The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-21
Anti Saloon Forces Held
Splendid Convention.
PRACTICAL SPEECHES
Chairman Bailey Reviews the Wonder
c full and Gratifying Results That
Have Been Achieved Since
the Legislature of
1908.

Recommendation of the Legislative
Committee OF the Temperance COnyen-
ton held i'm Raleigh yesterday. to tho
General Assembly. as indicated by the
report adopted last night are as fol-
lows:
Your committee respectfully recOm-
mends that the General Assembly of
North Carolina be requested TO enact
a law i'm furtherance OF temperance
upon the following points. tO-wit:
First. That the manufacture. sale
and rectifyin@ OF vinOus, malt or sDir-
ifuous liquors be prohibited i'm towns
heretofore Incorporated or that may
hereafter be incorporated with less
than two hundred qualified voters.
Second. That the Watts act be
more rigidIy enforced by appropriate
LEGISLATION and especially that the du-
ties of the county and municipal Off
GERS be more specifically prescribed in
the execution of all temperance laws.
Third. That we heartily favor an
anti-jug law.
Fourth. That q committee on lcgiS-
latiOn be appointed by the president
the legislation above recommended.
The Temperance convention met in
Metropolitan hall promptly at noon
yesterday.
The morning session was taken up
with organization and the appointment
of committees.
In the evening the deliberations
lasted till midnight.
A discussion which came near to
creating serious trouble was caused by
the incorporation in the report of a
resolution which put the body on rec
ord as favoring a dispensary as an
alternative to the open saloon. Sew
eral of the delegates took this resolu-
tion to mean that the convention was
endorsing the dispensary and they bit
terry denounced the dispensary and
for Il while We're determined i'll their
opposition to permitting any reference
To that institution to get into the reso-
lutions OF the body.
everal,impasSioned talks were made
along this line by Mr.. sylvester Belts,
Rev. DIR. Hall and others and at one
moment there seemed q considerable
majority of the delegates present clear
ly ready to vote down the clause.
1t WAS only after a tense.y dramatic
speech by Rev. DR.. Battle, of Green's
borO, who stated that the killing of the
resolution after its introduction would
ALLEVIATE q number of the most earn
est movers and leaders in the temper
ance cause in the State, and state
ment by DR.. McKelway for the COM
mttee that Chairman Bailey mad
stated that if the resolution were de-
feated he would be forced to re-
sign that the resolution as to dis
pensary, amended so as to state that
prohibition was the ultimate goal, was
finally adopted.
The discussion over the diSpensary
clause occupied the time of the con-
vention for more than an hour, dur
ing which there We're moments of
great excitement end considerable
confusion. The adjournment of the
meeting which came AT midnight found
the convention, however again har-
monious and the best of feeling and
sentiment prevailing.
NIGHT SESSION.
The night meeting opened with
prayer by Rev. w. r. Bradsher.
Reports from Counties.
Reports from several counties were
made by Messrs. W. NJ. Hinton of
Elizabeth City; G. T. Adams. of New
Bern; S. 7. Austin. of Nash: j. w.
sutton. OF Benson: n. w. Brown. of
Hillsboro; C. w. Barbee. of Durham;
G. ID. Graves. of Wadesboro; Heriot
Clarkson, of Charlotte; Dr. II. w.
Battle, of Greensboro; j. e. Daven-
port, of Graham; w. A. Dunn, Of
Scotland Neck; Rev. G.. r. Watkins, of
Roxboro: ]. II. Hardness. of States
vile; Senator Everett, of Rocking
ham; w. c. Douglass, of Raleigh;
Frank Hancock, OF Oxford, and Mrs.
/. C. Blair, of Raleigh, speaking for
the Woman'S Christian Temperance
Union.
In his report from Mecklenburg
county Mr.. Clarkson took occa sion 10
state that Governor r. y. Glenn mad
done more to make his toNn white"
than any man in the State, and Mr..
McNinch, of Mecklenburs, who vas
called on spoke humorousiy ami In q
ca n1l. 'inleIltsly way OF Mir. Ciaras0'.
saying that in an election he was an
nLiauitous man. with more legs arms,
feet and hands than any man he lad
ever seen.
Mrs. Blair who spoke for several
minutes, referred to Mr.. Bailey thus:
Behold in Josiah William Bailey
your Gideon.
Mr.. Douglass of Raleigh. made
short and ringing speech. Here, said
he. we have dispensary. got by hard
work. | wish we could say We were
rid of it; We We're vaccinated year
ago. From a monetary stand point,
it is booming success. Raleigh mad
twenty-four bar rooms. In language
that had been used during the meeting
Raleigh had concerted on the liquor
traffic When it becomes necessary to
take off the head of it. there will be
only one instead of twenty-four To
cut. He believed the sentiment of the
people of the city was for prohibition.
If the dispenSary wasn't the biggest
thing in the world it took a great
fight to get it, The local anti-saloon
league is live thing in the hearts of
the people.
WAYS and Means Committee.
The Committee on Ways and Means
brought in it's report which was unani-
mously adopted as follows:
I'VE recognize the splendid work
done for us by the chairman of the
executive committee during the past
two years. Mr.. j. w. Bailey. and it is