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OCTOBER 26, 1898,

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SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

Tue jubilee of the oldest temperance

organization in thie Province is worth noting. What has temperance reform ac~- complished in the past fifty years? The evidence is to the effect that it has accom-~

plished much. Drunkenness is not toler-

ated by society as it was fifty years ago, Men could then drink and be drunkards without losing caste or character. But, now, the man who drinks does eo at the

imminent risk of forfeiting the respect of the community and The

whiskey and rum are not

becoming a socia!

outcast, reeulls are that wine, generally used as beverages, and that more tots!

result, the Sons of

men are temper~

ate and more are abstainers. In

about this

bringing Temperance have taken a@ leading part. They are entitled to the credit of being the

first organized body to attack the drinking

customs of fifty years ago, To the measure of success that has been achieved they have contributed largely. That much remains to be done goes without

saying. We hopethat while agitating for legal prohibition, they will continue to use the good old weapon of moral suasion.

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A serious problem whichthe Soudan presents isthe surplus women who will bave to be maintained. The nanaber is placed as high as 300,000.

‘he Governor of Jamaica bas communi- eated withthe West Indian Chamber of Commerce, advocating the establishment of a West Indian trade agency in Canada, the idea being that Canada and the West Indies could reciprocate with mutual advantage.

Numerous German enthusiaste,on visit ing the famous Luther house at Hiee- nach, have given expression to the idea of how delightfni it wonld be to drink a glassof beer fromthe table at which Luther had sat. A brewing company in the neighbourhood has now conceived the idea of buying the house, and while retain- ing all ite charcteristics, of turning it into arestaurant. Anearnst appeal is being made tothe Grand Ducal Government of Saxony to prevent the barbarism of using one of thecountry’s most interesting hii« torical remains for such a purpose,

Bank clearings in Canada continue to be of a eatisfactcry nature, the increase of September being 16.6 per cent. over August, and of the nine months 22 per cent., compared with the same period ip 1897. The total clearings forthe nine months were $1,014,245,0662, compared with $825,679,099 last year. Montreal shows the largest increase, with 27.1 per cent. Then come Toronto, with ;24.5, Winnipeg with 23.7, and Hamilton with 5.7. Halifax and St. Sohn show slight decreases of 1.1 and 1.6 per cent. respect~ ively. Poor trade conditione, largely due to the late SpanicshsAmerican war, and to tne over-stocking of the British lumber market, explain the decrease ip the Mari- time Provinces, The returns of the clearing houees in the United States are not as favOrable as those relating tothe Canadian concerns. For September, the returns were 1.3 percent. less than for August, compared with Canada’s 16.6 per cent. increase. The returns for the nine months, while not, however, showing as large an increase as those appertaining to Canada, still show the substantial gain of 21.7 per cent,

—Truth, of Loudon, is hard on all kinds of frauds, and has lately been severe in its denunciations of the “chain letter” nuis. ance and the great “Australian snowball.” Persons receiving letters asking for con- tributions of money or stamps by these schemes ought to throw the letters in the fire

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SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

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state my be‘ief that it sti)l holds first place as the best work ever pub’ished in the province onthe subject of temperance. Other societies also were organized, in different places, but little is now known of them. Theee societies, though sbort- lived, were preparing the public mind for

A MORE GENERAL MOVMENT.

The Washingtonian movement, though widespread in the United States, did not reach us; but the order of the Sons of Temperance, which was organized in the year 1842, inthecity of New York, was introduced into New Brunswick in 1847, when a Division was organized at St Stephen on the 17th of November of that year; andinto Nova Scotia when Acadia Division No. 1 was organized at Yarmouth; and was introdnced here in the year 1848, On May 11th of that year Prince Edward Division No, 1 was organized in this city by R @ Halls, DM W P of Nova Scotia, acting under commission from Philip S White, MW P. The ‘charter » embers were ;

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Charles Young,

Geo W Milliner,

John Davie 8, Jf,

John Pidwell,

Joha F Clarke, Johu J Pippy,

A M McKenzie, Geo H Chudleigh, Edward Love.

Lawrence Tremain, William Barnstead, William McKay,

John Powers,

Mr Love alone is now living of the oriyinal thirteen Charter members, It speaks well for the stability and perma» nence of the society then introduced that Prince Edward No 1, still lives and meets under the original charter. I: was a very astaid and conservative institution, so much sothat the younger and more democratic members moved out and help~ ed to form a new division named Rising Sun, No 2. These were followed by the orgacizing of Hillsborough, No.3 aod Vic toria No 4, the tater still meeting regular- ly under the old charter.

