The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-13
Gen. Harris at the Front.
Prohibition Rallies In Marshall
County.
The MoUNDsvlLLE MEETING.

In last FREEMAN we noted the
fact that Gen. T. M. Harris had
been secured to address meetings
in Marshall county, tor which Mr..
L. r. Carskadon had been adver.
tised, but could not attend by
reason Of being detained out West.
From several sources we learn
that the meetings at Moundsville
and Cameron were splendid suo-
cesses.
The Moundsville Sun has an
extended account of the meeting
there, from which we clip the fol.
lowing:
'Last Monday evening was one
of the greatest occasions in the
history of the Prohibition party
of Marshall county.
About half past seven in the
evening the McConkey brass band
struck up one of its lively airs,
which was the signal for the crowd
to assemble. They played but
few pieces, when they repaired to
the Court House, followed by an
immense throng of ladies and gem
tlemen, and when the meeting was
called to order by presiding officer
II. ID. Cox, the Court House was
literally packed. The meeting
was opened with prayer by Father
Battelle, followed by music by the
choir led by j. Howard Holt, ESQ.
after which V. L. McCusky, Of
Cameron, read a letter from Hon.
I. r. Carskadon, stating why he
could not be present to address the
meeting. He then introduced
Gen. T. M. Harris, Of Richie coun-
ty. Gen. Harris is calm but con.
vincing speaker, and entered fully
into the subject of the third party.
He said, in the course of his re.
marks, that the great evil of in.
toxicants never could be abolished
cave by and through a distinctive
Prohibition party.
His speech met with great ap-
plause from the audience. It was
followed by another excellent piece
of music by the choir. The next
speaker was
Rev. B. T. MEYERS.
He spoke of the great evil of the
saloon and whisky traffic, and said
that he was for prohibition, and
he had no apology to offer for his
position; that the time had come
when the whisky question should
be handled without kid gloves,
and while the old parties were
making great ado about little
bit of tariff, that $4,000 souls were
being sent down to perdition an
nually. He deemed this of vastly
greater Importance than the demo
Gratis, republicans, mugwumps,
jugwumps, bottle wumps, or any
other wumps. He closed by say
ing that he had become wearied
with mealy-mouthed church mem.
bers, who were always praying
against the saloon and voting for
it. After another song
REV. L. L. STEWART
was introduced. His speech was
eloquent and impressive. He said
that no man believed in being tenn.
perately truthful, or temperate
ly honest, and that he did not be-
lieve in temperance in dealing
with the whisky traffic; that pro.
hibition was the only effective
remedy, and that the sooner it was
applied the better. He spoke of
the apologies of men for voting
for license, and said that men most
ly gave the apology but kept the
reason to themselves. He said
some people were opposed to get
ting the whisky question in poll
tics, and 80 was he. The slavery |
question was in politics, and it was
brought out, and the whisky ques-
ton was in politics, and the pro,
hibition party would bring it out |
Of politics the same way. Some !
were opposed 70 the minister in
politics, but that depended greatly
on whose OK was being gored. Rev.
Stewards speech seemed to meet J