The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-06-27
Temperance Convention.

Sylvester johnson called 10 the
chair, and appointed committees to en-
roll delegates, and report officers for
PER- . . organization. The latt com
mittee reported as follows:
W. c. T.. S. johnson.
Castle
W. S, w. h. Bradbury
! VIC, NJ s. Nets, of Hagerstown.
/ p. v c. T., S. Forrey, of East Ger
I mantown.
! w. NJ, Alpheus Coffin.
w. l. G., Miss Ida johnson of Dub
/ lin.
w. Q. G., Jacob Custer, of Dublin.
!, Repor. concurred in
! Committees on Resolutions, and Ways
and Means, were appointed, after which
, reports we're made of the condition of
/ various lodges in the District.
! There were about seventy delegates
present, and represented three lodges in
Henry county. with 335 members, and
eight lodges in Wayne county, with sos
members.
Geo. Hazard reported $50 members
in New Castle, and prosecuting liquor
dealers for violations of the law.
| J. Ii. Binford, reported for Lewisville
30 members and at work.
j. \. Study. reported Hagerstown, IS
members and spoke encouragingly Of
the work in that part of the district
Richmond lodges reported $50 mem
bers and increasing.
A Forrev reported East Germantown.
% members. All working.
J. NJ Byers, of Greensboro, reported
135 members. They have dried up one
grog shop, and the proprietor has Joined |
the lodge.
Hiram Elliott reported for Dublin 50 |
members.
Enoch Cox, of Middlefork. reported
20 members doing good work.
NJ. Shaken, of Whitewater lodge, re-
ported 81 members. They initiated two
liquor dealers, who are good members.
Sylvester johnson reports Centrevil!e
lodge 20 members but lacks efficiency
for want of old members.
The meeting then resolved itself into
''love feast and after mum erous short
speeches and pleasant time, adjourned
to evening session.
In the evening, w. C.. T., johnson
being absent, w W Peck, presided
The Committee on Ways and Means
reported articles recommending the dis
tr;bu'ion of tracts favoring total prohib
ition; that efficient lecturers should be
employed to canvass; that lodges should
increrse their membership and endeavor
to render their meetings interesting
that lodges should subscribe to temper
ance papers and read selections at meet
ings: that members should take the de-
grees soon as eligible.
After further business and remarks IF
little Importance. adjourned.
Convention met again on Thursday |
morning, w. w. Peck presiding Com
mittec on Resolutions reported, and aft
err some discussion, the following were
adopted:
Res diced, 1st That the Good Temp
lars OF Richmond District in order to
accomplish the object III view, cores
pond freely with each other, pevious to
nominating and municipal elections, that
they may know the temperance princi
pies of all the candidates, and thus have
a better mode of concentration on elect
ion days.
I'd: That we will support no man at
our nominating election who is not n
thorough and radical temperance man Of
/ long standing.
Sd: That 10 enhance the power for
doing good, the elective franchise should
| be conferred on the ladies.
| At 1oA o'clock, A. N. the Convention
adjourned to the grove, where the meet
j ing was opened by music ana =. aver by
Rev r. Toby.
/ Elder Van Buskirk made some excel
/ lent remarks He took strong grounds
in favoi of removing the cause Of drunk
enneSs-drunkard through the
power OF legislation.
He was followed by II. J. Hayward.
in some pertinent remarks, after which
the assembly enjoyed the excellent din.
ner which had been prepared.
At o'clock, the meeting was again
favored with music. and speeches were
made by Revs. Il. Toby, of Richmond,
NJ S Nets, of Hagerstown, and R. d.
Spellman Of Centreville.
At o'clock. returned to Hall. W. c.
T. johnson presiding The Committee
! reported a resolution. which after dis
cussion anil amendment was adopted as
! follows:
.'Reso{acd, that we do not favor, at this
time, the Third Party movement propos
ed by the State Temperance Convention
, held at Indianapolis, in February last.
The following was also adopted: