Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-25
THE STATE.
THE PROHIBITlONISTS.
John Russell, Prot. Dickie, Mrs.
Lathrop and Alfred Wise Dele
gate -at-large.
synonsls ofProceedlngs.


The prohibition state convention was
held in Grand Rapids on the 10th inst
Hon. \. b. Cheney of Sparta, was made
temporary chairman and was afterward
continued as permanent chairman. After
the appointment of the usual committees
the election of delegates AT large was in
order, and resulted in the choice Of John
Russell, Prof Samuel Dickie, Mrs Mary
IT, Lathrop and Alfred Wise
The following district delegates and alter
mates were announced:
First-A d. Power, Worthwhile; ID. A.
Waterman, Detroit. Alternates AleXan-
der McNittie and Gidian Vivian.
Charles M0shier, Hillsdale; T..
L. Warning Ridgeway. Alternates, ID. r.
Conrad Washtenaw; G.. e. Draper, Hills
dale.
Third ID. l.. Sacendorph. Charlotte; NJ.
j Tanning, Jackson A1crnatcs, H. III.
Stilwel Spring Arbor; Traverse Phillips,
Hastings
Fourth-M. w. Haynes, Kalamazoo; +.
=. Cooper, ST Joseph. Alternatcs, \. G.
Northrop, Cass; ID. c. Strickland, st.
Joseph
Fifth-A. b. Cheney, Sparta; w. c. Ed
sell Otsego. Altcruotes Il. 4. Richards,
Ionia: Mrs A. = b. uum. Ionia.
SXth-S. X. Laing, III nj; Albert Dodge,
FowerYillc. Alternatcs. l.. II. Ives, Ing
ham, NJ. II. Brown.
Seventh-Orison Engclla Almont; Louis
Granger, Armada. Alteuatcs. j. III. Ste
vcns, Romeo; c. II. 1hursion. Macomb
Eighth-Dr \. r. Ball, Shiawassee; II.
II. Greene. East Saginaw Alternates DIR.
II. l.. Bower, Grcenyille, +. \. Spence,
Saginaw.
Ninth-E 5 Palmenter, Oceaua; O. NJ
Bronson, Evart. A,teuatcs, Thomas Jor-
dan, Muskegon; Mrs Woodward, Oceana.
Tenth-R. r. Atkins, Pctoshey; Q. T. G..
Parker, Nassar. Alternate Harvey
Baker, Bay; II. w. Howard. Emmett.
Eleventh-W Heath, Traverse; d. b.
Johnson Menomince Al'ornates, Rev. \.
Sheele, Leleenau; w = MOffatt. Benzic.
The following are the provisional dele
gates large:
A O. Crozier Grand Rapids; RA Bailey,
Hastings; w. y. Taylor. mgham; George
X. Malone, big Rapids; r. : Shaw, Wash
tenaW; Henry X Allen, Schoolcraft; Robt
King. alternate Rev. W II Puffer, Grand
Rapids; Mrs. ~ NJ. Hood, Big Rapids; Mrs
Samuel Dickie, Albion; Mrs. Charles H.
Johnson, Flint; f.. H. Bright. Monroe: a.
a. Abbott, Saginaw, Mrs. Robert King
and Miss Eliza Bourne, Dowagiac
The state central committee was then
named and Alfred Dodge Of Fowlerville
was chosen chairman of the committee by
reclamation and w. w, Wise Of Lansing
secretary
The committee on resolutions declared
unabating loyalty and devotion 10 the sound
and sacred principles Of prohibition, both
constitutional and statutory. in the state
and nation, against every form of merely
regulative or permissive regulation on the
subject They condemned as dcrogatory 10
the honor of the state the tempOrizing in
congruous and partly unconstitutional legis-
tion on the liquor question enacted by the
legislature of Michigan at It's recent session,
nothing but the fact that the rum power has
its hands on each of the two great
political parties can account for the
Sblect political trucKing. the stupidity
and moral blindness which marco
Neir work, causing them 10 trltter away a
splendid opportunity Tor thoroughly out
having the abOmnahle dram-shop system
in this noble commonwealth. The cOnsti-
tutional amendment was manifestly lost
chiefly through the poriidy of those who
under the guise Of friendship for temper
ance pursued the measure 10 its death for
fear of disrupting the republican party.
They are unalterdbly opposed % local OPP
ton as the settled policy 81 the state be-
cause wrong in principle illogical I'm law.
or applied
The resolutions declare "a belief ina impair
tial suffrage as the one principle in harmo-
ny with our free Institutions
Preference was expressed for Gen. Gin
ton Is. Fisk Of New Jersey rs the standard
bearer of the party in the ensuing presiden-
tial contest.
The convention then adjourned. \ mass
meeting was held ina the evening. largely
attended, and addressed by Prof. Dickie,
Mrs. LathrOp, Rev. j. Russell and others