The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-09-10
Waldo District Lodge Good Tsmplars.

The Quarterly session Of Waldo District
Lodge was held with George F. Bracket
Lodge, No. II, in Jackson, Saturday, Sept
5th, and was called to order by District G.
Templar Fred H. Brown at 1890 a. m. De-
spite the fact of an exciting town meeting
in Brooks and quarterly Baptist confer
ence in jackson, which held some of the
members, there was a goodly number pres
ent and the session was both interesting
and profitable The officers present at roll
call were the District c. Templar, Fred II.
Brown District Vice Templar, Mabel Rose;
District Secretary, Elizabeth L. Bracket !;
District Treasurer, Emily A. Brown. The
following appointments were made from the
chair. Past District Templar, Ernest L.
Bartlett; District Counselor, NJ. J. Dow !;
District Chaplain, D. NJ. Kimball; District
Marshal, j. W. Jewett; Deputy Marshal,
Mrs. J. W. Jewett; District Guard. Mrs.
Emma HuxfOrd.
The morning session was busy one and
adjournment was not had until nearly l p.
M, when dinner was served to all the dele
gates by the local lodge. 1t is not an exag-
geration to say that the dinner was bounti-
full, for the members of No. II always en-
terrain royalty and we are certain that more
than the proverbial basketfuls were left
after the appetite of the hungry delegates
were satiated. .s
| A short business session was held in the
afternoon at which reports of committees
were submitted and plans for future work
o1,,tin
adopted:
| Resolved, That we heartily approve the
course of those public men who are out
spoken in their advocacy OF the prohlbltory
| law and that we will support only such can
didates at the polls as will identity them
selves in favor of the enforcement of the
| Maine liquor law.
Resolved, That we will as individuals do
all in our power to crush the effort now
| being made for resubmission.
| Resolved, That we hail with gladneSs
| some recognition of the wishes of the mass
of our people in the more radical enforce
ment of the prohibtory law and the evident
disgrace of the Bangor plan in the law
courts of our State.
Resolved, That in view of the special ac-
tivity of the liquor interest as shown by
| their clamor for reSubmiSSion we are re-
minded that it is only by constant effort
| that we can sustain our position against tue
corrupt, powerful and wealthy liquor inter
| est of the whole country against which we
are pitted, we cannot afford to lose our ~
fuence by reason of carelessness or indi-
| ference
| Resolved, That it is a great pleasure to us
| to meet again in District Lodge our highly
esteemed brother, Geo. E. Bracket, in the
| hall of the lodge which is his namesake and
which has battled for temperance for more
than quarter of a century. And here Is
hoping that both he and they may be alive
and active for many years to come.
| Resolved, That we express our thanks to
| the NJ. c. r. r. for courteses shown i'll the
| reduction of rates and to the local lodge for
| their cheerful hospitality.
| At 8 p m. the session was opened to the
public and p D. T. f. L. Bartlett welcomed
| the members and visitors as follows:
Brothers and sisters of Waldo District
Lodge: Speaking in behalf OF George E..
| Bracket Lodge, |. 0 G. T., | hold out to
you the hand of cordial welcome. We glad
| " greet you here to-day, feeling in our
hearts that it is good to be gathered here to-
| gether
We esteem it not so much duty as an
| inestimable privilege that you are our
guests to-day, and we hope and pray that
our meeting together may be fraught with
much good for the noble order to which We
| belong. And we trust that here we may,
make such plans as when carried out will
| lead to the up-building OF our order and the
cause of civic righteousness.
1t is specially fitting that we meet here
at this time; here, where the altar fires OF
Good Templary have been kept brightly
burning for nearly 80 years; here, among
the wooded hills and dales where we may
inhale the spirit of purity in the very air we
| breathe. We are here for a purpose. Let
us accomplish that purpose.
| We have now arrived at a period IN the
history of our beloved State when enemies
within her borders are beginning to make a
gigantic effort to overthrow one of the pill
lars in the temple of her civic purity. The
re-echoing sounds of forensic eloquence
from the recent reSubmission convention
have already scarcely died away.
The gauntlet has been thrown down.
The pure and morally spotless F. 0. Beal
has hurled his oratoricai thunderbolts at
temperance cranks and fanatics. He also
| has proudly proclaimed that Bangor, with
her $50 places where liquor may be obtained,
is as law-abiding as any city in the State.
The immaculate DR.. G. Laugtry Crockett,
of Lewiston fame, has poured out his Walls
of wrath upon the devoted heads of Con.
Littlefield, Hon. J. II. Manley and other
public men who have had the temerity to
| openly approve the prohibitory law.
| These things teach us that an organized
| effort is being made to tear down that which
we have helped to build up. And, say, ii
1
ance, morality and civic Righteousness in
our State to oppose this movement with all
their might, mind and strength.
Let US support, in every possible way, the
course of those noble officials who are max
| ing an honest effort to enforce the present
liquor law. l would that the names OF
judges Peabody and Spear might be EN-
blazoned in letters of dazzling light, that
others might s'look and learn" l have not
the power to find words to fittingly express
the admiration have for man, man with
back bone. And l fully believe that such
is the case with the masses of our people.
So, brothers and sisters, let us put on the
armOr of civic Righteousness and the shield
of faith let us grid up our loinS that we
may fight good fight; let us stand up and
| be counted on that side which we believe TO
| be right
And now, dear brothers and sisters. in
conclusion 1 will say, that we hope and
| trust that in your visit to us today such
pleasure, profit and pure enjoyment will be
yours that you will be rejoiced to come
again and partake of that hospitality which
we now so sincerely offer you.
J The response was by Past Grand c. Tenn
plar NJ. J. Dow.
REGULATIONS were given by Ruth Small and
Philip Body solos by Emily Brown, Myra
Brown and O. A. Chase.
! The location of the next session was left
/ to the District Council.