Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-15
JACKSON GROVE CAMP
PLEASANT WEATHER FOR PRO-
HIBITIoN CONVENTION.
Delegates From Various Sections Of
the Country Present-Politics
Enters the Discussion.

Special Correspondence Of The STAR
JACKSON GROVE, A. A. Md. August Is.
Yesterday the camps had pleasant wealth.
er for the prohibition convention scheduled
for the morning and afternoon.
The convention brought delegates from
different sections OF the county. 1t was
called to order at 1890 o'clock by County
Chairman Edward ColIinson. and Mr.. John
w. Keibaugh was made chairman. with l..
G. Kelbaugh secretary. Mr.. F. c. Hen
erickson. chairman of the state committee,
and Rev. c. NJ. Elderdice of Baltimore were
present.
Mr. Kelbaugh on taking the chair, said
that II religion and politics did not mix one
or the other should be gotten rid Of The
Bible was full of texts bearing on political
questions. Recently the democracy had
held convention reafflrming the Jener-
sonian principles, and he doubted II one
member of the convention could tell what
they were. They also declared for the Poe
amendment. and this was one Of the issues
of the campaign. He formerly favored the
Australian system, but nothing short of
law by which every voter should be prlvf-
legged to vote his own ticket would satisfy
him.
Rev. Mr.. Brown made the welcoming adj
dress In which he stated that for years a
prohibitionist he went over to the Anti
Saloon League, but had returned to the
party to vote with 1t for life.
motion was adopted to appoint COM
mittee to fill vacancies on the ticket con-
sisting Of Messrs. E. Coliinson. William
Childs and George A. Davis. Addresses
were made by Rev. c. M Elderdlce OF Bal
timore Rev A A BicheI of Arapo, Messrs.
]. W. Frizzell of Baltimore, J. W. KEEL
baugh and N G.. Collinson of Anne Arundel
county.
Rev. J. NJ. L. Brown Edward Collinson
N G.. Collinson. George A. Davis and ELL
jah Parsons were appointed committee
on resolutions.
Delegates Appointed.
Delegates to the state convention. which
will meet in Baltimore September II. were
appointed as follows: N. G. Coliinson. Ed
Collinson, Frank H. Ridout. A. ]. Phelps,
J. w. Kelbaugh. W. H. Feldmyer and John
Latherbury. Alternates, W. H. Silk, G.
A. Davis. Theo Conner. Rev. c. II. Wag-
ner, L. G.. kelbaugh, w. F. Childs and Will
liam Collinson. A recess was taken to the
afternoon. but before the dinner a sort of
prohibition experience meeting. over which
Mr.. Brown presided, took place. Rev. Mr..
Elderdice spoke OF the duty OF Christians
as to the cause. Rev Mr.. Bichell. from an
oyster county dorchester county,. said
there was a hard fight there on the Haman
bill and referred to them favoring Sem.
ator Applegarth who recently was engaged
on a camp ground distributing liquor. Mr..
FriZZeIl related an anecdote in which an
engineer officer asked General Grant for
fifty men twenty-four feet high to work in
mud eighteen feet deep. This described the
party, which was progressing. though still
in the mud. and they had succeeded in the
churches in having the question in the va
rious meetings Of the church.
Mr.. ]. w. Kelbaugh said the Poe amend
ment was proposed on the theory that the
negro was menace. and, referring to the
split In the two parties said that the pro-
hibitionists would increase their vote.
Further discussion revealed favor as well
as opposition to the Hannah bill for the
protection Of the oyster. One speaker said
that was the ostensible OBJECT Of the leg
islation, but whether the bill would accom-
plish 1t was a question. It had been said
that the greatest enemy of the bivalve was
the oyster man himself. All seemed to
favor platform plain on other questions
than prohibition.