Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-28
TO BUJID A VIE WAN.
The Prohibitionists pecide 10 Erect
Hall to HOLD iher Meetings In.

From Morning Edition.l
About twenty-five OF the Leonard ant
Frost men met at their club room at Z :3I
o'clock last evening, to talk over the projec
| Of building wigwsm. Wilbur Colvn pre-
sided. q. s. Morrow made speech Of som,
J length in favor Of the scheme. He said h,
had been feeling about the town, examining
empty lots, etc, an had come to the conclu
sion that the wigwam could be built ant
everything put in good shape inside Of sill
weeks. X. 5. Thompson made quite STUMP
speech about prohibition, Salvation army
hard battle, victory, etc. He was in favor Of
having building put up at once
and holding practical campaign
meetings all through the winter. He men.
toned the different plans, joint stock m.
mttee should be appointed this evening to
arrange plan and report on Thursday even.
ing A. l.. Slayer expressed his concur ence
in every thing and his willingness to do any.
thing. Ed. Miller was in favor of whoopinp
the thing right along, of collecting a dollar
from every male prohb. and quarters aud
dimes from the women and children. He
said that DR.. Leonard had already spoken for
the privilege OF preaching the dedicatory ser
mon for the new building. Sundry other
speeches were made to the same effect
A motion WAS made by Ed. Miller
that committee of five be ap-
pointed TO select a site, arrange a plan o!
organization, and report on Thursday even
ing. G. s. Morrow objected to the size OF
the committee. A committee Of one he
thought large enough. He himself knew all
about location. They ought to appoint a
small committee and give it discretion to
select site.
r. s. Thompson objected on the ground
that, as the club had had no legal existence,
anything. II be should buy he could not
hold single member of the club liable. He
thought it better to decide upon plan of or
ganization first and direct the Executive
Committee to have the club incorporated on
the morrow. r. $. Thompson suggested
that the whole thing he left to the
executive committee. This aroused Mr.. Nor
rows ire for it shut him out on the selection
was not appointed for that purpose. They
were not "sdapted to building sites" They
knew no more about it than the man in the
moon. They should select someoue adapted
n md trn k,,, ~.
tusal of a building site 7. Daniorth
King, NJ. d.. was in favor of leaving the mat
ter OF incorporation to the executive COM
mittee and appointing committee of three
to secure a site.
Mr.. Miller withdrew his motion and mo-
ton OF Mr.. Thomp'ons that the executive
committee proceed at once to incorporate the
club was adop'ed.
Mr.. Miller moved to appoint a committee
OF five to select site. An amendment by
Mr.. King was adopted making the number
three. An amendment making the commit
tee elective WAS adopted on motion of Mr.
were made and the ballot showed the follow
ing committee elected; D. s. Morrow, A. X.
Ludlow and T. Daufprth King, NJ. d.
After the committee was elected Mr.. Nor
row suggested as site, the Pierce property on
High street, the Kinney property on Wash.
ington street. Mrs. Harney's lot on Columbia
street and lot belonging to Marshall Steele
on Factory street. He asked which OF these
they liked best, but they refused to give an
explanation.
Mr.. Morrow moved that the club proceed
to build hall and it was unanimously car