Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-07-24
PROHIBITION
CONVENTION

The claim made by the Prohibitions
lists that their party this year shows m-
precedentcd strength received support
Monday in the attendance at the
Prohibition County convention here,
which was larger than ever before
known.
The convention, which was held in
the Grand Jury room, was called to
order at , 80 o'clock by County Chair
man Thomas w. Mills, who presided
during the session. j. NJ. Kelso and
Rev. l.. II. W. Kline were chosen as
secretaries.
The room was well filled with Pro
hibitionists. In addition to the we'll
known adhcrcnts Of the party in Dan
Vile, there were an unusually large
number present from other parts of the
county, including \. ID. CroSslcy of
West Hcmlock township; Clark Boone
of Derry township and Henry Snyder,
W J. Mcsscrsmith, William Pollock,
r. b. Ycrg, William Robinson, J. II.
Lcidy and Rev. NJ. G. illegal, of Wash
igtonvilIe.
State Chairman Charles Il. Jones,
who arrived on the , :3l Pennsylvania
train, was also present at the conven-
tion. Before proceeding with the
nominations he gave short talk. He
was gratificd, he said, at the good at
tendance which was in harmony with
the increased interest in Prohibition
which marks the campaign elsewhere
in the state The sentiment in favor
of Prohibition is especially strong in
the Western part of the state. In
Nenango county at the last election
and 9S local officers. In that section,
the present year he predicted that
Swallows vote for Governor will be
more than double what it was i'll 1898.
The State Chairman recommended
that Prohibition pledges be put in
circulation among the voters. Many
persons, he said are favorable enough
to Prohibition but decline to vote the
ticket on the ground that it would be
throwing away their vote. Had
they any assurance of success, they
say, they would vote for Prohibition.
In order to take these people at their
word pledges have been devised. The
one that the State Chairman recon-
mended for this county would read
about as follows:
Believing that political corruption
largely made possible by the liquor
traffic in politics is the most dangerous
element of our political life today |,
the undersigned citizen of Montour
county hereby pledge myself to vote
for the Prohibition party candidates
in county affairs, this pledge to he
binding as soon as bona tide nOtiiica-
tion is received that 1900 genuine sig
natures to this pledge have been obtain
ed. The pledge is null and void un-
less 1900 signatures have been received.
On motion ii was decided to adopt
the above pledge and put it into cir
culation.
+. p. Johnson was elected Chairman
of the County committee, with Rev.
f. b. Dunn rs Secretary and Thomas
Mills aS Treasurer.
Clark Boone of Derry township; T.
b. Ycrg, of Washingtonville and w.
II. Mauger of this city were chosen as
members of the Executive committee.
They were authorized 10 appoint full
county committee embracing all the
districts The following nominations
were made: Representatives, Rev. l..
II. W. Kline; County Commissioners,
Clark Boone and Thomas Mills; Audi
ors, +. l.. Rank and J. NJ Kclso.
Rev. l.. II. w Kline, Rev. l.. b.
Twichell and Rev NJ G. illegal were
chosen as conferreeS. They were in
structcd for +. p. Johnson for State
Senate and Rev. II. G. Harman for
Congress, taking in both long and
short term.