A full list of all the Divisions organized to date was to have been put in this paper, but owing to the records for the first nine vears being lost the list cannot be com-~ pleted and hence the idea had to be drops ped,

THE RECORDS EXTANT

begin with the year 1857, being the minutes of aspecial meeting heid on Sept. 10th ofthat year on the state of order, Brothers Jobn Rider, acting G W P, J P Tanton, Grand Scrib,@ P Tanton, G Cond. John Bowers G Sent. The pro- ceeding recorded all bave reference to the records and proceedings to receive them. It appears the preceding Grand Scribe, Peter Deebrisay, had the records and owing tosome difficulty with the GD or some other cause, refused to surrender. This difficulty almost broke up the G D, but mainly through the efforts of Brother Samuel Prowse, now Se: ator Prowse, who was elected G Scribe ct. 29th 1857 some of the papers and effects were received and the finances of the G PD put on a sound basis. Following this, good work was done by the G W P elected at the same time, brotherJ P Tanton, and the membership increased throughout the country. Onthe23rd October 1848 the Island was granted a Grand Division charter which event we are commemorating today. The movement had by this time spread widely over the continent. There were 35 Grand Divisions,—4000 sub Divi- sions and 220,000 members, and in con- sidering the numbers we must bear jp

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mind that at firet only men of 2lyeara of age and upwards were addmttied as members.

In the year 1852, Victoria Divisien No.4, applied for incorporation which was granted a certificate of registration given on May 3rd of that year.

The energy and strength of the order in those daysas remarkable. The party press gave the pioneera very little, so an organ of their own was deemed uecessary. On the lst of May, 1862, Mr. John P. Pippy isened the prospectus of a “Temper- ance Journal and Organ of the Sone of Temperance” to be,issued monthly at a eub- scription price of three shillings per anuum, in which he says “ it willjbe the incompromising advocate of Temperance Reform. The editorial department will be conducted by some of the leading mem- bers of the Order of the Sons of Temper- ance with occassional articles on Agricul- ture, education, and morality. No politi- cal or sectarian opinions will be nermitted is 18 columns.” It is to be regretted -hat the history of this paper cannor ve willows ed further. In October of the same year

REV. DAVID FITZGERALD, W. P.,

stirred the community On the state of the liquor traffic, andas a result of the agita* tion a petition was sent to the Legislative, asking for prohibition, sigoed by Sons of Tmperaoce aud othere, It was pre; aredn aed approved by the G, D. and ran thus :

“Tothe Honorable Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island in Colonial Parliament convened.

“The petition of the undersigned Sons of Temperance and others interested in the wsifare of this Islsna, Respectfully, Sheweth,—

“That inthe opinion of your petitioners, the period has arrived when bolder meas- ures and more decisive action should be adopted by the Legislature of this Island for the suppression of intemperance.

“That the weapons hitherto employed by the friends and advocates of Temper- ance principles heve been powerful and efficacious, but there stil] remains one obstruction which these weapons are in- adequate to remove, the traflic of intoxicat- ing liquors.

“Your petitioners submit that the prin- ciple has Jong been estabjished that the Legislature may deal with this traffic as with other callings and practices hurtful to the public welfare, and possesses the right to protect society from its evil conse- quences either by prohibitory or restrict- ive enactments; and seeing that this prrs‘ci- ous traffic is the prolific source of crime, poverty, disease and death to large numbers of our fellow colonists annually, and is in a variety of other ways highly detrimental tothe best interests ofthe inhabitants of this highly favoured Island generally,—

“Your petitioners therefore respectfully yet earnestly, pray that your Honorable House will be pleased to take the premises into its serious consideration and pass a law for the immediate and total annihila- tion of the liquor traffic inthis Island similar in its leadihg featuresto those recently enacted with the same benevoleat object by the states of Maine, Massachus- etts, and Rhode Island,—andin duty bound your petitioners will ever pray.”

