The Monitor., 1886-09-10
rnc Cnnaresstonat conyention.

Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester and Cam
den, assembled at Temperance Hall, Cam
den, at 10 o'clock, \. NJ, on Sept. 4th.
w. w. Carter, of Camden who issued the
call as chairman of the last convention,
called the delegates to order and Rev Mr.
Hewitt was called upon to open the pro
cecdings with prayer. James II. Freeman,
of Camden, was elected chairman and
Pemberton Pierce, of Pennsgrove, secre-
tary, and a committee on credentials was
appointed.
1t was ascertained that Cumberland and
Gloucester counties were not represented
in the convention and delegate suggest
cd that the convention adjourn to Il later
date, stating that the call for the conyen-
tion had only come to the notice of the
Cumberland county Prohibitionists two
or three days before the meeting and they
had not had time to hold their primary
elections. J. J. Crandall, from Glouces-
ter county, also advocated postponement
for the same reason, and made statement
in regard to the call of the convention. It
was, however, decided not to adjourn and
Prohibitionsts from the two counties
named being present as visitors they were,
by vote, given seats on the floor as repre-
esenting their respective counties The
committee on credentials reported and the
convention proceeded to the business of
nominating candidate The name of
William Ii. Nicholson, of Haddonfield,
was presented, and no other candidate be-
ing placed in nomination, he was unani-
mously selected as the standard bearer.
Being introduced he was greeted with
hearty applause, and accepted the nomi-
nation as follows:
Gentlemen, this is an utter surprise to
me. had no idea that | was to be hon
ored with this nomination. | would rather
1t had been any other man, but / am will
ing to do anything for the cause of Pro-
Bhibition, and | expect to do all in my pow
or for the success of the ticket. thank
you for the honor"
The committee on resolutions reported
the following, which were adopted with
applause, especially the one in reference to
deals with other parties.
We, the Prohibitionists of the First Congress
sional District, of the State of New Jersey, in
convention assembled, do heartily endorse the
nomination of that philanthropist and edu-
Gator, Gen Clinton b Fisk, for governor and
while cndol sing the general provisions OF the
platform adopted by the late state convention.
we further resotre, That we denounce the
liquor traffic as the gigantic, though prosper
mi character. corrupting The public CON
science, detrimental 10 the best interests of So
cicty and the state, inimicaI to the cause of
good government throughout our land, and
we demand its abolition as to the state and na-
tion by the enactment of constitutional Pro
hibition.
We dcnouncc the failure of the Republican
majority in the late Legislature 10 pass any of
the Temperance measures asked by the people
as an evidence of Il cowardly subseryiencc 10
the saloon interest on the part of that major
ity, justly deserving the censure and condem-
nation of conscientious men and women of
the state OF New Jersey.
Res0Ered That the corrupt use OF money by
political parties and candidates to control
elections is antagonistic to every principle OF
free governments that il invests concentrated
wealth, especially the liquor syndicate, with
absolute power over the people in electing
public officers and shaping legislation; that we
cal upon citizens and especially temperance
people to place this practice under the ban OF
public opinion, and to visit uron those who
engage in IL the utmost penalty of the law.
Believing In the necessity of distinct party
action for the suppression OF the liquor evil,
we distinctly repel all bargains or combina-
tions with any and all other paGties and we
demand of the nominees OF this convention
that they so act to advance the interests ofthe
Prohibition party and idea. against all
other parties whatsoever
That we favor II thorough reformation of the
civil service of our country, beginning nj
Washington and extending To the smallest
hamletand crossroads in every state, to the
end that public Office may be dignifed, poll
tics made clcanly and the business Of our gov
crnment Transacted on honest business prin-
ciplcs
We pledge to the nominee of this convention
our hearty support in the coming canvass. and
that we leave no stone unturned which hon
est men can use to secure his election.
Speech making followed Bro. Wilbur,
of the P0Ai5itionist, made stirring a,l-
dress, plcdging Cumberland county's ap-
probation of the candidate and platform.
Gen. Fisk was escorted into the hall
amidst the cheers of the delegates; gave a
few words of greeting but declined to
make a speech. The convention adjourned
and the delegates gathered around the can
didates, General Fisk and Mr. Nicholson,
and gave them hearty greetings and con
gratulations.
The candidate for Congress is strong
man and will, beyond a doubt, poll the
full Prohibition vote of the district. The
IolleNIIlS lS Il uIicl
SKETCH OF OUR CANDIDATE.
VIM. III. Nicholson, the Prohibition
nominee for Congress for the First Dis
triot, was born September 30th 1929.
His father Samuel Nicholson, traced
his lineage from Samuel Nicholson, who
was one of number of Friends who emil
grated with John Fenwiek, to escape re-
ligious persecution in England, and who
first settled at Elsinburg, in Salem county,
New Jersey, in the year 1915.
Mr.. Nicholson is the seventh generation
from the first Samuel, has an minterrupt-
ed line of Quaker ancestry, and is himself
a member of that sect.
His mother was Rcbecca NJ. Hopkins, a
descendant of John Haddon, who in 1893
purchased the land where Haddonfield
now stands, upon which his daughter
Elizabeth settled in 1901. This was the
Elizabeth Haddon whose history has en-
gagged the pen of story and of poetry in
delincation of her remarkable career
Mr.. Nicholson, after an elementary ed u
cation in heighboring schools, spent three
years rs pupil at Westtown school,
Pennsylvania, and afterwards entered
what is now IIaverford College, where he
remained until its temporary suspension
in 1915, Just as he was entering his senior
year.
After this he turned his attention to ag-
riculture, was a successful farmer, married
the daughter of the late John NJ Whitall,
the founder of tho firm of Whitall, Tatem
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