Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-01-28
A Spirited Meeting.

Promptly at ESQ O'Clock, p. m. Tuesday,
January 26th, instant. the Court House
bell was rung, calling the anti-High Lii
cense advocates TO meet. Quite crowd
assembled and before the meeting adjourn
ed there were eighty persons in attendance.
DIR. r. p. Blackstone arose and explained
the reasons for the meeting. In the course
Of his remarks he animadverted somewhat
severely upon the leading spirits of the tax
payers meetings, contending thatander
guise of movement for better roads and
lower taxes these gentlemen had attempted
to dictate legislation detrimental to the
poor in general and dealers in liquors in
particular. The Doctor claimed further
that four rich men had met in sort OF
"nutual admiration society" taken in "a
few poor people to use them, not to bless
them" and then preceded TO air their
hobbies. The speaker claimed that men
in his business were not wanted in the
taxpayers councils and they were not in
vited to participate. In his peroration the
Doctor declared these men shave out lived
their usefulness and ought to leave their
country for their countrY's good" The
Doctor reviewed Captain Palmer's news.
paper communications and criticised TO
some length the Captain and his figures.
At the conclusion of the Doctors remarks
on motion of Mr.. II. F. Moore, DR.. Black
istone was called TO the chair and the
position of Secretary was assigned to the
BEAcoN's reporter. Mr.. III. 4. Moore
moved the appointment of q committee of
five, of which the chairman was to be one,
to 60 to Annapolis and present the ants
case TO our representatives. The commit
tee appointed was; DIR. r. p Blackstone,
William r. Greenwich, +. Oscar Morgan,
Fl. F. Moore, John Fl. OLIVER
DR.. ]. r. Walton offered the following
resolution which was adopted:
WHEREAS, The earliest mention of the
phenomena known as the dark days appear
to be in the year A b. O., and, whereas,
great darkness has lasted days, weeks and
months and in one instance, one year,
prompt us, representative people, hostile
10 excessive high license, to petition the
Legislature. though our honorable repre-
sentatives that We Indignantly object TO any
class legislation whether i'm favor of the
rich or an abridgement of the poor mans
unquestioned rights. and
Whereas, On May 10, 1870, when dark
ness was SO great that all the people OF
New England were terrified almost TO the
verge OF distraction and, now that les in
fluence is so terribly felt at this remote Pc
riod, we sincerely sympathize with our
frightened moralists and would be Manda-
rims.
Therefore, Be II Resoirsd, That il is the
duty of all intelligent, Just and free mind
ed people who believe in constitutional
rights as maintained and demonstrated by
true Democracy, that personal privilege
shall not be abridged nor abrogaied By
unwarranted power OF trust, corporation
or fanaticism. And, be il further resolved.
that we believe the best way 10 correct the
ills complained OF, II 20 correct our own
faults and set better example for those In
whom we manifest so much interest and
care.
And Be H Further Resosoed, That it il
the unrelenting judgement Of this Con-
vention 10 request our representatives i'm
the Legislature now IN session to handle
this subject of High License with great
prudence and especial respect to our would
be Haadarins. -
On motion Of Mr. Moore the meeting
adjourned Among those present were,
w. +. Greenwell. w. A. Loker, =. o.
Morgan, DanI Shanks. w. II. Pembroke,
d. C. Hammett. FrAnk Dunbar. ]. r. Smith,
W. w. Cecil, Geo. y. Dent. Uriah Good
win, !. T. Blair. Jno- II. OLIVER, Jno. +.
Ching. J.W. Freeman, J. Z. Coppage, ].
p Greenwich, Z D. Harrison, ]. D. Thonp.
SON, John n. Abel. John Cecil, Jr., Rich.