Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-22
TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE
The Biennial Meeting held in This
City-Mueh Interest
Manifested

met at the NJ. i. church yesterday
afternoon with a fair attendance,
with Rev. &. G. Bateman, Of Ore
gon, City president, in the chair.
The meeting was opened with
singing and prayer by Rev. H.
Gould.
Rev. II. Gould, Rev. II. Brown
aud Miss Gill were appointed as a
committee on credentials. While
the committee was making up its re-
port, singing, interspersed with
short speeches, occupied the time.
The committee OH credentials re-
ported the following delegates en-
titled 10 seats.
DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE.
II. 5. Jory, J. p. Robertson, VIM.
Petit, Mrs. L. J. Harris, Salem;
Miss Nellie Rogers and J. NJ. Wag-
ner, Liberty; G. r. Miller and Jacob
Voorhees,, Woodburn; J. p. Cole,
Aurora; Vim. Nutter, Turner; Leslie
Butler and Henry Brown, The |
Dalles; NJ. Hosford and Jane Mas !
sey, Brooks; T. Atchison, Oakville;
Miss Ida Cole and Miss Lille GIL, |
Scio; Prof. Anderson, w. f. Foster,
Mrs. Gillespie, George Hatch, DeA-
Ter Field, Herman Polfe, Mrs.
Ramp, Mrs. Fisk, Mrs. Scribe!
and Thos. VanScoy, Salem; Mrs. NJ.
Cyrus, Scio; DR.. Harrington, Port
land; Rev. e. +. Cline, j. II. Roork
and s. p. Wilson, Salem; X. ID.
Mitchell, Hillsboro; r. G. Ramsby
and Small, Silverton; Lucinda Har.
ris and w. Harris, Brooks; s. Brown
and S. Condit, Aumsville, NJ. Camp
bell, Candy; A. w. Baird and Mrs.
w. w. Morse, Oregon City;Miss Ollie
Smith, Rev. II. Gould, Mrs. II.
Gould aud Mrs. Jane Witherite,
Jefferson; Rev. G.. G.. Bateman, II
T.. Cross, Mrs. Helen McCOwu and
Mrs. Lottie Baird, Oregon City; S.
Layman, z. l.. Kennedy, Mrs. Dora
Kay, Mrs. Nettie Carter and Edith
Hall, Woodburn; Mrs. A. l.. Duger.
Mrs. E. +. Mckinney, +. w. Rob
ertson, aud J. G. Walgamut, Turner;
Mrs. +. NJ Vandervort, r. d. Hol
man, A. T, Heaton, J. Kingsler
and Mrs. Miller, Salem.
The committee on arrangements
reported program for the evening
session, after which the president
outlined the work of the coming ses-
sion. a general discussion of the
Temperance question was INDUCED
in by the members of the alliance.
Upon motion, committee of
three, consisting Of j. p. Robertson,
II. ID. Jones, and Leslie Butler, was
appointed on temperance legisla-
tiOn.
The afternoon session was closed
with singing and prayer.
THE EVENING SESSION.
At 1880 p. III. the session opened
with prayer by the president, Rev.
&. G. Bateman, after which the con-
gregation Joined in singing the
national hymu-"America.n
After the usual prelimiuaries of
making announcements and taking
up a collection were attended to
Rev. Gwyune delivered the opening
address of welcome in IA very able
and cordial manner.
The response by Rev. Henry |
Brown, of The Dalles, was equally |
good.
President Batemah's address,
which lasted fully three-quarters of
an hour were very plain and was IA
good argument for temperance from
II republican standpoint. He is IA
fcrcible speaker rand in his address he |
touched on the Australian ballot |
system as being the future means Of
solving the liquor problem. His ad-
dress did not favor the enactment of
lawfor prohibtory measures until the
public mind was in state to receive
such law aud enforce them, or rather,
when the laws would execute them
selves. He said.
81 do not believe you can legislate
for the morality OF the people, when
the public conscience is higher
than the law, the latter will !
b. obeyed without force. When
We find that public sentiment
Is so elevated that it will disrArage
the selling Of liquor, We will tiud the
law executing itself We should not
talk about voting and what man we
should pat up for office who Will ad-
Vocate temperance; buI We should
go about denouneing il as wrong and
the people 10 dcspise Il and
reclalming those already addicted 10
ne habit Ia this way We would ac
far better results Than bv
'alling men towards who will aot ,
'ote with us. Meu are not towards
Who will not vote for more prohibi.
ory measurvs, Vho see the laws We
lave violated every day"
While MIR. Bateman's aiir,sss was
lot Ia harmony with the views Of q
ome OF the members, yet IL was
all Of sound logic aud practical
bought. Amer a few remarks by !
MAJOR r. TScott, reoeutly from Ne
'Taska, the meeting adjourned To .
neet AT . o'clock this morning.
The alliance Was called 10 order
his uluFniuts m n IA m la, f,r.-la.,,t