Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-05-01
r.ooa, op.lon election OF. e,hsnco,ea=ue


Tie struggle that las been going Oh
for four weeks between lie friends; OF
prohibition, who organized for the pro-
lection of their homcs.;lnd friends OF the
liuuor license system, in the defence OF
the saloons reached its height April 2Srd,
in Il rousng open air meeting held OPP
posite Matthew's hotel in opposition to
one held by the liquor men OH the hotel
porch. One Mr.. Weeks of Baltimore
i'll Il public speech backed Ivy Dr.. Der
richsnn of Berlin, Md. tried earnestly
to show our people the beauties OF the
license system, the large revenue 1t pad
the State and the United States, and that
with its destruction would follow the
annihilation OF our business interests,
the closing of our public schools and
charitable institutions. The DR.. told
us of the utter failure of The local op-
ton law in Worcester county, Nd, and
the repeal of the law by an overwhelm-
ing majority, but failed to enliglltcn us
as to why tile town of Bishopsvlllc in
that county and within sight of the
smoke from his chimney, at an election
held during the present week, gave a
rousing majority for prohibition. Four
weeks of earnest toll by our citizens,
assisted by Rev. Robert Todd, Rev.
john A. i. Wilson, Mess's. Warner
and Schneider, of New Jersey, Captain
Stuldtevant, Revs. A. S. Mowbray, and
4. D. Davis, so aroused our people
against the Ubiquitous license system,
that the opposition speeches Of the Gen
eTal and the DR.. fell like water on a
wild fowls back. Our streets were
thronged until eleven O'Clock at night
with men, women and children, wild
with excitement and lloarse from cheer
ing the champions of the temperance
cause. They bivouacked at milnlght
only to open the Waterloo Of the liq"or
license system on the following
morning. That morning, April 81,
dawned on Chincotcaguc calm and clear
With the rising of the sun commenced
the moving of the temperance columns.
Men, women and children took their
places in the line of battle and the fight
went on. All day long the ladies crowd
ed The vicinity of the polls, cheering
the voters and pinning boquets to the
lappcls of their coats. They provided u
banquet near by and dined, tree, five
hundred persons white and colored.-
1.-THE colored troops fought bravely. y
Under the Ir;,dership,of the Rev. Mr..
Cole of the Delaware Conference they
assembled ut their church, ;ln.i ut nine
O'Clock marched in solid column to the
polls, and notwithstanding the boast Of
the liquor men that they would buy
them al ~, they Gust tIlair solid vote
against The greatest enemyof their race:
six cclolcd votes only being cast against
the temperance ticket. Music"nd song
and the shouts of the victorS rent the
mir as they role" up the temperance
majority. Many were influenced To
vote right By the smiles and earnest
plcadings Of our la;lics. The eyes of
tine s.toiers of the sea-; filled with tears
IT'S mothers chung to Maynard boys and
entreatec them to cast their ballots
against the enemy Of Col and homo
The going down Of the sun witnessed
the termination of Tie conflict, and The
complete rout Of the opposing forces.
Two hundred and SiXty-four votes
AGAINST, and onlytlirty-cight for license.
The evening closed with u triumphant
march # The victors through the prin-
cipa. 81 srrt, keeping steps 10 the tunes
Of theil Hattie songs.
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