Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-21
TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
DoinEs of the Prohibition Convention y
Mitchell The Home Protection Party.

TEMPERANCE WORKERS..
DoinEs of the Prohibition Convention ut
Mitchell The Home Protection Party.
Mitchell, OAK, April 1.-THE terrific.
rial temperance aud prohibition conven-
tion convened Tuesday night at the
court house III this city. A large pro.
portion of the delegates and large mum.
bers OF visitors from all parts of the ter
ritory were present, besides many vlsl-
tors from Minnesota, Iowa aud Illinois,
The convention was temporarily organ.
,zed in the evening with kev. Dr.. Pardee
of Mitchell, as temporary chairman, and
A. Garner, temporary secretary. An
address of welcome was delivered by
Rev. d. r Atkins, of the Congregational
church of this city. The audience was
next treated to an honr's lecture by
Rev. w. B. Aff1eck, on the subject The
House that Jack built" BY unanimous
vote, Hon. George Woodtord. of Illinois,
was teleRraphed for. as the convention
desired his counsel on steps to be taken
bearing on the political situation. A
children's mass meeting, under the
auspices of the Baud of Hope,
was held at p. m. yesterday. which was
addressed by Mrs. Hartsongh, of Sioux
Falls, Mrs, Coggins, Of Yaukton, and Mrs.
Hanson, OF Moust Vernon Rev. Wiimot
Whitfield delivered an address on en-.
forced prohibition last night. The dele.
gates as whole are opposed to high Ii.
cense, which they denounce as '.de
lusion aud snare." The following we'll
known temperance workers have been in
att udance:
Rev o E. Murrey, the Cowboy par
son" ot Pierre; o. A. Puilllpps. Brosn
county; A r Cornwall, Pierre; Mrs. E
j. Cogglus. YanktoD; Mrs. I. NJ. Hart.
sough, sioux Falls; Mrs. j. H. Hapgood,
Bildgewatel; Mrs. Wallace, ScotIsud
Mrs. Klein, Henry, ILL.,; Miss Helen
Walker, Barry. Ill Mrs. F. Johuson,
Alilbauk; Mrs. E. A. Young, Rec Heights;
f. p. Dobsun. Douglas county; Rev p. L
Fisk, Letcher; G W. Garllck, Dubuque; !;
D. P. Ward, Sioux Falls; O. W. Ne
Donald, Jerauld county REV. j. F Hanson
and Alice Hanson. Mt Vernon; E. B.
Foster, Alexandria; Rev. j. A. Seaton,
and NJ. d. Alexander, Watertowp; w. h.
HOadley, ageut OF temperance alliance;
Rev. d. Rfenbark, Lenuox; Rev. J.
Reynolds. Parker; Rev. ;. A. French,
Wolsey; J. A. Garner. Yankton; Rev. B.
F. Humphrey aud wife, kimball: Rev.
W. +. Springer, Brookings; X. H.
Dolliver, Yankton;T. d kauouse, Woop.
socket, and E. z. Bunch and Rev. N.
Norton, of Pierre.
1t is estimated that three. .fourths OF
all the ministers of south Dakota are
here to work for prohibition, and there
are between four and five hundred dele.
gates aud visitors in attendance.
At three o'clock yesterday afternoon
$50 children, members of the Band OF
Hope Of this city, paraded the streets
carrying Temperance banners, and we're
given seats in the convention being held
in the court house. They were addressed
by Mrs. Hartsough, Mrs. Coggins, Mrs
Humphrey and Deacon Bldwell. An
effort was made to cause this convention
to form new third party. which met
with little favor. A platform of princi
Piles was adopted to-day which condemns
the manufacture, sale and use of al
urges the nomination aud election o
temperance men only for office, and
makes constitutional prohibition the
ultimatum. Rev. Reynolds, of Parker
read a paper on the "SiRns of the Times.
The report of the various committees
we're adopted, including Q permanent
constitution which was adopted by
sections. 4. d. Krause was elected per
manent president; Ed Ellis, vice-presi
dent; J. Reynolds, secretary auc
Mrs. Hartsough, treasurer. Report!
were received from nearly every town anc
hamlet III south Dakota, reporting tenn
perance alliances already established
The delegates were instructed to remai1
in the ranks of the republican and demo
cratic parties, go to caucuses and con
ventions aud control the same rs far a!
possible, to the end that only sober ant
temperance men may be nominated fo
Office, aud to boycott any liquor maj
that may be put up by either part,
ticket, and to work with the steady pur
pose Of putting and keeping Temperance
men in office, and to thus modify tn,
body polite, aud at the earliest possibl
time secure constitution for Dakot
which will enforce prohibition. Tn
convention will receive final reports o
committees in the morning when it vii
adjourn.
HOME pRoTEcT1oN1sTs.
| The Home Protection party Of soutl
Dakota convened in territorial conven
tion to day. 1t is straight out prohi
bition party. and was imported from
Iowa in the first place, and was givel
form in the effort to secure prohibition
plank in the territorial constitution
adopted last, fall. About l9O delegate
to the territorial Prohibition Ailianc
convention now in session here, are ais
delegates to this convention. and the firs
convention gave way for fe,
} hours this afternoon, to allow th
assemble in the large court hal
Apreliminary organization vas effecte.
and committees appointed. aud the con
vention adIourned. to mect after tn
close Of the Prohibition Alliance conven