West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-06

the appointment by this Conven-
ton of a Central Committee on
Temperance Literature, located at
the City of Wheeling, and to con
sist of three ladies, whose duty It
shall be to provide and distribute
as far as practicable, approved tenn
perance literature, awaiting them
selves of the various Unions, Exec
utive Committees and other tenn
perance organizations as mediums
through which to reach the people.
End: In the work already propos-
ed and planned by this Convention,
your Committee is impressed with
the necessity of a common medium
of intercourse between the various
sections of the State, to secure har-
mony of purpose and unity of ac-
ton, and being advised that the
West Virginia Freeman, a weekly
Temperance and Prohibition news
paper successfully established and
circulating throughout the State
since March last, is already in the
work and adapted to the needs of
our common cause, do heartily
commend said paper to the Con-
vention, and earnestly recommend
that it be afforded the most ample
encouragement by contributions to
its columns, and substantial aid by
way of liberal subscriptions and ac-
tive efforts to extend its circula-
ton throughout every county in
the State.
Sd. We recognize with pleasure
the hearty advocacy of the temper
ance cause by number of the secu-
lar papers of the State, and the ia
vor which many Others are showing
the common cause-and the Press
of the State generally are hereby
respectfully requested to give cir
culation to the proceedings of this
Convention.
d. B. PURINToS, J
C. l.. BRowN, Com.
L. IVA 1hAhoiAlIl-,
The report was received and the
first section adopted without discus
sion. The second drew forth live
ly discussion in regard to the i'm
portance of Il widely-circulated
campaign paper, and the feasibili-
ty of establishing such paper at a
subscription price of Is cents or
S1.00 per year.
w. c. Snodgrass and +. W. Ryan
liked the Freeman, but spoke to a
proposition looking to making it
exclusively temperance paper, re-
ducingit in size and price. G. G..
Wilding opposed the idea and prac-
ticability of sustaining cheap pa
per. |. H. johnson made a state
ment, reciting the history Of the
Freeman, referring to the purposes,
plans, and all the considerations
entering into its makeup. While
ready for any suggestions, the man
ayers were assured that as result
of much investigation and hard la
Dor, the paper was in about the best
practicable shape and size to win
favor and live. The managers had
40 purposes of speculation. The
Freeman was projected for the free
people of West Virginia, and it was
only asked that they should pay its
first cost. If its friends will at
once run it's subscription up to
1000 or more it can be furnished at
s1.00.
After remarks by others, Mr..
Snodgrass withdrew his PROPOSE
ton. and on his motion the recon-
mendation of the Committee was
unanimously adopted.
After brief discussion and re-
marks commendatory Of the in
creasingly favorable attitude Of the
press of the State toward the tenn
perance cause, the third section was
adopted without dissent, when the
report as whole was adopted.
The Committee on Time and
Place of holding the
NEXT MEETING,
reported as follows:
awe recommend that the selec
ton of the place for holding the
next meeting be referred to the Elk
ecutiVe Committee, with instruc-
tions to report not later than Janua-
ry IS, 1882, and we recommend the
second Tuesday in June, 1882, as