The daily Republican., 1902-12-19
TEMPER RANCE MEN
N CONVENTION.
Organize For Systematic Field
Work Throughout the
State.


times, stormy one a split nearly Of
curing on f4solutlOns which il pass
eli would have committed the body
TO the prohibition principle. A Wig
oroUS crusade throughout the State
for the next election is to be carried
out.
lonry i. Pickles, of this city
called the convention to Orde! and
Was nanei as permanent chairman.
Other officers were elected as fol-
loWs: Secretary, J. J. Huston; Com.
mitte9 on Finance, l.. L. Barrett,
George ". Todd and W. l., S. Muir
ray.
The Wilmington contingent,
head, Il hy the KEY. Robert Watt.
had prepared Il plan Of organiza.
ton, but did not present it. Much
Tine was lost i'll the organization,
sever al l!en Icing On their feet at
one time demanding recognition. At
the suggestion Of the Rev. Robert
"A. LlWoou. ana the .Rey. Jonathan
5. Willis, OF Milford, general COM
mlttee ot three from each local op-
ton district was appointed to re.
port to the convention. Tho men,
bers oi the committee were as fol
lows:
Wilmington Alfred Smith. VIII.
liam Writ King, George W. Todd,
New Castle-Joseph Derrickson. J.
Il. GIIdllap, Leonard V. AspriI; Kent
w I. jason, John Hutton, iona.
than S. Wills: oussex--C B, Mar
Shall, Hiram B. Hitch, Benjamin. T.
B. WooLall.
The convention then called DR..
OConneIl, coloret, to the platform
and he made telling speech, in the
course Of which he said:
Tripping among the negroes OF
this Country is increasing every day
not d winding. You white men here
to-day. il you want to do missionary
work, take hold Of this question.
wrestle with it and down it.
FIGHT AGAINT PROHIBITION.
The biggest fight of the conven-
t on came up at 30 o'clock, when
the special committee on plans came
IN with a report consisting of six
resolutions. The first was the rock
on which the conven ion almost
1t called upon the people
OF this State to 90 before the I.cgis-
lature and demand a prohibitory
statute Out.aWing he saloon in
Delaware.
DR.. Alfred Smith. championed
this resolution i'll vigorous speech
that the saloon was a
crime, a d must not be temporized
with.
Dr.. c. S Baker, the Rev. Vaughan
5. Collins aud r. NJ. Cooper were
on their feet at one time to fight the
resolution and oppose taking i.
third party attitude in this conVen-
ton or to aiming so high that moth
-ng could he struck.
Dr.. l.. Il. Barrett said he had in.
ter1iewcd several OF tho legislators
,iect and without exception they had
agreed 10 refer this question 10 the
people. Tlc Rev. l.. A. Laylield t!
said something ought to be learned
BY experience. In Maryland, where
80 voters could not be secured for
'rohlbition, the whole county could |
DC CARED for local option.
Mrs. Jennie Price. OF Smyrna. de.
Jared that her delegation had not
:ome into prohibition convention,
Jut into local option convention.
ieorgc NJ. Stevenson, Of Smyrna, said
,e belonged to the Union Republican
,arty, but came here to encourage
ocal option. If this was to be Il pro.
libition convention he would retire.
The first section of the resolution
skiing prohibition was defeated.
The second resolution calling for
ocal option and the remainder Of
he committee 5 report was adopted.
/ recon- mcndcd also that a State
cmpcTancc alliance be formed: that
field secretary be appointed to
ravGl over the State organizing aud
romoLlnG Temperance sentiment. and
hat the Legislature Ue urged to rc.
zeal the bottle and bucket law. The
also put itself OH record
S opposed 10 the repeal BY Congress
t the canlccn law.
STATE ALLIANCE FORNED.
Before adjournment last evening
no delegates organized the Delaw-
re State Temperance A lliance. The
fiiClal rOsterof the new orgauiZa-
on to prosecute the local option
from Brandywine to Bal
more hundreds stood as follows;
resident, Vaughan S. collins,
nyrna; vice presidents. Henry f.
ickels, Wilmington; Frederick
New Castle; Walter @.
Ioffeck2r Smyrna: George Fl. Hall
|ilford; secretary Joel S. GiltiIlan.
eWark; treasurer, Richard NJ.
oorcr, Cheswold Executive Com
lttee. George W. Todd. John Shape.
enry $. GoGey. Wilmington:
gorge NJ. Stevenson, Louis 4. Bar
'tt.William C. Jason. Kent: Jose ph
Holland, William +. Manning,
l1ge William il. Boyce, Sussex.
DR.. o. Brien S subsequent motion,
ding to the Executive Committee
oman from the Wcmcn's Christian
em peraucc uuion. one from each ;
the four districts, was adopted,
I'd Mrs. H. A. Gawthrop, Whining.
Il; Mrs Mary NJ. DonncIl, New Cas-.
}; Mrs. Kate Smithcrs, Kent, and
RS. Lillian Cade, Sussex. were
'cted. tpon j resolution Of DR..
att. the Alliance decided to flood
C State with petitions until every
ter in every precinct had been
lced on record before the LegIsla-