REV. WM. BANCROFT HILL. 31 



granted, shall it be under the Gothenburg system or 

 under the old system ? is somewhat discouraging ; al- 

 though the friends of temperance in that State are ready 

 to take up the matter with new zeal this winter and hope 

 to carry fully what they barely missed carrying before. 

 It shows us that the saloon is not going to pass out of its 

 present hands without a bitter struggle. I do not won- 

 der at that. If I were a saloon keeper I would fight the 

 Gothenburg system much more strenuously than any 

 prohibition measure ; for I believe that as things are to- 

 day it more seriously endangers the liquor traflBc. But 

 I am decidedly of the opinion (and Massachusetts has 

 shown it to be a fact), that temperance men of all parties 

 and degrees can be more fully united upon this Gothen- 

 burg measure than upon any other. And whenever all 

 men who recognize and deplore the evil of the saloon 

 unite in opposition to it, then unquestionably the days 

 of the saloon are numbered and the downfall of the 

 liquor power is at hand. 



APRIL 2, 1895.— SIXTY-SIXTH REGULAR MEETING. 



President Hill in the chair. The meeting was occu- 

 pied with the proposal and discussion of various amend- 

 ments to the constitution and by-laws. 



MAY 2, 1895.— SIXTY-SEVENTH REGULAR MEETING. 



Vice-President Winne in the chair. Chairman Sickley 

 presented the report of the Literary Section, which had 

 held meetings during the past year according to the fol- 

 lowing programme : 



1894. 

 November 20. Symposium : ''What can be done to decrease Pauper- 

 ism in Poughkeepsie ? " 

 Superintendent Hitchock, Rev. James Nilan, Rev. 

 Fields Hermance, Mayor Ketcham, Mayor-lOlect Ar- 

 nold, Pi'of. Herbert E. Mills, Rev. William Bancroft 

 Hill and others. 



