Evening journal., 1907-04-22
ORGANIZE TO
FIGHT LICENSE"
Convention Of Temperance
Folks in Dover To-day
Plans for Campaign
Special to Tho evening journal.

Specldl TO Inc Evening journal.
DOVER, Del, April 22-The "drys" or
no-license party organized here to-day
in big State convention in which
nearly every voting precinct in the
state was represented. by the gem
era1 representation Of the citizens and
voters Of all three parties there was
every indication that the statement
that Dshmareans were eager to vote
on the liquor question wea true. q.
The program for the day was a two
part convention, morning ana afternoon
IN the n,w Opera House aid final
platform meeting in the large WESLEY
M e. Church at ngh. At this lat
ter meeting, George Massey Jones. the
Dover lawyer ard prominent Presby-
terian. VIII preside.
The executive committee Of the
Citizens Lergue and The Delaware
state Temperance Alliance held
meeting, together with a number Of
laymen and ministers identified with
the no-l'cense movement. in the study
Of Dr. A. w. Lightbourne i'm Wesley
parsonase at o'clock this morning.
Rev Robert Watt. d. D.. Of Smyrna.
president of the Delaware State TEN
perance Alliance. called .ho convention
to order at 1880 in the Opera House.
when the committee confsrees present.
ed the following platform for the con-
sideration OF the convention and its
committee on platform, rules and reso-
buttons.
"TIhe conduct of the anti-license
campaign shall be in charge Of a. state
campaign committee consisting Of
thirty members. Each constitutional
| local option district shall be entitled to
six members and there shall be six
members at large. The officers of said
committee shNll consist of RI chairman,
secretary and treasurer and such other
officers as the committee may deem
proper. The said state campaign COM
mittee shall have the general super
vision OF the local option campaign In
all Of the districts in this State and
shall cooperate with the district COM
mittees hereinafter provided for in the
conduct Of THE campaign On each Of the
several districts.
The camTaign in each OF the local
option districts shall be conducted by
coif mittees i'm she several districts. Sc
lected by conventions held in the said
several districts pursuant to a call OF
the state campaign committee, at such
times and places as tile state commit
tee shall designate. Each OF the said
local option district committees shall
/ be composed of twenty mt n1bers. twn
from each legislative district in said
| local option districts ard in the loca'
option district comprising the city Of
/ Wilmington. there shall I've "A committee
of twenty members. two from each
legislative district, ana the remaindel
at large.
Each Of SAID committees shall Or
ganize as soon as thev POSSIBLY cor
after the holding Of the scid convention
In the said several districts. and shall
elect a chairman. secretary and treas
/ urer ana any other officers that they
may deem necessary. The said district
/ committees shlll conduct the cam.
paign in the said several districts IL
\ cooperation with the said state cam.
I raign committee. and the chaircnen o
the said several districts committees
shall be the custodian of all the fund
j campaign committee. y The treasurei
Of the State local option committee
shall be thecustodian Of all Of the fund
n collected for the purpose Of waging thl
campaign I'm the said several district
and It shall be the duty Of the sail
State campaign ccrnmittee to authoriz
ire N..Na . a.
committee to pay ever 70 the treas
!, urers Of tho district committees a pro
portipnste share Of all funds so receivei
by him as aforesaid for the prosecution
4 Of the campaign in the said svera
districts unless It be otherwise ordere
. hy the state campaign committee upot
= recommendation in writing of the fou
I chairrren Of the said several local op
tion district committees The chair
rsn OF the said district committees q
we'll as the cha rman Of the State cam
: paign committees or IL the committs
deem it advisable, they may select
chairman who e not member of tn
committee. ana this rule win also ap
ply to the selection OF any OF the othe
officers Of said committees.
"That the sa!d several campalg
; committees both state ana distric
shall havesthe power 70 appoint sue
= committeesias they may deem prope
I for the mana cement Of the campaign.
r The DISTRICT convention, which VIII b
( conveneaT pursuant u call by ii
state campaign committee, shall b
= composed Of al voters TINT are inter
E cstcd in local option. who may des.r
/ 20 attend tho said convention.
Further II - the sense of this col
4 Vention that al temperance organiza
4 tions whether in the State or out OF
| should work IN cooperation with tn
I said carraisn committee and the dis
j trict. committees herein provided for, $
r that IN effect there viii be one grea
organization working with one accor
for the advancement Of the anti-keens
, campaign IN this State"
THREE DEMOCRATIC