The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

the liquor traffic may he regulated by
national law and not leave the duty td
the States There may be some difficult
ties in the execution of such law,
though the idea is Il grand one. Trouble
would be likely 70 cnsue if the regllla-
ton of the matter were taken from the
hands of municipalities. 1t is not prob
able that the States will he willing TO
give up their rights to the extent de
handed in the National Prohibition
plan. II the leaders of that movement
arc to declare for free trade, and thus
curry favor with the South, a good
many Republicans will not go with,
them. We want temperance Presidents,
but no more such men as Hayes, who
destroyed the discipline of the army by
prdouing every man that had been
court -martialed for drunkenness As to
the new President not much can safely
be said. His antecedents are bad. The
English papers apologize for him and
say that he has been no worse than some
of their distinguished men, Lord Nelson
and the poet Byron. We have come
down to their level. But with them the
prominence of this kind of people was
by virtue of their birth; here it is by
the deliberate choice of the people.
Cleveland's election is the hardest blow
al domestic virtue that could have been
truck 1t was unfortunate, also, that
the Prohibition candidate was man
that had been divorced. The lesson to
the young men of the country cannot
be good.
At this point Rev. Mr.. Speare, inter
rupting the speaker, asked if the com
mittees were not ready to report. They
said they were not. DR.. Hamlin con
timed Our business is to attend to
the work here in Addison county Miss
Willard advises leaving the saloons alone
and devoting our energies to the general
welfare of the country. The speaker
was of the opinion that the better way
WIS to prosecute the saloon keepers
here at home. When that is done it will
be easy to get them out of the mud in
Washington.
Rev. Mr.. Olmsted reported for the
committee on resolutions as follows:
Rescired That the Legislature of our State has
given Us all we Iced in the form OF law to enable
US to put an end to the unlawful sale oiintoXicat-
Ing drinks and, rs the appointment of the OIL
GERS If prosecution is SO largely in our power,
U
from our cOmmu lties, we, the temperance pco-
pie Of Addison county, are TO he blam Il.
Resotred That the Legislature of Vermont re-
CclvC our hearty thanks Tor the defeat ana re-
bukC of the strong effort mt the last session to re
peal our prohlbltorY law and in place thereof to
| establish license law.
ReSOfre8, That the men who voted the st. John
ticket at the last presidential election are deServ-
ing of the highest res, ect of all true temperance
men and women and We venture to predict that
either of the great parties of the nation, to insure
success in the future will be forced to recognize
) the fact that to gnOrc the temperance question
! is mi take, which is sure to result in defeat.
ReSOired That, in the opinion of this convcn-
| ton, the apathy of protested Temperance people
| is one of the main obstacles, if not the main ob-
stacc to the triumph OF the work OF temperance.
ReSOtred, That we heartily Dld the W. I. L. L.
God speed in their work in bChaifof the suppress
sion OF the sale and use of alcoholic drinks.
Rev. Mr.. Speare called upon DR.. Ham
lin for remarks on the resolutions. DR..
Hamlin said he had nothing to say.
The report of the committee was ac-
cepted; and it was voted, on motion of
Judge Knapp, that the resolutions be con
sidcrcd separately. They We're all adopted
after brief debate, with the exception of
the third relating to those who voted
the St. John ticket. DIR. llamlin said
he was astounded that such n resolution
should pe brought in. Mrs. Clinton
Smith of Middlebury moved its adop-
ton. Rev. Mr.. Olmsted thought the
resolution was just right and argued at
| length i'll opposition to the views eX-
pressed 10y DR.. Hamlin, which drew out
further remarks from the latter, who in
sisted that Miss Willard and st. John
went into New York with the avowed
purpose of knocking the Republican party
in the head. They succeeded in that de-
sign and We're rightly held responsible for
Cleveland's election. He was not deny
ing that Prohibitionists had the right to
vote as they did, but he didn't feel like
commanding them for their action. Al
ter some further remarks, at the sugges-
ton of F. A. Bond of Middlebury the
resolution was laid on the table by a vote
of ~ to II. Mr.. Burrows reported fol
the committee on nominations as fol
lows: For president, Rev. DR.. Hamlin
vice presidents, Mrs. Clinton Smith OF
Middlebury, Rev. c. S. Sargent of New
Haven; secretary and treasurer, +. H
Thorp of Middlebury; executive commit
tee-Rev. F. w. Olmsted of Bridport
f. X. Haven of Nergennes, Seneca Haz-
ard of Ferrisburgh, G.. f. Smith of Bris
toll, Rufus Smith of Addison, r. T. Bris
tol of Panton, Daniel Meader of Monk
ton, l.. w. Stowe of New Haven, f. f
Stewart of Weybridge, c.. A. Bump OF
Salisbury, w. II. Matthews of Cornwall
j. E. Crane CT Middlebury, Chauncey
Jones of Shoreham, Marcellus Royce o
Orwell, A. H Hubbard of Whiting. The
committee recommended that the execu
tive committee have power to fill vacan
cies. The report was accepted and adop-
ted. Rev. Mr.. Olmsted wished to b,
excused, and, insisting upon it, NJ. b
Williamson of Cornwall was chosen
chairman of the executive committee,
A collection, amounting to 1896, wa
taken up, after which the society adj
journed.