News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-28
remperance Convention.

The Lamoille County Temperance
Convention met at Grange Hall in
Morrisville, Tuesday, and was called
to order by C. W. Fitch, County Com
mite, when the meeting proceeded as
follows:
On motion, j. NJ. Stafford, of Cam
bridge. was chosen Chairman, and A. a.
Niles, Secretary. The chair appointed
Rev, w. l.. Anderson, Edward COnant
and B. B. Bennett as committee on Gre
dentials. On resolutions, Rev. N. p. Bell.
Edward Conant, Rev. w. L. Anderson.
To nominate county and town committees
for the year ensuing, w. II. Griswold, L.
l.. Camp, Rev. \. a. Smith, G. w. Fitch,
P. B. Foster, c. n. Bailey, Luke Potter,
C. NJ. Watts. The committee on creden-
tials reported the following delegates
present as entitled to seats in the conven-
| tion: Cambridge. w. Ii. GriswOld, j. Nj.
Stafford and Madison Stafford; Gilmore,
A. NJ. Kelley and l.. l.. Camp; Hyde
Park, P. B. Foster, Alexander Slicer, B.
B. Bennett and Il. Ii. Porter; johnson.
Rev. A. A. Smith. Edward Conant and
Il. J. Baker; Norristown, Rev. NJ. =.
Bell, G. w. Fitch. w. 5. Cheney. ID. w.
Tenney and A A. Niles; Stowe, Rev. VIZ
| l.. Anderson, G. w. Watts; WaterYille,
| Luke Potter; WOlcott. &. n. Bailey.
| Eden and Belvidere were not represent
! ed. The County Commissioner, Horace
| Waite, then submitted his report: Belvi-
dere sold 127 gallons. l quart and L pint;
Eden. 66 gallons. ? quarts Hyde Park,
| 1877 gallons. 2 quarts; Morristown, 1S5
gallons; Stowe, 1S9 gallons, l IA pints /;
Wolcott, 233 gallons, , quarts, IL pint;
total for the six towns. 99S gallons, 3
quarts and "a of pint. The town of
johnson does not report the number OF
| gallons sold. Eimore, Cambridge and
| Waterville sold no liquor by agents dur
| ing the year. The following resolutions
were adopted:
| EAS.-Intemperance is an evil
| and sin in itself and the transgrcssion of
law, and is a continual menace to the
welfare of the State, therefore
ReSoIUed,-That we reatfirm our conf
dence in the principles of the prohibito-
ry law, and that we pledge ourselves to
the use of all proper means for Its en-
forcement.
ResoIUed,-That we recognize the utili-
ty of the work of the different temper
ance organizations in the county.
ReSoEUed.-That we, the members of
this convention, pie ge ourselves as citi-
zens. and that we invite all temperance
organizations and temperance men to act
with us for the election of men for all
county and town officers at the next
March meeting. who are committed tc
the enforcement of the prohibitory law
ResoIUed.-That we commend the effort
to introduce instruction relative to the
nature and effects of alcohol into oul
schools.
For county committee: w. II. Girls
void. c, w. Fitch and l.. l.. Camp. Towr
committee, -Belvidere, James Brown
r. d. WhittemOre and L. w. Shattuck
Eden, Z. C. White, NJ. Shattuck and )
B. Waite; Elmore, A. NJ. Kelley, w. L
Colby and G.. A. Morse; Cambridge, j
NJ. Stafford, j. NJ. Wilcox and Frank Viii
cox: Hyde Park, Il. Ill. Porter. Il.
Bennett, J. j. Clark and III. A, Bailey
johnson, Joel Allen, Edward Conant ant
l.. L. Pearl; MorristOwn, a. A. Niles, j
, L. Jewett, S. Abbott, j. A. Bundy ant
r. S. Gallup; Stowe, j. B. Slayton, a. A
= Warren, A. III. Cheney Waterville, o. ID
} Rogers, II. L. Beard ID. f. Morris; VOL
colt, E. z. Fairman, Pardon Davis, NJ. Co
= nant The following resolution was pre-
scented and adopted:
ResolUed.-That this committee recon-
: mend that the Selectmen of the respec
tive towns furnish the agents with all tn
liquors sold by them, in accordance will
: the law of OuI State.
e Hon. Horace Waite, of Hyde Park, wa
+ duly put in nomination as candidat
: for County Commissioner for the yea
ensuing. sThe convention was harmOni
e Gus, and in earnest upon the question o
: rem 1erance- Most ofthe delegates pres
, ent made remarks for the good OF tn
I, cause. The convention returns thank
to the ladies who were in attendance an
e wish that more might have been present
It By vote, the next convention will be
Ii delegate convention, and the BASIS
representation the same as this year.