The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-17

The State Temperance Copyention re.
at 10 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing. The hour for opening the COnven.
ton had been fixed at 81 o'clock, but the
delegates di not assemble until later.
Rev. Mr., Thatcher, Of the Zane Street
NJ. E, Church, opened the Convention
with prayer,
The Chairman announced that com.
mittee would be ready to report in few
moments, and in the meanwhile II any
gentleman present would entertain the
Convention with few remarks he would
be glad.
Mr., Barnes, Of Marion county, there.
upon arose and remarked that upon
looking over the morning paper he had
that the officers Of the Con.
vention were Republicans, He was AFRAID
'the other party" would make something
out Of this, The speaker, who said that
he was q manufacturer and dyer and not
u preacher or lawyer, then narrated his
experience in the temperance cause IN
his county,
Mr., Hornbrook, who was the chairman
Of the Committee on Permanent Organiza.
ton, arose and made 4 personal eTpla.
nation, followed by brief but character
isic speech, which was much applaud
Rev. W, G, Griffith then made a few
scattering remarks,
The subject Of Juvenile Temperance
O Organization" was discussed by Rev. ].
NJ. Kelley, Mr.. Barnes, Of Marion county,
Capt, John Bags, Rev. ]. r, Thompson,
Rev. Mr.. Cree, Of Brooke county,
The order Of the day was then suspend
ed, in order to hear the report Of the
Committee on Constitution. Mr.. Thomp.
son, chairman OF that committee, then
read a Constitution for the "West Vir.
GINA State Temperance Society" the III
tie by which the State association is to be
known. The report Of the committee was
accepted, after which the Constitution was
adopted by articles.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
The Chair called the Convention to or.
der at ct r, NJ, when DR., Kelley opened
with prayer.
On motion Of DR.. Kelley the reading Of
the minutes Of the morning session was
dispensed with.
Mr.. Thompson moved that Commit.
Tee ofthree be appointed to secure names
to tho Constitution during the afternoon
and evening, and that after the mass
meeting ID the evening, u meeting be
held otthose who have signed it, to elect
o President and Board Of Managers,
which motion was carried.
The following gentlemen compose the
committee; Rev, J. q. Thatcher, Mr,
McGregor, OF Richie county, and Rev,
W. 9. SnodgraSS, Of Trenton.
Mr.. Thatcher then offered n preamble
and resolution for the purpose Of disa.
busting the public mind in regard to the po'
litical and ecclesiastical elements Of the
Convention.
Considerable discussion was had upon
the motion TO adopt, pending which a
motion was made to lay the resolution on
the table until the Angel Gabriel blows
his lasttrumpet.
Rev. Mr.. Armstrong repudiaied for
himself and for those with whom he was
in accord, the idea Of giving to this move.
ment a political or ecclesiastical Charac'
ter.
Mr.. Bristow, n representative Of the
Baptist denomination, although Baptists
had not been treated to prominent place
in this Convention, said no would vote
against the resolution.
Mr.. Thatcher said the resolution was
misunderstood,
Mr.. White made motion TO refer to
the Committee on Resolutions.
Mr.. Barnitz moved that the whole bus.
mess be laid on the table, which motion
was carried.
The report Of the Committee on Reso.
lutions was then made through the Chair.
man, Rev. Barnitz, and the consideration
Of the report was on motion, made the
special order Of the evening session.
The first order for the relation Of wO.
men 10 the temperance work was then tn.
ken up, and Mrs. DR.. Kelley read an ar.
gument on the subject,
Nj. lFornbrook then took the floor and
delivered n speech upon the question OF
temperance literature, rePlete with that
epigrammatic power for which his
utterances are so Justly remarkable. lie
commenced by saying that he did not
intend TO make much Of q speech, but
he did make n good deal Of n speech; in
fact, the speech OF the Convention, II one
can rely upon the frequent and enthus.
iastic demonstrations Of approval given
by the audience.
Mr.. II. came forward as u business
man, 10 break the Ice, because there
was scarcely business man In the city
to come forward and help work in
the cause. That's where the temperance
cause Is to-day; that's where the
serpent Ia entwined around their
hearts. They are selfish to the core.
But he, by industry and perseverance
In business, had acquired a COM
potency with which he was satisfied, and
was now able and willing to do some
thing, he might say, even outside Of the
church, II he did no work inside. lie was
glad that he was able 10 work with any
set OF ministers, or any set OF men,
whether Republicans or Democrats, Zap
plause] for this great, grand and glorious
cause. lie had been temperance worker
for many years, and had been pushed for
ward by a Yankee wife, and that brought
up the subject Of the relation Of woman
TO the temperance cause. They have
charge Of our little ones from the knee
and from the cradle, on up step by step,
and II was most important that correct
principles should be instilled in tho
young. And who are 30 com petent TO do
that "a the women. They are found every.
where where the little ones are, and
therefore great responsibility rests with
mothers.
Having worked over twenty years in
the temperance cause, he had come TO the
conclusion that in order to Eecure the
success Of the reform, II Ia necessary TO
have enlisted In its favor the powers Of
the press, Of the pulpit, and Of the wo.
men. II intemperAnce can not be put
down with their aid, then It cannot be put
down at all.
Fifty years ago there was not saloon
in the city. Liquors were then sold by
licensed taverhs; but now you can't 60 on
the street scarcely but what you meet
saloon staring you in the face at every
few steps. Intemperahce Is on the in.
crease.
The speaker then paid a very graceful
tribute 10 the memory Of the late Bishop