The newspaper., 1906-09-14
REGARDING TEMPERANCE.

Below we reprint some reso'
lutions and comments thereon by
lid. McFadden. 1t has always
been the policy of this paper to
give space to any discussion which
seemed to be pertinent to present
issues. This is our excuse tor
printing some resolutions that are
as tull of holes as sieve and
some comments that we presume
will meet with approval with a
few of our readers, but with which
we have little sympathy. Next
week we will in our own way dis
cuss them. This week we have
neither time nor space.
Temperance Resolutions.
The following is the report OF the
committee on temperance unanl-
mously adopted by the Colorado
annual conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal church.
1--WE hold steadfastly to the faith
that total abstinence for the indiv1d-
ual and prohibition for the state Is
the only right and logical outcome FOR
the war against the Drink hapl1 anu
the drink traffic.
We hold that there is something
vitally wrong with the church when
in any community there exists at
once liquor saloon and Metho-
dist church and there is peace in that
community.
We urge all our pastors to so
preach and pray and influence in
every effective way that all our
members shall be brought up to the
standard of the utterances OF our
General conference in temperance life
and effort.
believing that the final overthrow
of the drink traffic can only be
brought about through the federated
action of Christian churches, we
most heartily endorse the Anti-Sa-
loon League, and earnestly recon-
mend that our churches be opened
on one Sunday each year to accred-
tied representatives OF that league,
that our people may hear OF the
work it is doing. and have Oppor-
tunfty to give it financial support.
WHEREAS all the leading denomi-
national bodies of the state have ac-
cepted the Anti-SalOOn league OF
Colorado as the official agency OF
the federated church, and,
WHEREAS common fairness die
tates that such an agency should be
permanent in order to protect the
men whose votes make possible the
passage of legislation desired in the
interest of Christian patriotism
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that
we. the Colorado Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, express
our approval of the fairness and
justice of the local option bill pro.
posed by the Anti-Saloon League
of Colorado, and that we believe the
privilege of voting directly against
the saloon by counties, cities and
villages to be an unquestiond right,
incident to self-government. and
urge cooperation OF all members OF
this body in the plans OF the feder-
ated church agency known as the
Anti Saloon League, for securing the
election of Legislature which will
enact such legislation, and
That we mem orialiZe the Sixteenth
General Assembly of Colorado which
will convene in Denver, January 1907,
to pass the local option bill which
will be proposed by the Anti-Saloon
League and hereby direct that an
authenticated copy of this resolution
be sent by the secretary of this con
ference to the clerks OF the Senate
and the House of the next General
Assembly, after the same shall have
convened, and also to each candi-
date for election to the General As
sembly.
That we authorize l.. A. Banks.
c. b. Wilcox and S. B. Warner to
represent this body at any meet
ing or hearings OF the friends OF the
local option bill during the next
Legislature.
We nominate as delegates to the
National Anti-Saloon League con-
vention, to meet in st, Louis, Mis-
.souri, on November 18th, 1OO6, DR.. q.
B. Spencer and +. +. Bean"
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS ALBERT BANKS,
w. q. BARRON,
J. +. COFFMAN.
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