Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-06-27
PROHIBiTIONIsT CONFERENCE.
Republican Temperance Men ia Support
the Nominees OF Their Party.

The Portland Press of Monday morning
contains n detailed account of the conference
of leading prohibtionists in Forest CITY on
Saturday.
Hon. ). l. Carleton presided with III. A.
Shorey as secretary. The question, he stated,
before the meeting. was the support of the
republican nominees on the State ticket.
Hon. Neal Dow said the republican con-
vention has put into its platform fully and
completely the temperance and prohibition
plank; in word everything that the temper
ance men could ask, and this was done in
good faith, so far as we could see. Mr.. Dow
said: The success Of the republican party
would be the success of the temperance
platform, recognized as such the world over ;
the defeat Of the republican party would be
held everywhere to be the defeat of prohibit
ton. Mr. Dow said as practical men with a
definite object in view, it was in his opinion
clearly the true policy to stand by the party
because were in the same boat.
Mr.. Randall read a private letter written
to him by Col. Robie, in which his position
on the temperance question was incidentally
mentioned. the Colonel saying he should
think his lifelong attitude on this question,
together with the opinion of all his neighbors
in regard to his attitude, ought to be suf-
ficient answer to what had been said in the
matter. This seemed to be the view taken
by the well known prohibitionists present.
Mr.. A. J. Chase spoke very strongly in
opposition to the support of the republican
nominees, and in favor of adverse action.
Mr. L. b. Chapman read an editorial from
the Press on the temperance question, written
two years ago, and another OF recent date, by
which he thought it proven that the republi-
can party had weakened most decidedly in
its support of prohibition.
Mr.. Henry A. Shorey, in reply, gave a
history of what prohibition had accomplished
| through the republican party, rather stirring
up MIR. Cbapman's movements the last year
| or two, and made some very pointed in.
aurIes into the conduct of the paper called
TRUTH" issued last spring. He also asked
Col. Stone some sharp questions.
| Hon. Joshua Nye spoke strongly in favor OF
all temperance men voting for the republican
nominees this fall, ''and," said he, IF they
20 back on us this time We shall know what
to do in the future"
| Col. J. NJ. Stone thought the republican
| leaders could not be trusted, and such was
the opinion of Messrs. Chase, .hipman,
Blake, Witham and Doughty.
Mr.. Carleton, Judge Kingsbury, Mr.. Nye,
DIR. McKeown, Mr.. Sanford, Rev. MIR. Ran
dali and others fully endorsed the remarks OF
| Hon. Neal Dow.
! Mr.. Dow stated that he had it from Sena'
tor Frye that Hon. I. b. Reed had become
a strong temperance man, and Hon Joshua
Nve said he knew such was the case will
Capt c. A. Boutelle.
Mr.. Randall Offered resolution commit
ting the meeting to an unreserved support
of the republican nominees, but to this some
of those who were not members of that party
objected, and u motion to adjourn sine az
being offered, it was almost unanimously
carried, before any action was taken. IL II
understood that this means the republican
members of the temperance party will sup
port the ticket, and those Of other political
compilations their own.
II is thought possible Messrs. Chase, Chap
| man and Blake will call another convention
but they will not have the support of those
gentlemen that gave so much life to the Con
yrcss Hall movement in the spring. II ths
cali should be issued. which is very muct
,,out,ed The consultation ended at II
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