Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-01
IN BEGUN.
: or LlSrAsrER COUNTY
a ex THElR BirERlES

. W bANtANlbu tvtNit
..s Or THEIR BiTTRlES
ouuvSution At the Court House Adj
n9a ty Ex.Attorney General Pal
sssr and Others Many Attend.
" cAnsnaign In the interest OF the pro-
len aInendmcnt 70 the constitution
Dtpened in Pennsylvania to-day with
ueeting ofthe county convention At the
~ house this morning.
3on o'clock was the hour designated Tor
~ meeting and when John II. I.andis,
nember Of tho Prohibition state COM
nooo ftum Lancaster county, called the
&sonkicn TO order . few minutes latcr,
- oourt house was moro than half hiled
- delegates, number of whom wore
Gonsu.
xhe session was opened with prayer ny
~. r. +. Yerkes, Of St Paui's Method'"
scopal church, An organiaauon was
Ned by the election Of VIM. II. Brosius,
nruvnore. "A president; Harry G. Moore,
Snfy. A. b. Kreider, Salunga, and Allison
Sker, Colersin, as secretaries.
Y lIpou taking the chair, Mr.. Broslus
& nfetl the convention for the honor con-
q rod. and made short speech In which
+ ~ referred to the excellent prospects there
woFp OF the adoption Of the amendment.
The following were appointed commit
- on credentials: Horace NJ. Engle,
n Marietta; J. NJ. Hershey, Buyerstown;
WIN. n. Butler, Marietta; John Worden,
/ Eden; George w. IeFever, Strasburg.
The committee on resolutions are Ell-
81 skx,. IN
James Wood, Fulton; Ezra Reist, Man
heim; J. NJ. Galbraitl, Chestnut Level.
The committees retired to perform their
auties and ex-Attorney General Palmer,
Shairman Of tho constitutional amendment
8 u1ate COMMITTEES, was called upon TO adj
dress the convention.
MR.. PALMERs ADDRESS.
IIe began his address by referring to
( Lancaster county as being the garden spot
az the world said the large attendance Oh
Intelligent people who had leit their FARMS
work shops and business places Is IN lndi-
sation that the people Of Lancaster county
ere active on the right side Of tho great
question, and will give good account oi
Themselves on election day. He next dis.
u cussed the liquor traffic and argued that u
Invites men to commit crime and ina. II
& naultiplies the burden Of taxation. ihis
n traflic brings revenue to the county ol
4 $4,000 q year, and the annual cost o
criminal courts, the maintainence O
prisons and poor houses, the direct resni
E of the rum traffic Is about sll6,VW POI
year. The liquor traffic IL the enem,
of home. lie described the difference
between tho home Of tho drunkard ana IN
homo Of the man who does not waste III
earnings in rum, and showed tho grea
difference In refinement and comforts pos
ssssed by the one who does not drink owe
the one who wastes his earnings. He mex
argued that high license did not advanc
the temperance cause, and asserted tina
prohibition would prohibit. III the peopi
nf Pennsylvania say by their votes that IN
manufacture and sale OF liquor shall D
urohibited, he felt satisfied that tho la'
Nj would be enforced against every perso
who violated the law by manufacturing O
sslling liquor. :,
He next devoted his argument to III
position taken by some that the liquor me
ahould be compensated for tho loss su'
n tanned by them II prohibition IL ndopto'
He said the question Of license has bee
discretionary with the granting Powe
nom year to year, the .,ast century. Whe
tfs4s x01He Illen put tutiT W." Al"'
business they did so with their eyes ope
s.. and ifthey lose the value Of their properl
+ by q change of tho law, II 10 nothing mo
sl than a business loss No one believes til
& men should be compensated for bisine
Losses and there II no reason why brewe
n and liquor men should be made an exec
ton Of They have no claim for compe
sation.
He ridiculed tho idea that business wou
suffer Ii prohibition was adopted In III
fS state. There ara annually spent In Pen
sylyania for rum y76W0,OOO. Ifthe saloo
are closed that money will lind itsway In
the channels OF trade and instead of oI
saloon keeper maintaining his family
comfort his my customers can give the
flinilies the comforts of life.
In conclusion he referred to tho CONN
election on the proposed amendment, al
predicted glorious victory ON the 18th
June, II its friends stood up nanfully. J
by virtue of his official position could VI
them the cheering assurance that I
friends of the measure are active throuR
out the state and mean business.
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Major Grisst, Of the committee on resoi
4 lions, reported the following, and til
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAs, The question Of the adopt
Of an amendment to the constitution
Pennsylv ania, forbidding the manuiaetu
or sale Of intoxicating liquors as u bevt
aQe has been submitted for the decision
the voters OF the state on June 18th,
AND WHEREAs. This is deeply impo
ant question, affecting, directly or lh'
resident of the state OF millions Yet unbo'
RcsoIcetf, That We, citizens Of Lane,