The Press., 1894-04-26
Conn. Correspondence N. Y. Worldly CONN. TEMPERANCE UNION.

olSu6 years ago, ana the result or US WOrk has been of great benefit to the temper ance cause in all parts of the state. Gov. Buckingham was the first president of the union, and was followed by Benjamin Douglas, of Middletown; Robbins Bat tell, of New Haven; Prof. D. N. Camp, of New Britain, and J. w. Manning, of Putnam. Rev. B. H. Pratt was the first secretary of the union, and was followed by Rev. Alpheus Winter, who served the society for eleven years.
 5.. The present officers of the society are as follows: President, Thomas l.. Nor ton, Lakeville; vice presidents, R. Bat tell, Norfolk M. s. Chapman, South Manchester; H.W. Terrell, Middletown; i; J. M. Taleott, Ellington; secretary, J. H. James, Rockville; treasurer, w. A. Will Hard, Hartford; executive board, Thomas L. Norton, Lakeville; J. w. Manning Putnam; Prof. D. N. Camp, New Britain D. Strong, Winsted; D. w. Northrop, Middletown; Rev. B. Payne, Saybrook Rev. J. R. Stubbert, New London; Dr.. w. H. Sharpe, Putnam; H. L. James, Rockville; l.. P. T1eadwell, Danbury Rev. A. H. Wyatt, Norwalk Rev. c. H. Barber, Manchester; s. F. Thresher, New Haven Stephen Maslen, Hartford.
 Rev. J. H. James, the secretary and active manager of the work of the union for the past four years, is we'll known c+o+o I> i,, Mount Holly, N. J., in 1885. He served as chaplain of the Third New Jersey reg iment during the war, and is prominent member of Burpee G. A. R. post of Rock vile. He was a member of the New Jer- sey Methodist Coference for nine years, and has been member of the New Eng land Southern Conference for thirty years. He has had appointments at Stafford Springs, Burnside, Norwich, Danielson- vile and Rockville. His pastorate over the Methodist church in Rockville was very successful, and memorable for the reason that a debt of $20, which had been 8 burden to the church for some years, was removed largely through his efforts. The work of the union the past four years under his management has been enlarged. He has made 1;2O0 addresses in 143 towns the past four years, and on a number of days he has made ten address es. With this large number of engage. ments it is remarkable fact that he nev. CT disappointed an audience. On five diff ferent occasions he was unable to reach the towns where he was to speak on ac count of unusually severe storms, but the storms also prevented the audiences from l assembling.
 F The union stands for the following prin ciples: Thorough scientific temperance education in the schools and by means o1 literature and public addresses; an earnest endeavor to combine all social and moral | spiritual forces against the drink evil the use of all available legal measures fol the restriction and decrease of the sale oi | intoxicants; persistent effort to overthrow the liquor traffic by the enactment and en forcement of prohibitory laws; all work to be done by methods non-partisan, un sectarian and distinctly Christian.
 | The work of this organization largely assisted in carrying ninety-eight towns for no license at the last election, leaving ing only seventy towns for license in the state, the best showing ever made under the local option law.
 The present condition of the temper ance work in the state is encouraging, ant the no-license vote is generally being vel enforced, largely through the efforts O the Law and Order League. The vote O New Britain last fall on the license ques tion was the most remarkable of any towl in the state. In 1891 the vote was 1 50 for license, 570 for no license. In 1898 for license ,448, no license 2,349. Th' recent prosecutions in that city show tha it is proposed to enforce the vote. I'm no-license vote is being well enforced il Putnam, another large town. In Man chester the law is being strictly enforced the sentiment of the citizens being strong ly against the liquor traffic, as result o the Murphy campaign. Winsted has Ii cense this year as a result of a lack of or ganization last fall. Bristol also wen back to license last fall.
 Secretary James considers the senti ment now prevailing in many of the town in favor of temperance as largely due t the work of T. B. Murphy, who has SC cured over ninety thousand signers to tn pledge in the state. The union has beel largely assisted in it's work by the mem bers of the Catholic church and especiall by Bishop Tierney's recent cordial in dorsement of the work of the Catholi Total Abstinence Union.
 The new temperance organization, "l
 Civic Federation" planned by Secretar
 James, is being cordially endorsed by al
 of the prominent temperance workers c
 the state. The new organization propose
 to combine in each town all of the churche
 and temperance societies for united wor
 in suppression of the saloon and all form
 of vice, and for the promotion of goo
 government and good citizenship:
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