. H. B. METCALF, of Rhode Island: Mr. President: I am fully of the opinion that there is no single agency in our work that is more important than the department of literature. What we need particularly is to get the truth to the people. The people who will come to such a Convention as this are not difficult to convince; but we labor in vain in our efforts to reach the great mass who do not come. I have observed, sir, with a great deal of pleasure, the very decided improvement in temperance literature the last few years. I read portions of a large number of temperance papers over all parts of the country, and I believe they are doing better work than ever before, and we are getting better and better results from them. How to reach the people, how to get the people to read the truth, is what we are after. So far as I know there is in no State or city a daily paper devoted to the cause of the suppression of the liquor traffic. One in Boston has, by the efforts of a few friends, within a few weeks, been acquired in the interest of temperance, which is unqualifiedly and unconditionally antagonistic to the liquor traffic and everything that pertains to it. Now, I am not here to ask for subscribers or anything of the kind. The Boston Traveller is being managed by our dear old friend, Dr. Dunn, as a labor of love. I was going to say, Mr. Chairman, in concluding, that I shall be glad to assure any who are present that if they will send their names to the Boston

Traveller, and say they would like a supply of copies, they will be accommodated.

Mr. J. N. STEARNS, of New York: I think it would be fitting to say a word about the National Temperance Society. My mind goes back to twenty-six years ago, when in this place our Society was organized, commencing without a book or tract or a dollar; we now have 300 first-class writers and about 2,000 different publications. At first it was very difficult to secure manuscripts to publish, but now it is as difficult to know which to publish out of the thousands that are offered. Our Sunday-school paper-the. Youth's Temperance Banner-has over 100,000 circulation monthly, and the Water-Lily about 40,000. Of Sunday-school books we have 165, with 470,000 volumes published, changing hands weekly in ten thousand schools, and doing a mighty work in moulding a right public sentiment in the country. One of our writers was Mary Dwinell Chellis. She has given us her best writings for over twenty years. We have paid her over $6,000 for her writings, and they will go on doing good for many years to come. I trust our friends will examine our publications and aid in their wide circulation.

ADA BIRCH: I would like to give notice that the books to be sent by the Woman's Temperance House have not arrived, and that I am prepared to take the orders.

Mr. W. B. FROST, of Rhode Island: I am a newspaper man, also a temperance man-which is somewhat phenomenal. A fountain can rise no higher than its source. If the temperance men could get the secular press on the side of temperance reform, prohibition for the State would become a reality inside of three years. The reason that we do not find the secular press upon our side is largely because the members of the secular press are drinking men. I belong to the Providence Press Club. I believe there are nearly one hundred members, and I am nearly the only temperance man in the Club. If you can get the newspaper men of this country interested in temperance, in a short time you will have a press that will be a barrier against this evil.

Rev. Dr. THEO. L. CUYLER, of Brooklyn: What temperance men of every shade and branch and color and condition must do is to educate, educate, educate. That is what we want. Legislators coming on the stage now are to be taught the A B C table of total abstinence. In order to have wholesome legislation on the statutebooks we must have public sentiment. Horace Greeley used to say, "Give me the press, and I will settle the conventions." He was a great educator. We have had no single man that has done so much

to educate for temperance and great principles as my dear old friend. All honor to these efforts of Horace Greeley. We must have a Sunday-school to save the children; we must have intelligent law-makers to give us legislation; we must have men educated for the ministry to preach, public speakers to persuade, and fill our public schools with wholesome school-books touching the fundamental principles of total abstinence. The outcome of the Couvention twenty-six years ago was the National Temperance Society. Why, the Methodist Church testifies to the tremendous power of the Methodist Book Concern. Where would that Church have been but for that Concern? Where would the temperance cause have been but for the National Temperance Society and Publication House? We never had a general temperance literature until this Society began to produce its publications. Therefore, I say educate, educate, educate. Let us make these words ring over the land; let us give our time, thought, prayer, and influence to help redeem and convert men to this glorious cause. Give me the pulpit, the platform, the press, the parents, and the Sunday-school, and then the triumph of our cause is just as certain as the rising of to-morrow's

sun.

The next paper for discussion was, "The High-License Method of Dealing with the Liquor Traffic," by Rev. Dr. Albert G. Lawson, of New Jersey.

Dr. Lawson, in opening, said that High License was a misnomer, and the reason why so many excellent people were on the wrong side was because they did not understand it. It is a fallacy, for you will never restrain the thing by sanctioning it. It adds in revenue, and subtracts in taxes. It is a step to Prohibition. Yes, down and out.

Hon. S. B. RANSOM, of New Jersey: As Dr. Lawson suggests, the term High License, as it is usually expressed, is a mistake and a misnomer. We may say the emphasis is put on the word "high." Now what is high license? High is a relative term. What is high under one condition, is low under another. I know saloons, the profits of which, over and above all expenses, are $100 a day. Put a license fee upon that house of $500 or $1,000 a year and it is a mere nothing. There are other places, perhaps, where the sales do not amount to five dollars a day, but they manage to make a living out of it somehow. It is simply license, and nothing else. It is said it will lessen the number of grog-shops. I pass a certain corner in going from my house to the office every day. There are four rum-shops, gin-mills, and liquor-saloons, one on each corner.