The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-09-15

The judicial authority to decide upon the life
or death Of the saloons in Cecil is conferred by
the legislature back upon you,
| II you but take broad and Catholic ground
avoiding intolerance of opinion and ill.berality
| of temperance doctrine, you can easily reverse
| at the polls this fall the adverse and misleading
| verdict OF 1890.
| With this brief statement II the Issue now
pending before you, the Importance OF organiza.
| ton in each district of the county becomes
apparent.
| The friends OF the license system in the county.
are intrenched behind the buIwarks of organ
J lied guild to defend the monetary value OF the
! liquor traffic.
They will defend dollars with dollars. Tor the
| perpetuity OF their trade.
They Will not, and dare not defend the traffic in
this campaign publicly before you.
Their effort will be solidihed at the polls on
election day, by the influence and disbursement
OF money to purchasable voters, drawn from the
profits of the traffic in the county and contributed
by guilds outside the county.
Against money and its powerful influence at
the polls, you will be helpless to secure the pur-
chasable voter.
Your reliance must be entirely upon other
methods, addressed to the moral sentiment OF
communities, and the individual intelligence OF
voters.
We beg you in behalf of the best interests of
the county, to cooperate individually in your
vicinity with the canvassing committee for your
district, to the end that the antilcense and anti
saloon sentiment of the county may be s0IIdiied
at the polls. [Signed.l
II. H. BRADY, Pres. Conference,
JOHN W. DAVIS, Vice Chairman,
H. X. ToRBERT Secretary
At the conclusion of the address, on
motion of DR.. r. c. Mackall, George A.
Blake, Esq, was made chairman of the
canvassing committee, aud the report
and address adopted unanimously by the
conference.
Rev. J. McElmoyle endorsed the suit
ability of the nomination of the chairman
and said he knew that Mr. Blake was an
earnest and sincere worker in the tenn
perance ranks.
Upon submitting the nomination to
the conference Mr.. Blake was enthus-
lastically selected.
DR.. Msckall made short address
urging vigorous work among the anti
saloon voters. He said he was a good
Democrat but good temperance man as
well.
Mr.. George Bslderston spoke in
defence of the homes of Cecil county
against the invasion of the saloons which
were not an American growth.
Rev. Mr.. McElmoyle said two dangers
awaited the friends of the anti.license
campaign, overweening confidence of the
friends of temperance, and the use of
money by the friends of the saloon. He
eloquently urged the necessity Of indi-
vidual canvasses, and the mobilization of
the voters.
Mr.. Vim. 7. Mccullough moved vote
of thanks of the conference be rendered
the w. c. T. u, of Cecil county for their
noble work in the past and for the
promise of their good work in the future.
Rev. |. L. Wood, and Henry Vinsinger
spoke of the necessity of work at the
polls on election day.
Mr.. VIM. T. Hammond OF North East
made an earnest and forcibls appeal for
earnest organization.
Rsv. D. E. Shaw said that although a
comparative stranger in the county he
WAS enlisted in the active work of the
temperance campaign.
Mr.. John f. Roach moved that the
Christian ministers of the county be
requested to devote one Sabbath during
the campaign, for special religious ser
saloon work.
At three O'Clock the conference ad-
journed sine die.