Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-02-06
STATE TEMPERANCE CONVEN.
TION.

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: The Temperance Convention
met in Templar's Hall at 10 o'clocl
. A, NJ, January goth, and tempo
> rary organization was effected by
electing Judge Carter, of Cincinnati
as Chairman, He returned his
thanks for the honor conferred up.
on him by the delegates. He re-
GREETED the smallness of the mum
Der present, but said that if even
this number should make a com
bined effort something could be ac-
complished for the cause of tenn
! perance in this State. He said that
! in his section Of the State the Ten
perance cause was at low cbb. In
Cincinnati the greater portion of
the people were either whisky sell
lers or whisky drinkers. lie be-
lieved that matters were in a better
condition in the Northern part of
the State Something must be
done to relieve this state of affairs,
and it is the duty of the Conven-
ton to determine how this can be
accomplished,
Judge Hendry, of Sandusky City,
was elected Secretary. r. P. Will
lard of Cleveland, S. Wilson of
Trumbull, and II. II. Charlton of
Columbus, were appointed a com
mittee on Credentials.
| On motion of Mr.. Brewster, bus
mess committee of five was ap-
pointed, consisting of Rev. W. H.
Brewster of Cleveland, Rev. W. H.
Reed of Piqua, Rev. +. S. Thurs
ton of Ross, j. A. Spencer of Cleve-
land, and Chas, Hare of Somer-
field.
The following persons were APP
pointed a committee of five on Per
manent Organization: j. p Alex
ander of Akron, Geo. P. Burwell of
Cleveland, L. R. Woods of Cumber-
land, D. j. Starr of Lebanon, and |
Benjamin Best of Dayton.
In the absence Of the committee
John Pierpont's poem Nothing
but Water" was recited by Miss
Eta Soule.
DR.. j, B. Thompson of Colum-
bus, stated that he had in his pos
session a sum of money, collected
at previous State Conventions, and
he wished to know what disposition
to make oft. 1t seemed, from the
discussion which followed, to be the
opinion that the money belonged
to this Convention.
The Committee on Credentials
reported that ffty-three delegates
we're present. The report was ac. t
,epted, and the committee dis {
charged. S
Mr.. Alexander, from the Com
nittee on Permanent Organization /
eported the names of L. R. Woods
or President, Judge A. G.. W. Car t
er for Vice President, D. W. Gage I
or Secretary, and DR.. j. B. =
Thompson for Treasurer. The re \
'ort was agreed to, V
The President, upon taking pos l
ession of the Chair, returned his :
hanks, and called upon Rev. Mr.. 7
tarr to offer prayer. Mr.. Starr |
and invoked the bless [
lg of God upon the cause of TEN =
erance. G
DR.. j. B. Thompson, the Treas o
rer, reported that the balance in T
lie treasury, Jan. 80, 1868, was la
81. The report was referred to
le Committee on Finance. @,
The Secretary read a letter from
member of the Bryan Temple of &C
onor enclosing SO. He stated
lat the Rev, H. B. Hall, of Dover,
I'd also given him the sum of IS. il
"a collection taken up in his or
lurch for the benefit of the Tenn Il
france cause.
Mr. Brewster, from the Business su
reported the following cl
solution, which was adopted: m
ResolUed, That as a society we ~ ~
lily recognize our dependence up 81 81
/ the blessing of Almighty God ebI tb
7 success; that IN our conflict iil IL
th appetite on the one hand and ''
.erice on the other, with fraility -,
ID temptation, no unaided human y, W
,wer is sufficient. ~
He also read constitution of the to
ate Temperance Society al