Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-14
DELAWARE PEACE SOCIETY.
Annual MeetIng Aeid Tussdsy- Georg.
4. Rhosds Elected fres,asn..

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Annual assrng nsla Tussasy- Gssrgs
i. nhosds Eiscted freMash..
The Delaware Peace Society held its
ANIMAL meeting Tuesday in Friends
School Building, Fourth and West
streets, President George a. Rhoads
presiding. After review Of the past
years work OF the society had been
lead by Solomon D. Barker, Henry
Jones and S. Annie Ridgway we're made
members OF the organization.
Nominations for officers were made
Maris acted Is trilsi5, As ialleWiHg
Rhoads; Vice Presidents, Ashfbn 4.
Tatpm, Solomon Il. Barrier and Lewis
Brosius; Secretary, David Farris;
Treasurer, Henry j. Barnard; Exeeu-
tive Committee, eniamin X. Smedey,
Frances Tatum Rhcads, John r. Moore,
Deborah %. Maris and Richard Maris.
Only one nom inee each had been named
for the positions Of president, secretary
and treasurer For yice:Iresidenf,
Richard Mpris was nominated, and for
Q member Of the executive committee
Richard barnard was nominated in adj
dition to those who were elected.
Seventeen votes were cast in the cleo
tion.
President Rhoads appointed Anna
Taylor, Ida r: Evans, 5eh1 Il. Mpere
aRa baYla EssFis t9 70 Tbs mambsr-
4hs s9mHittse to audit the ace9pnts
Of fine Treasurer renorted that II had
found them correct and that 9 BALANCE
Of g. 30 was IN the treasury,
| David Ferris read q reEiyw Of the
| tpnrIf IF tho xanr He Cd ia that fha q -
ecutiye committee had had /, 500 copies
ola pamphlet printed containing ex-
pressions OF prominent men and news
Papers on the Philippine War and had
distributed the greater part of them
that they had created o wide interest
and it was hored, would exert good
effect on public sentiment
| q, =; Salvage, q pew member, I'D.
| dressed the Society setting forth bis
views He was pleased to 70 there, fel
there was no danger Of being scalpea.
The society was engaged ID a. good
Ssatitpds, ''HlsssssaaF s sFe th ss'sf peace 40
children 81 BOD. Il He would have
been more glad to haze seen some
Christian ministers present; they
might have reasons for not being pres
emit, but the reasons, he feared, wouic
not be endorsed by him. He said hi,
peace sentiments became concrete upoI
feading the description by Correspond
ents Of the horrors Of E1ropHap War
He once thought Of joining The army
! but thanked God that he had not. IN,
horrors Of war maids Q peace man o
him; made him an active hatsr Of war
, M. Salvage remarked that Thy aerre
apopaents in WHITING Of fhe South Afr
can war DO n9f 'pieture the herrers, ans
he Thought thefe might be same Pell
tics in the failure to do So. n
He quoted Shermgn's remark tina
! "War is heila' and refarred to the tim
when Sherman used il bef9rs q meet
: ling Up Wisconsin; Mr: Salyaga ba
An Impeachment II was thrpngl
these that he first made the aeqpaipt
anoe of David Ferris.
In the work Of the seeisty, the spaake
suggested that the mask Should he Tor
fram this aIlprameRts at war; That wa
, | should be shown up. Arbitration rpa
Z be good, but hs thought The bette
: thing was tp instill the idaa ri brother
!, hood throughout the Werld and thu
! efface the idea Of nationalisnl.
Dayid Ferris read frem an article i
! the o,atleoe, entitled vfhIeHgh Ell
s Eialae kses :, sqmFrislng OF ihtesI1Eiai
!. kong: