The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-09-15
THE ANTI-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.
It's Auspicious Opening at Elkton on Tues
day-An Enthusiastic Conference
A Spirited Address TO the
Voters of tho County.

A Spirited Address to the
Voters of tho County.
The anti-saloou campaign pending the
submission of the question of license
or no license to the vote Of the people
on the 9Th of November next, was
opened in Odd Fellows hall in this town
GA Tuesday. At i1.30 q. M, en- motion
of DR.. r. {. Mackall of ElktoD, Mr..
Henry II. Brady of Chesapeake City,
was selected chairman of the confer
enee, Mr.. John w. Davis of the First
district being selected as vice chairman
and Ii. r. Torbert, Secretary.
On motion of DR.. II. c. Mackall the
following gentlemen were named com
mittee on organization for the campaign:
First district-Wm. Ii. Anderson;
Second district-Joseph II. Brooks;
Third district-Dr. r. c. Mackall;
Fourth district-John E. Gallaher;
Fifth dissrct-George o. Carey;
Sixth dlstrict-Wm. T. Weldon;
Seventh district-Rev. Il. w. Ewing;
Eighth district-John J. Bennett.
Ninth district-Wm. Mearns.
DR.. Mackall then asked leave of the
conference for the committee to retire
when upon motion of Henry Vinsinger
recess was taken until 1.30 p. M, the
following being a list OF those attending
the conference:
FIRST DISTRICT:
VIM II Anderson, John W Davis, Sr,
jeremiah G Price, ST., John W Davis, Jr,
Patrick Anderson, James Smith,
George Fandegrift
SECOND DISTRICT:
II II Brady. Joseph H Brooks
THIRD DISTRICT:
DIR & Mackall. Rev l. Wood,
Rev VIM Schouler James + Armstrong,
Rev John NcElmoylc, Henry Ninsinger,
Henry r. TOrbert.
FOURTH DISTRICT:
John Gallaher, Thomas Fryer.
FIFTH DISTRICT:
George q Carey John w Falls,
VIM Hammond, Joseph I Reed,
VIM johnson, John Johnson,
John Roach. VIM Mccullough.
SIXTH DISTRICT:
Rev j Z Shaw, Thomas Wilson.
+ + Ewing, VIM L weldon,
G 5 AbrahamS, George Balderston.
SEVENTH DISTRICT:
John McCIenahan, Rev Harvey W Ewing,
Thomas Bond, Wilson i COudon.
VIM II Cole, .1r,
NINTH DISTRICT:
VIM Mearns, Jesse W Hambleton.
5 ID Wilson, Amos Martindale.
Rev A + Prettyman
Upon re -asse milling after the recess,
DR.. r. c. Mackall, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Organization for the Campaign |
asked Mr.. II. r. Torbert to read the
report of the committee.
The committee recommended that a
committee of 46 members be |
selected for the county, the members of
the committee Of five from each district |
to be selected by the representatives |
from the several districts present at this |
That the canvassipg COM |
mittee shall consist of a chairman, resi-
dent in the town of EIktop, and five |
members from each district, the chair |
man of each district committee, to COM
pose With the general chairman an execu-
tive committee for the county, who shall |
be vested with the management of the |
That the duty Of the canvassing com
mttee shall be to procure an accurate
copy of the list of registered voters in
each district of the county and the poll
list of the last presidential election, and
to carefully canvas each name or the
roll, with view to estimate at as early
date as possible the relative license and
anti-license vote of each district.
Accompanying the report, the COM
mittee recommended the following dis.
trict committees for the campaign:
FIRST DISTRICT:
Rev ID II Corkran, chairman.
Patrick Anderson, John Benson,
James Smith, Rev b T Truitt.
SECOND DISTRICT:
Il II Brady, chairman,
Rev Wilmer Jaggard, Washington Lake,
VIM L Reed, Alfred Price.
THIRD DISTRICT:
Rev l. Wood chairman,
Henry Ninsinger, Malvern Jones,
Thomas Murray, Thomas Fryer.
FOURTH DISTRICT:
Joseph Scarborough. chairman,
Robert Mackie, Rev VIM I Valiant
q Gorge w Bies, Samuel Il Bye.
FIFTH DISTRICT:
William Hammond, chairman,
Patrick Reedy, Rev L Graham,
John johnson, William Maskin.
SIXTH DISTRICT:
Rev ID L Shaw, chairman,
G 5 Abrahams, Samuel Wiley,
T. X BulinRtUn Thomas J Wilson.
SEVENTH DISTRICT:
Rev Harvey w Ewing, chairman,
VIM i Steele, Wilson l. Coudon,
Rev Henry q Budd, Benjamin Brown.
EIGHTH DISTRICT:
John Bennett, chairman,
DIR S T Roman, VIM Githng.
NINTH DISTRICT
Rev Il 2 Prettyman chairman
Amos Brown Amos Martindale,
John Wilson, NJ Carhart.