The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1882-10-21
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION


The adjourned meeting of the temper
ance people was held on Tuesday, at tbs.
Office of tine county judge
The meeting was called 70 order NJ 2:30-
with Mr. Rudd III the chair, ana J. N. Gil
1gars acting rs secretary.
There were ten persons present, but be-
fore the meeting adjourned four more were
added to the number.
NJ. Fowler stated that the object Of the
meeting was TO nominate temperance men
in,place of such nominees rs were on the
,1itsnocrttic and republican tickets who We're
not temperance men. He rezid from the
lhrisfian Adxocete an article advising this
ctlrs-- He also restsi ffssn the CO Ion Cit
Gass tte-EAr press paragraph claiming that
Mr.. Chat;ee MAS supposed 70 have ssid that
whisky and. money would gain votes in
Fremont county.
sfr c. o. Baldwin said that his ancestors
were all temperance people, not even using
iODs.cco, ard that he intended voting for
temperance men, wituoat regard to party.
Rev Mr. Moore offered a resolution that
TINS meeting cooperate with the State
Temperance society.
Rev. Mr.. Barber did not think that
Temperance ticket should be put into tho
field at general election, but that thelues-
tion should be made a separate issue. He
parties were rs eorTuptas some represented,
unless specifications were made.
MI c. o. Baldwin novel TO proceed TO
the nomination of {. Temperance ticket as
far rs necessary
Mr GiiIigan moved to amend BY having
the chair appoint a committee of three to
select temperance caD5idstes.- Carried
NJ Fowler moved TO accept the candi-
dates Tor county commissioner, and to pro
coed to nominate 6 temperance man for rep
rssentatiVe- Lost.
Mr. Fowler then moved that this temper
snce convention pledge itself for lawyer
cox, for judge.
At this junetaFe the RECORDS editor
asked permission u sly few words, al
though not q sisr,ler of the call He stated
that the trouble with this contention WAS
that every move seemed to be to down some
republican nominee. The convention was
asked to endorse Mr. Cox when he was
never known to b. connected with any tenn
peranee organization, ANY more than Mr.
Hayt. but whenever. any democratic caadi-
date was known 10 be drinking man or a
seller OF strong drink, his name seemed TO
he .tudioHsiy avoided, and no effort was
made 20 nominate a Eisn against him, or
have the convention pledge in favor of the
Temperance republican who opposed him.
The RECORD man Went on to ask why the
position of state senator WIS passed by in
silence, AND the representative mentioned
Why WIS nothing said about the justices
of the peace, when it was 4 well-known
fact that the republican nominee was a
stsici temperance man, while the democratic
ass.inee ss@s net. Mhs jump down tothe
coiss.shies- and single one Of sase.n ont sos
slaughtsr9 Ii there was to b. sn effort
made to select Temperance men why not be
Thorough, and not allow few designing
democrats, who are trying TO cover them
selves with Temperance CLOAK. TO u>e the
convention for no other purpose than to de
feat some republican nominees
Here Rev Mr.. Moore reminded the REC
ORD naHn that ne was not member of the
convention, 50 he took his seat
Rev. Mr.. Sawyer and Rev. Nr. B..r5eE
very sensiaiy suggested that there should
be iia Discrimination. .s Mr.. Cox was not :.
nens5er of tSsaperanee oTsaslizati nor
had he ever signed the call for this meet
ing They were not IN favor Of noiniuat-
ing men OF plcdgine The convention sor any
man who unwilling to come out totally
and pledge himself, IN return, 10 stand hy
the temperance party.
\ committee composed Of Messrs Giili-
gan, Fowler and Baldwin was appointed 20
select = ticket, We; il was decided 10 mske
no nominations, but to awai. :i;rtl.cr de
velopments
Or motion, adjourned.