Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-04
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Toe convention was again called to order
shortly after 2 o'clock by the president, A.
B. Campbell.
The convention was led in prayer BY
Rev. mir. Richardson, of Lawrence, after
which the convention proceeded TO the
transaction of business.
On motion two amendments to the consli
tuition of the State Temperance union we've
adopted:
After the adoption Of these amendments
the report of Secretary Troutman was
heard, which wss as follows:
sHCRETARY's REPORT.
Mr.. President, and Members of The Conpen.
tion:-The plan of work, under which
the State Union is now operating. has
been in force since the convention, held
in this hall, January 9th, and 10Th, OF
the present year, q period Of eight
months and seven days.
A cursory review of what has been
done in that brief period, shows the sue.
cess of the plan and the wisdom of itf
adoption.
MESsRS. CAMPBELL AND BENNETT.
Immediately after the convention til e
Executive Committee contracted with
the President elect of the Union, Hon,
A. 3. Campbell, to devote his entire
time to field work, at salary of 81 500 Q
year, and travelling expenses. Mr.
Campbell was then serving % Chaplain,
of tie State Penitentiary, and could moi
enter actively upon the work, until
FEBRUARY 18th, when he came to Topeka
and arrsrged for immediate work. Soon
after Mr.. Campbell's employment, the
Committee employed NJ. V. B. Bennett
editor of the Kansas Prohibitionist, at COL
umbus, to assist Mr. Campbell in bis field
work, simply paying his travelling expen.
interest of his paper.
Mr.. Campbell and Mr.. Bennett, have
held seventy-nine public meetings in
sixty-two different towns and cities, and
in thirty different counties. In
nearly every locality visited by them,
influences we're put in motion, result
ing in the more thorough organization Of
the friends of our cause, which in many
instances led to prosecutions under the
prohibitory law, resulting IA convictions,
and in a few cases in the closing
of :hhe saloons. In not less than
twenty towns in this state
where prosecutions have been in
stituted and successfully carried out dur
ing the spring and summer, the initial
work can be traced to the agencies EN-.
ployed by the Union. 1t is not possible
nor practicable, in this report, to speak
in detail of this branch of our work.
But it has been one of the most potent
agencies employed for upLuilding, and
strengthening our cause.
WORK IN TOPEKA.
On the 9th. of May meetings were
opened in Topeka, by Messrs. Campbell
and Bennett, and after few days agita-
ton, q number of prosecutions were in
stituted sgainst the saloon keepers of
the city. Owing 70 the crowded state
OF the docket, but eleven cases were dis.
posed of at the last term Of our district
court. These eleven cases were tried in
less than nine days time, and resulted ip
eleven convictions, upon from one to
seven counts, or an aggregate of thirty
seven counts. The fines imposed
amounted to $500, This with the
costs Of the cases, and other expenses in
cidentsl 10 the prosecutions, made an ex-
pensive and annoying term of court to
the whisky fraternity. These cases have
been appealed to the supreme court, 60
that their final determination will not
be known for some months. Il IL not
proper for me to comment upon these
cesee, or the technical causes; upon
which defendants rely for Q revesBal of