Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-03

of iniquity, We hold with equal convection
that no State or nation can count on real and
permanent prosperity only as 1t Is loyal to
the principles of his righteous government
and is obedient to his revealed requirements.
We hold that when a political party, to gain
party success, caters to the demands OF any
class devoted to practices and principles OF
action that are opposed to the physical, intel
%lectual, moral and spiritual well-belng of in
dividuals or society it is time for Christian
patriots to withdraw from alliance with it and
organize for the maintenance of righteous
ness; therefore,
Resolred, That we are united as n party, not
to spite or injure any other political organiza.
ton, or indirectly to aid others, but to def
nitely and effectively support principles that
we deem of prime importance to the State
and nation, a result that we cannot reach by
acting in alliance with any other political
party.
Resotred, That we 10 not oppose other par
ties for the good that they are doing or are
proposing to do, but refuse to support them
because they lack the moral courage and
moral principle to stand for the right, that
has supreme claim to the support of all good
men and women.
ReSotred, That we will neither attempt to
hinder or cast reproach on any one who pro-
poses conscientiously to cast his vote for
other candidates than those of our choice,
nor will we be deferred by opposition or re.
proach from working, speaking and voting in
accordance with the dictates OF our con.
sciences.
Resotred, That we highly value and ear
nestly solicit the cooperation by hand and
voice the aid of women, who have so much
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much to lose by the continuance of the traffic
which we, with Gods help, are determined to
destroy.
Resotced, That we heartily endorse the ma
tional and State platforms of the Prohibition
party and their candidates and pledge them
our loyal support.
The resolutions were accepted as Il
whole without debate, and it was voted
to have them printed in the State organ
they were an excellent statement of the
party's purposes, and he moved that 500
copies of the State organ containing
them be distributed in the county. o. F.
Comstock of Middlebury thought the
REGISTER - in which the resolutions
would appear-circulated throughout the
county. Rev. Mr.. Smiths motion pre-
vailed, however.
G.. w. Sneden of Bristol, secretary of
the nominating committee, presented
this report, saying that all the persons
named were thorough-going t%hird-party
men: For Senators, r. 7. Bristol of
Panton, Prof. 7. E. Boyce of Middle
bury; assistant judges, G.. E. Ball of
Ferrisburgh, o. p. Mead of Salisbury /:
high bailitf, Edgar Sanford of Cornwall;
States attorney, II. S. Foote of Middle
bury: county commissioner, DR.. O. NJ.
Bump of Salisbury; Judges of probate,
e.. w. Sneden of Bristol, F. E. Stewart
of Weybridge. The nominating commit
tee also suggested this county commit
tee: p. S. Severance of M%iddlebury.
E. III. Stewart of Weybridge, r. Z. Bris-
tol of Panton, L. NJ. Macomber of Fer
risburgh, Daniel Meader of Monkton. E.
II. Thomas of M~iddlebury, F. Z. Doug
las of Shoreham, H. B. Jacobs of New
Haven, r. n. Kingsland of Vergennes,
E. r. Robbins of Cornwall, H. n. Morse
of Leicester, G.. w. Allen of Orwell. G..
w. Sneden of Bristol, Elisha Purintun
of Starksboro.
The report of the committee was ac-
cepted and adopted.
a song by the choir followed. Rev.
Mr.. Stebbins was requested to address
the convention, but declined on the
ground that he couldn't in the time at his
disposal say what he wanted to say.
Rev. NJ. II. Smith was asked to speak
and did 50 briefly, saying that he was in
the third party because that party pro-
posed to stop the manufacture of intoxi-
canst. which he considered the vital
point.
Rev. j. F. Rhoades of Barre, who had
been advertised to make the address of
the afternoon, was next introduced. In
opening he sketched the growth of tenn
perance sentiment during the past 80
years and then went on to argue that,
inasmuch as the leading parties do not,
in his opinion, take the right position on
the liquor question, it is right to organ
ize a party to promote proper legislation.
All schemes have been tried, but none
works so well as prohibition and this
plan could be more efiectually carried out
were a party pledged to its support in
power. Methodists, Universalists. Pres.
byterians and other denominations had
declared against legalizing the liquor
traffic. The Democrats, he claimed, had
enacted as many prohibitory laws as the
Republicans; but the Democrats as a
party are opposed to interference with
personal liberty and they say so. The
Republicans have done something in
localities for prohibition; in their nation
al convention, however, they only say
they sympathize with efforts for the pro
motion of morality and temperance, do
ing nothing more, said the speaker, be
cause they feared to lose liquor votes
Milwaukee brewers. he laimed mad,