The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
PROHIBITION ADl eEssEs.
Interesting Meeting Held sln Warner

A rousinP prohibition n 6t'ng pre- paratory to to-day's conysetlon was held last evening. Prom ly al 8 o'clock Chairman A. B. LiA Sn of inc state committee made the cual an- nouncments for the evenina nd the day of the convention and "a s 3unced as the presiding officer Rev ,. W. Griffin of Hamden. who accented the position in few fittintg words. A hearty round of applause greeted the ever popular Beveridges, whose hymn "What I Have Written, l Have Writ ten" preceded the earnest and inn pressive invocation by Rev. D. w. Griffin. MT. and Mrs. Beveridge fol- lowed with a couple of their songs. whose "hits" were greatly enjoyed hy the audience. Chairman Griffin made an enthusiastic speech and was fol- lowed by the singers. Hon. Henry B. Metcalf, prohibition candidate for gov ernor of Rhode Island. was then in- troduced. MT. Metcalf is gr.at 1avor- ite with Connecticut audiences and re- ceived the closest attention during his address. He told why he is SO persist ent in trying to bring about the SUD- pression of the liquor traffic and began by showing the convention between the waste of money in liquor and the business depression. During 1893 the net profits of the whiskey trust in six months were $1,2oO,OOO. During the same year the increase in the sale of whiskey was 15, 100, 900 gallons, while the people were starving. Our people neeed to study the conditions of peace ful, plain. every day conference with their consciences with the determna- tion to obey those consciences. don't know whether we are to repeat the experience of slavery and the conse- quent war or not. but sometimes it seems to me that it may be so, though some of us intend to prevent it if we can. We are going to devote our strength to try to save the nation from the experience of the past in majority.
 (Appiause) Law was Gefed and superseded at Chicago a year ago in the interest of rum selling and Sab bath breaking. What wonder that a year later another class of citizens said: Well overthrow the law too." MT. Metcalf stated his belief in the protective tariff as an economic meas ure. but that it had become a political foot ball for the trusts and combines which own the nation. Yet we are told that is needed to restore pros- perity is to have the tariff framed by the man who is making the state ment, no matter who he may be. Uaughter and applause.) The tariff fight has been heartily approved by the liquor interest as diverting attention from their business.
 There is tendency toward approving the repeal of laws because of the ob- jectton of the law breakers. Anarchy is growth from seed-sowing and whoever promotes law breaking and says law cannot be enforced is responsible for the spirit of anarchy. The only remedy for this is through the ballot Our people need to learn to use the ballot to crush iniquity, not to coax it, or to
 play with it.
 Rev. l.. G. Jordan of Philadelphia the brilliant colored orator, was the next speaker. He made a most elo- quent address.
 After another song by the Beveridges James A. Williams of Providence, R. l., made a rousing speech, and the meeting closed with two songs by the Bever- idges.
 A conference of delegates was held after the meeting, as a preparation for the convention to-day.
 Candidates for governor were ballot ed upon, and Fred G. Platt of New Britain received IS votes out of 3S votes. Thus it is probable he will be nominated to-day. Ways and means were also discussed.
 Among the blanks in the prohibition platform it now looks as though thesI convention would declare for a tariff commission, parity of gold, silver and paper, making all legal tender and is- sued by the government; restricted inn woman suffrage, govern. ment control of railroads and tele- graphs, and the outlawry of the liouor traffic, which latter point is of course the main issue with them. They will also probably declare for a state con- stitutional convention.
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