The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-19
THE LIQUOR DEALERS
In Third Annual Convention
in Armory Hall.
A Large Attendance, and a
Corresponding Degree
of Interest.

In anticipation of the third annual con-
vention in this city of the Liquor Dealers
and Manufacturers State Protective Asso-
ciation,' Armory Hall, in which the con-
vention is being held, had been tastefully
decorated with tissue paper of variegated
colors, in graceful festoons from the ceiling,
the national colors, etc. Upon the wall,
in the rear of the platform, was the word
Welcome" fianked by the following mot
toes: personal liberty, the love of liber-
ty with life is given, and life itself the in
ferior gift of Heaven-Dfyden."
Heaven never helps the men
who will not act. '-Sophocles. Equal
and exact justice to all men. Thomas JEFF
ferson. Good wine is good familiar
creature if it be well used. "-Shakespeare,
Hypocrisy. If the devil laughs ii must
be at hypocrites; they are the greatest
dupes he has; they serve him better than
any others and receive no wages! Nay,
what is still more extraordinary, they sub
nit to greater notifications to go to hell
than the sincerest man to go to Heaven. -
Cotton. can extreme rigor is sure to arm
everything against it, and at length to re-
lax into supine neglect. Burke. Mod
Grafton is the silken string running
through the pearl chain of all virtues. =
Fuller. "Who would be free them
selves must strike the blow. byron.
There are eleven others for which we can
not find room, but the foregoing will give
correct indea of their general tenor.
NUMBER OF VOTES.
There were A districts in the convention,
entitled to voting representation as fol
lows: Cook county "a; Winnebago and
Boone 2; 10 Daviess and Stephenson 3;
Carroll and Whiteside 2; Ogle and Lee 2;
De Kalb, Kendall and Grundy 4; Kane and.
DuPage S; Will 5, Kankakee and Iroquois
4; LaSalle Il, Bureau!and Stark 2; Putnam,
Marshall and Milford 3; Rock Island and
Henry Is; Mercer and Knox 2; Peoria 8;
Pagewell and Logan 3; Mclean 3;
Dewitt and Macon 2; Piatt and Cham
paign 2; Vermillion and Edgar B; Shelby,
Cumberland and bingham 2; Christian
and Montgomery 2; Sangamon -; Mason,
Brown, Cass and Menard 3; Adams II
Green and Morgan =; Madison 10; Fayette
and Marion 2; ST. Clair A; Jackson. Union
and Alexander z; Chicago and Milwaukee
Brewing Association 9.
ORGANIZATION.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the delegates
from the 1st district retired to an ante room
for consultation, and after their return at
1870 the convention was called to order
by the president, who introduced the Hon.
J. J. Parks, by whom brief welc oming
address was delivered, which was re ceived
with considerable applause.
For temporary chairman of the con
vention Mr.. Knickerbocker, of this city, |
presented the name of Mr.. Frank Reisch, |
of Springfield. who was chosen unani-
mously, and on motion committee of |
three, headed by Mr.. Knickerbocker, was /
appointed to conduct the gentleman to |
the platform. Upon being introduced Mr.. |
Rice briefly thanked the convention for |
the honor conferred, after which Mr. |
Adolph Miller was chosen secretary.
On motion the chair appointed COM
mittee of five ON credentials, which was |
constituted as follows: Messrs. Peter Han
braugh, of Chicago; Charles Schneider of |
Kankakee; Christian Amman, of Quincy; |
Chas Feinse of Peoria; G. A. Mueller of |
Sangamon.
The next thing in order was the reading |
of the third annual report of the board of |
trustees, which may be summarized thus;
efficiency and increasing strength
Being comprehensive view
of the prohibition advance during
the past year, the very able report was of
interest to every delegate. We
extract from the report as follows:
In the North the great State of Iowa has
fallen-a helpless victim of ignorant zeal
and blind fanaticism-crushed by blow
so powerful and annihilating that the very
hands which directed it, were startled by
its results. A majority amounting to
many thousands of votes, marked the de-
feat of our cause as though the minds of
her people had been maddened by frenzy
of drunken fanaticism, and made utterly |
forgetful of all the principles of Democrat
ic government, of all the teachings of
modern science, of all the results of late
experience. For years the Goddess of
Liberty win there lie wounded, and ruth
lessly trampled upon by lot of fanaticised
fools and cunning ZealOtS