The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-08-07
TEMPERANCE.
THE LOCAL OPTION CONVENTION.

Hon. Wili;m Daniel and R. D. Morrison, ESQ of
Baltimore, and George A. Bake, ESQ, of
Ekton, make Stirring, Convincing,
and Eloquent Speeches in
Favor of Prohibition.
The mass convention of the friends of Lo-
cal Option, which was held in the Hall on
Tuesday last, notwithstanding the threaten
ing condition of the weather, was we'll at
tended. Never since the early days of 1861,
when the people of this county felt it to be
their duty to speak out in favor of the union
of these States, has there been n more earn
est, intelligent, and patriotic aSSembage
convened in this town. All parts of the
county-both sexes and both political par
ties-were ably represented. After the sing
ing of a piece of music, the convention was
called to order at 1920 a. NJ. by George y.
Blake, ESD, Vice President of the State
Temperance Alliance for Cecil county, by
moving that Mr.. William +. Miller of the
3rd district be called to the chair, and that
the following gentlemen be selected rs vice
presidents:
list diStrict.-John W. Davis, Thomas p.
Jones, L. &. Etherington, and George y.
Ford.
?,.d diStrict.-H. II. Brady, Thomas b.
Hopper, William Lindsey, and George w.
Bouiden.
5rd districi.-James McCauley, David c.
Work, William II. Elder, and James L.
Mccullough.
4h diStria.-David Scott, Robert H.
Steel, Harvey w. Ewing, and William ii.
Baldwin.
9TH Hstria.-.John W. Falls, John Will
liams Isaac n. Benjamin, and Patrick
Reedy.
9TH distria.-James NJ Evans. John w.
PasSmore, George Gillespie, and Hanson II.
Haines.
1h diStrict.-J. Harvey Rowland, Henry
Tome
Sth diarict-J. j. Bennett, j. Il. White,
j. Harvey Bell, and Enoch Mccullough.
on district-.John =. Wilson, James r.
Riale, Rev. j. II. Johns, and James Gift
ford.
Seeretary-George Ricketts,, ST., of the ;;rd
district.
The choir then sang a hymn, and after
prayer by Rev. Vaughan Smith, Rev. Mr.
Miller arose and, thanking the convention
for the honor conferred upon him, proceeded
to say that he regretted that their choice
had not fallen upon one more able to dis
charge the duty of the office, but that he
was not one of those who We're disposed to
let the matter of Local Option 90 by de
fault, but believed it to be the duty of its
advocates to press the matter to the very
gates of the citadels of intemperance, for
only in this way could they hope to bring
it to a successful issue. Still he felt encour-
aged by the good attendance of stalwart
temperance people he saw before him to be-
lieve that when the time came on, the md
of November, they would write the epitaph
of whisky Meme, mene, tickle upharson."
upon all the whisky shops in the county.
Mr. Miller's remarks We're well received
and frequently app,auded.
After music by the choir, G. \. Blake,
ESQ, Nice-President of the State Temper
ance Alliance, submitted the following re-
port of committee appointed at a meeting
held some time ago:
To the Local Option Conrention:
The committee appointed to prepare and
report to this convention n plan for the con-
duct of the Local Option movement i'll our
county so us to insure its success at the
polls at the coming election, would report
as follows:
They recommend that there be district
organization of the county and a county
one.
l. They recommend that clubs be organ
lied in each district of the county, to be
called Local Option clubs or such name as
the organizers thereof deem best. That these
be organized in such number in the several
districts and at such points therein as shall
best accomplish the ends for which they
shall be formed These clubs shall have a
regular organization and proper officers.
The object of these clubs shall be to hold
stated and occasional meetings: to have the
| question of Local Option and prohibition,
as applicable to Cecil county, thoroughly
discussed: to disseminate information on
that subject; to procure speakers for their
meetings; and to Use all honorable means
to secure the success of Local Option at the
coming election.
They would recommend that, in those dis
tricts of the county where regular temper
ance organizations already exist, the eXpe-
diency of using them as Local Option clubs,
or of organizing separate and independent
ones, be left to the good Judgment OF the
| friends of the movement in such districts.
In order to carry into practical effect what
has been before herein suggested, the COM
mittee would recommend that this conven-
ton appoint Il committee in each Of the
districts of such persons as shall be named
by the several districts, whose duty shall
be to organize clubs as aforesaid.
+ >. County organization. 1t is recon-
mended that Il county executive committee
| be appointed to consist of two persons in
| each district of the county and 4 chairman
besides, the whole to be named by this con-
vention. This executive committee to be
subject to the call of its chairman. The
duty of such committee shall be to have
general charge of the cause in the county;
to make arrangements for county mass meet
ings, and to arrange the financial matters
of the campaign. The members of the
| executive committee are to be cr otici0 mem,
bers of the district committees in their re-
spective districts.
1t is also recommended that the persons
who shall be named rs district committee.
in the several districts meet as soon as prac
ticable for the purpose of carrying theil
trusts into effect.
{ l.. NJ. HAINES,
Committee: j. II. FRAZER,
IGEO. \. BLAKE.