The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-07-31

President the records OF the last meeting were
called, read and approved.
A committee on credentials was then ap-
pointed, consisting of Messrs Libby. Went
worth and Woodside
A committee ON business, consisting of
Messrs. Murch, Edwards and Colley, was then
chosen by the chair.
committee on speakers was then chosen by
the floor, consisting of Messrs Harding of
Gorham, johnson of Portland and Henley of
Ferry Village.
The appointment of committees on resou-
lions and on location was laid over until
Thursday
A motion by Geo. w Murch provided for the
absence of credentials on the part of any dele
gate land proposed that one member of each club
be II ominated to represent their clubs and to
take seats on the platform and report their
clubs when called.
Messrs. Colley of Gray, Coleman Harding of
Gorham, Simmons of Dry Mills, Henry Proc
tor of Dry Mills, G. HI. Lefavor of Portland,
Geo. Winthrop of Knightville as representa-
tives of their respective clubs, were chosen by
the house.
Coronation" was then sung with monarch
ical vigor, and the audience took the opportun-
ity TO indicate their relief from the sense of
solitude and silence.
The Rev. Mr.. Wetherbee then, in few
brief, well chosen and earnest remarks, called
the attention of the assembly to the fact that the
bar rooms, the beer tanks and the distillery
fires, work all night, and they work cheerfully
for the devil helps them, while we work for the
truth and for our Lord and Master, for our fell
low men and our fellow women about one hour
a week. There are reformed men here who
tell me they know OF places in Knightville
and in Portland where liquor is sold freely.
Now say that if 1 knew of any place in the
State where liquor was sold I would spy out
and follow down that liquor hell until 1 had
brought it to justice, to punishment, to sup
preston We are too gentle, too lenient to-
ward drunkards, when they fall we raise them
very kindly. Now the opportunity should
never be lost to take such man, keep him
close, punish hin till he comes into our ranks.
punish him until he tells where he gets his
rum This is the course we should take to eff
feet our great purpose. Our enemies are solid
and firm against us, while we temperance or
CARNATIONS are divided among ourselves. Our
young men are rarely active in the cause. at
least not as much as they could be nor as the
cause demands.
Mr.. Woodside forcibly presented his views.
L am struck, he said, forciby by brother
Wetherbee's remarks. They need some
reply from someone. l have been a temper
ance man always, lodge member for MANY
years. AT one time the attendance at those
lodges was confined to people who met there to
have good time, not to work for temperance.
Then in reply to Brother Wetherbee's asser-
ton that no liquors were sold in Portland. l
would say that only yesterday l saw respect
able gentleman leaving sample satchel filled
not with samples of dry goods but of liquors,
and know that there is liquor in Portland;
that it is freely sold there and that it is no use
for us to misrepresent or disguise the facts.
Otherwise, what are we here for? What are
we working for if the enemy is dead and the
struggle a victory.
clubs for his own salvation. He believed in
taking every means to save the drunkard-in
religion, moral suasion and reform clubs
Meeting adjourned until p M
praise meeting was held for half an hour
previous to the coming in of the business
meeting of the afternoon. The preliminary
exercises OF prayer, singing and exhortation
in the cause. One brother thanked God that
religion had at last become worthy to be
ranked with temperance; another that temper
ance had taken its right place hand in hand
with religion, that the twain were ever in
separable, that temperance and purity are
born of the worship Of God and the observance
OF all religious duties, and that no reformed
man ever could stand firm in his faith and
purity of life unless he were in heart and soul
O true Christian.
There were large number of ladies present
during the praise meeting who were invited to
remain by tie Chairman when at 2 O'Clock the
afternoon regular session of the convention
was called to order.
After prayer and some excellent singing that
had the true temperance ring to it, the newly
elected vice presidents were after some per-
suasion induced to take seats on the platform,
and Mr. Hutchins was called to for his views
on the standing of the Reform Club of Ferry
Village. He said that Ferry Village needed
earnest work.
Mr.. Geo. W. Murch then rose as he said for
the purpose of rousing the meeting. Give
them the same tone of open and frank spirit
that is always to be found in meetings of
drunkards, who do not need to be pushed on.
OF invited to speak but are only apt to speak
too much and too loudly, clap your hands or
stamp you feet, only make noise that shall
rouse the whole Cape.
Mr. White said some three years ago he
signed a pledge, that he then made up his
mind never to shirk anything, even a call to
speak when he was unprepared. He said that
the United States was and is the second in
rank i'll the nations of the world in the vast
amount OF liquor consumed. 1t is from these
meetings that we shall raise our country out of
this disgrace. Temperance has become popu-
lar at last and 1ntemperance unpopular and
disgraceful Political parties are afraid to put
in nomination any man who is not TEMPER
ance man.
On motion of Mr.. Murch the speakers were
limited to ten minutes each.
MI Fogg declined to avail himself of his ten
minutes, but would say all he had to say in
less time. His heart and soul were in the
work, and this work could always command
his acts if not his words.
Mr.. Choate of Portland said he expected TO
nave 10 speak and he did so gladly. He came
as a man who had been drunkard for twenty
years, and as one who helped to start the first
temperance movement in Portland He wants
to make other families as happy as his own
Prayer had saved him, the fervent PRAYERS of
strangers, of neighbors and of friends, and he
called Tor prayer as powerful agent of refor-
nation.
MIR. Edwards said he would live temperance.
but he didn't care to talk it among strangers
Ii he talked temperance he preferred to talk it
IN Gorham where they could know if he was
telling the TRUTH and knew all about him
The change wrought in his home by his own
reformation had been almost miracle
MIR. Goldthwaite of Biddeford addressed his
brother reformers in few words descriptive of
the form and manner in which the reform
movement was carried on In the western part
of this state. He said he condescended To
come here to Portland because he had no svm-
pathy with rum sellers-that nevertheless he
had to say that the reform movement. that the
temperance movement was not where il
was one year ago-that the movement was
losing ground-that the time had come when
the politicians of this state, who want our
votes, must be identified with the temperance
movement.
Capt. Stanwood of Gorham advised every
man to work with his own tools, not to wait to
see how his neighbor was going to work IF
you like moral suasion, try it; If it fails t,w
something stronger would not go as far as
some, and put a rope round a drunkard's neck
but if l had hold of the other end T think
should pull pretty hard
Mr.. Bolton of Gorham said he was modect
man, but square-footed Temperance man He
owned to having great deal of malice toward
rumsellers ''""'"
Mr.. A. II. Mitchell of Yarmouth Reform
Club, suggested that all men needed reformna
no matter how high their standing in society
Today what gives rum the ascendency in tIa
State of Maine is because you Temperance men
and temperance women will not work enonqh
>. K. Osgood, the pioneer, accompanied bv
Iristram Goldthwaite of Biddeford, and o r
Chadbourne OF Saco, will be present Thursday