The petition and the prayers were unavailing. The bill was introduced and passed the Lower House by # good major- ity but was defeated inthe Upper Bouse by @ majority of one vote. The agitation

was notat once abandoned, for in the general elections of 1884, the Sons of Tem nerauce introduced the temperance question for the first time into our politics. A special

meeting of G. D, was held in Cu’town in May of that year and a course of action decided upon. A committee was appoint~ ed to draft a circular to the members of the order. The circular was in time issued calling on every Son of Temperance to drop party and support only men favorable to prohibition. Tbis action had consider-

able effect but not sufficient to warrant the

re-introduction of the bill. Still we can make the proud claim that temperance, yes even prohibition was first made a fact~ or in our politics by the Sons of Temperance. We can also claim that the first determined stand against the granting of licenses under any conditions was taken by us when Bros. Tanton and Chappell, the one the mover the otber the seconder— of a resolution to that effect—pressed that view and finally carried it in a large temperance gathering in Summerside. To use an Americanism we set the pace, and to crown to our efforts in that line we sttangied the last infemous attempt at foicting a license law on this community during the session of the local legislature in 1898.

RETURNING NOW TO THE RECORDS

we find that the eociety, during the years 1858,1859 and 1860, was injured very much by matters of discipline and order. There were appeals, pro‘ests and many cases of ineubordination. As 4 pointer to our friends now who, to save time, advo- cate semi-annual meetings of G. D. instead of quarterly ones, the records show that in the year 1857-8 there were no less than 27 meetings of G D held and —- of importance done or undertaken, The year 1860 found the G D again in straits. Hard and earnest work was done by G W P’s Sanderson and Davis. Rev. Mr.

Davis, in his annual address on October 30th, 1860, put the facts of the case ani the true position of the order faithfully before the representatives,

The order had reached not only a stand- still, but was declining; public opinion was ata lowebb, and drunkenness ard debauchery abounded. Tnere were only nine divisions alive, and some of them were barely existing. A handle is now made of the violations of the Canada Temperance Act, but license Jaws meant free rum and free saleeverywhere. Eyen attempts at law enforcement in some places were dan- gerous. A notable case is put on the

records that occurred at Dundas, King’s County. “Flower of the Forest” Division attempted carrying out the decision of a meeting held there “‘to prevent the impor-

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their midst” Thereupon, the record goer, | the rum drinkers, led on by a smuggling rumseller, organized againet that Division areguiar system of annoyance. Among other things they aseaulted the house of one of the Sons, a magistrate, before whom proceedings had been taken against two rumsellers on account of _ illegal sales of their poison and committed incredible outrage upon those whom chey found there. They dragged about the mother of our brothers Ly the hair, striking her with their fists and in horrible terms declaring their readiness to take her life Two of his children, little girle, thev kicked too and fro like foot- balls, bruising them shockingly, while a third, a little boy, they hurled over a fence six feet high. His sister, @ young woman, in a delicate state of health, they violently pressed bebind a door unti! her blackened tongue hung out of her mouth.

Similar and like occurred

outrages

THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP. reported at the annual meeting was only 119 aud 70 lady visitors, G. D. receipts £418. Atthat meeting our Jate esteemed co-worker, Bro. John Scott, was elected Grand Scribe and continu 1869. A fresh effort was ag ganize new divisions avd t new mem bers with marvellous success, reaching in 1864, 44 Divisions and 1541 members, and sub- division receipts £117 88 84d. Althouzh there was soon a falling off,yet the position of the order was well maintained during Bro. Scott’s oecupancy of office. His records and minutes were models of neatness, fullness and clearness From 1869 to 1876 the membership fell otf yearly till in the latter year there were only 7 Divisions and 220 members report» ed to the National Division; trom 77 to 80 gains were made bringiogthe number of Divisions up to 26, and membership to 1206. At this time the affairs of the Grand Division were again thrown into disorder. The [minutes were lost and a debt created. The Grand Scribe dropped the work ina bad way. Bro D Rogers who wasGWP, did the work of both officers for atime, and helped very much to restore order.

The following year, Bro. J. J. Chappell being G. S., put together all the minutes he could find, and through Mr. Bentley, then G.W.P., and his efforts, they paid off the debt, leaving a balance of funds ou hand, From that date forward the order prosper- ed both in membership and financially.

Mr Anderson, wae followed by P.G. W. P. Tanton, of th’s city, who related his personal reminescences of the order. The union of the flags, the Union Jack and the Star Spangled Banner, was an interesting feature of the entertainment,

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Loca Counci..—A meeting of the LC W, will be held at Prince of Wales College, next Saturday afternoon, 29th inst, at 3.30 o’clock. Itisearnestly requested that al] delegates and members of executive will

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