Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-26
PROHIBITION CONVENTION.
The Prohibitionists of Sacramento County
Organizing.

The Sacramento County Prohibition
Convention met in this city at Firemen's
Hall Saturday afternoon for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the State Convention
which will convene in Sacramento Nav
18th, two weeks from next Wednesday.
DR.. NJ. f. Clayton presided, and Chauncev
III. Dunn acted as Secretary.
Messrs. Auburtiss, Katzenstein and Hill
house were appointed a committee on Gre
dentlals, and their report showed some
twenty delegates present.
Messrs. Nixon, Weber and Katzenstein
We're appointed as a committee to select
i've names from the city and four from the
county as delegates to the State Conyen-
ton.
While the committee were celebrating.
Hon. Nj. c. Winchester, of Yuba county
addressed the Convention. He gave a re-
view of the workings of the Prohibitionists
since 1879, when the first Convention
in this State was held. He said there
is only one party that has a principle.
and that is the Prohibition party. The
speaker said there are six States under pro-
hlbition laws. The press of this State have
entered into a conspiracy to keep silent. If
the public depended upon the press to in
form 1t on the question of prohibition, it
would remain ignorant. The press did not
tell about the contest in Rhode Island, in
which the Prohibitionists sustained vic
tory. If any man is opposed to the saloons,
he IS wanted to unite with the Prohibition
lists. The women are going to direct this
great movement. Il am in favor" said
the speaker, " of women voting" He paid
high eulogy to the women, and the good
work they have been doing in the cause of
temperance. There are only two parties"
said he; "one party for the home, and the
other for saloons"
The committee reported the following
delegates to the State Convention: NJ. +.
Clayton, C. II. Dunn, A. B. Nixon, f. H. L.
Weber, g. b. katZenstein, z. H. Latour-
cite, Rev. j. Chisholm, G.. w. Heath, n. D.
Hack.
On motion, they were unanimously
elected
Rev. DR.. Frost made few remarks. He
believed that ten years from now a major
ity of the States will favor prohibition
The following were elected as a County
Central Committee: C. H. Dunn, ]. Hill
house, E. NJ. Leitch, f. H. L. Weber, G.
w. Heath, n. d. Hack, ?. H. Latourette.
On motion, the delegates to the State
Convention were given power to fill va
cancies IN the delegation.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resotued, That we congratulate the people of
the State of Rhode Island in having on the 18th
day of April, 1856. by more than sthree-ffths
vote, added an amendment to their State Con-
stitutlon forever prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of alcoholic liquors except for scientific
ana medicinal purposes and we further CON
graduate them on having elected prohibitions
LIST ON a prohibition platform for Attorney Gen
eral TO see to the enforcement of the amend
ment and the laws made in pursuance thereof
realizing as we do, the fact that a law does not
and cannot enforce itself, and that the duty of
executing II must be placed in the hands of its
friends and not its enemies, if it would be made
effective.