The Brookhaven leader., 1889-05-30

We the ProhibitiuniSts of Lincoln
county, ia mass meeting assembled, declare
that after practical test of Prohibition
for over two years, it has met our most
sanguinc hopes and expectations, and
proved blessing to our entire people. II
has decreased crime, reduced the business
and expense of our criminal courts,
benefited all the legitimate branches of
trade. increased the efficiency and at
tendance upon our public schools and
clutches, aud brought ahout II condition
of snbriety aud temperance in the habits
of the people which in saloon days was
utterly unknown. Many drinking men
wLo were before unable to withstand the
trmpfiH" allurriDeuts of the open salc0n.
have been reclaimed from dissolute hab-
It's, aud scores of wives and children
black and white, who in saloon Gays
scarcely had the necessarlcs of life now
enjoy its comforts, and some even its
luxurIes. In short, all classes and condl.
tions of our people have been the gamers
except the whisky seller and the lawyer,
and we have yet to bear of II man i'll the
county who has ever been made the
worse for Prohibition or lost hi1 personal
liberty"
In view of these facts, which we chal-
lenge the enemies of Prohibition to dis
prove, and representing as we do, the
churches of every creed, and as we be-
lieve a large majority of the moral, law
abiding. intelligent proprrty-holding cit
izenship of the county, we regard the at.
tempt now being made by a comparatively
few men, to have the infamous liquor
traffic voted back upon the coHn'y as a
menace to our highest interests, and the
instigators OF the movement rs
little less than enemies to the public
peace and welfare. In the place of the
peace and quiet and good fellowship now
prevailing within our borders they would
bring strife and discord and hrartburn-
ings: for sobriety, drunkenness; for law
and order, lawlcSSness aud disorder; for
the happiness and cOutCntmeut that now
abide in So many homes that were strar-
gers to it before, the Old sorrow, dcstitn-
iion and heartaches. All this evil would
they bring only that few men may en-
Joy HE privilege of making money out OF
a deb lsiug traffic, and a few others who
are welded to their cups, may have con-
venient places at which to tipple.
We therefore call npon all good citizens
of the county, irrespective of how they
may have voted upon the question of
Prohibition before, to join with us in de.
precatinT and dIScountcnancing this
hurtiul movement, and we further urge
our Board of Supervisors to do nothing
for its promotion or encouragement not
strickly required by the letter of the law
and their oathS of office. Above all, we
urge upon Pr"hibilioniSts all over the
county to rcorganize their clubs at once
and he prepared for action aud for vie
tory, III case this whisky movement is
pressed and an election ordered. As we
value the highest welfare of our people,
the peace and happiness of our homes
and iiresides, we shall, we must triumph
in tie conflict.
Respectfully submitted.
L. +. DOUGLASS,
Chairman.
The resolutions as above written
were unanimously adopted.
On motion of Mr. II Gamhrcll the
following resolution was adopted:
ResoIrcd. That the Brookhaven
newspapers be requested to publish
at the earliest date possible the pcti-
tion now in circulation asking for IL
local option election, together with
the names thereto.
The following resolution was intro
duccd by Mr. Dcnnett, and having been
referred to the committee on rcSolu-
tionS and its passage having been re-
commended, it was passed:
,Resolred, That the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union of Lincoln
county is entitled to the sincere
thanks of this convention and of the
people of Brookhaven and of the whole
county for the efficient aid they rem
dcred in rescuing the county from the
saloon rule and the whisky scourge,
and we call upon them in the name of
humanity, religion and the dearest
rights and interests of the women and
children of our county in particular, to
aid us in every effort they can exert
in the impending campaign.
On motion of Il II Thompson the
following resolutions were adopted:
ResOlred, That that the executive
committee he requested to organize
prohibition clubs, and that said com
mittcc he directed to organize a pro-
hibition club in each voting place in
the county.
ReSOlred, 2nd, That said committee
is requested to exert itself to organize
throughout the county the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union and to
re-enlist the women earnestly in the
temperance cause, and that said COM
mittee proceed to furnish each prohibi-
ton clubs in the county with Il list of
all voters i'll their respective voting
places that the roll of voters may be
called and the respective districts may
be thoroughly canvassed.
And resolred further, That the said
executive committee is further re-
quested to provide for public meetings