The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03
TEMPERANCE THUNDER,
Reverberating from the Con-
vention Now in Session
at Warrensburg.
Full Report Of the Proceedings
Of the Session Held
Yesterday. &.
Special 10 the BAzoo.

WARRENsBURG, Mo-, June %.
The first day OF the convention closed
last evening with a speech by Hon. NJ. V.
B. Bennett, of Kansas. Mr.. Bennett is a
man of deep learning, a couversant knowl-
edge of the temperance question, and dares
TO strike at the very root OF the evil. He
was a candidate at large for congress in
his state last fall, is democrat, and was a
warm friend Of Governor Click, he hav-
ing placed him in nomination at the dem
ocratic state convention. Said he, in con-
versation with your correspondent, Il adj
NIT having given his name to the conven-
ton that nominated him, but have been
asking pardon of the people ever since.
Click has been q .urprise to his friends as
we'll as to the world, and while personally
/ am warm friend of his, the word has
gone forth that he can never again be
elected, and l am in sympathy with that
edict. Click and the saloon interests OF
Kansas must 60, and God speed The go
ing"
His speech was a masterpiece of oratory.
and received much hearty applause during
Its delivery. He presented the temperance
question IN an entirely new light, intro.
ducing the personal liberty" phase of it.
"Why," said he, "there was no personal
liberty until you had a government. Some
Say it is personal liberty to eat bread and
meat. 1t is not; it is duty. Others say
that the use of liquor is personal liberty.
That deny, for whatever debauches the
mind and generates crime cannot be lib
erty. This liquor question has been inter-
dicted since the beginning of this govern
ment. Away back in the early history of
the constitutional government the manu-
facture and sale of liquor was prohibited,
and men said nothing Of sumptnary laws
men who knew more than such pigmies as
Vest ever will know-men whose lives
have been more fruitful of good than a
hundred lives OF those men who cry for
personal liberty I have a mother who
was seventy years old on the day the pro-
hibition amendment was passed in Kansas,
and she can make better defense of tenn.
perance and total abstinence than any Of
us in the work. Does she think such laws
are sumptuary and strike at the personal
liberties of men? Personal Liberties in
deed! Is il personal liberty to 60 home,
Keeling and staggering from the effects OF
drink, and send q bullet throug b the heart
of your wife! Is it personal liberty to
brain your child while frenzied with alcO-
hol? Is it a sumptuary LAWS it q thrust
1t your personal liberty'-to restrain you
from doing these things!"
There was . noticeable absence of bour-
bon democrats at this meeting, the hall be-
ing filled with delegates and the friends of
temperance.
SECOND DAY, JUNE q.
The convention was called to order by
the chairman. Prayer by DR.. jackson, of
Pettis county.
Minutes Of yesterdays session read and
The report of the secretary of the state
alliance was then read and adopted. The
report showed the collections On subscrip-
tions to amount to $402. which sum had
been paid to the treasurer, DR.. Vim. L.
Hedges,
On motion of Col. Switzler, q com mittee
of three was appointed to form a plan to
incorporate the colored branch OF the state
prohibition alliance. Col. Switzler made
strong speech in support of his motion,
which was adopted unanimously. The
chairman appointed Col. Thos. Anderson,
Of Marion county A. J. Emerson, of Clay
county, and ]. A. Lord, of johnson
county.
2. b. Cordell suggested that q roll of
delegates be made. The suggestion Was
adopted.
A motion was offered by II. Martin
Williams, rs follows:
Resolved, That We. the representatives.
of the prohibition alliance and temperance
people of Missouri, in state convention as.
sembled, do hereby pledge ourselves that
in the future we will cast our votes or po-
litical influence with no political party
that does not favor the submission of q
prohibition amendment to our state consti-
tuition.
The following resolution, offered by o.
II. P. Apologize, Of St. Louis, was
adopted:
Resolved, That we recommend to the va
rious religious denominations to make
provisions for the giving of a temperance
lesson on what is known as "Review day."
at the end of the last quarter, or when
there is no regular lesson provided; and
that we also petition our various school
boards to provide suitable text books on
temperance for use in our day schools.
C. P. johnson, of St. Louis, offered q
motion TO appoint committee of five on
constitutional amendments. Carried. The
committee was appointed as follows
". w. AOuSdu. VI StAusOu COuuG - AVA.
Naylor, of Bates county G. w. Roby, OF
Randolph county; s. E. DeRackin, of Sa-
line county, and c. w. Nesbit, of st. Clair
county.
Mr.. Hughes, Of Kansas City, offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That We greet with hearty ap-
probation the recent action of the Missouri
Pacific railroad company, the Fowler
Brothers packing house, of Kansas City,
and other firms and corporations, prohib-
iting their employees from frequenting sa-
looms or drinking places while in their en-
ployment, and that We recognize this as an
advanced step in the direction of practical
prohibition, and earnestly recommend this
course to the thinking men and great cor
porations of our commonwealth.
The congregation then sang america"
and 'Sweet Bye and Bye"