Telegram-herald., 1889-11-15
FOR PROHIBITION
County Prohlbluonlsts Have a.
All Day Conferences
BCElE AyD TREyELLICE SPElK
Colnnaittess Appointed az the Morning
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The Kent County Proh.etloulsIs held
their convention tle leeture room ~
Hargman', Hall Yesterday. IAe lue-e-
meut weather prevented many tgom at-
TEND n-. llt tor all that there were over
oae hundred m the ro0m dunng the al
t,roon- Myton H. Walker was unau.-
mousy elected chairman of the con-
yent.0n aud j. " Adams secretary.
The chairman proceeded To announce
the purpose OF the convention, and
spoke at some length OF the proer, 81.
made by tne party lie urged the m-
porlance of supporting and patron zug
the Prohibition press. and took a large
number of subscriptions Tor various
party papers. lie also appointed the
following committees Ca finance, }.
II. shaw, T.. l.. Briggs, G.. l.. Boomer, J
d. DAVIS and +. Il. Wcather.y; onreso-
buttons, Rev. r. f. Wright. J.. T.. At
water, e. d. C.lloy, Rev. ". F.Rlchard-
son and +. L. Boyd; on work and
organization, ". c. sheppard, Mr.
lioyle. Eddy Stage, Mrs. G.. +. Whit
field and c. W. Barbour.
The first address in tue afternoon
WAS given by Rev. j. W. REID, who had
for has subject "What is the Duty OF
the Home, the Church and Cnrstauy
He said
The influences enumerated are "a
mighty power in the land, and if We
could set these % see the question ol
prohibition As We IL, the next elcc-
ton would not be an OF year-the diff
hcuity is 20 get them tO see it. one OF
tine FIRST duties OF the PrOhib,tOu.st j,
TO keep cool and not got excited. one
OF the things We must learn is that we
c.tn reason with men and pray for
them, but when We undertake TO drive
them We can not succeed. What We
want to do is TO secure votes, and the
| best method 10 be adopted to secure
them is by persuasion. We are too
liable 10 get rritated and this viii not
do. Every home ought To be little
Prohibition party by itself, but they are
I
anything else Is the utter impotence of
the temperance element 10 cope with
the liquor interest. The latter ls grow
ing every day and, while We also grow,
We dO not begin to keep pace with IT,.
One of the principal difficulties in the
way Is self-lDterest Even some of the
ministers who are PrOhibitiOnists at
| heart dare not express themselves Wig
] Of
nent supporters are politicians and sug-
| gest to them that they had better let
/ the subject alone. Avauce and ambi-
ton are the great obstacles, and when
! You undertake TO remove them yOn
have undertaken a mighty big
/ lob. | am a believer in Il personal
/ devil, horns, hOofS, tail, and all.
/ When YOU think of curtailing IN any
way the liquor interest you have
entered into the very heart of hell and
the devil opens ms mouth and goes
about like a roaring lion seeking whom
he may deyour.
"The Lord Jesus Christ has been en-
gagged with this adversary for lS00years
/ and when You undertake TO cope with
HIM you have mighty big contract
/ but / for one am IN on 1t. Licensing
a crime for money consideration can
never stand the sanction of clear cut
reason. ! want You TO stand firmly to
| TINS proposition that YOU are now, first
and last, opposed TO the license system.
10 is prostitution of the public con-
/ science. The regulation of the traffic
is failure for the purpose intended.
The system has never decreased the
sale Of intoxicating liquors nor the
. number of drunkards. | want YOU C
leave party that claims to be temper
ance and fayOrs high license, and Wher
you are out. come IN out OF the cold
and We VIII take care of you. If there
is anything that makes me sick it is e
see the large number of prOhibltiOnist.
before election, and then TO see now
few there are when itcomes to aCOunt.'
The Rev. ". r. Richardson spok,
upon III igh License as Bar to Prohi
b.tion." lie SAID:
"When YOU are fighting an
enemy me generally retreats behind
tOrthcatOus until hc Is driven to tng
last ditch. High license ls the las
ditch % which the liquor traffic i
driven. So far As restricting or lessen
ing the traffic is concerned, higi! llccus'
is a failure. Omaha, with its 500
icN Nu~" jaw. mas more saloons tlaN B
had under the low license, and 10 has
greater percentage of crime than Ney
York City.
"IIigh license is favored by all tn
wholesale liquor men, because L place
their business in more responsible
hands and freezes out tlc ire
sponsihle dealers, and il reduces TIM
number OF their customers without az
miushug the amount OF their sales
They c'am that It Is bar 20 proh.b
ton, and they are right IT, rd dlculc.
the IDEA ol making the business respect
n asIe. and SAID "tnat so Iar from nig
Gcsu bong the road 90 temperance %
p-oh hu0u 10 was just as son- .blo o. sa
tlat grand larceny was tine road &
honesty" Hc spokevltarcgrgtoi tare
eminent mon WHO had abandoned tine.
ranks because they considered th
party am impracacahr. VIZ. AlhaI
lsrfln. Judge Noah DAVIS and Franc
Murphy. ana sai1 Doe believed that sel
interest lad blinded them.
The evening session ras held n Har
mans HAN and there were about scvc
hundred D attendance. Fsotessr