Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-10
FIGHTING THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

An Enthusiastic Meeting Held in Grace
ME. Church. Tuesday Night, to Forward
the Local Option Movement--A Addresses
by DR.. Hulburd and Others.
An enthusiastic meeting of citizens
was held in the lecture room of Grace
Church Tuesday the object Of which
was to enlist souls in the cause Of tenn
perance and formulate plans for the
abolition Of the liquor traffic. About 100
people bravcd the drizzlng rain and run
the gauntlet OF ice-coyered sidewalks
just to show their sympathy with the
movement and to lend whatever assist
ance they could in preparing a sys-
tcnatlc warfare against rum and the
devil.
Job II. Jackson was chosen president
of the meeting, and by way of an intro
ductory address the Rev. DR. lIul5urd,
pastor Of Grace Church, explained what
had already been done by the citizens
who signed the call for a local option
convention to be held at Dover Thurs.
day. Tho clergy of the city are fully
aroused as to the importance of the
movement, DR.. Hulburd said, and were
| anxious to have the cooperation of all
good Christians in the efforts TO ami
hilate intemperance by the passage of
Local Option bill.
A number Of the leading citizens of
Delaware have signed the call for the
| convention and they want TO muster up
as large body Of men and women as
| possible in order to impress the Legisla-
ture with their personality and convince
| them that local option is reform
which the people have declared must be
decided by the ballot box. The bill pro-
vides for the holding Of special cleo
ton, the expenses of which are 10 be
| betrayed by tho State, and should the
movement receive the requisite number
| OF votes, it must necessarily become u
| law.
The Rev. Mr.. Hanna spoke of the in-
| portance of lsymen and business men
| taking hold of the matter Of local
| option, as it was something in which
business men ought to be Interested
namely, the redemption of the State
from the degrading influences of the
liquor traffic. He said Union Church
would send delegation to the Dover
convention and he called upon citizens
to lay aside their duties for day and
| go TO Dover.
The Rev. ]. B. Quigg said that he had
community in Maryland and he had
manifest evidence Of the good results
| during his residence in an atmosphere
of absolute sobriety. He was in favor
OF the local option exclusion act.
W. Hastings viewed tho matter from
u business mans standpoint. lie thought
it . proper move to attack "the giant of
| intemperance," and he was in favor of
| Nna a I'M Ito, \
| question of politics, not of morality. lie
for one was ready to ask the Legislature
to frame law giving the people ali OPP
portunity to vote on the question, but
he was skeptcal whether the people
behind the movement would meet with
much Roadway in the end. lie was not
in favor OF voting on the question by
State, nor by county. He thought it
wiser to take few hundreds or ward
OF the city, and If the movement passed
in that instance, then try some other
locality.
DIR. Hulburd interrupted the speaker
in the course of his remarks by asking
a question; 81 would like to ask Mr..
Hastings" said the doctor, ito give us
his theory, acting on the supposition
that Sussex county at the election goes
dry and some Insignificant, God -forsaken
hell.hole in Kent county goes wet"
Mr.. Hastings-"Well, what of it?"
"Why," said DR.. Hulburd, II don't
think your proposition would hold
water"
DIR. Hulburd's effort at repartee was
greeted with applause.
Further remarks were made by Pro.
fessor H. S. Goldey and Ezra Fell, after
which the hat was sent round on its
mission of mercy for local option. There
were u number of cheerful givers, and
after the money was passed over to
Treasurer George NJ. d. Cam, President
Jackson appointed committee to secure
the names of persons willing to attend
the Dover convention.
Here are the citizens who signified
their willingness to go: George @.
Maris, A. Il. Scott, Henry G. Robinson,
A. E. Crow, DIR. z. W. Tomlinson
Richard +. Ross, W. A. Wise, Mrs. ]. NJ
Winner, E. w. Dunlap, Miss Anna
Vandeyer, Miss Matlack, William f.
Hawkins, Rev. John b. Quigg, William
5. White, Rev. John Il. Howard, A. II.
'latnall, George W. Goodwin, Mrs. NJ
Il. Francis. Mrs. Fanny Maxwell, W. j.
Staats, J. @. Wilson, Ezra Fell, Charles
Baedenkopf, Henry Evans, Rev. Wesley
G. johnson, james J. Wyatt, Q. G. Car
penter, j. AugustussSIcCaulley, Job II
jackson, Washington Hastings, Rev
John ID. @. Hanna, j. Ii. Gibson, Rev
I. Il. Terry, George NJ. D. Cam, IL. s.
Goldey, W. w. Lowden.
The delegation will leave for Dover
morning on the first train to get the cal
| of the General Assembly,