Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-24

b. Tyler, of the Church of Disciples,
declared that women's votes were nec-
essary to the cause. Noah Davis
said that without women armed
with a legal vote as an aid
temperance problem with any hope OF
success. Mrs. Mary T. Burt, Prof. Sam
uel DiclSie, Rev. DIR. Macarthur, Rev.
Joseph Cook and others spoke and A.
M. Powell, secretary of the National
Temperance league, offered series of
resolutions praising Gen. Dow and
favoring the humiliation of the liquor
traffic all over the country.
The Brooklyn Temperance league
celebrated the Goth birthday of Gen.
Neal Dow at the union assembly room.
Chairman Walker spoke of Neal Dow's
birthday and said it was being
celebrated all over the United States,
England, Germany, France and AUS
tralia-
Neal Dow was born in the city of Portland,
Me, on the Goth OF March, 1894 His parents
were of the Society of Friends His first iden-
tihcation with the temperance movement
was in connection with the Maine Temperance
union, an organization composed OF those
NnO lTOul u SOClely WHICH uuu, DY
the form OF its pledge, compromised with
wine drinkers. The union appeared before the
state legislature in 1887, demanding the abroga-
tion Of all license laws, and the substitution OF
prohibition OF the sale OF all alcoholic bever-
ages His first public appearance as an Advo-
cate OF the prohibtory policy was in 1889, when
he appeared before the board OF alder
men in his own city and induced them to refer
the question Of license" or 'no-license" to
vote of the citizens No-license was defeated
by majority OF 50 out OF vote OF i,l63 In
1912 he again succeeded in having the question
submitted to the people, and 10 was carried
by a majority OF 40 He turned his
attention 10 the state In ls43 printing and cir
culating petitions to the legislature at his own
expense praying for stringent law, and that
"the traffic In Intoxicating liquors might be
held and adjudged an infamous crime"
In February, 1884, he went before the legsla-
tive committee, which reported bill favorably.
1t passed the house, but was defeated in the
senate. Meetings were held all over the state
the next two years Mr.. Dow was speaking in
school districts, and scattered a literature
profusely everywhere over the state In
1916 he secured the passage OF prohibitory
law by vote OF 81 to AZ in the house and % to 5
in the senate. The penalties we're insufficient,
and the next year another bill was passed, but
was vetoed by the governor. In 1850 he pre-
sented a bill Of his own drafting and secured
its passage in the house, but 1t was lost In the
senate by a tie vote.
In 1851 he was elected mayor of the city Of
Portland. and for the sixth time appeared
before the legislature with bill of his
own which passed the house SO to 40,
and the senate IS to TO- Mayor Neal
Dow issued proclamation that he
should promptly enforce the law, giving venders
sixty days TO ship their liquors out OF the city
He seized $1,000 worth OF liquor and had 1t
openly destroyed. Mr.. Dow was reelected and
mob gathered 10 resist the execution Of the
law, but he was equal to the emergency, and
the mob was repelled and dispersed. In 1853
he attended the worlds temperance conven-
tion held In the city of New York, and was
| made president OF the c0,vention The
"Maine Law was repealed in 1885, but Mr..
Dow rallied the people, and 1t was reenacted
in 1857 with Increased restrictions and penal
ties
In 1861 he recruited the Thirteenth regiment
OF Maine volunteers and battery OF ar
tillery, and entered the army, President
Lincoln appointed him brigadier general In
1852, and he twice wounded In battle, IN
the attack on Port Hudson, Louisiana, land
taken to a plantation in the rear, was captured
by squad OF Logan's cavalry and taken to
Libby prison in Richmond, Va He was ex
changed in March, 1854 for Gen. Fitz- Hugh
Lee
He was vice president OF the national tenn
| perance conventions held in Saratoga in
| 1855 and in Cleveland In 1858, representing the
| National Division Sons OF Temperance or
| both occasions. He visited England three
| times and delivered over BOO addresses
under the auspices OF the United King
dom alliance, In every part of the kingdom
| He was initiated into the National Division
| Sons OF Temperance OF North America at the
| session held in Richmond Va. in 1882, and was
elected most worthy associate of that body.
He was the candidate of the prohibition par
| ty in 1850 for the presidency of the United
States, and received 1886 votes. He wai
! member OF the national temperance
| convention, held at Saratoga Springs In
| 1865, which organized the National Temperance
society and publication house, and has beer
| vice president OF the society from It's com
mencement