The Hartford herald., 1885-02-11
The Temperance Meeting.


ering of the friends of Temperance as
sembled at the Courthouse last Satur-
day afternoon to express in some way
their opposition to the licensing and
sale of Intoxicating liquors in this the
Hartford voting precinct.
Judge A. Il. Baird was chosen chair
man of the meeting. and A. Lee Ben
nett secretary. Messrs +. w. Pirtle,
Isaac Foster, J. +. Fogle, J. NJ. Rogers
and X. A. Stevens were appointed n
committee on resolutions. While the
committee was retired, Mr.. f. ID. Walk
er was called on to spe ak and he com
Piled in rather lengthy speech, The
committee then presented their resolu-
tiOns, which were read, warmly dis
cussed and adopted by small vote of
ID to 10, the majority present not vot>
ing. The resolutions adopted We're
those adopted by meetings held recently
at No Creek and Beda. The No Creek
resolutions express Indignation against
the sale of Intoxicating liquors in the
town OF Hartford i'm violation of law
established by large majority of the
voters in this precinct at the last August
election; and pledge the use of all law
FIJI means for the suppression of the
liquor traffic and enforcement of the
lOcal-Option law in the district afore-
SAID; they also remark the increase of
drunk eness in and around Hartford,
and the disturbance that has arisen i'm
the town in absence of town marshal.
The Beda meeting resolved that the
peoples rites must be protected against
bar-rOoms run in the entrust Of any in.
stitutiOn of turning" that they CON
dim" the action of the Hartford "COl-
age" trustees i'm granting license to bar
keepers to procure money to run their
school to the great detriment OF the
country people, that the action OF the
trustees was an injury to them and
their children, that they "nnfiinching"
stand to their votes east last August.
The Beda resolutions created the dis.
cussion, as should have been done.
They were more an attack ON our
trustees and college than on the liquor
traffic. The inscriber ofsuch resolutions,
from their OrthOgraphy and grammar,
should be the last man in the world to
slur at an institution of learning, no
matter how it is run. As one of the
debaters said, the plan upon which our
school is run is entirely in accordance
with the plan upon which the national
government is in great part conducted.
Our town trustees are perfect gentle
men, fair scholars at least, intelligent,
some of them lawyers. and head to
head, hand in hand for the full main
tenance of "a first-rate institution of
education. They think under the law
they have the right to grant coffee
house license, and have so acted. Their
procedure Is a question of law, to be-
decided by law and not otherwise.
ln few words, the meeting came to
no purpose. The Beda resolutions are
not consistent with successful fight
against bar-roons in Hartford. As one
of the gentlemen who were present
remarked, Hard words do not effect
anything.
The Beda resolutions were not adopt.
ed as presented by the committee. An
Objectionable one that pertsined to
Hartford in sighting terms, resolving
that it should be rolled up and carried
off, was omitted. Another resolution,
and IA proper one, adopted by the meet
ing was, that strict viz lance he kept
over the bar keepers to see that they
do not go out of the confines of the
law.
The proceedings of the convention
would have appeared entire, if they had
been handed to us in proper shape ; as
they are, we can make neither heads MOI
tails of them. The HERALD is not by
long jump an enemy to Temperance.