Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-05-30
The pROHIBITIONISTS.
The North Dakota Non-Partisan
Prohibition Convention Con-
. venes at the Rink
The Attenance Much Smaller than
Expected - Forty Present
this Morning.
The Convention Organizes this
Morning and Gets Down to
WOrk-Commlttee
North Dakota prohibitiOnists

Work
! North Dakota Prohibitionists
The mass convention Of the non-parti-
san prohibitionists of North Dakota con
vened Tuesday at the Opera rink.
Some very important work in the inter-
ests of the prohibition movement had
been mapped out for the consideration
of this convention. 1t was proposed to
re-organlze on a frmer and broader ba-
sis, and to map out the campaign for the
fall. A large attendance was expelled
it having been given out that 100 gentle-
men and 80 ladies would be present. and
the handful that did show up was a
source Of considerable disappointment.
The convention wac expected to open at
8 o'clock, but Rev. NJ. Barker. vino is
chairman cf the committee which issued
the call, fingered near the stove until
1915, at which time he assembled the
stage and raped the gathering to order.
By actual count there were 80 persons
present then. Among them were: Is
Rev. NJ. Barker, of Fargo, and Mrs.
Barker. the president Of the territorial
| W.C.T. e.; John Bushnell, editor Of the
Aberdeen Appeal: H. A. Foss, editor of
the Grand Forks Normanden; Hon. Fl. J.
Mallory. OF Ludden: Rev. Geo. Fl. White
man, of LaMoure; D. Fl. Mckenzie, Car
rington; T. J. Ellison, Mandan; II. r.
| Dickinson. Reynolds; John Halcrow,
Drayton: Fl. H. Mott, Grafton; H. b..
! Soulc, Lisbon; G. E. Mox, lower City;
A, Hangered, Grafton: f. J. Young,
Valley City; VIM. Holiday. Sanborn;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. White, Casselton;
Mrs. Campbell, Fargo; and Mrs. Osten
and Rev. Davies, of Lisbon.
The convention organized by the cleo
tion of Hon. Fl. J. Mallory, OF Lisbon,
temporary chairman, and Mrs.J White,
OF Casselton, secretary.
Rev. d. NJ. Parker, pastor of the Meth
odist church of this city, invoked ths
divine blessing on the deliberations OF
the convention, and the following COM
mittee on permanent organization was
appointed:
J.C. White of Casselton; f. J. Young
of Valley City; H. f. Dickinson of Rey-
nolds; and p. D. Mckenzie Of Caring
ton.
Rev. E. II. Teall then delivered the
address of welcome to the delegates. He
said he did not know why he had been
selected to perform that pleasant task
unless it was that he had so recently
been made to feel what welcome by
jamestown people means and referred
very neatly to fact that it was just one
year ago that he came to jamestown. He
welcomed the delegates in behalf of the
churches, the w. C. T. U. and the good
people of jamestown and closed his we'll
chosen and we'll spoken remarks with an
expression of his hope that North Oak
ota would enter the union holding q
proud position in the van Of that great
moral reform, for the promotion of which
the delegates had assembled together.
Rev. MIR. Barker responded expressing
qualification at the variety of welcomes
with which the ''cold water army" had
been greeted. He explained at length
the purpose Of the meeting and
talked eloquently and entertainlngly of
the emancipation Of the people from the
thraldom of the drinking habit
The following committee on resolu-
tions was appointed:
H. H. Mott of Grafton, Rev. Davies of
Lisbon, A. NJ. Barnum. Rev. NJ. Barker
of Fargo, Mrs. Campbell, Fargo, and Mrs.
Osten, Lisbon.
Rev. G.. II. Whiteman of LaMoure was
appointed enrolling clerk to prepare
list of the delegates present.
The committee on permanent crgani-
zation made the following report: ..
Chairman-H. J. Mallory of Ludden.
Secretary-Mrs. j. g. White, Cassel-
ton. .....-.
Assistant Secretary VIM. Holiday.
Sanborn.
Enrolling commiteee--D. G. Mcken-
zie of Minor, Fl. A. Foss of Grand Forks,
and Rev. G. II. Whiteman of LaMoure.
After considerable discussion without
any apparent tangible results, the con-
vention adjourned until l:30 p. m.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session was much bet
ter attended than the morning one. The
local temperance workers, who were con-
spicuous by their absence in the morning,
were we'll represented.
Mr.. Young of Valley City moved that
committee of three be appointed to
take under consideration tie pre- oiect
holding prohibition convention at Bis
marck some time during the sitting OF
the constitutional convention and report
at the evering meeting.
| The motion was opposed by number