The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-14
SCORE The CANTEEN
The Prohibitionists
Are Not Satisfied
With Griggs.
STATE CANDIDATE NAMED.
John W. Barr of Medford
Nominated for Gov.
ernor.
STATE CANDIDATE NAMED.

The promotion state convention met
yesterday morning in Association hall,
7. NJ. G. A. building, with large num-
Der of delegates present. The meeting
was called to order at 1890 o'clock by
State Secretary E. w. Clark of Bos-
ton, in the absence of either the state
chairman or state vice-chairman.
After the reading of the call for the
convention, the body went into tenn
porary organization, Rev. Alva H. Nor
rill Of New Bedford being chosen tenn
porary chairman. and F. w. Clark tenn
porary secretary. Prayer was offered
by Rev. Arthur A. Blair of Marlboro.
after which the chairman, on motion,
appointed the committees it being
moved and carried that the committee
on platform act also as committee on
resolutions. eT
The committee on permanent organic
alton then retired, and during their alb
sence, Secretary Clark spoke on the
work of the coming campaign. He said
that while the party might call caucus
es instead of holding a convention, vet,
as the voting strength was SO small in
some districts, the convention was nee
essary Nomination papers would be
to get the required number of sigma
lures, that the names of the candidates
might be placed on the regular ballot
He concluded by speaking strongly of
the laws which made it necessary for a
candidate to go about among his neigh
bors for signatures before he could have
his name placed on the ballot 1t is Il
law, he said, made by the dominant po-
lical parties, controlled by the liquor
element.
The committee on permanent organ
izatlon reported the following officers,
all OF whom were elected unanimous
ly:-
President, Rev. Alvah H. Morrill, New
Bedford; secretary F. w. Clark Bos-
ton; assistant secretary, H. B. Griffin,
Winthrop; presidents Edward
Kendall of Cambridge, A. w. Richard
son of Springfield, N. B. Johnson of
Milford, Samuel B. Shapleigh of Bos-
ton. Edward S. Rogers of Lee, Henry
c. Smith of Haydenville, Rev Everett
d. Burr of Boston, Rev., Charles A.
Crane of Boston, Rev. George c. Lori
mer Of Boston. Rev. ]. W. Hamilton of
Boston, Rev. Scott F. Hershey of Bos-
ton, Rev. w T. Perrin of Boston, Rev.
James M. Gray of Boston, William H.
Partridge of Newton, John w. Baer of
Medford William Shaw of Boston,
John w Fisher of Attleboro, Frank M
Forbush of Natick, e. A. Rugg of
Greenfield, Prof. John Bascofn of Will
Jamestown, George d. Crittenden of
Sheiburne Falls, Seth Weston of Chel-
sea, Hubbard Lawrence of Palmer,
Mrs. Mial Davis of Fitchburg, Mrs.
Eugene H. Clapp of Boston, Mrs. B.
#. Sturtevant of Boston, Mrs. A. c..
Morgan of Boston, James H. Roberts
of Cambridge, Allen Coffin of Nam
tucket, Rev. Lyman Beecher of Brook
line, James K Fellows of Lowell.
Charles w. Hodges of Foxboro. Will
liam S. Swift of Tisbury Charles A.
Chase of Swansea, Robert C. Habber-
ley Of Hyde Park, H. S. Cowell of Ash
burnham, Rev. ]. P. Kennedy of Mall
den, William Mccorney Of Worcester.
The address of Rev. Alvah H. Nor
rill of New Bedford which followed was
interesting and spirited and was list
ened to with the closest attention. Here
are some Of the paragraphs that char
acterized his speech:
I'VE are here, the svowed enemies of
the liquor traffic. We represent some
thousands of earnest men and women,
who are devoted to the interests that
are above all estimated value, those Of
the home, the school, the church, the
state itself. Nay, more, we are here
eecause of our interest in the best
Things of our Christian civilization.
which prompts us to take our stand,
politically, for the truth of prohibition.
We are not ashamed to give a reason
for our position
The liquor traffic, under the protec-
ton Of law, making it in certain de-
gree respectable, has become so strong
ly intrenched that to destroy it requires
concerted political action.
In this enlightened age of the world
in this land so signally favored Of God,
in the closing years of this wonderful
18th century, We find thousands of in
telligent citizens, having the right Of
suffrage, who deliberately say at the
ballot box that they are willing, for a
few paltry dollars, that men shall be