Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-05-29
STATE TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE.
1he".ConventiOn at Dover Thursday
--LegisIaiive Candidates Not Nom
mated.

mated.
About 1876 delegates attended the con
vention OF the Delaware State Temper
Aroe Alliance, in the court house a
Dover. Thursday. The convention
opened at IL 8. M, with Prssiden
Purnell OF Delaware College in the chair
The Rev. J P. o!is of otessa, was secre
tary at the morning session, aud thu
Rev. ]. Z. Mowbray OF Frederick, occu
pied the secretary's desk in the after
noon.
The opening prayer was made by thu
Rev. DR.. Heston OF Lswes.
The ymmittee on credentials reported
that all the delegates present were en-
titled to seats.
Secretary Otis was instructed to maxi
out list of the delinquent societies con
nected with the alliance.
George W. Taylor, George W. Wells
Mrs. Angelina NJ. Beatty. Miles Messick
Alfred Crockett, William R Cahoon apd
the Revs. J. B Smith, Edward Shook and
John D.Kemp were appointed COMMITTEES
on resolutions.
The committee submitted number O
resolutions, which, after being discussed
anu othUhpNdy WoAo hhoPsSus AD Apppha
tions as amended follow:
WHEREAS, Year after year thousands Of
our citizens have petitioned the Legislature
to take the liquor question out of the handi
of partisan politics and submit 1t to the peo
pie, and they have constantly refused, thereby
denying us the fundamental principles of oul
government and have compelled US to take
action by which we may become govern
ment of the people and by the people," ant
WHEREAS, Under the present license law
drunkenness is fearfully Oh tine increase and
our courts instead OF proving a safeguard
and against the earnest and pleading remon
STRANGE OF our best citizens, are CT instantly
opening the flood gates of iniquity upon us
and despite the intent of the act Of assembly
and their repeated decisions not to increase
the number of places where criminals are
made, they are licensing three such places in
u village of less than 500 inhabitants, and
WHEREAS, All attempts of law to regulate
the evil have shown its falsity in the past and
as an attempt to regulate an evil is always al
immoral act; therefore be it
Resoloed, That the only true position upor
which the good citizens can stand is loca
option with a view to constitutional prohibi
tion.
Resolued, That we declare ourselves tenn
perance legislative party for the securing Of
local option or prohibition against the liquoi
traffic.
Resolped, That the county committee il
hereby instructed to make all necessary ar
rangements for putting such tickets in the
field and to arrange for the coming campaign
Resolged, That the candidates shall bt
untrammeled on all questions of Legislation
except that of prohibition and local option.
ResolUed, That we enter upon the work
with the fixed purpose Of never yielding
until we have not only secured prohibition
l,t,f alI q vpill mo
prohibition prohibit.
Resoloed Nevertheless, as indicated by tht
last action Of the alliance, if either or both Of
the political parties OF the State of Delaware
shall take a satisfactory position on the ques
tion in due time, then the members OF thii
alliance hold themselves in readiness to con
slider the expediency Of abrogating the indie
pendent action above contemplated.
The following preamble and resolution
offered by George W.WelIs. we're adopted
Recognizing the work of the Woman'i
Christian Temperance Union in favor of tenn
perance in the states of Iowa and Ohio dur
ing the last political campaign,
Resolved That We urge tine Woman's
Christian Temperance Union to have lady
representatives at the polls at the next cleo
ton, to urge the voters to vote the temper
ance ticket
The license question was discussed al
length. ]. Alexander Fulton, Esq stated
that the judges are willing to listen II
remonstranoes against liquor licensing
and the Rev j. B. smith asserted
that the judges are not willing. Mr.
Smith referred to what he termed
the almost wholesale way in which
Licenses are granted and said that il
Clayton, where the population is only
500, three saloons are licensed. II,
| further stated that the granting o
LICENSES is increasing in Smyrna.
II. W. Morrow OF this city was elected
delegate to the national prohibition con
vention at Pittsburg on July 233. Th'
Rev. ]. B. Smith was chosen alternate
In the evening the Rev. DR.. Boole o
Brooklyn delivered an address OH "Tb
barbsrism and usurpatiop Of liquor legis
lstion." He spoke for two hours. Tn
convention adjourned shortly after Il
O'Clock.