Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-10-16

Kent County ProhibittOnistsA Adopt
Platform and Nominate
County Ticket.

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q Platform and Nominate a
County Ticket.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal.
povER, Oct. IA The temperance con.
vention for Kent county met at noon TO-
day in court house hall with about ri
members present. ]. Y. Stewart was
chosen chairman and A. Cowgirl secYe
tsry. The Committee on platform wai
appointed, oonsistiDg of T. B. Coursey
w. v. Brown, V. T. Underwood, the Rev
]. V. Jewell and William 3. Cahoon, Sr
After the appointinglQf the committees th,
convention adjourned until g. 80 D. m. Al
the appointed hour the convention re-
assembled. The committee on nomina
tions reported, and their report was unsn
imously adopted.
The following nominations were re.
| ported Senator, John J. Rosa Repre-.
sentAtives: Duck Creek, G. Il. Register
Little Creek, X, NJ. Cooper Kenton,
W. d. Hoifsoker; Rast Dover, ]. G..
Stewart, North Murderkill, c. G. Brown,
South MuIderkill, +. b, Conroy Mis-.
| pillion, zsbulin Hopkins. Milford and
Dover were not filed.
The committee was authorised to fill all
vscanies which may occur. The score
tary was an authorized to notify Mr..
Hopkins and Mr.. Rosa, who were not pre-
sent, OF their nominations. Mr.. William
R. Cahoon, ST., read the platform, which
is given below:
We, the friends Of temperance in Kent
county, present local option legislative
ticket for the SURFACES Of its citizens, We
justify ourselves in this appeal to the ballot
box by the following reasons
i. Our petitions for local option, presented
from time to time to the Legislature of our
State, have been treated with contempt.
2. The sum Of $50, 700 or $50, 900 has been
annually extorted from the tax payers Of the
State to support the licensed liquor trade.
8. Many places have been licensed to sell
intoxicating liquors, by our courts, despite
all remonstrance.
A. The liquor leas ues of our country, dis
oarding party affiliations, have united to
defeat the friends Of temperance at the polls,
and also TO prevent the enactment OF pro
hibitory statutes in our, as we'll as other
states.
o. We have momorialized the conventions
Of both political parties, asking them to in
sert local option plank in their platforms.
and they have ignored or refused our
requests,
o The towns and villages Of our county
are disgraced by an Astounding drunkenness,
while poverty, domestic infelicity, misery and
crime are on the increase as a consequence
z. We are persuaded that the gentlemen
whom We offer f5r the SURFACES OF the voters
Of Kent county, are men whose character
and reputation guarantee that they will not
tolerate legislative jobbery, or enact partizan
measures for party ends, but will seek to
make laws in The interests Of the people, and
will be guided by love for equality, fraternity
and right
For the foregoing reasons, and in the conf.
dence that our cause ID approved Of every
mans conscience, and represents the reforma.
ton and prosperity OF society, and is in de-
Tense of the home, the school house, and
religion, we commit it to your support. We
declare our determination, with this venture,
to give our best endeavors to this cause until
the people Of our State shall be permitted to
prohibit the liquor trade, il it be their
pleasure, as we believe it ia their highest in
tereBt
The platform was au,horiz d to BIS
published in the Roh Jitionia and other
papers OF the county.
Mr.. C0utssy arose and asked the COZ.
vention to Inform him about the bSlanoe
nj the ticket. He said gheu lie voted he
wanted to vote whole ticket.
Mr.. CahOon said tho committee on
ways and mears hal .e1t matter in
bId'Rtt nut itr lns II fW AN9h al EEoes
present be kaid h. would Splaiu What
Tie party in;-udat doing Thsra will bs
tEo kivd Of ,irkess IN 'Ea ti-li pm, ont
by III M. Ole witt b. the Democratic
',chst, 9Th the ttmpsrsuoo aud i gala
iva ospiiist-a ufnu it, ard sian the
4aue with the Rspubiiosn tickets. Trey
t.ve not, he said, altied Themselves With
siihsr PARTY, nor did tbey istsBd to.
At the conclusion Of tho bus!aess,
Nesgrs. CahOIu, Register and Brown
made Nv remarks. Tes ioruar has
bseu a iif, ieog S~pub!lGsu whliS the
two latter ooss tsss ru,vod their time In
tho RAJ ks 81 thu Democratic party. Each
one Of the speakers spoke Enthusiastically
Il TIE ,rovsmsnt, not that they had any
hops 81 success this fall, but that It WAS
oaIy the beginning Of what will be in the
futura.
Evsry .hiDg passed of quietly AMI
haim0ui0us feeling prevailed
The convention adjourned at 8 as, In
iUs TO give those living at Distance to
catch their trsina. ......5