Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-01
PROHIBITION RALLY.
New OAcIals Elected - Mr.. Dickie
Chairman Of tho National COmmiI-
see Makes q Stirring Address ON the
Issues of tho Day.

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see Makes q Stirling Address ON tho
Issues of tho Day.
The annual county convention of the pro-
hibitionists of New Haven county was held
yesterday afternoon at Ford's hall. The
meeting was called for 1:oO o'clock, but it
was after that honr when Thomas H. Thomp.
son called the gathering to order. A. O.
Butler OF Seymour was made temporary
secretary. The report of the committee on
credentials showed 53 delegates in attendance
and . representative from nearly every town
in the State. Besides the delegates, quite a
number more of interested spectators at
tended.
Among those in attendance were the
following: Professor Dickie, chairman of
the national committee; Rev. L. Il. Squires
and Rev. N. s. Phillips of New Haven;
Mr.. Griffin of Meriden, aud T. NJ. Hopkins,
secretary of the State central committee.
At the meeting business affairs were dis
Guessed and officers elected for the ensuing
year, who were ss follows:
Chairman county committee, Rev. D. N.
Griffin, Msriden.
Secretary, Mrs. z. B. Kendrick, Meriden.
Treasurer, George w. Bsbb, New Haven.
Iuoso uPPoiueeu " servo Oh tne VARIOUS
committees were:
State central-D. N. Griffin of Meriden.
F. G. Bradley Of North Haven, A. N. Ken
drick of West Haven.
Resolutions-Rev. T. A. Graves of Mid.
dlebury, @. n. Whitmore of Aeriden, Geo.
O. Smith Of Ansonia.
Credentials-F. 8. CLARK, II. B. Todd of
Meriden, Henry Hotchkiss of Cheshire.
In the eeyning good sized audience 90.
~toA hn Athananv, m Iintou IN he az
ring address Of Samuel Dickie, the chairman
of the national committee. The chairman
was Rev. 8. Il. Lee, and he first introduced
Rev. Mr.. Narkwick, pastor of the st. John
street II. z. church, who opened the meet
Ing with prayer. Then followed selections
rendered by the Elm City Banjo club and .
piano solo by Miss Edith Brooks, of West
Haven.
The officers of the meeting were:
Chairmsn-Rev. 8. h. Lee.
Vice presidents-Hon. Hiram Camp, Phi
lander Ferry, Rev. William r. Markwick,
T. Truman Smith, William H. Rogers, DR..
Marvin Smith, Rev. e. M. Poteat, Rev. L.
b. squires. Q. e. Beckley, @. E. Dewey. F.
| n. Brown, Rev. G. Il. jackson, Rev. John
Berry, @. D. Loveland, J. E. Northrop, CIV.
Bsbb, w. F. Damn, John Damn.
| Seoretaries-F. +. Mansfield, r. W. Brown.
| Archibald Mcclellan.
Mr.. Dickie on being introduced by the
| chairman was received with repeated rounds
| of applause and rewarded the expectations of
his hearers by his bold, vigorous manner of
dealing with the queetiors under discussion
The thoughts he expressed were in substance
~ follows: That the liquor traffic creates low
wealth and indeed 10 vast absorber Of
| wealth. That Il strikes ut every reputable
| business here in Connecticut as well as the
rest of the country. Every one, whether he
be farmer, mechanic, business man or en-
gagged in any reputable occupation is fnan-
cially poorer of because of the vast amount
squandered annually in the saloons. The
liquor traffic exists in violation of that well
known law of political economy, "supply
and demand" and again this may at least be
said Of 1t that 1t does no good. The farmer,
carpenter, chimney sweep and iron scaven-
ger when questioned may answer that he
performs necessary task for which return
may be expected; but not 80 Of the saloon
keeper. He performs nothing that may ex-
pect . return, and besides destroys the home
and sends the drunkard to an untimely grave.
| There are two remedies for this traffic,
namely, to regulate and restrict, or in other
words, thigh license" and prohibition.
| OF the former remedy Its friends hold that
1t will accomplish four results:
| I. II will put money into the public treasures.
2. It will cause decrease OF tho number Of the
8. win improve the character Of the saloons
IL
hold that It is a step toward prohibition.
It docs put money in the treasury; but the
representations of the saloons indirectly takes
out again more than two and one
| half times as much % is put in.
Only in isolated cases perhaps 1t decreases
| the numbers, but this II rare. By the hrst
| Investigations that have been given there
has been found no single case where at the
end of former adoptions Of tho high license
but what there were more saloons than un-
der the low system of license. At first they
do decrease, but gradually the saloon keepers
realizing that II is profitable business and
adapting themselves to the new conditions,
start in again. In the State Of Nebraska,
where the high license has been in operation,
the fee va: put up Ct q 600, and in some
license prevailed. the proportion Of saloons to
the number of the population was one to AL
inhabitants; In 1883, under high license, one
to $40. To talk of good saloons ono might
better talk of good smallpox, grippe, or good
rattle snakes.
There are only two GLASSES of saloons, the
bad and the very bad. And perhaps II
might be demonstrated by calculus that the
] second included all Of the first.
High license only abets the evil and IL
supported by the liquor leaders themselves.
the great political parties has been potential
in its effect for preventing legislation against
II. II IL an established truth that IL 10 I'M
/ reasonable to expect an old party to es.
! pouse new question which will cause q
minority Of its voters sufficient to defeat 1t
to vote against 1t. Consequently practical
prohibition will never come until some party
comes into influence which IL free from the
| power Of the liquor traffic. Asis