The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-11
ALTANrA.s PRoHIBrTIoNIsrs.
Sam Smalrs Clique Repudiates the
Recent Agreement.

Recent Agreement.
ATLANTA. GA. Nov. Io-About $50 pro-
hibitionists, headed by Sam Small, held a
meeting in the basemement of the court
house tonight.
Green Dodd presided, with DIR. ]. o. Per-
kins as secretary.
Mr. Dodd upon taking the chair stated
that the object of the meeting was to re-
pudiate the action Of certain would-be
leaders of the Prohibition party of Atlanta
who had signed agreements not to agitate
the prohibition issue until 1891, and to take
steps toward putting out full fietged pre-
hibition ticket for mayor, aldermen and
members of the council. He looked upon
the action of these gentlemen as unauthor-
izsd, and said that the party would not in
dorse their action.
SMALL HAS HIS SAY.
Mr.. Small said that these gentlemen had
signed mortgage to the entire party to Sc
cure the election of ticket in Which they
were interested. For one he would fight the
agreement to the bitter end, aud would call
lonn the good people of Atlanta to assist
him. be criticised the personnel Of the
conservative and of the peoples ticket, and
slid that tie good people Of ATLANTA should
repudiate both tickets.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
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buttons, which were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t is currently reported and be-
Eeved that five estinabs gentlemen of Atlanta,
sctiHg without any delegated power from the
body of Fulton county prohbitionlStS, have been
nlisled into signing pledge to discontinue the
sgitation Of the prohibition gu 4stiou in this
county for indefinite period N the future,
and
WHEREAS These good citizens assumed to do
this with the purpose of disintegrating the anti
prohibition organization and securing the cleo
ton to the municipal places of the nominees
upon the conservative ticket but said purpose
has failed Sgnaly. as is cvincad by the contin-
ned az grcssV eness of the liquor tariff party in
the Guy: therefore, be IL
hes0lred That we. as prohibtionits. utterly
repudiate said agreement, and declare that We
ID not recognize any authority in the signers
thereof, however laulable their intentions to
speak for US On the subject i'll question.
,. That we declare ou- Independence OF said
pledge of nou-agitatlon and r serve to our
selves our legal and political right to agtate
the prohibition question ut any and all times,
according 60 our jud yment.
g. That we hereby respectfully notify the
anti-prohib.tion party, the NJ. A BIS, or whose
ever IT may concern. that the said agreement
has failed as rected, and they need not longer
rely upon it as a hedge against the future agi-
tation OF the prohibition issue
4. That call upon all earnest and untinch-
ing proh!bitiOniSts in Fulton county to adopt
individually their protest and their declarations
and let them be widely known to all interested
parties.
o. ludb we 0GpiOft JLc tiAOILS now DtlilE Ildue
in Atlanta to smother and ignore the great and
vital interest of the people in the matter of the
suppression of the barrooms and the speedy
and absolute prohibition of the entire liquor
traffic.
Mr. Small advocated the organization of
a secret prohibition organization. II is un-
derstood that the prohibitionists referred to
who signed the agreement binding the
party are Samuel Inman, Pryor L. Mynatt,
William A. Hemphill, Hoke Smith and
NJ c. Kiser. strong effort will be made
to get William Markham TO head the ticket
for mayor.