"
Mr. Wine Expert sprang to the edge of the stage to defend his position,
but Mr. Venerable was instantly at his side. "_Come, come, don't spoil
that fight; suffer rather than have them combine against you,_" were
the quiet words of logic that brought him to his seat without uttering
a word.
Then up jumped a few prominent church-members to express their
indignation at the adverse criticism of the Kansas man.
"Those are exactly my sentiments, and I here offer my protest against
this manner of procedure," said one as he looked approvingly at the
minister.
"And so do I." "I am most emphatically of the same opinion." "I stand
here, a true temperance man, to express my indignation at that Kansas
prodigy," were some of the expressions which came from temperance men
who were not willing to be classed with the seven thousand.
Then upwards of one hundred women rose to their feet and indignantly
rebuked the Kansas man for his misjudgment in starting this factional
display. This provoked some radical leaders of the W. C. T. U. who
chanced to be there as detectives or visitors. They also arose in
defense of the Kansas man.
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