Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-17

I the radical clement made 8 determined eff fort to kill the fifth section which provides l for high saloon taxes. Warm speeches were made on either side, but finally the section l was adopted as framed, by an overwhelming majority. General Conway made an earnest effort to so amend section four as to pledge the Republican party to support consti- tutlonal prohibitory amendments, but he was voted down and the platform presented
 wes adopted with six dissenting votes. It
 was now within an hour of the time when
 the theater was required for the nights
 minstrel performance and after the hurEed
 passage of various votes of thanks the con-
 vention adjourned sine die.
 Opinions among the delegates themselves
 as to the results accomplished differ widely.
 The rampant prohibition element contends
 that the adoption of the high tax plank has
 by recognizing the saloon element as taxa
 ble commodity violated the whole work
 which the convention was called to accom- plish, while the conservative section takes the ground that the convention hes placed squarely before the Republican party an is- sue which it will be forced to meet and that it hes taken the ground which will bring the third party back into the Republican ranks. NOn.Parttsan Temperance Workers in
 Session at Worcester.
 WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 16.-The non partisan temperance convention opened this
  Johnson of Waltham, the president, made brief address in which he said the people met at the call stated f'to take counsel with each other with the purpose to combine our best wisdom and effort to secure better en- forcement of the laws against liquor saloons; to obtain legal provisions for the entire SUD- pression of the traffic in alcoholic liquors as beverage, and the best possible representa- tion of these principles in men occupying official positions" Hon. Frederick Eos dick, Mayor of Fitchburg, District Attor- neo w. s. B. Hopkins of Worcester, F. H. Trombly of Watertowl and John Winslow of Brooklyn, N. Y., believed the time had come when action and decided steps should be taken in the cause of temper ance. Ex-Governor John D. Long sent let ter of regret expressing his sympathy with the purposes of the convention. Governor George D. Robinson expressed his earnest desire for the abundant success of the con- vention and for the support of such practi- cal measures end suggestions as should over come and destroy the terrible influence and evil of intemperance. Henry Faxon said concerning the enforcsmen of the laws: I hope that the speakers at this meeting will send through the press tidin gs of ag- gressive warfare and thus arouse the people to sense of duty. Take the rumselers and sneaking scoundreds of lawyers who defend them by the throat and hold them up to the public as the burglars who have stolen the manhood of youth and robbed the home of all the comforts of civilization; stir up the law abiding citizens to attend caucuses and polls and men will be nominated and elected who will not be traitors to the trusts imposed upon them; men who will be faithful to their oaths of office instead of being ths debauched patrons and the political slaves of the 1um- sellers. MT. Faxon also enclosed & check for thirty dollars toward defraying the ex- penses of the convention. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore made ringing speech in favor of anti-saloon legislation.
 The first speaker of the afternoon was the Rev. Daniel Dorchester D. D., president of the National Temperance league, the subject l of his address being "Constitutional prohibi- l tion." MT. B. s. Watson of Beverly, presi- ! dent of the Essex county total abstinance 1 league, said it was nothing new for Catho- l lie or an Irishman to be a total abstainer. | Look at the leader of our cause, Father | Matthew. The wine cup is proving l the ruin of our country and you who vote for l unfit men as legislators who do not obey the | will of the people are responsible for it. I l am Republican prohibitionist and I can | Soo llLGlo SOou III InSG CaaI ! has placed this country second to none on | the face of the earth. Mr Foster, of Iowa, f spoke strongly in favor of constitutional pro hibition
 Mayor Parsons of Gloucester, Mass, re- ferred briefly to his work in Gloucester, say ing that his enemies had said that he could l not enforce the law, but they had not scared | him one bit. The Globes Gloucester core l spondent w4ote a column about him every ! Sunday, but he was a humbug. If no-liceDse l is voted the rlmsellers will be gone up the l spout. Short addresses were made by Rev. l Hugh Montgomery and NJ. O. Mears of Wor- l cester, which concluded the exercises of the | afternoon session.
 The platform declares that temperance re- form like tidal wave is breaking upon us; | that society demands the indictment and | of the liquor traffic before the bar | of public opinion; recommends municipal | suffrage for women as an essential factor; | deprecates division of temperance advo- | oates; appears to all citizens to lend them aid | in the enforcement of the liquor laws: asks l personal and pecuniary support for the Law | and Order league and more strict | legislation by the general court; | urges citizens to keep primaries and conven- | tions out of the hands of the whisky ring, | declares the time come when saloon suprem 1 acy in politics and courts can be no longer l halls with joy the total abstinance l among Catholics and calls upon l law abiding citizens to watch the newly l formed whisky leagues and circumvent their | designs. The resolutions favor the submis- sion to the people of a prohibito1y constitu- 1 tional amendment.