Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-05-21
b;gun it will not willingly be laid aside
till the last page is flushed.
MRs.B F. RAMP,
Agent.
TENSEsSEE STATE TEMPER4ycE
lLLIlNCE

The second annual meeting of the
tennessee State Temperance Alliance
was held in Nashville last week. Tt
was representative gathering: preach.
ers were there; the honest farmers were
there; the lawyers were there: the mer-
chants were there; some politicians
were there; the colored brethren WIRE
there; and last, not least the women
were there. The spirit of the conyen-
tion was enthusiastic aud harmonious.
The members were agreed on two
points: First, that they would sup
press the liquor traffic in Tennessee.
The best feature of the proceedings
was the evident desire and purpose to
waive minor differences and work to
gether. This insures success. sooner
or later.
Following are the preamble a,ld
resolutions adopted We Commend
them to the careful consideration of
all good citizens:
Your Committee ON Resolutions
beg leave to submit the following as
our action:
Resolued, That we as representa-
tives of the prohibition sentiment of
the State of Tennessee in State Con-
vention assembled, hold and hereby
declare that we protest against the for
nation of new or third political par
ty as being neither desirable nor essen
tial in arousing the masses to realize
the Importance and necessity of adopt
ing the pending Constitutional amend
ment.
?. That our objects and purposes
can be best subserved and maintainedby
holding our organization aloof from all
organizations of a political character; 6
to say, our organization neither expects
nor desires the affiliation of any exist
ing party organization that has objects
and purposes in view antagonistic to
the principles of our organization; but
we do desire and most respectfully and
earnestly ask the undivided co opera
ton of each individual, who may or
may not belong to said organizations,
whose judgement, sympathy, and rea-
son are in harmony with our objects
and purposes, to unite with us on a
broad non partisan and non-sectarian
basis in an uncompromising effort
to combine all the available forces of
moral suasion, legal suasion, and good
citizenship to remedy the evils contem-
plated by the pending Constitutional
amendment.
3. That it would be unwise, impru-
dent, and foreign to the purposes and
objects of our organisation, to become
entangled with the issues that would.
divide and antagonize the existing po-
litical parties. AS Democrats we
should remain free to maintain Demo
cratic ideas and support Democratic
principles, and as Republicans we
should be equally free, as neither of
these parties are committed for or
against the pending amendment.
4. That we will not support any can
didate for the next General Assembly
who does not openly and unequivocally
favor the submission of the pending
amendment to vote of the people at
a special election. While we do not
demand of such candidates any further
expression than determination to favor
submission, we prefer to support
worthy aspirants who can and will in
dictate determination to vote for the
amendment at the ballot-box, and the
full force of whose moral support will
also be contributed to the cause.
LOUIS G. MUNFoRD, Chm; JOHN 81.
Mcdowell, THos. B. JOHNSON, Sec: /:
j. D. BARBEE, I. A SYKES, II. r.
MOORE.