The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-11

have committee appointed To which shall
be submitted the business. resolutions,
etc. which shall be proposed which shall
have power to sit continuously during the
sessions OF the convention and report to Il
for action from time to time In such order
as shall seem most important to it. This
Committee may be prepared to report
bill for the endorsement OF this body, as
am informed such one has been prepared.
II need not go further into details. as this
convention will no doubt wisely guide IT.
self; but perhaps In view Of the members
present, and the short time of our stay, II
might be wise TO Limit the Individual
speakere 80 an to allow Of the largest ex-
preston from the greatest number. You
will notice that have purposely refrained
from entering the field Of discussion OF the
enormity Of the evil we combat; the grand
eur Of the reform which we contemplate, or
even the practicability of this method; as
have no wish to take advantage of the posi-
tlon In which you have done me the honor
to place me; and further, because we are a
unit on all these matters: but without trans
eending these limits. may express my en-
tire and hearty sympathy with the purpose
as expressed in the call; and the belief
amounting to conviction that our plea
with the honorable Legislature will be sue
cessful; and that further the great reform
will then be within our reach.
1T thus appears to me that our present as
sembly and our ultimate purpose are both
clearly in harmony with that of the exor-
dium OF our national charter in which we
read; I'VE, the people Of the United States,
in order to form a more perfect Union. estab-
lish justice. insure domestic tranquility.
provide for the common defence, promote
the general welfare, and secure the bless
ings of-liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity, do ordain and establish this Consti-
tuition OF the United States OF America
These six things, to establish which this
constitution was ordained: Union, Tran
guilty. Justice Defence, Welfare, Liberty.
are all within the scope of that which we
ask for ourselves and our beloved common
wealth"
The committee on organization was in-
structed to select and name the other COM
mittees.
Mr.. Swartz suggested a committee to push
the bill proposed after 1t Is prepared. 1t
was decided to make the committee consist
of fifteen members.
David s. Murphy of Newark said that ho-
cause the saloon men feel that local op-
ton bill will be passed.
The committee to nominate other COM
mittees reported as follows:
Financed. W. Corbit, Washington
Hastings, Watson Usnderman, New Castle
county: George counselman, John Hatton,
David s.Clarlk of Kent; Wilbur F. Tunnel,
John w. West, John R. Price, Sussex.
Dl..t-l n n
Hanna, D. b. Maloney, Columbus Watkins,
Miss Margaret s. Hilles. Mrs. r. H, Mat
lack, New Castle county; William w:
Pleros. r, NJ Cooper. Frank Howes, Kent
county; Charles P. Tunnel, G. W. Jones,
and Mrs. Aloysius Green. Sussex county.
Legislation--William p. Swartz, NJ. II.
Beckwith, A. w. Eastburn. Norris s. Lut-
ton, New Castle county; N. b. Smithers,
w. L. s. Murray, J. H. Hoffecker, Kent
county; Robert G. Houston, Q. p. Swayne,
s. H. Messick. Sussex county. ~
Adjournment was then made until
1.30 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
At the afternoon session the committee
on resolutions made the following report:
Whereas, The liquor traffic is the most
gigantic evil OF the age. the source Of
poverty, crime and insanity; the destroyer
of public and private virtue; the bltterest
enemy of the home and church; the parent
of anarchy, vice and social disorder; and,
.iWhereas, This unholy traffic is sane
toned and protected by law and Its sup
preston has become supreme in the po-
ntical and moral issues of the day; there
fore,
Resolved. That we, citizens Of the State
OF Delaware, In convention assembled,
hereby affirm our undylng enmity to the
liquor traffic, and trusting in the guidance
of higher power we set our face resolute-
ly to the future, determined that the strug
gle shall not cease until the last saloon is
closed and our state is delivered from the
great rum curse. We affirm that an es-
sentially wrong principle remains eternal
ly wrong, whether the business is pro-
tected by law or not; that the license sys-
tenn, either high or low, as applied to the
traffic in intoxicating liquors to be used as
Ia beverage. is utterly wrong and vicious
in principle; that low license under the
most favorable conditions has proved it.
self to be ineffective, inexpedient and in
defensible; that high license, creating as 1t
does, monopoly in iniduity. is deluslon
and a snare, and an attempt to bribe the
conscience by money extorted from an i'm
moral and corrupting business and does
not permanently decrease the traffic or
appreciably lessen its evils.
Resolved. That we therefore affirm that
the saloon ought to be closed in Delaware.
We adopt the policy of local option as one
in which all the people may join, and as
being most liberal in fact that the people
may by this method determine whether
the saloon shall go or stay. We call,
therefore, upon all good citizens without
| regard to party or creed to Join with us in
| this effort to rid our state of this intoler-
able nuisance.
"Resolved, That the committee on legis-
| lation be requested to furnish the State
Central Committee with the results OF
their labor in preparing local option bill.
and the State Central Committee shall
present the bill as finally adopted by them
to the plea that 1t be speedily considered
and passed. whereby the people of the sew
eral counties shall separately have the
privilege of voting on the question of Ii
eensing the saloon or refusing such IL
cense; and that the bill shall be SO framed
| that the vote shall be recurring, to be
taken every four years and at the general
| elsction after the first vote.
&s'Resolved, That the State Central Com
| mittee already appointed by this convention,
consisting OF five members from each
county. shall open headquarters In Whining
ton for the furtherance Of the campaign
that this committee shall thoroughly organ
| ize the state in each county for the most
aggressive work; that they shall proceed i'm
medlately to have blank forms of petitions
| to the Legislature prepared and circulated,
the form being in double column, one col
umn being for voters and the other for
women; that these petitions shall all be re-
| turned to this headquarters Of the State Cen
tral Committee on or before Washingtons 8
birthday, February %. 1895.
"Resolved. That the State Central Com
mitee shall be made permanent for the pur-
pose of continuing the campaign until elec-
tion II the passage OF the said bill should be
secured at this Legislature. and II this Leg
islature fails to grant us our rights at the
polls, to make certain In 1896 Of the election