Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-15
Ohio Temperance Alliance.

1
perance Convention yesterday, the dele
gates to the State Temperance Alliance
met in convention. mos 49, go. ,sge ss
1t was called to order by the President
Caleb Clark, of Cincinnati.
Mr.. Mofitt stated that the Sons of Tenn
i perance took the initiative in the organi
4 zation of this Alliance, and since its organ.
ization, ninety-one addresses have been de-
rivered by Mr.. Moffitt, and twenty ol
thirty by other gentlemen. Thousands Of
documents have been distributed, and an
organ established, 5000 copies of which
are distributed monthly.
The receipts of the Alliance up to De-
cember 1st, were $6S5, and expenditures
S2,143. E
A motion, offered by Mr.. Moffitt, that this
be considered the first annual meeting Of
the State Alliance, was adopted.
! A committee of three, consisting of John
Moffitt, of Hamilton, James Brown, Of
Hamilton, and F. Dunn, of Cuyahoga, was
appointed to select an executive commit.
! tee.
| The committee reported the names OF
Caleb Clark, j. Wadsworth, II. B. Horton,
of Cincinnati; F. Dunn, Cleveland; James
Brown, Hillsboro; A. A. Stewart, Colum-
bus; G. p. Simpson, Cincinnati; John
Moffitt, Cincinnati; j. B. Silver, Salem
Rev. j. w. Osborne Columbus; Rev. D.
Shaffer, Findlay Prot. f. Merrick, Della
ware; Hon. Chas. Hare, Summerville; s. s.
Calkins, Oberlin VIM. Gochrane, Mt. Yer
non; John E. Warner, Cleveland.
| The Executive committee retired for con-
sultatioD, and in short time reported the
following officers for the ensuing year
President, Rev. w. Osbone; Vice Presi
dents, Prot. F. Merick, Caleb Clark; Sec
, retary, c. P. Simpson; Treasurer, H. v.
Horton General Financial Manager, Prot.
j. Moffit; the remaining members of the
committee for general committee of Man
agement.
| Mr.. Osborne accepted the position of
President in a most forcible and telling
speech.
The next annual meeting of the Alliance
will be in this city on the second Wednes-
day of July next.
During the ensuing year Rev. Jacob
Spence. Rev. s. D. Shaffer, Rev. Henry
Chance, E. w. Lock and T. D. Royce, gen.
eral agents of the Alliance, will address
the people on the subject of temperance.
The EXCURSION FROM LANCAsTER.-The
xcursion train from Lancaster to this city
Yesterday, was SO large that it was impos-
sible to get it here on time, and the delay
in the arrival of the party disarranged all
the plans made for their reception. There
must have been fifteen or eighteen hun
lred persons packed on to the sixteen cars
hat brought them to our city. At Win
chester so many persons were in one Of the
ears that one of the springs broke under
he weight, and the party were obliged to
wait until other cars could be brought from
Groveport. 1t was expected the excursion
lists would reach this city by II o'clock,
that speeches of reception would be made,
and the visitors escorted to dinner by half
past IL. AS they did not get here until
after. II o'clock, it was found impossible to
larry out the programme, and they sat
1own to dinner on their arrival. The Neil,
Goodale, Uaited States, National and Ex-
change hotels we're crowded with Lancas-
terians, and all were fed and made happy.
After dinner an attempt was made to
get the people to go to the Opera House to
near the addresses, but it was found to be
impossible to get them together, and it
was abandoned. -...,.. -.-. .
The State House aud the beautiful statu-
,ry placed there by Senator Emmitt, the
paintings, the legislative halls and the State
library were great points of attraction, and
gave great pleasure to our visitors. -
About four O'Clock the majority of the
Lancasterians gotl off on their return trip.
We say the mgjority of them, for many
tarried too long at sightseeing or visiting
friends and were left behind.
AS an evidence of the fine condition of
the new road we append the folio wing dis
patch received last night:
LANCASTER, O., July 14th, 1869.
OHIO STArEsMAN:-The special train with
Engine No. three and eighteen coaches.
made the run in two hours from Columb bus
to Lancaster. There were eighteen hun
dred people on the train. The round trip
was made without the slightest accident to
any one.