Smyrna times., 1886-09-15
AmstrOng's Woods,
The THIRD TEMPERANCE REFORM
RALLY.
AOte addresses on the Leadiaq Issues
Of the Sfate-Other ueetings
Ordered.


The third of the series of Temnor-
ance Reform harvest home moctinos
was held Thursday in r. Lewis Arm.
Strong's woods in Christiana hundred
aDout three miles southwest of Will
mlngtOn. 1t threatened rain from oar
~ morning until the very moment of
lne adjournment OF the meeting, and
now now and then few drops of rain fell.
Inc morning session was dispensed
with and 1t was l o'clock before Alfred
GaWthrop, chairman Of the county
committee, called the meeting to order
James II. HOaecker, prominent
farmer of that neighborhood, was made
chairman and the following we'll
known citizens were named as vice
presidents: Aaron X. Woodward.
Henry White, Abner Hollingsworth,
1: Is: Smith, James Armor, Edward
woodward, Calvin w. Crossan. Thomas
u. Lyman, William Finn, Joseph Fore
man, Abraham II. Armor. George w.
1odd, Joseph Petitedemange, Henry S.
hent, William Brackin, John Finn.
samuel CranstOn, John r. Tatem,
John +. Griffith, DIR. r. p. Greenleaf
William Mayne, Henry DUPONT. John
n. Lyman, Joseph r. Richardson
George w. BrintOn, Albert Sheldin'
William Richardson, Abraham Ford
and William Robinson.
Mr.. GawthrOp made brief address
andthen introduced Richard NJ. CoODer
| the temperance candidate for CONGRESS-
VINO spoke at length upon the merits
OF his party platform. He contended
InaC the temperance people had no
idea OF interfering with the personal
llOerty OF individuals as was charged
NO law would ever be passed prohibi-
ting private citizen from filling his
cellar with all manner of mtOxicants.
1t IS only where whiskey makes itself
a nuisance that the law is to be applied
and it makes itself such chiefly in the |
saloon. The speaker then adVerted tn |
the rest of the planks of the platform.
The state constitution was COMPARED |
with the wooden plough. the sickle |
the tumbletOm thresher and the sDin-
nlng wheel. There ought to be a CON
stltutlonal convention. The governor |
has too much power, which has been |
generally abused, and is at the bottom |
OF more evils in our state to-day than
any other constitutional provision. !
Mr.. Cooper made an earnest appeal for
local self-government, with which he .
closed his address.
The Rev. 7. S. Terry of New Castle
followed Mr., Cooper. He declared
himself in favor of local option as the
true method Of driving out the liuuOr
traffic. Local option was applied in
voting money for the education of the
children, but the sale of liquor has
been left to twelve respectable citi-
zens." New Castle had ten places
where intOXicants were sold. and vet
he knew that the majority of the peo
pie there were opposed to the traffic.
he said that the saloon reversed the
law OF nature. Man was born to be Il
producer, but the saloon leads him to
be wastetul and gradually drags him
from plane of self-supporting and en-
nODllng independence to the life of a
vagabOnd. The speaker had faith in
Chief Justice Comegys, and believed
that the judges were merely executing
the law according TO its intentions,
which it was their duty to do. He
wanted the law changed, aud then the
chief justice at any rate would only be
too glad to help the cause of TEMPER
Mr.. Terry also touched upon the an
tlquated provisions of the constitution.
He thought that an instrument that
provided for the punishment of witches
and the management of slaves ought to
be remOdelled. The school laws were
a disgrace to the state and that the I
provision of voting /" for or against" a /
levy for school purposes befitted the !
thirteenth century better than the
Mr.. Terry wanted it en-
grated in the constitution that money {
must be raised for purposes of public !
education. The assessment laws were I
another gross abuse of the official DOW 5
er. A registry law such as MARYLAND {
has would prevent the disfranchisement I
OF citizens and also stop illegal voting. q
The speaker wanted no pOll-tax uuali- \
hcatlOn. If there must be a qualifica- q
ton beyond registering, let it be one of
the mind, reading and writing quail.
tication. All these crying evils demand S
ed action. Fred. Douglass prayed and il
prayed for years for freedom, but one r
night he prayed with his feet and the /
next day he was free man. 4
Mr.. Hensil, a Philadelphia manufac- d
yurer, made few remarks after which r
William l.. White, an iron worker en- v
ployed in Seidel Il Hastings plate mill, b
was introduced. Mr.. White believed G
nat II the wOrkingmen did their duty o
10 man could be elected in this coun- C
ry without their vote, and this brought
him directly to the arbitrary conditions
If our state constitution. which enabled b
he governor of the state to appoint b
nearly all the county officers without Il
qualification and for II term that ex- n
'eeded by II year his own term. This "
5 not popular government. The other @
tates in the Union elect their county Q
'lllcers, why cannot Delaware? The f
assessment laws were an outrage. The u
peaker had seen men disfranchised Mt Ii
ne polls by collectors refusing even to 81
ccept their money for taxes. Anv
aW That makes it possible to disfran-
hise hundreds of honest men is radi- p
ally defective anditshOuld be repealed. a.
lie was frequently applauded during h;
us remarks, which were presented 81
Win charming clearnesS and elOquence al
After the usual collection was taken tn
:. ). Gibbons, superintendent of the te
rankin RetOrmatOry at Philadelphia. bl
lade fOrciable temperance address. al
pOdhliS lOI ulLuOSJ an uOuf. Tie was ON
unusually severe on the Republicans oc
He held his audience
yell. be
The next harvest home will be held to
Cold Water Park, one mile south so
rest of Christiana, on the Elkton road. Ia
is booked for Tuesday, September 10
lst. Another meeting will come off an
n October 14th, in Lynam's woods be
ear Newport, and Yorklyn has also
cen set down for temperance rally.
he Mill Greek temperance order. 81;
,om Pleasant Hill, will attend the sa
.ewpOrt meeting in body. Messrs. by
fhite and Terry, aided by outside tn
will address the people there. m'
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A few days ago the first tin ore ever O''
tipped on the western hemisphere ar
we'd in Chicago from the Black Hills 70,
7 the Northwestern railway. Prof. az
alley states that the deposits of tin a;t
hich have been recently opened in Si nj
e Black Hills are practically limitless an,
they cover an area of 1000 square hn
lies. When it is considered that the ioc
nited States now imports $50, 1000 900
orth of tin per annum, the industrial
Ilue of these tin discoveries can be T
lderstOod. sor
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