The Morning herald., 1876-10-11

of action they might agree upon, and that
such plan, when carried out, would tend to
the advancement of Temperance.
Rev. j. B. Mann moved the appointment
of Committee on Resolutions.
Rev. F. Israel moved to amend by max
ing it Committee on Business. Amend
ment accepted and motion, adopted.
Rev. Mann moved that all friends of tenn
perance from other States, now In the city,
be invited to attend the Convention, and
participate in all the proceedings, except
voting. Adopted.
The chair announced the COMMITTEE on
Business, as follows: Revs. J. B. Mann, A..
D: Davis and F. Israel, Geo. w. Wells and
Geo. G. Lobdell.
Rev. A. Davis offered series Of resolu-
tioDs, declaring it the duty Of temperance
men to support no candidate for office who
drinks or countenances intemperance; de-
claring that ottice-holders should be strict
ly temperate, aud declaring in favor of ask
ing the Legislature for such legislation as
will give to the people Local Option Law.
Referred to the Committee on Business.
Rev. Pennell Coombe offered series OF
assolutions declaring that the sale of liquor
should not be protected by law; that the
present license law Of this State Is q wrong
and disgrace, that Local Option law
should be asked for at the next session OF
the Legislature, and should 1t be refused
temperance people should pledge themselves
to do all in their power to defeat, for any
public Office the men who vote against It,.
Referred to the Committee on Business.
The subject of the previous convention
coming up, Rev. j. G. Mann took the floor.
He said convention acted wrongly, and did
more to injure the temperance cause than
all the rum shops in town. In regard to
the resolution calling on temperance men to
scratch all candidates who were not tenn
perance men, he had voted on 1t understand
ingly. For the last eight years he had cut
his tickets in the interest of the temperance
cause, and woald continue to do SO, as he
would never vote for men Of. either party
who were addicted to intemperance.
George w. Wells arose and stated the
fate of the petitions for local option law,
which had been circulated for signatures in
various public places. All of these petitions
had been lost, defaced, or covered with
slang phrazes, and even the one left In the
store of his good brother, X. G. Fraim, had
been neglected and lost among the crockery
ware. Among the laboring people these
petitions are being signed.
Rev. Pennel Coombs favored two things
Let the convention declare local option as
the policy of the temperance people of Della
ware and have State Executive Commit
tee appointed to conduct the temperance re-
form.
After some other remarks the convention
took a recess until O'Clock p. m.
In the afternoon another session was held.
The Business Committee offered set of res
olutions that the people be allowed to de-
eide by ballot whether we shall or shall not
have a license law; they further declared
the present. license system to be a despot-
ism and that 1t protects the dealer In his
traffic: they admonished the civil officers to
see that all the laws of the commonwealth
are enforced, and that failure to enforce
the laws In relation to the sale and use of
Intoxicating drink is disregard of sworn
duty; they further declare that this conven-
tion will support 10 man in any election
that is known to be in favor of intemper-
ance; after some further discussion the res
olutions were adopted.
Mr.. Israel then offered resolutions
in substance that the Convention adopt Lo-
cal Option as its definite policy, that the
Convention and five others whom they shall
name be appointed Board Of Control with
power to appoint executive committees In
the different counties, which committees
will have the work OF circulating documents,
&C., the Convention lpledges the Board Its
support, adopted.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Combe the
Board of Control was made part of the
Executive Committee for this county. The
ProSi6Ant nAma1 ho fo1o0uyiuor IN ho IoJ
to the Board of Control: Mrs. Edward
Moore, Rev. Fielder Israel, Mrs. T. E. Mar
tindale, Geo. ". Wells and George G. Lob
dell.
Mr. Hersey offered resolution to the ef-
feet that as 1t was proposed to scratch tick
cts at the polls, we denounee and discoun-
tenance so-called rum>drinking Christians.
Mr.. Hersey spoke vi the drinking car
ried on at Dover, by members of the Legis-
lature who We're church memors. He had
not hol1 his head up, and he had known an
Episcopal .vestryman to carry little black
bottle around in his pocket. He had seen
inquire into lie matter of local option, and
made so drunk that he could not stand up.
of champagne.
A lengthy discussion ensued upon this,
involving the duty of ministers, 10 cases
where members Of their flock were addicted
to drink.
Mr.. Mann spoke OF one Judas to 80 many
apostles, ,and one AAanas and Saphira to %
many disciples.
Rev. Mr. Crouch thought that they we're
cutting each others throats, and finally Mr..
Hersey withdrew'his resolution.
The discussion was continued until after
s O'Clock, when an adjournment was moved
and carried.