The Brookhaven leader., 1884-08-07

forward the same to, the Treasure
lof the State Executive Committee.
A committee of 8 to name an Exc
cutive Committee of two from eact
Congressional District and FIVE from
the State-at-Large, FIVE Of which
Committee to constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. The
Committee named:
For STATE AT LARGE--C B Gallo
way, j b GambreIl, j B Chrisman
w r Spencer, D A Williams.
LIST Congressional District--N {
Steele, j w Johnston.
2d--L TlFitzhugh, ] w John
son. #s+. ......s.
3d--C X Marshall, G W Gayles
4th-John w Ward, T j Newell
5th-W III Patton, V II Nelson.
6th--T S West, T Z Tate.
7th--B T Hobbs, W L Nugent. ;.
The State Executive Committee
organized by electing G. B. Gallo.
way. Chairman; B. T. Hobbs, Secre-
tary, and w. L. Nugent, Treasurer.
Very able and eloquent speeches
were made by Rev. S. A. Cowan, OF
Holly Springs, and Rev. D. A. Will
liams, of Clay county. /
The Committee ON Declaration OF
Principles reported as follows: /
" DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
We, the friends Of the legal and
constitutional supervision of the
liquor traffic in Mississippi, in State
Convention assembled, acknowledg-
with profound gratitude, the
steady, healthful intelligent growth
Of Prohibition within our great
commonwealth. From a Z small
beginning few years ago, our cause
has become the dominant moral
sentiment of many counties. The
little company has become a great
army. The cloud, no larger than a
mans hand, has overcast the
heavens and carried its blessings
largely upon every community. This
success emboldens us to greater
effort. The achievements of the
past are prophecy of yet grander
things in the near future. Wherever
good prohibitory laws have been
adopted, intemperance has been
suppressed and the cause of ofsobriety
and good government have heen
signally advanced. Prohibition does
Prohibit. Despite the prejudiced
and partisan utterances OF papers
that favor license and the saloons,
the history of prohibition is an un-
answerable argument in support of
it's efficiency. We only ask that
prohibition laws shall be admins
tered with equal fidelity and i'm
partiality with other statutes to Sc
cure.to communities their beneficent
protection.
In view of the foregoing we affirm
the following:
1st. 1t is the duty Of good citi-
zens, irrespective ofpolitical parties,
religious creeds, race or color, to
promote, in all possible ways, the
peace, order and prosperity Of all the
people.
Cd. The importation, manufac-
ture, supply and sale of alcohol
beverages created and sustained by
the laws of the State are everywhere
shown to be the promoting causes of
intemperance, resulting in crime
and pauperism, ignorance and in
dolence, endangering the public
peace and corrupting to our politics.
legislation and administration of the
laws. ..T .s
Sd. It is the purpose of this or
ganization to restrict the sale of
Intoxicating liquors within the State
Of Mississippi to the utmost of our
ability by all possible moral and
legal means. We therefore recon.
mend all friends of temperance
throughout our bounds to seek
diligently the promotion of q
stronger temperance sentiment in
their respective localities, and that
our citizens avail themselves of the
peculiar provisions Of. our present
prohibitory statutes by refusing
to sign their names to liquor petit
tions. -.
4th. We favor the passage of a
general local option law by counties,
and we pledge ourselves to never
cease our efforts till the right be
accorded the people to decide by
vote whether the matchless evil
of the age shall be yended in their
midst.
9th. We further declare it to be
our conviction that the cause lof
prohibition should not be entangled
with party politics. Without disturb
ing the party affiliations Of any
citizen, we ask his support of this
great reform which shonld be sa-
credly enthroned above the contests
for mere place and power. We do
affirm, however, that intemperance
should not be countenanced in pub
lie officials. and that no drunkard ID
worthy of our support. .YH ma
9th. We believe it to be the true
tpolicy and the duty of the friends
of temperance in the several eoun-
ties Of the State to support only
those for the Legislature at the next
approaching election, who favor a
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