The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-26
TEET0TALERS IN COUNCIL.
Convention at Pittsburgh,
Pa, Yesterday.
Constitutional Convention for the People
and by the People" We Vote
Our Convictions
Address OF Welcome and Response
Temporary Organization Open
ing Speech

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fiTlSBukGI "a july Ii Lafayette
Hall, the tried pet OF Pittsburgh aud pride
of l'cnusyIyAnia. presents this morning A
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that memorial dav, thIrty-two years ago,
when the anti-slaJcry Convention, repre-
senting Ali of ,he free and four Of the.
.i.v. Observation-Disclosures ,romu,.
''p'''"i ean'ihi@"' us H'''"S walls are
covered with Silk"n banners ana Wreaths OF
flowers and evcrgrecnS, and shields bearing
tn. names of the yuriouS State, nrr pcndaut
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ooH MON hN' AND M'i"hh7 M'Nl NE fh"-
1EtrEp.
On the foOr 500 men and women, their
breasts rcsplendcnt with spanglcd sllkrn
badges, are fast getting into their seats
They are delegates to the National Con
vention of the Prohibition Home Prorcc.
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are being exchanged all over the hall ON
the auspiciou9 opening of the largest
Prohibition Convention ever held in the
/ United States. II was precisely eleven
| O'Clock when Hon Gideon T. stewart of
| Ohio, called the Convention to order and
! introduced Rev. Dr. \. Miner, of Boston,
to lead IN prayer
Every seat on the floor and IN the gil
lcries was occupied, and the uisleS aud
stnirways were rendered impasSable py
the dense throug of people, who had been
unable To finding standing room.
Alter PRAYER, the Secretary, Il. W
Ncison, of Chicago, read the call for tn,
Convention At the conclusion ol Sccrc-
tary Nelson's reading the band rendcrct
",MEHIcA
Mr. ~ I Ross ,t Ch,r,yo dcIiv.rr,
,h.,,d,,r.l. al ,,.ic,,,,,.i, ,vItrh IA. s,il
at Il very great honor ana "A Vcr'
pleasant duty To welcome To- TINS cily lh'
delegates OF the National Prohibition
convention. lhls ~ iurgr convention
because II IL made out ol the csScncc o
moral convictions. You are the mos
loyal representatives. OF this GO' ernmcnt
You are the men ana women most deeply
concerned III the purity and genuine
prosperity oi ITS people. You nantes
the tru'st patriotism ana National PRIDE
lou represent communities Whcfe dl'ih'
truth l. th. most VITAL l"ur principle
place hisher 'aI"e on "ihd' pouy "n'
soui ana al highest INDUSTRY ana TN
departments oi our Government Una
any othtr poIltlcai Platform on thc tnc
oil ihe oDe' Never dld party NOR
Justly piean Tor h'ip ihah does th'> party
II is only needing the voice III the wilder
ness; thc new commandment ''o
unto all the word On our size are tl
precious promises, the "oh' houf u
soul travail III heth>enahc, the hnlShe
work oi calvary, thc cIoVcn tongues q
hre, the angels that excel in strength
aud so long as truth quickens souls, -
Long Will our cause grow You NIGH
stay tornado or "a Niagara; but a milliu
souls under the pressure of divine truth
never DO not forget the cause tina
brought YOU here. Back oi u~ Is "A cen
tury OF dcsulatiuu, caused by lcgaliIc
liquor traffic, the long story OF which
ike n perpetual plague This traffic ha
become a hoary headed giant, drfNing tn
armies of the living Goa. our issue /
the question OF the age, and you ar