The Cecil Whig., 1886-01-23
TEMPERANCE MEN IN CONVENTION
The I."cai nptinii,t- at Ceci C"uny Hold
al Interesting Meeting.

the morning about forty-tiVe of the rel
resentative men of Cecil county gathere
in Odd Fellows iiall in answer to IL
following summons, which had appeare
i'll the WnIG last week: \ number {
the citizens of Cecil county, favoring til
Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic, lega
ized or otherwise, have issued a call fo
4 convention to bc held III EIkton, Md
Tuesday, Jan, l9th, 1856, at one o'cloc
to confer and adopt measures iavorabl
to the legislative amendment and bette
enforcement OF our Local Option Law
The Convention to be composed of th
minister ana three laymen of each chIrcl
and four members of each Temperance
| Society i'll the county" Owing to th
rainy weather and to the fact that til,
members of the convention gathered il
the town in the morning the meeting wa
! opened at the above hour instead of thu
time set down in the call. At the motion
of Rev. Nh Williams, Thos. Bond, o
| Port Deposit was called to the chair ant
| Geo. o. Gary, of North Elst appointed
| temporary secretary. On motion the cal
for the meeting was read. All the TEN
perance advocates present were admitted
as members of the convention, but al
| high license men were excluded. y com
mittee was then appointed on permanent
organization and one ON business and
resolutions. This occupied the time OF
| the meeting until past noon aud an ad-
journment was ordered until 1.30 p. IL.
Although the call stated that the con-
vention should be composed Of the min
lister and three lay men of each church
but one denomination was represented
at the morning session. Several more
| clergymen gathered in the afternoon.
The afternoon session Of the CONVEX
tiOn opened at one o'clock with the tenn
porary chairman Of the morning, Thos.
{. Bond, again acting. There were about
fifty i'll the audience, but this number
was increased 10 more than a hundred
ere the meeting closed, The Rev. J. p.
Olis opened the meeting with prayer. lie
said: We have come here to give
strength to the right arm of the law and
ask power to become victorious IN the
present movement" The secretary, Geo
q. Gary, read the minutes of the morn
lug session, which were adopted. lie
also read the following letter from the
Rev. Jas. Conway of Port Deposit.
BoNNN BRAE MANSE, Jan. 10 1SSG.
Ny Dc,r -Vr. Rorlal,d:-When | re
tined last night it was with the intention
of accompanying you to Elkton to-day,
but an abscess on my heck risen during
the night to 4 considerable height aud
occassioning pain, prevents me attending
the convention. My heart is in the cause
of temperance and | do earnestly trust
that such measures will be adopted as
Will ensure good government in our town
and Co. and Will make men obServant OF
law. Please make my absence, or rather
the cause of ny absence known to the
convention. 1 am most sincerely yours,
JAMES CONWAY.
The reports of the various committees
appointed at the morning session were
next in order, the first one read being
that Of the committee on permanent or
ganiZation. Is contained the following
nominations: President, Thos. Bond,
vice-presidents Thos. p. Hopper, Thos.
tones, Geo. y. Blake, Wm. T. Bye AL
fred Foard, W. L. Kirk, W. w. Reynolds.
J. j. Bennett, Hugh VI. Cameron: treas
urer, VIM. II. Elder; secretary, Geo. o.
Gary. The committee on business and
resolutions next rendered its report
through its chairman, the Rev. Louis +.
Barrett of Port Deposit The first draft
after being read was adopted clause by
clause but afterwards the preamble was
:econsidered and a new one constructed
and adopted. 1t reads as follows:
WHEREAS, It is apparent that the
present Local Option Law has failed to
produce the effects expected by its
friends. and
WHEREAS. As temperance men we are
assured that the only safety to the COM
munity is to be found in total prohib!-
ti0n OF the iguor traffic. Therefore
be 1t
RtS9L'", That It is essential and nee
eSsary that improvements and amend
mehtS be made to the present law to
make 1t more effective, and to afford
those who violate it less opportunity of
escape, and do hereby suggest the fol
lowing amendment to the law in Sec 3rd
axcantad >, Also in .,,,,o sao.;,,,i =, .II o..t
to the penalty imposed for violation of
the law lmmedlateI after the words
o"S,S % 'tIa'IH'I',n tTa ii a'| ana lmpriS-
not less than & ,nonths for the t~st ,,f-
tense instead Of the words Cor instead of
Such me, imprisonment Ill the county
"a, los ln ny uA5 or ooth III 1he discre7
every .nhso.,ran+ cnr,,;nt;,,n ;,"a; a.
ately after the words tive hundred dol
ara and imprisonment IN the House
VI r,'iioo,'ou iot one year or ootn IN
in the cnnnty iaiI Cnr .;%tr ,r, ,n''ea" +ha ",
law now stands
RcSo'rCd, That a committee be a2-
pointed 10 carry the wishes OF the con-
~ tLo nf - ;I'nei.'ienvs
the Senate and House of REPRESENTATIVES.
at Annapolis. Respectively submitted
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r p Unpprn
DEXTER LEE.