The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-30
The Cold water Army In Motion.
tie National Convention OF Pro

Al lpe NdLloudi CouV 'DllOn OI fID-
hibitionis,s in Chicago last week. to or
canizc a National party, there were
pfo ninent deIe"a,es from all paris of the
country. Far~ell Hal was handsomely
decorated.
"Benealh the colois OF Iowa. Name
and Kaosas, toe bal sarkso of p~ro5.o.tion,
we-c .!e following mou.oes: .'Prohioi-
ton, For God ard Hone and Naive
Lana : The Combat Dee pens, Ga Ye
Braves The Homes of ! zoe. ca versus
the L'4Ior~sei'eis Rebellion" Owe. the
lett entrance TO he stage bubg a
wea.5er-wo Q flag with the shield % ~
di.al bec~,ps The iascrloiioa - ohibi-
ton, Woman, b loo" Over tue op,n-
site door AS a sinil,r drdoery 81 patr:.
o'isn, witt 'ne aaher OF illinois laconi-
ce'ly Insr.iDeu Coming ne lollo wing
pn sses Wee eulpIs.lcally Displayed with
oot;i letre idg and a proiustoD 81 cyuIa-
macon point: The Woman's Crusade.
Hltlsboro, ONO, 1873" .'Chrjstians
Vote as You "fay,' No Moth! No
Sou.h! 81. John, Of Kansas: Jarvis of
No..h Ca,olina; ColIui.I, 81 Georgia;
Blair, of New Hem 'snire; Father Math
ew.' The chei mans desc ne' hung
with a d.apeIJ of the sts.s and stripes
forming a background o AL escLtcheon,
with the scarlet description. When Bad
Men Con.nne Good Ncn Must Combine"
Near the ed .e ~ the desk $1,000 a large
American eagle With ou,sp.esd PIN
ions
A negro delegate from Tennessee
-aised iow hy demanding a plank 10
the Platform in favor of civil equality"
1t pas. =. Then a flss occurred over the
appointing OF a N@,ional Committee.
A mstion was made by Miss Cozzens
to add the name Of Miss Willard to the
committee. A suggestion which seemed
to hurt ,hat lady. Tnis opened the food
gates. Mss Lsithrop, Mrs. Foster, Mrs.
i Willard ard Mrs. Mcclellan Bro n were
also accommodated. some bitterness was
voiced 10 wnicn Mrs. Brown pronounced
herself sex OF the guSb of woman's
lights. Il have always bad my rights"
sae said. Il have a good husband, and
the women VINO are similarly blessed
ought to he satisfied and noC annoy the
men, who certainly had done as mach
Tor the cause as the women meriied.'
Mr.. BAN took Up be gau0tlet. he said
hi'oh IiCo a = hu' "a 4 a. 1hdDAh
bad done more to sweep down the pre-
judice Of the people rban any Congress
that ever met in the Union. Re moved
mat Miss Willard for fne North and
Mrs. Chopin OF tie Sooth be appointed
members of he committee, which was
unanimously greed to. Power was then
given tue National Committee to fill
vacancies on the list. A resolution was
adopted that d Telegram OF greeting with
cor" irnents aud good fellowship he
sent 10 Governor to'quitt, of Georgia.
Govelnor St. John, of Kansas, the Hon.
II. w. Blair, OF New t ampshire, and
Governor SHERIDAN, of iowa.
4 mo.Ion to supplement, tie preceding
with the names OF Governor Ihos. j.
JARVIS, OF North Carolina, and Foster, t
ONO, YVES lost.
WHAT A REPUBLICAN JOURNAL SAYS.
THE repuh.ican part in the Western
States of this Unioc IS very apt 70 get a
black eve THIS iall, aud all because it will
persist in ht-ijg WITH the Prohibition
lists. In Ohis, i'll Indiana, in Iowa, in
Kansas, ana evel in ~Iiieois, it persist
emily pays coulC to tnc"e Incorporate
,-~.ta,ors. ana the is THAI
lttISsu'i VI StdS Dc llCu L OCCoLl1lDg
dissusred Win il, and will either stay at
home on election uav or else vuse out
-,ont for the Depoc 'atic candidates. II
would be well if The I.epublican leaders
n these States would reflect On the ma.
ture OF the course inlo which they are
pc! uniting the pa,ty to draft. As the
Cincinnati Commercial suggests, let
them maze a cote of the prohibition
craze for woman Suffrage, and there is
10 telling what may follow. The next
thing, we presume, saEs tre Commercial
''would be a nv abodt saleratus in
bceaG. the use of coffee, ard bypodermic
Injections of morphine" 1t is only too
true hat 1T is necessary for the human
MUD fatally bent on reforming the hab-
It's OF other pe,sons TO have a s%eif-indul-
Sence in some SCR, OF hare Drained fury.
People must be forbidden to do some
thing. and il does not matt IT much what
IL is. Notification of the flesh and spirit
Of other persons is the thing needful.'
1t does not appear to be the part Of wis
dom to indulge these persons in their
hair-brained iuty to the degree they ere
INDUCED bv Western Republicans
New York Graphic.