Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
The PROHIBITION CONFERENCE.
WHAT WAS DONE AT THIS GATHERING ON
TUESDAY.

WHAT WAS DONE AT THIS GATHERING ON
TUESDAY.
The State conference of Prohibition
lists, held at the town hall in Mddlebury
on Tuesday, was attended by members
of the party from various sections OF the
State. The platform carried a load OF
prohibition literature and on the walls of
the hall were various notices of didac-
tic and enspiriting character, such as
tsNon-partisan Prohibition is non-euforce-
able :" BIPARTISAN Prohibition means Pro-
bibition that will Prohibits" "Prohibi-
ton will obliterate the Sectional and Col
or Line in Politics = mo Compromise :
'sDare to do Right"
Clinton Smith of Middlebury, chair
man of the State committee, called the
gathering to order at 10 o'clock. Rev.
III. F. Austin of Brandon read selection
from the scriptures and offered prayer.
The singing of the doxology followed, j..
w. Lovett leading and Miss Smith pre-
siding at the organ.
DR.. A. b. Bixby of Poultney was cho-
sen chairman of the meeting. On TAX
ing the chair he thanked the conference
for the honor. He thought it was the
largest conference that would meet in the
State this year in its faith in God, the
largest in its belief in the ultl-
mate triumph of its principles and the
largest in its effect upon the State and
nation The position of the party in the
State is important this year. The cleo
ton here comes first, and the action of the
Prohibition party will be watched with
interest elsewhere. The great point for
the party, he said, was to instruct the
people of the State on the principles of
the party. The movement of the other
parties in this State, he charged, was
toward high license.
Franklin Scott of North Bennington
was made secretary.
On motion of Rev. NJ. II. Smith of Yer
gennes, amended by F. f. Stewart of
Weybridge, it was voted that commit
tee of six be appointed to nominate can
didates for delegates to the national con-
NeuulOu. Ills vas h"h'S'
Rev. G. L. Story of st. Adams. Ernest
Bristol of Vergennes, Geo. r. Drew of
Danville, c. w. Wyman of Brattleboro,
Clinton Smith of Middlebury, Joshua NJ.
Dean of Charlotte.
The question, Who were voters in
the convention, was asked. 1t was voted.
on motion of Rev. F. ID. Handy of New
fame, that all present who were in SYM
pathy with the party be permitted to
vote. In answer to a question by Rev.
DIR. White of Middlebury, the chairman
ruled that only third-party men and wo-
men could vote.
Rev. NJ. ii. Smith doubted whether it
was the business of the conference to
elect delegates to the national convention.
Rev. Mr.. Story, Rev. L. G. Thompson of
Middlebury, Rev. Mr.. Rhoades of Barre;
Rev. Mr.. Handy and others debated the
point. Mr.. Rhoades was called upon to eX-
plain what was meant by the phrase on the
programme: reorganization for State
work perfected" He said the object was
to appoint a committee composed of men
from various parts of the State who
should confer with representatives from
the several sections and see what should
be done and who would do it. 1t was
voted that committee of three be APP
pointed by the chair to confer with Mr..
Rhoades and report plan for perfecting
the State organization. The chair named
as such committee Rev. F. ID. Handy, W.
l.. Pearl and Rodney Whittemore of st.
Adams.
Chairman Dickie of the national pro-
hibition committee said, in answer to
question, that Vermont was entitled to
eight regular and two provisional dele
gates to the national convention.
Secretary Scott suggested that the
names of the counties be called and those
present from each rise. 1t was voted to
do so. Addison county showed "a; Ben
nington, 2; Caledonia, 3; Chittenden, Z;
Essex, none; Franklin, s; Grand Isle,
none; Lamoille, l; Orange, none; Or
leans, l; Rutland, s; Washington, 3;
Windham, 3; Windsor, none.
A recess of five minutes was taken to
enable the members of the various cOun-
ty delegations to confer and name candi-
dates for committee to consider the
needs of the several portions of the
State. That committee was finally made
up as follows: Addison county, Philo
Severance; Bennington, II. II. Hurl-
burt; Caledonia, Rev. A. n. Woodruff;
Chittenden, E. Ii. Field; Franklin, Dan'l
II. Plaisted; Lamoille, l.. j. Leach; Or
leans, Rev. Geo. S. Chase; Rutland, A.
b. Bixby; Washington. F. l.. Wissell;
Wlndham, Milo Davidson.
DR.. Chas. Woodhouse of Rutland want
ed Rev. DIR. White to say why he was not
third-party man. The conference voted
to hear from DR.. White, but he declined
to speak further than to saw that he was