Smyrna times., 1886-02-24
The Temperance Cause.
OF THE STATE TEMPERANCE
ALLIANCE IN ST. PAUL's NJ. E.
CHURCH.


CHURCH.
The annual session of the State Tenn
perance Alliance convened in St.
Paul's NJ. Z. Church, Wilmington, on
Wednesday morning, with about 100
delegates in attendance, and opened
with devotional exercises. The Rev.
J. B. Quigg presided, with the Rev. 7.
E. Martindale as secretary, and the
first business was the appointment of
a committee on credentials. The COM
mittee retired.
The secretary, at President Quigg's
suggestion, read a paper on the work
of the alliance during the past year,
which had been prepared by r. NJ.
Cooper, one of the vice-presidents for
Kent county. 1t recited the loss sus-
tanned by the alliance by the removal
of it's late president, w. II. Purnell,
from the State, the resignation of AL
bert Cowgirl, and the death of the Rev.
W. r. Cahoon, of Dover. and Alfred
GawthrOp, Wilmington. 1t also alluded
to the fruitless work of the alliance in
memOrialiZing the session of the Leg
islature for a local option law, and
complimenteG G. Gundy Brown as one
of the members of the Legislature who
worked earnestly for the temperance
cause. After citing a number of APP
palling statistics of the ravages of in
temperance, the paper referred to the
work in Delaware, and said that it was
an easy matter to obtain a license here
ny procuring the signatures of - re-
spectacle citizens, but that nobody
ever heard of an arrest by the police
or cOnstables of a liquor dealer for viO-
lating the Sunday law or the law pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor to minors.
1t closed by urging temperance men to
unite and sustain the cause by their
votes.
On motion of the Rev. w. b. Gregg,
vote of thanks was rendered the wri-
ter, and the publication of the paper
in the minutes of the alliance was or
| dered
Charles H. Register, of Smyrna, be-
ing requested to give the plan of Oper-
atiOns in Kent county, said the county
committee appointed committees
in each handred, and that
it was proposed to hold a meeting of
the county and hundred committee
/
school district to actively prosecute the
work all over the county.
George G.. I.Obdell, who had been
appointed a member of the committee
on nominations, declined He said he
was not a member of the alliance, and
could not be, as he could not subscribe
to the second article of the cOnstitu-
tiOn which described drunkenness as a
crime. With many persons he be-
| lieVed drunkenness was a disease. He
was excused and George w. Todd
named to succeed him.
Henry W. Morrow arose to a ques-
ton of privilege, in order to explain
the meaning of his remarks made at
the morning session, relative to a
clique controlling the alliance. He
said that what he meant was, without
any disrespect, that the Methodist in
fluence dominated the alliance toe
strongly, and that it would be better tC
have other denominations represented
among the officers.
The Rev. F. W. McSOrley referred
to the remark of Mrs. Campbell, the
eloquent and tireless temperance
worker, who, when reminded by &
friend that she was burning her can
die at both ends" replied, Sister, i
you will light your candle and place il
alongside of mine, / will extinguisi
the light at one end of mine" He sale
if the other denominations would ligh
their candles and place themselves il
line, one end of the Methodist candle
would be extinguised. Applaus,
greeted this sentiment.
The nominating committee reported
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, r. NJ. Cooper; Vice
President, Alfred Gawthrop, New Cas-
tie county; G. H. Register, Kent; H
; c. Lewis, Sussex; Recording Secre
/ tary, o. G. BuddingtOn Correspond
ing, Rev. T. E. Terry; Treasurer
George w. Todd.
Central COmmittee-New Castl,
county, William l.. White, Rev. El
, Mendenhall, George w. Wells ant
Thomas McCorkle, Jr. Kent, Rev. J
B. Quigg, J. Y. Stewart, w. NJ. Brown
Sussex, Rev. H. G. Heaton, William
B. Records, Jacob Williams.
Rev. T. E. Martindale, who wa
named by the committee for the posi-
tiOn Of recording secretary, declined
and Rev. O. G. BuddingtOn, pastor O
Bethany Baptist Church, Wilmington
was named in his place by the Rev. L
l.. Hubbard, and accepted. The com
mittee's report was then adopted.
Tie committee on resolutions re
ported the following:
WHEREAS, The friends of local optiol
and prohibition in the State of Delaware
by petition to the Legislature and other
wise, have sought in vain to secure proteC
! tiOn from the legalized traffic in intOxicat
ing liquors as beverages and from the eX
cessive burdens it imposes upon Taxpayer
and the multiplied grievances it inhict
upon society, and it has been clearly show
thal only party supremacy and neithe
| Justice nor the general welfare has been re
I spected in the enactment, administratio
? and enforcement of law in the State o
this subject; therefore, the State Temper
, | ance Alliance. met in annual session
hereby agrees in the adoption of the fO
: lowing resolutions:
b ]. 1t is too evident that until the friend
:, of prohibition are as ready to sacrifice part
j affiliations as the members and friends q
liquor leagues, that politicians, cOntendin
:. for party supremacy, will not respect the
desires or demands
2. As local option has been refused [
bub pSOpAo VI bAS Dbhbo DbIbleltubly All
steadily, and as it is only to secure prob
: bitiOn we have sought local option, "
deem it our duty at this time to set up ou
standard, and to contend in the future, b
every legitimate and proper means, for tn
enactment of both statutory and constitl
tiOnal prohibition.
u 3. 1t is no longer the suggestion of wi
dom or prudence that the friends of prob
bitiOn should hesitate to organize for a d.
termined appeal to the ballot box, and W
therefore, instruct the central executi,
}. committee to consider, to devise and ex
e cute the required measures to this end.
=" The preamble and first and secon
e. resolutions were adopted without di!
cussion, but the third was debated &
length. Rev. T. E. Martindale Opene
by inquiring what it involved. Fran
Whelen, a member of the committe
said his impression was that the all
ance was to start a Prohibition part
in Delaware.
Rev. ]. B. Quigg said it meant Stat
and county conventions, the nOmini
, tion of candidates for every position
. be filled at the approaching electio
and a united, determined effort to ele
them. He followed with an earne
appeal for a prohibition campaign.
5, Solomon Hersey challenged Il
meeting to name any State where Il