Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-13
TEMPERANCE.

TEMPERANCE.
THE FRIDAY EVENING MEETING OF
THE REFORM CLUB.
Wax Declared On the Club.Elousss.
A Resolution 90 Nominate q Ticket Laid
on the Table until Next Meeting.
The temperance people are holding
meetings every Friday evening, and the
interest is growing, that is, If full meet.
ings and plenty Of talk is any evidence.
We always have plenty of good
talk and eloquent speeches during tenn.
persnce revivals. and that's about al.
We hope this will be an exception to the
rule. We hope to see decisive action.
The people, We think, are willing to give
nolicense fair and impartial trial, but
there is no use in talking, they must see
a perceptible decrease in drunkenness
and in the number Of whiskey shops, and
an earnest effort being put forth by the
temperance leaders for the suppression
of the traffic, or they will very soon be
demanding return to the license system.
And to fight rum successfully requires
hard, persistent labor. 1t is no child's
play. 1t makes no d, ference how many
temperance officials you have. They are
powerless without backing, and lots of it.
If you get discouraged, and give up, tenn.
perance and no.license laws will avail
you nothing. They will be violated all
the time, as they are now and have been
all summer. They must be enforced
strictly, to the letter, or they will be TO-
tally disregarded. Friends, are you ready
for this great work?
Now, to the meeting: It was held In
the Baptist church. Opened with praye,
by Rev. Mr.. Wright and singing by the
temperance choir.
Rev. Mr.. Belden In the chair.
The Executive Committee was called
on for a report. Startling Chandler, the
chairman, reported substantially as fol
lows:
On account Of the ill.heal th of Rev. ]
W. Eldridge, his resignation as President
of the Club, rendered at the last meeting
was recommended to be accepted, and
MIR. F. A. Richardson be chosen to fiji
vacancy. AT this point Mr.. Chandler
reported that Z certain member of the
executive committee was rather luke
warm, and the committee suggest thai
the Universalists, from whose church he
was appointed, should I'LL his place by
some one else He then alluded tc
a prosecuting committee, but after few
remarks, said he would not read thu
names until a certain resolution which
he had was acted upon. Mr.. Edwin
French here recommended that the char
mans remarks be dispensed with till hi
was through reading the report. Every
body's curiosity was now excited, and
the names were called for, and gwen az
follows: F. p Mcbride, VIM. Stewart, A
A. HARDWOOD, Thomas Baker. Then came
a committee to solicit funds: w. w. En-
gle, j. Mcbride, A. N. K,nsman, D. B
Smith, s. G. El6ridge, r. H. Dinsmore
Mrs. Geo. Hay, Mrs. J. w. Eldridge, Mrs
G. II. Davidson, Mrs. A. Rustad, Mis-
Hattie Lambert, Miss Lila Hall.
Mr.. Chandler was gong to let the allow
20 as the report, when Mr.. Ed. French
whom we surmise is a member of tina
executive committee, asked for the read
ing of all the experimentation and all
Mr.. Chandler appealed to the Chair.
The Chair decided that he had nothing
to do with the matter. Mr.. G. was tn
one who was making the report, and
he had anything more to add to it tn
meeting was ready to hear it. Mr.. Chand
ler said he had two resolutions, but b
wouldn't read but one now-would Civ
the other later in the evening. The reso
luton resolved til at it is the sense of thi
meeting that some immediate action i
necessary looking to the conviction o
the keepers of the club houses in thi
city, and procuring Of indictments befor'
the grand jury at the next term of court
After some discussion, the report of tn
committee, with its recommendations, wa
adopted.
Then Startling proceeded to give u
that resolution which he had been hold
ing back-the best always comes last, yo'
know.
| WHEREAS, We consider it Of the high
est importance that only men OF flxe(
temperance principles be elected to office
ut our coming charter election, therefore
Resolped, That the Austin Reform Clul
will put a temperance ticket into the field
and the Club invites the Father Mathew
and Sons Of Temperance Societies to joil
with them in making up the ticket.
Rev. o. Williams moved the adoption
of the resolution.
Mr.. Harwood moved to lay it on thu
table until the next meeting, supporting
his proposition by reasonable and con
vincing argument.
! Mr.. Mcbride seconded the motor
heartily: and Rev. Wright could see nj
harm in allowing the resolution to la!
over one week, although be was yer!
much in favor OF 1t, and thought from th
experience we had had, 1t was necessary
to have straight ticket in the field.
The motion to lay on the table wa
carried unanimously.
Some very good and earnest remark
were made by Rev. Williams, Dea. Narsl
and others.
At the request OF Mr.. Harwood, Mr.. G
&c. Kinsman was added to the prosecuting
committee.
Mr.. Harwood said he had looked VI
the matter somewhat, and he was satisfied
we were powerless at present to make any
successful prosecutions for want of legal
authority. He therefore thought it wa
necessary to get special law passed thi
winter curing the defects. He also de
sired to correct an erroneous impression
which seemed prevalent in regard to vot
ing on the question of license. Tha
Iquestion was settled last spring, ant
atanda "A the law. and will not be voted