Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-02
AGAINST LICENSE.
Report Of the CommIttee-They Pre-
pare plans 20 Enforce the Law.


Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
RLKToN, Dec. about is members
of the committee of "a, which conducted
the campaign against license, and for the
amended prohibitory law, met here yes
terday. At meeting on Tuesday of last
week, Messes. Henry r. Torbert, l.. M.
Haines, George A. Blake and Thomas
Naring, were appointed to prepare the
law. They made the following report;
"We recommend that the organization
shall have two-fold character, by dis
tricts and by n central organization, rep
resenting the entire county. In nrder to
secure organization by districts, tie three
members of this committee in each of the
nine districts, are requested to organize
on Friday, December 18th, 1886, in their
several districts, law and order league
upon such plan and with such officers,
rules membership aud ramifications as
shall be deemed necessary and justifable
to the circumstances of the respective
districts of the county.
The object of the district organizations
shall be TO aid in the enforcement, not
only Of the prohibitory law, but of all
laws in force in the county which tend to
promote the peace, sobriety, good order
and prosperity among the people, and
therefore, it is recommended that those
who form such leagues shall have the
cooperation, aid and membership Of all
persons who believe in the supremacy of
law and are opposed to lawlessness what
ever be its form. To this end it is earn
estly recommended that the several
leagues shall appoint strong and fearless
executive committees, to hold Office dur
ing the pleasure of the respective leagues
in the several districts, whose duty it SHALL
be to ascertain who are guilty of yiolAt
ing law (and especially said prohibitory
law in the several districts, and take i'm.
mediate steps in connection with the CEN
trial committee to bring such offenders to
Justice.
There shall be county executive com.
mittee, TO consist of ii members, one
from each of the districts of the
county except the Third district
and three from the Third, TO he chosen
from the members of said district exeeu
tive committees by the members thereof,
and the members of the county executive
committee, except in the Third district,
shall be ex. eficio chairman of the district
executive committee in their several dis
tricts, but in the Third district the three
members shall select one Of their number
who shali be chairman OF the Third dis
riot executive committee.
The county executive committee to be
70 formed shall hold its first meeting in
Elkton on January 18th, 1887, at such
lime and place as the chairman of this
committee of 81 shall designate by due
notice, nj which meeting said county
executive committee shall select its
officers and take steps to effect the ends
embraced in this report, and shall there
after meet at stated times pursuant to its
adjournments, and always be subject to
be convened at any time at the call of its
chairman.
The object of said county executive
committee shall be to devise means and
take steps to aid and assist said district
committees to bring to justice the offend
ers aforesaid, and to this end said COM
mittees shall cooperate.
The committee of az now in exist
ence shall continue until said league
and district committees have been formed
and until said county executive committee
shall have convened and organized in
January next or thereafter but, shall have
| no existence after that time.n