The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-24
TllE PROHIBIrIONlSTS
OF THE COUNTRY IN COUNCIL
The National Conrenilon In Session at Chicago
Proceedings OF the Flst Days Senlou.
Some Hopeful Exprssions By Dele.
gates Who Are Present, 4..

| SlilCAGO, august 2J.-Ihe National FRO
hibiiion Convention met IN Farwell Hall
this morning ut 10 o'clock, some three
hundred delegates being ple!ent. Son q
States were represented very largely, but
some Of the more distant ones not at all.
Gideon I. Stewart, Of Ohio, Chairman ol
the National Prohibition Reform Execu.
tive Committee, called The Convention 10
order, and in the course OF brief speech,
said: I'm many localities and States the
prohibitionists have burned their bridges
behind them, by cutting loose from other
parties which had arrayed the North and
the South against each other. Tho pro.
hibltionists want n party OF honesty, Of
honor, and they wanted the burial OF these
crime.stained, blood.staincd parties. WA
Rev. John Russell, Of Michigan, was
elected temporary chairman. lIealso spoke
favoring grand National Prohibition
party.
Phoebe Cozzens, Of St. Louis, and Mary
b. Williams, Of Chicago, were chosen secre.
taries, and Mr.. Young, Of Iowa, represent.
ing one Of three Iowa delegations, asked II
the delegates not committed TO the
third party movement, though in full sym.
pathy with prohibition were TO BIZ eyolu.
ded. Ills delegation wanted to know be.
fore submitting their credentials. II
barred out they would go 10 work in ear.
nest anyhow. The chair said those would
be barred out who had not abandoned
atliliution with the Democrats or Repub.
liulna or (ireenbackers or any other party
that had not declared In favor OF prohibi.
tion Of the liquor traffic.
The Committee on Credentials then
named Mr.. j. 4. lirown as'the person en-.
titled to represent Iowa in the convention.
Rev. Arthur Edward delivered the ad.
dress OF welcome, and J. b. Finch Of Ne
braska, responded, after which recess was
taken till two in tho afternoon.
The Convention reassembled ut 2r. NJ,
and the Committee on permanent organ.
ization not being ready, addresses were
made on the condition Of the Prohibition
cause in various States Amongth the speak
ers were Miss Francis Il. Willard, ,ot Illinois;
Miss Wood. of Iowa; DR.. Cheis, of Kentucky;
Dr. Southerly, OF Minnesota; Miss Phoebe
Cozzens, OF Missouri; George Balm, OF
Kentucky, and Alrs. Ellen Foster, OF Iowa.
The latter said Iowa would surely and rig
idly ENFORCE prohibition, and Dakota would
be a Prohibition Suite as soon as admitted
to the Union.
The Committee on Credentials here re.
ported, admitting all delegations, making
34l members OF the Convention, but only
allowing rs many votes to be cast on i'm
portant questions MS each State has Con.
gressioDal districts. aa .sa5
A Committee on Resolutions was ap-
pointed, with J. T. Fanner us chairman.
There was considerable animated discus.
sion over Il proposition to add Miss VII.
lard 10 the list Of Committee on Reso-
lutions! She was finally added, but all 9th.
cr women excluded,
Prof. Schmidt, OF Lake Forest, made a
speech, logically arguing that German citi-
zens needed only proper organization to
bring them into the ranks Of the Prohibi.
ton party. lie said, 81 believe that in
fveyears all the Germans in the North
west will favor aprohibltory Constitutional
amendment" IL ~ I, :.
The Committee on permanent organizl.
ton here made the following report, which
was adopted:
President I. D. kauouse, Wisconsin.
First Nice-president, Joseph Robertson,
and one Vice-P President from each State,
Secretaries, Mary 7. Iathrop aud Mary
A.. Woolhridg., Secretaries ut large, F. L.
Willard, Gideon T. Stewart, George W.
Baine; Reading Secretary, W. II. Ii. Bar
tram.
President kanouse made a ringing
speech, In which lie referred 10 his Ger
man parcntage and education and his con.
version to Prohibition. -. -
Alter the transaction OF some routine
business the convention adjourned until 0