New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-27
PROGRESS OF THE CAUSE.


will be seen hereafter.
PROGRESS OF THE CAUSE.
yux OPPOSITION To THE MOVEMENT GAINING
STRENGTH PERSEvERANCE OF THE CRUSADERS
IN ONO AND INDIANA,
CBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE'l
CtscTNNArI, Feb. 25.-AlthOugh the temper
.nce war continues and the ladies persevoro In 'heir
cert. 20 atom the traffic fewer successes ore recorded
- -, tho movement was new and strange
ard ,bo nouor dealers unnerved by the
rDuspA d,splay ia their barrooms OF III
front Of their saloons. Various me'nouS VI
avalon arc being adopted and the drinkers are
20 other means TO get their daily allowance NJ ooio
villa brisk trade has sprung up with the heRhoorns
town, whore the saloons have been Closed ana poAes
CONTAINING bottles Of liquor shipped daily TO the
,,,, 4, the be leaguered districts. The poorer class
s6ord 10 invest two or three dollars IN whisky
ara nscoss.ry cut of: but Those possessing the means
Gill have their supplies from some point Us long us
liquor exists.
Snu rho sxriteuent spreads, and In fields some
s,od Il accomplished. The druggists at Springfield az
mailing tonight pledged themselves IN good islth
other 70 .el or allow TO be sold on their premises any
Ii,or accent for medicinal mechanical purposes
and .grd not TO avoid their obligation by any shit or
device or % sell give away any liquor TO be used Us
hovor,s, few OF the saloon keepers there have so
FAR reeutrh to permit TIE ladies' TO enter theH So"
looms and bold their devotional exercises Inc Iem-
per.uce people claim that they are gaining support
from the class but they have captured no saloons
vet number of gentlemen Identified with the Tenn
ner.ncs movement have received threatening
anonymous letters promising them personal INJURY
or tho burning Of their property should they persist IN
their course one rowdy there day blew cigar smoke
in the face II a lady. and remarked that no decent
women gecs the ranks OF the crusaders He barely
ESCAPED summary punishment By flight
At Piou, the bartender who talked OF preparing for
nb.h when the ladies visited him yesterday, has gone
% Canada thinking It desirable to leave the place. One
dealer there vas tecced eight hours to-day with
prayer ana song without effect At Milersburg visit
ing band to-day excluded from all the
ssl0ona aud held their exercises in the snow.
At Delaware the religious excitement is steadily iu-
oreasng ,nd the drug stores were visited again to-day
by the ladies' but no converts reported At Lapcas
ter thu saloons visited without success, to-day
The Council been urged to pass prohibtory Ordi-
DaOoe special meeting to discuss the matter has
beah called
At Richu,ud. Ind, the Germans held an anti-temper
ance meeting, tonight, at which the movement was
deDoUnoed. Another mass temperance meeting will be
held there tomorrow evening. The ladies made visits TO
eight to-day, gaining admission to three, but
ono proprietor promptly ordered them out. The war
opened Troy to-day, but satisfactory results were
reached A at one saloon treated them to a
severe radc saying that she would to church for her
70 come % her
The temperance people Of Sunbury, Delaware County.
organizing Tor campaign, ami daily meetings are
beug held The true Of Plymouth Van Pelt spoke
OF Logan lat night and at Srasve to night At Logan
to-day dealer who pleaded guilty TO violation Of the
State Temperance law ned s5oand costs At Pleasant
Ridgo a brisk campaign has been opened but no
results ,r5 yet reported At Xena the situation Is un
changed A few dealers still hold out and the ladies
continue their efforts. No dealers have reOpened, and
those ndcr sell do but small business owing TO
the close kept upon their doors. At Dayton the
committees soliciting signatures but no saloon
keepers s,u5d The pledge.
do LEWIS AT ITHACA.
ITHACA. n. Y, Feb. 26.-The temperance
rnoTemeu, begun here this evening by Dr. Do wis
who delivered a lecture in Library Hall. speech was
also made nv II. ". Sage Of Brooklyn Tomorrow morn
inEstO O'Clock the people meet Tor organization. Great
excitement prevails in the town.
PROHIBITION CANDIDATES NOMINATED IN OHIO
DIR. irEts's VIEWS on THE EFFECTs or PRO-
HIw1oPY LAWS
TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNHI
Nous VERNON, Ohio, Feb. Pa State
COnyeUupn net here to-day to nominate Prohibition
csBddace state officers TO be chosen at the next
About delegates, representing IS OF the 20
Congressional Districts in Ohio were present Some
districts. however, represented by only dele
gate each No one reported from Cincinnati. The per
manent officers elected were:
President The Rev II. 4; Thompson; President Of Of
tsfbeu UJversity NicePresidcut. Mrs. Matte McCel-
lsud Brown. secretary, George F. Ransom.
The fret action was the adoption of resolutions by a
unanimous vote graduating the noble and sefacri-
doing LADIES' OF ONO upon their IN their great
temperance movement, and pIedgng to them the uDdi
vded support Of the Prohibition party OF the State.
Mrs Brown responded behalf OF the ladies, saying
that temperance men and temperance women had the
same eud view. namely, the total prohibition OF the
Manufacture and sale Of Intoxicating liquors. plat
form WAS adopted approving the platform Of the Ma
tons Prohibition party; deDouncing the importation,
maoufaGture. and sale of alcoholic drinks as crime
which should he punished by the severest laws deelar
Ing strict Prohibition party political necessity ress-
sorting the right OF 10 the ballot opposing class
legislation favorng the election OF President and Vice
President Of the United States, and United States Sen
aOrs by direct vote OF the people and declaring that
open Prohibition candidates should DO nominated and
voted for every election. The following nominations
for State officers we're then made:
For Secretary OF State, John X. Buchtel; Supreme
Judge Gideon r. Stewart; Clerk OF the supreme court
=. b. Foster School Commissioner, r. NJ WeddelI
Member OF the Board OF Public Works, Il. u. Collns
letter from Do Lewis 10 the Convention was read,
IN which the following passage:
In my humble opinion no law would be more justin
able than that which would remove the source OF large
pato al our poverty, misery and crime The prohOloTy
Jaw, thoroughly enforced, would, have never
gosre Of society more 70 the wealth OF we sate ana
books put together But TINS law be enacted before
pubic sentiment IS prepared enforce II, IL must
divert inc btehuon OF temperance men from the vgor-
Gus and undivided employment those mora ipanences
which alone can give development and power 10 public
sentiment. affirm that Its influence In NeNI nd
has been disastrous 10 this time. II the sTeat
and moral revolution now IN progress 10 Southern Ohio
prohbitory liquor law could easily enforced IN ibi
6tato IA tho law against theft.
This letter caused excited debate during which
John Russell of Michigan complained that Dr. Lewis
had misrepresented the effect Of prohibition In New
England. and protested against outsiders making 4