The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-17
STATE TEMPERANCE UNION.
ITS ANNU4L CONTENTION REID
 YESTERDAT IN WINSTED.

| the Gause--Features or an Address De
 liverod by Rev, Dr. Smyth of New Haven
 The Election of officers, Etc. Winsted, Jan. 16.-The annual conven'
 ton of the Connecticut Temperance
 union held to-day here was well attend.
 ed, and the enthusiasm of the members
 was not dampened even in the midst of
 snow and rain storm. Many promi- nent workers in the temperance move
 ment were present, including s. F.
 Thrasher of New Haven, secretary of
 the law and order league: Rev. ]. II James of Rockville, Hon. D. w. North rop, ex-secretary of state. of Middle town; pr. w. II. Sharpe of Putnam, Rev. J. s. James of Hartford, E, s. G. Hoenthal of Rockville.
 The exercises opened by devotional exercises, led by Rev, MT. Ferry. Miss Lulu Hagar presided at the piano. At the calling to order of the business meeting Dr. Sharpe of Putnam was chosen temporary chairman, pending the arrival of Dr. Northrop, president of the union.
 Addresses were made by Mrs. c. B.. Forbes of Hartford, president of the state W. c. T. U.; D. s. Hohenthal, Secretary Tharsher, E. H. Barber of Manchester and others.
 The treasurer's report showed that the total receipts for the past year have been S4,4S2.S3, and the expendi- e 4 q Tn Y,4 utive committee the adoption of local option wss characterized as step backward.
 Much satisfaction was expressed over the fact that at the last election 102 towns, more than three-fifths of the state, voted to banish license. The re- port also demanded that unless the abuses of the county commissioners system could be corrected the office should be abolished.
 The following officers and committees were then elected
 President-Thomas L. Norton of Lakeville.
 Vice presidents-Hon. R. Battell of Norfolk, Hon. M S. Chapman of South Manchester, Hon. W. w. Terrill of Middletown, Hon. J. M. Talcott of Ell ington, Hon. H. Hammand of Daniel sonville. Rev. $, L. Blake. D. D., Of New London; Hon. Burdette Hart of New Haven, Hon. H. A. Davenport of Bridgeport.
 Executive committee-Thomas L.Nor- on of Lakeville, ex-ofTlcio Hon. J. w. Manning Of Putnam, Prof. D. N Camp of New Britain, Hon. D. Strong of Winsted, Hon. D. w. Northrop of Mid dletown, Rev. W. H. Moore of Hart ford. Rev. J, E. Stubbert of New Lon don. Dr. w. R. Sharpe of Putnam. H. L. James Of Rockville, L. P. Treadwell of Danbury. Rev. A. H. Wyatt of Nor. walk Rev c. H. Barber of Manchester, S P. Thrasher of New Haven, Frank M. Rose of Torrington, Rush F. Chap man of Hartford
 The convention adjourned from the Baptist church, where the morning and afternoon sessions were held, to the opera house this evening. There were 200 in attendance, the weather keeping many away. Rev. Newman Smyth, D, D.. of New Haven, was introduced and delivered an impressive address, after which Rev. w. c. Steele of New York spoke on the phases of the drink ques- ton.
 The following were some of the points in Dr. Smyth's speech:
 We are now on the flood tide of a re- vival of civic righteousness and respon- sibility. A new enthusiasm for local good government is rising in all our cities and larger towns. We fought once on the battlefield for the organic unity of the nation We are contending now, not for the unity of the body polite as one indivisable whole, but for the integrity of the local units, for the wholesomeness of the individual cells and nerve centers, of which the body polite is constituted. This present con- flct may not afford opportunity for so conspicuous public service as did the war for the national unity; but it af- lords ample opportunity for hard, hon est work, and the steady enthusiasm of true patriotism.
 The present movement for good gov ernment, like all great social move ments, is not the work of any one man, or of any superior class of men; it is an uprising at many points of the people. Where slates have been smash ed, rings broken, and practical gains for good government made in some of our cities, the work has been mainly done not by the educated class as class, but by what we call the intelli- gent middle class. Educated men may aim the blow, but the power of 1t has been largely due to the better-minded Irishmen. The educated class have practically little to do with | the government of our cities. Here and | there men from our colleges may fur 1 nish light and leadership; but usually | the educated class is the least influen- | cial and practically the most worthless | class in our municipal politics. Their | first political duty is to cast the beam | put of their own eye Governmental re- | form in this country is not to be &C., | by the philosophic conver- sation or the sneers of the best educated | citizens. The gentleman and the schol- | ar is not going to purify the politics of | 1is town or state through long distance | He must be in it himself. To save politics the good citizen must | oe in politics. The cure for our politics s more politics. There are two para mount duties, always obligatory, which l,s IOv 4,,I