Show TEMPERANCE PROGRAM IN N ASSEMBLY P Presbyterians Ad Adopt pt Re Report Re j port Favoring Drastic II Federal Reforms I DENVER May M y 27 resident President Taft Emperor William and President Eliot of Harvard Ran university were placed on ondry dry dr pedestals by the general assembly assembly assem assem- b bly of the Presbyterian church this m morning when th ir examples of turning turning turn turn- ing teetotalers teetotalers teetotalers' after after many years cars was commended in the tho approval RI of the rEport report report re re- re port of the temp temperance rance committee of the as assembly The temperance report advocates far reaching leaching reforms w which 1 ch chit it is ia proposed to achieve by memorials to congress Here are some of them That receipts of revenue re in any form from the liquor r traffic be discont discontinued That the federal government shan shall no Yo longer issue issime liquor t tax x receipts in prohibition territory That interstate shipments of liquor h be hi discontinued That Tha a prohibitory zone twenty-five twenty mile mite in in width be bc established around every Indian reservation That rIte malls mals be cos closed d to the ad ad- cr or the distributing of liquor Social Drinking Scored The report was read and commented on oil by y Dr Luther A. A Ostrander of New York The report commended one fraternal fraternal fraternal fra fra- order heretofore noted for its convivial membership for its action in discontinuing the sale or drinking of liquor about the lod lodge e premises Newspapers which carry liquor advertising advertising ad ad- fell fen under the tim ban of the assembly assembly as as- it being recommended that such papers be not patronized Social drinking al also o received recE a setback wh when n it was urged that the women women's A societies of the church war on this evil and make it their business to fight tho use of liquor in women's clubs and in the home homp Thelast The 1 st Sunday in October tober O was set aside as Temperance da day A hot debate debato resulted when the matter matter matter mat mat- ter of reducing representation to the assembly was taken up from yesterday A A. number of amendments to the plan offer offered d by Dr S. S T J. Nichols of St. St Louis but all aU brought a storm of pro pro- protest test Dr E. E P. P Hill of Chicago offered an I amendment based on a church popular I tion of in presbyteries but this as well was objected to T T. 1 Young of Abilene T Tex x de demanded ic to know if the old fi fight ht of the north a against the south was to be bere re b by placing the tho balance of power in the north and for a time an an oratorical oratorical oratorical ora Presbyterian war of the rebellion rebellion rebel rebel- lion seemed imminent Dr lull Hill said aid it was not a time for II geographical eo patriotism to take precedence over oyer the regulation of the church and this brought applause Trouble was avoided when Dr Puller Fuller r tort the former moderator proposed that each member with a plan submit it to the polity committee to be le threshed out and this plan was adopted adopt adopt- cd ed and further debate avoided The question will arise again tomor tomor- row |