Show ial I al ae COL A J one of tho the leagues most famous presidents was col andrew J smith himself a graduate of dwight colonel smith introduced the treatment into the sol bol diers home at leavenworth kan when he became governor of tile the home and it was also administered at soldiers homes at milwaukee wis hampton va V a los angeles calif and other cities in fact at a time when the soldiers in our army were noted for being almost as hard drinking as they were hard fight ing an institute was established exclusively for the use of enlisted men at fort leavenworth 4 old timers still living in dwight remember dr keeley as a man of wide human sympathies and a confirmed sense of justice ile he was a large man physically over six feet tall of commanding presence a natural leader who believed in equality and insisted that the men who took the treatment should form in line without any distinction as to wealth or social position the story is told of a wealthy english nobleman who approached pro ached dr keeley on the subject of getting private treatment after nr arriving rIvIng ile he was mildly and politely refused he applied again with the same result the third time lie he said dr keeley I 1 dont want to go into line with the rest of these people I 1 am a man of wealth and family and will give you a thousand dollars if you will administer me this treatment privately 11 dr keeley replied my friend I 1 cannot do what you ask but never mind got get right int into olline line and if you behave yourself for a couple of weeks you will I 1 tie be just as good as any of the other patients the alms aims and purposes of the national keeley league according to an article which appeared in the american journal of polities politics in december 1882 were set forth in its constitution as follows to further the cause of temperance among all people by curing the drunkard of the disease of intemperance and preventing the youth of the country by education and example from contracting tr it to bind together in one fraternal band all who have taken the keeley treatment for liquor or other diseases to extend the knowledge of the keeley remedies to establish state and auxiliary leagues and by medical moral and christian methods d 3 by the help of almighty god to discourage and annihilate the use of liquor as a beverage in any way that may seem opportune or the occasion may demand just as do other organizations so did the Nal national lonal keeley league have its own publication it was called the banner of gold and it circulated among the thousands of graduates of the keeley institute an interesting feature of this magazine was the poetry which appeared in it written by nationally known poets indicative of the fact that gone to dwight was a byword by word in the nineties is this poem by nixon waterman which app appeared dared inthe in the banner of gold SINCE PAPAS BEEN BEE N TO DWIGHT my papas awful happy now and mammas mamma Is happy too because my papa drink the way he used to do and every things so jolly now taint like it use to be when papa never stayed at home with poor mamma and me it made me feel so very bad to see my mamma cry and though shed smile id see the tears a hiding in her ue eye but now she laughs just like we girls and never cries a mite and sings such pretty little ittle songs since papas been to dwight you ought to see my sunday dress its every bit all new it aint made out of marr mammas nas dress the way she used to do and mammas got a pretty cloak all trimmed with funny fur and papas got some nice new clothes and goes to church with her my papa says that christmas time will pretty soon be here and maybe good old santa cl claus us will find our house THIS year I 1 hope hell bring some c candy nn dy a and nd a dolly big and bright hell know where our house is im sure since papas been to dwight |