Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-24
THE PR0HIBITIONISTS.

The Enthusiastic Gathering at tChicago
Yesterday, with q Large Attendance
Hopes Entertained of Bringing the Ger
mans Into the Naturalization OF OFF,
GERS and Miscellaneous Business.
CHICAGO, Aug. ?3.-The National Prohibi-
tion convention met in Farwell hall this morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Some 800 delegates were
present. Some states were represented very
largely, but some of the more distant ones
not at all. G. 7. Stewart, OF Ohio, chairman
of the National Prohibition Reform executive
committee, called the convention to order and
in brief speech said in many localities and
states Prohibitionists had burned
their bridges behind them by cutting loose
from the other parties which had arrayed
the North and South against each other. The
Prohibitionists wanted party of honesty and
OF honor and they wanted burial of these
crime stained and blood stained parties. Rev.
John Russell, of Michigan, was elected tenn
porary chairman. He also spoke favoring
grand national Prohibition party. Phobe
Cozzene, of st. Louis, and Mary B. Willard, of
Chicago, were elected secretaries. Mr.. Young,
of Iowa representing one of three delegations,
asked if delegates not committed to third
movement, though In full sympathy with pro-
hibition, were to be excluded. His delegation
wanted to know before submitting their
credentials. II barred out they would go to
work on their own lines.
The chair said those would be barred out
who had not abandoned af6liation with DEM
ocrats, Republicans, Greenbackers, or any
other party that had not declared in favor of
legal prohibition of the liquor traffic.
The committee on credentials were then
named. Mrs. J. A. Brown and Rev. Arthur
Edwards delivered addresses of welcome, and
r Of Me- sEo led
was then taken to p. N.
The convention re-assembled at p. M, and
the committee on permanent organization not
being ready, addresses were made on the con-
d;tion of the prohibition cause in various
states. Among tbs speakers were Miss
Frances E. Willard. OF Illinois. Mrs.
Woo Wood Of Iowa, ,,I1 DR.; chsyis, of Zen SI
Plumb, of Missouri; Miss Phobe Cozzens, of
Missouri; George Balm, of Kentucky, and Mrs.
Ellen Foster, of Iowa. The latter said Iowa
would surely and rigidiy enforce prohibition
and Dakota would be prohibition state as
soon as admitted to the Union. The commit.
tee on credentials here reported, admitting all
the delegates, making S41 members of
votes to be cast on Important questions as each
state hiss congressional districts. A COM
mittee on resolutions was appointed. There
was considerable discussion over the PROPOSE
tion to add the name of Miss Willard to the
list of the committee on resolutions. She
was finally added, but all other women were
excluded. Prof. Schmidt made a ringing
Speech logically arguing that German
citizens needed only proper organization
to bring them into the ranks of the
prohibition party. He said, 81 believe in five
years all the Germans in the Northwest will
favor a prohibitory constitutional amend
ment." The committee on permanent organi-
zation made the following report which was
adopted:
President, E. D. Converse, of Wisconsin;
first vice president, Jsmes Robertson, of In
diana; one vice-president from each state;
Secretaries, Mary T. Lathrop, and Mary
A. Woodbridge; secretaries at large, 7. E.
Willard, Gideon T. Stewart, Geo. W. Balm;
recording secretary, w. Il. Bartram.
President Kanouse made ringing speech.
He referred to his German parentage and edu,
cation, and his conversion to prohibition.
After the transaction of some routine busi
ness the convention adjourned till 9 q. m.
Various meetings OF temperance people will
be held tonight.