Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-18
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A Cosvsrfion Of Western Wsaesna
ssr te1rsrsnoe vefhsfs vas bed q w
Msibod.s Episcopal Chareh yssssrds'
afternoon. Samuel Grssns. Of H0osh
ION, vss chosen chairman. and J. :
Baker secretary.
Al boar or 20 sss taken az 10 bear
ing statements from the several dele
gates regarding the feeiios IN ieeil
respective Toe siities. aud tie prospes o'
carrying the points REPRESENTED Tor pro
hiisiIi0n-
The fo'ioziaa COMMITTEE vac sp-
roir,sd on platform ard declaration 0'
rrineiples: Jon y. Denis %, Mrs Z +
Jenusr, Mrs sapui ssork, u. VI. saF'
ass and e. NJ. M4lIby.
After heirR cot some time, tie con
mittss Es;urnsd and reycrsed a. foi'
lows.
DECLARATION or YEIscirL1-
We bslisss nnxavsrisaly 10 total ID
stiusuoe for The individual and gessl
prot itiOn for The state.
We hail xIth Rlsenes the passage oil
aTspcai Option lAvfs Washington Ter
ritory. and place on record our sfsti'
tuds to our Legislators vho ted Tot
this n.ascre. aud 20 our Governor. III 70
E1sslienev ". &. Squire. for giving the
Law BIS oHisisl approval
We believe that It 10 the absolute duty
OF every voter to be present IN bis pre-
einct and record bis vote for prohioi
ton. 1hose voters Vbo refrain from
voting. ] unity With those woo vote Tor
xbiskey, viii have 10 shoulder the
r~-poDsIbiIi.y Of licensed liquor here
after.
We kslisvs tha, the Issue OF prohibi
ton should stand alone 10 our Ter Itory
AZ the only temperance issne TO present
10 the people.
We believe that the welfare OF s1r
Territory, faaucislly. socially and NOR
ally depends on carrying this Measure
In every precinct.
pLAs OF oAMPAIos WORK.
The next business Of the Convention
was 20 select the following COMMITTEES.
to sabmit q plan for oamoaisu work {:
ID. B. Ward. Mas Ssrcisss e. White.
Gen k. ii. Milroy. Mr.. Lseder and MRS.
Clark. After daIIberaiinR for a time,
the committee snbmitts d the following
report, which was adopted:
Mr.. Chairman, T>aii,s and Gentlemen
Of the Cosv>His0n: We, your Committee
on Plan Of Canpaian Work, beg leave
60 report as follows:
Ffrst-Ihat there be . permanent
Central Committee Of western WASH
ipgton Territory, composed Of i've per,
sons said committee to DO appointed
sy a nominating committee Of the Con
ventiop. Toe duties Of the said Central
COMMITTEES shall be to have q general
oversight OF the work OF procuring and
enforcing . prohibition lag 10 the sew
erai election precincts Of Western wash
ington Territory.
Second-That there b Q county cen
trail committee, also precinct commit
tee for each voting precinct In the sev'
eral counties.
Third IL shall be the duty Of the
Central COMMITTEES TO arrange for and
aid tue county committees IN osrryinG
the ceuuties. Toe county committee.
shall be appointed by the Central O N
mittse, and the precinct oo1Uittses
shall be chosen At mass meetings helc
10 the several precincts, called toRsthel
by the ooan,y oomWittees.
Forrth-It shall be toe duty OF thu
county c-ntrsi csm mittces to sse that ,
Thorough organization 10 instituted snC
maintained N each voting precinct %
| their respective counties.
Fifth IL shall be the duty Of the pre-
| ciu . committees to see that thorough
tanvass Of their respective precincts b.
made and that every possible effort b
pot forth TO secure the adoption ana
proUpt enforcement Of prohIbitisn l,
every precinct.
sixth / hat the county and precinc
committees shall con 81 of not NOR,
than three persons respectively.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
A nominating oou mittee was .sp
pointed by the Chair, in pursuance {
the above resolutions. to nominate
Central Commitiee. After consultation
the committee reported the followIsl
q ntlemen as such Genital Committee
Hon. W. II. White. OF Seattle; 0sRera
Il Ii. Miiroy, of Oh, mpia: Judge j. X
Lsvs. Of seattle; Judge Is y. Densi
SOD. of Vancouver, aud Mr.. Dudls
Blanchard, of Tacoma.
A resolution was passed calling for |
| grand temp. rance convention and rail-
/ to 10 held at Seattle on the third Wed
S.sday Of May, 1855.
Conventios ad ioarned till 10 o'olocl
this morning.