Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

Territorial Temperance Alliance.
CNtNtIn> ii IL,
OlYNIl>, July =, 1881.
Ptr-uan5 IL Il call authorized bv
tie Executive Committee, the Tern
tCr.ai Tel.i e!alCe Alliance met at
10 y NJ. and WIS called 10 ORDER by
Gen. Il. II MIiroy the President.
PRAYER by E'y. Daniel Ba4le,
Tie minutes Of tie O..,ohti meet
ing wee read Information.
On motion, 'hc Secretary was APP
pointed IL COMMITTEE on t,l"ntiuls
Tic credentials Of Cha> ID Em-
cry, J. II Gii,wold and Mary Gri--
void were presented as de'egat, s
from Scert'r Council Champions of
Honor, Of S.@'lle, which apl earine;
Ill due firm the delegates were adj
mited and siyucd the roll of mem
bership.
On motion, Gen. Milrov and
Messrs. Weston and Murphy were
appointed Il committee Oh reception.
On motion, Alliance adloured tn
meet Sunday afternoon, 1T ) o'cluck
SUNDAY ArrrKNooN, July ..
Alliance met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The following delegates appeared
and subscribed the roll of member
ship:
Washington Enc. No. 3, c. r.
CD. A. Silsby, Josephine + Sis
by, A. c. Wiley, c. A. Hunt and
NJ Jones.
Olympia Blue Ribbon League
Il. ). Weston, May ID. Weston, Rev.
Daniel Bagley. :.
Tacoma Lodge l.. o. G.. S.-N. p.
Cory
Vacancies occurring in the commit.
tee on address, appointed ut the
October meeting, the following
named gentlemen were constituted
said committee: j. Ii. Manson
Daniel Bnglcy and j. NJ. Murphy.
On motion, Alliance adjourned to
meet imedlately after temperance
rally, to be held in the NJ. +. Church,
under the auspices of the Alliance,
this evening
SUNDAY EVENING, July 3.
TIL L. 4 1.
filled at S clock, and the audience
was ably addressed by Revs. Danlei
Bagley and C. A. Huntington.
After which the Alliance was
called to order by the President.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The following letter from Rev L.
A. Banks was read and placed OIL
file:
| VANCOUVER. June 90. 1851.
To the Temperance AU,dHce Of WaShiugtoJ
Territory: Friends OF Tcmperancc-I an
very much disappointed i'll not being abb,
to meet with you pen SonalIy in Your de
| alterations To devise plans for advance
ment against our common enemy. AND
VT | am not sorry. If had loved tn,
| i
have been with you. | write this street.-the,
on my back, with Il bulet-wornd through
my leg, the fruit OF Il deliberate conspira
cy to murder me, formed by the saloon
keepers.
Yet am satisfied. In this count,
alone II has done more fer the Temper
ancc cause than IA hundred lectures, III
| matter how eloquent.
think VIC may take this as an indica
ton that our eneuiics are organizing ant
that nothing but determined, cuura.cou.
work will save us from the eternal thrall
dom OF rum. 1t IL my opinion that al
immediate charge along the whole line
| will produce wonderful results.
| Hest assured that You may rely upoI
the Censor and its editor | have IA con
seriousness that this work is my mission
my destiny. | shall not hes itatr to follow
whore it leads, though it be To the death
II am able To read Alright the history o
my race, no great moral revolution ha.
been wrought out, except through suffer
ing and devotion. The time for such de
votion is now upon us. 1t is not IN age
| III which moral towards will thrive.
From the " Hospital of Repair" sent
to yon greeting in the field. Let on
watchward he lilo for Prohibition
Some of us will live to see it : some of IL,
may cement its walls with our blood
still / say, let il come.
Yours most earnestly,
| l.. a. BANKS.
The following resolution, intro
duced by Rev. Macfie, were unani
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, BY conspiracy of the drunk
ard makers of Vancouver, a dastardlv nj
tempt was made to aSsasSlnatc the Rev
| L.. a. Banks, editor of the Pacific CthSOr
ON the 23d day of June, in the ST. Gets %
that place. whereby he was severely
wounded. therefore
Resoired That the Territorial Temper
ance Alliance of Washington Territory
hereby extends to him the hearty svinpa
thy of all true friends of temperance il
this Territory in his injury and unite il
gratiiudcto Almighty God that said wouut
was not fatal and that the shot OF the
woulc-be assassin failed to end Il mos
| valuable life.
Resoired That this Alliance recognize.
in the Rev. l.. A. Banks Il most earnest
able and fearless advocate of Temperance
and most heartily recommend the Par!f'
Censor To the favor and support OF all true
| friends of temperance.
| KeSotred, That this Alliance adopts and
| recognizes the Pacific Censor as the Proli
bition organ of this Territory.
The following, by Gen. NIilroy
was adopted with like unanimity:
WHEREAS, The greatest evil which afilict.
our country, ana the most injurious To lis
moral social, physical and pecunary
health and prosperity, is the use of alec
| hoic beverages :, a.id
| WHEREAS. The experience of all the past
has clca ~ Demonstrated that the only
remedy for this cNIl is Prohibition, there
| fore,
| Resolved, That i.c friends of temperance
i'll this Territory -" hereby earnestly re
qUested to unite III Il strong effort, by pc
| titlOn and otherwise, in obtaining the en-
actment OF laws, constitutional and legiS
| lative, similar to those of Kansas ant
Maine. forever prohibiting the manutac
ture, sale and use of all alcoholic b"ver
ages within the limits of this Territory
and future State of Washington.
On motion, Rev. Daniel Bagley
was appointed to fill vacancy in thu
Executive Committee. occasionet