Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
Arrangements Under Way For The Am

Much interest is being centered ID temperance circles in Connecticut at the present time and many prepara- tions are being made for the annual state convention, which will be held at Derby, September 10. At this con yention the following amendments to the constitution and bylaws VIII pc presented. John Wall of Derby will propose that after the word vote Ill the fourth line of article five, section seven. of the constitution, the follow ing shall be added: except upon the election of officers;'' also that the n1tn line of article second of section second shall be stricken out. The line reads: flor fifty members or fractional part thereof" A new section, which will De known as article first of the second sec ton of the bylaws, will be proposed. It is as follows: "Any male adult so- ciety admitted to membership in the state union after January l and prior to July in any year shall pay pro rata share of per capita for the number of months that they are members prior to the time of holding the state conyen- ton. The tax will be based on mem bership at the time of admission. So- cieties admitted after July l will be exempt from paying per capita for the balance of the year up to the time or holding the state convention.
 The evening before the day of the opening of the convention the board of government will hold a meeting in St Aloysius hall. The business which will be laid before this meting will be the awarding of the state prize banner, the hearing of the reports of the county directors, the auditing of the accounts of the secretary and treasurer and the preliminary arrangements for the con- vention will be made. The friends of the Young Mems T.. A. B. society of New Britain claim that they will win the prize banner easily this year. They have almost doubled their membership during the past year by giving them a membership at the present time of about 300. The canvas for the various offices has commenced and is becoming rather lively. There appears to be no opposition to the reelection of the pres ent president. Rev Walter Shanley of Hartford. who will no doubt receive the unanimous vote of the convention for another term of office.
 Each society in the state union is entitled to send one delegate for every fifty members or fractional part there of, based upon the annual report issued December 319 199Os gThatheport show ed eighty five ssoeiatiesrWith al mem Der ship of 6,330. There will be 15S dele gates to the convention. Of these New Haven county will be entitled to sew enty-eight delegates, or just about one half of the total delegation. The other counties will have the following dele gates: Hartford, thirty-two; New London. twenty; Fairfield, nine; Litch- field. thirteen; Middlesex, seven; Tol- land five; and Windham, 8. The city of New Haven with eleven societies, will be entitled to twenty-seven dele gates. Other cities will re represent ed as follows: Hartford, eight so- cieties, sixteen delegates; Waterbury, five societies. twelve delegates; yMeri- den, four societies, nine delegates; New Britain, two societies, eight delegates: Branford. four societies, seven dele gates; Wallingford, three societies. six delegates; Ansonia, two societies. six delegates; Winsted, three societies. six delegates. Thus the ten towns above named will be represented with thrity- seven societies or los delegates, while the remaining towns will be represent- ed by forty-eight societies or fifty dele gates.
 The fact that Waterbury stands third in regard to representation in the state convention and that last years con vention report shows. that they, had a large membership makes Waterbury Temperance workers feel etthat tfey should have some representation on the board of state officers One of the local societies passed vote at the time of the election of delegates to the con vention instructing the delegates to do their utmost to secure some state off, cers for Waterbury. The following are the names of the local societies and the number of members each had De- cember 31, 1900, and the number of delegates they are thereby entitled to. St Joseph's T. A. society, POT mem- bers, five delegates; Waterbury R. O.. T. A. society, thirty-seven members, one delegate; St Mary's T. A. society, sixty members, two delegates; St Aloysius Cadets. 105 members, three delegates; St Francis Xavier Cadets. fifty members, one delegate. The St Joseph T.. A. society will be represent ed by the following delegates who were elected at their last meeting. James H. Freney, William l.. Ryder. Jeremiah Dillane, Henry A. Hayden and Frank Hollywood