The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-25

sale of liquors throughout the
State by the legislature at the next
session, and at the short session
following, if the amendment car
ries, the enactment of a prohibit
ton statute in accord with such
amendment; and until the con-
stitutional amendment be voted
on and (if passed. enacted into
statute law, the legislature is re-
quested to enact such restrictive
amendments to the present.local
option law as will effectually pre-
vent the extension, beyond exist
ing limits, of the liquor traffic.
Third. We distinctly disavow
any purpose or desire to form
separate party organization.
We reaffirm the declaration made
by the first state prohibition con-
vention, July Goth, 1881, and fire.
quently repeated since, that the
cause of prohibition should not
be entangled with party politics,
and that the interests of this great
reform should be sacredly en-
throned above mere contests for
place and power. However, since
the contamination aimed at by
prohibitionists must needs come
by Legislative sanction, and since
prohibition laws are dependent
for their enforcement upon civil
officers elected by the people; 5
without disturbing the party aGlia-
ton of any prohibitionist, we urge
all friends of this reform to so use
their influence and votes in the Sc
lection of candidates by their re-
spective parties in the impending
campaign, as to insure the nomi-
nation of men for the legislature
and administrative Offices, who
are friends to prohibition, rather
than its avowed or secret enemies.
ITO better facilitate the accom-
plishment of this end we recon-
mend the calling Of county mass
meetings to create prohibition
sentiment in the several counties
and to secure concert of action
in the carrying out this policy, and
to prevent the unlawful use of IL
quor for election purposes. In
temperance should not be counte-
nanced in candidates or public off
Gals, and no drunkard is worthy
of support for public Office.
Fourth. We are the friends of
law and order and believe in ex-
alting and respecting all the laws
of our beloved State so long as
they are laws; and in every county
and community where the laws
are not properly observed, we
recommend the organization of
civic or law and order leagues
to cooperate with the civil officers
in the securing of better law en-
forcement along all lines.
Fifth. We favor the perpet-
uation of scientific instruction in
all the public schools of the State
on the dangers of alcohol and
narcotics and the incubation of
the doctrine of temperance and to-
tai abstinence among our people
generally, by every means practi-
cable. Moral suasion for the
drinker should everywhere 90
hand in hand with legal suasion
for the seller.
Sixth. We urge upon our
senators in congress to vote for
the passage of the Interstate
commerce bill, already approved
by the House of Representatives,
which promises federal protection
to States and sections that have
prohibitory laws.
Seventh. Lastly, we cordially
invite and earnestly appeal to ev-
cry friend of prohibition in Mis-
sissippi to join heart and hand
with US in this advance move
ment for the final overthrow of
the legalized liquor traffic on Mis-
sissippi soil. We confidently rely
upon the united support and CO.
operation of the Christian woman
hood Of Mississippi, whose I'M
swerving fidelity to the principles
of this cause finds it's truest ex-
preston in that noble and de-
voted organization, the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union"
The adoption of the report
by a rising vote was quite dra-
matte. AS the large assembly
rose to its feet, the welI-known
notes of the doxology, ''Praise
God From Whom All Blessings
Flow" burst forth and all heart
lily joined in the rendition.
Mr.. H. H. Coleson, of Clay, in
troduced the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted
by the meeting:
Resolved, That this mass meet
ing petition Congress to enact a
law prohibiting the issue of gov
eminent licenses authorizing indi-
viduals to sell liquor in prohibi-
tion territory.
Resolved, That they also incor-
porate therein a section making all
packages of liquor shipped into
prohibition territory contraband
articles without protection of law.
Resolved, That our representa-
tives and senators in the national
legislature be requested to press
the enactment of such national
legislation.
A motion WAC adnntad nToyidi nm