Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-22

four years. Let not ths old NJ. Il. Church
be willing to rotrnce uny of her steps," TAP
plause.l
Rev. j. C. Jackson, of Columbus, Ohio, agreed
with the previous speakers. Rev. T. l.. Flood, OF
Mendville, Pa supported the report. 1t is broad
and strong enough.
Rev. Henry Graham OF iansinspufg, N. L.,
objected to the amendment. -Four years ago
these words We're construed by some as an in
dorsement of the Prohibition party. The church
should be unwilling to put itself on record as
favoTing any political organization.
Rev. Jas. Coote of Wntertowll, N. ", sup
ported tho position of Mr.. Graham and moved
To table tho amendment, His motion prevailed
by /. vote of oil to 1872 and the amendment
went on the table where great many good
things have gone before, remarked Bishop Mer-
rill, which words the radical heartily applnuded
Rev. w. II. Ola of Binghnmton. N. Y, ia
vored the adoption of the report, mot so much
because oflwllat it contains but for what is loft
out
DR. j. NJ Buckley was sorry the amendment
had been laid on tho table. He thought it had
been msinterpreted but he now stood for tho
adoption of the report as II whole
A number of minor amendments were now
proposed and there We're several warm speeches
nnde BY delegates who were still annrtlhs
under the tubiing of Mr.. Curtis amendment;
Gen Clinton i. Fisk said he had hoped the
conference would stand firm on the question
of prohibition as it stood in 81. If you do not
now, you will i'll o. TApplnnsel He referred
to the defeat of prohibition i'll Michigan as the
work of Republicans. He was sorry the utter
,l,ce of 'Sl had been tabled.
Din. LEONARD PoURS OIL ON THE TROUBLED
WATERS AID CAPTURES THE CONFERENCE
At this point Dir. A. b. Leonard. OF Ohio rose
ito pour oil on the troubled waters" in the shape
of substitute for the original preamble His
substitute, which reaffirmed all our previous
deivernnccs on total abstinence and prohibition
of the liquor traffic. quickly accepted by
the committee and preixed TO the report, which
was now Mt once adopted, and the Conference
adjourned.
THE RADICALS AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
But the temperance question was not yet set
tied. The dissatisfied delegates who objected to
the tnbling of The Utterunces OF the last general
conference promptly opened fire next morning
with motion by l.. Curtis, of Rock River, ILL.,,
to suspend the rules and adopt paragraph 554 OF
the last Discipline containing the clause object
ed to the might before, IL part of the Discipline
OF SO. The motion to suspend was carried ana
ground as the evening before, the Radicals We're
victorious by vote OF 225 to $50, and the follow
ing was made IL purt of the Discipline of 1888:
We are unalterably opposed to the enactment
of laws that propose, by license tnXilS or other
wise, to regulate the drink traffic, because they
ton against it's ravnges. We hold that the prop
er attitude of Christians toward this traffic is
one of uncompromising opposition, and While we
do not presume to dictate to our people their
political afhlintion, we do express the opinion
that they should not permit themselves to be
controlled by party organizations that are man
aged in the interest of the liquor traffic. We ad-
wise the members of our church to aid i'll the en-
forcelnent of such laws as do not leSnlize or IN
dorse the manufacture and sale of intoNlcants to
he used as beverages; and to this end we favor
the organization of law and order leagues wher-
ever practicable. We proclaim as our motto:
Voluntary total abstinence from all lntoX1cants
as the true ground of personal temperance, ana
complete legal prohibition of the traffic i'll in
toXicating drinks us the duty Of civil govern