Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-07-04

the Masters degree upon most of the
class of '69, among whom was Il. WI
Welsh. After the Elx3;Sti,a. byj the
President the b5nelictien was pro-
nouhced by Bishop Mortis. The num-
Der of graduates of the College and
University is 81. lii1 refF OMEGA.
~. s,GFrom the Morgan Co. independent.
ssWhat i Know about tho Pro-
hibition Party, =
by Joseph A, Kelly, for two years Editor OF a
! }3ss 3 Prohibition Paper.l =,
Some OF our Prohibition friends, who
persist in adhering to the third party
movement, undertake to dispute some
of tho statements we made in our arti-
Gle of a few weeks, ago. For their
benefit we have looked up a few dates,
and we here give them as follows: s
The McCennelsviIle Lodge of Good
Templars was organized in 1864, and by
the 18th of February, 1867, there were
fiourishing Lodges ofthe order in Malta,
Pennsvii1e, Chesterfield, Stock port and
at EllioS's Cross Roads, the McConnels-
vile Lodge at thatstime having two
hundred and twenty-five members. In
the spring of 1867 Republican Council
of McConnelsville passed an ordinance
prohibiting tippling shops and places of
resort for habitual intemperance, This
ordinance was repealed in the spring of
1868 by a Democratic Council, but in the
spring Of 1869, the citizens, irrespective
OF party elected council pledged to
the Ie-enacting of a beer ordinance.
This council passed an ordinance on the
18th of April. of the year last named,
but it was not thought to be legal by
T.. NJ. Stanbery, ESD, who was one of
the Council, and on the 18th of Septein-
Der, 1869, it was repealed and the cele-
brated ordinance known all oyerithe
State as the .sMcConnelsville, Beer
Otdinance'' was enacted. Thus far all
seemed to go well with the temperance
eauseiIl NJ MorgamdGou The best
men of both the old political parties the
county ever spoke loudly and acted
independentyain favpr:nf the temper
anee cause, This was all. before any
attempt was made to organize the third
political party in this county. 's -
10 Inthe summer of 1860 aifeW ifldivid-
uals among whom was the editor ofsthis
paper, banded themselves together to
form the nucleus ola Prohibition party
In MorgaA.b Wewent to the polls in
October of that year and voted for the
Prohibition State ticket that had been
put in nomination. The result of this
action of ours was made manifest at
the next Spring election in Nee Connels-
vile, Four tickets were run, and IT
was only by great effort that a Council
was elected in the spring of 1870, that
favored the ordinance. In the sumner
of 1870 we of the Prohibition party, in
our blindness not needing the admofii-
zion the people gave US ia April, took a
istep further sia what we eErone0usly
conceived toshe the right path We
called Prohibition County Conven
ton, and putin nomination a full eoun-
ty ticketg!s5l es iaiiE $50 , ie5''st -
| The campaign over, and the spring
election of 1871 came around, and the
result was that the Democrats succeeded
in electing Democratic Council it
McGonnelsville by an overwhelming
majority, and that our beer ordinance
[of which, we were so proud, was repeal
ed. But not only in losing our Ordin
lance was the temperance cause Injured
1.-THE action that changed the sentimeh
lef the people of MeConnelsriile relativ,
Ito the beer ordinance, affected tn,
[people of our entire county on all tenn
lperance measures. When men .wer
told they could only show themselve
to be stuaslch temperance men by vot
ling the Prohibition ticket, they natur
Ially grew cold on matters pertaining t
Temperance, and the result was tina
Good Tempiar Lodges ceased to flour
ish, and the lodges that were fourishinI
at Pennsyille, EIliot's Cross Roads an
Stockport in 1867, have long sine
! yielded up their charters, and .thos
THAT still exist, and that we hope may
have not one-half the vitality they hal
before we organized a Prohibition pal
ty in the county. "a .,,.1,;,..,, 81
AS there are those in this county VIII
have cortended that eur former articl
was intended by us as stroke at th
Good Templars, and as they will probe
bly, say the same relative to this oRs
! we will simply state In answer to theI
J that their remarks are without til
: LshadoWsOf trath. What we are stri4oiii
at is the Rrohibition party, and NE d
| SO because the party has proven itse
i Ito be an injury to the Temperance caus
+ I'M general. Wezd6s hot fffe:f1i by thi
that the dprincipleaof prohibitioif ~
wrong We, belieyeithe rum trafid is
/. Icrime, and that it should beprohibiteo
But the Prohibition party is not prohit
! -itihgltaf rum traffic Q 1t has alreAd
! Lopened up the beer saloons in MeU5t
lnelsyilie, and if it, is not checked IN il
mad career it; will open up the oil
) license system In our State. We ,hav
now some very good prohibit5ry law
: Eon the statute books of Ohio, and fifth
{, p Prohibition party continues lona iIi,I il
course, Withdrawing the support c
Temperance men from the party tha
: tshowsa disposition to- sustain thos
laws, they will be repeated. if '.9sais
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L Fhe kiss clerical is getting wild
IiscuSsionI just now in connection wit
that hatchet assault on, Methods
preacher in Cincinnati, As fully rela
led in our telegatis, d Clergyman wa
!! ASSAULTED and nearly killei for lissinl
I q young lady. The lover who5 lhd
avenged himself for the learesses bestow
ed on his .jidtncee, alleges worse thai
kissing as the cause, ut that may b
simrly to justify his conduct. How
ever that may be, it is certain that tn
prerogatiye of the clergyman Ito kis
? 1.-THE lambs of his flock at pleasure j
manifestly declining. To do solis stil
!, permitted to preachers over fifty, bu
nc, younger one is safe in such oseulat
ory demonstrations, unless he Is An
married, and confines them to one fai
and unepgaged maiden. be 2ee Fra5jl
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s.Spotted Tail1 Indignantly denle
/ that he authorized the association Of hi
} nnme with that of Victoria O. Wood
Inlrll on fhat r,resifleritfaIf finIratiI INK