Middletown transcript., 1907-04-27
FIGHT AGAINST LICENSE
Temperance People Decided to Give
Vigorous Battle

I royal to prevent the enactment of col
siitutional prohibition in this state by a
election next November
Walter o. uoffecker Of Smyrna, forme
Congressman and leading Republican
was chosen as permanent chairman of til
convention and the Rev. Joel S. Gilfllar
PresbJ terian minister of Newark, wa
selected as secretary.
i The principal work OF the morning wa
to get all efficient committee on part
organization and this v as finally ohtaine
as follows Alexander NJ. Daiy, chairman
John b. Hutton, William Salisbury
William D. Denney, Isaac T. Parker
JOHN P. Holland, Rev. Alexander Alison
Jr., DIR. q. Layton Grier, Rev. II. w
kellogg, and the Rev. George G. Hall
Rev. f. +. Briggs, Rev. John H. Nutter
State Treasurer Thomas N. Rawins Rev
Joseph BrowirTurner, William NJ. Hop,
and Merritt N. Willis. The completion
of this strong committee was greeted Will
applause.
This committee OH resolutions was ther
appointed: AIpheus s Mowbray, Francis
II. Moore, S. NJ. Morgan and Thomas E
Terry.
| These resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, A majority of the members
of the Delaware Legislature during its
recent session, recognized the constitu.
tional right of tile people Of this common
wealth to vote on the question of license
or no license, by enacting Local Option
Law providing for the submission of this
question to the qualified voters of Della
ware at special election to be held next
November =; therefore be it
Resolved /, That it is the sense of this
convention that immediate steps should
be taken to effect a thorough organization
of all the Anti License forces in the state,
and thus to enlist all available agencies
and bring them into prompt and effective
activity against the enemy;
Resolved 2, That we deem it of vital
importance to the successful issue of the
campaign now begun against the legal
lied rum traffic, that every citizen op-
posed to this traffic should use his in
fuence as well as cast his vote for its
overthrow at the approaching election.
Resolved 3, That We regard the legal
lied traffic as tile prolific source of any
appalling percentage Of crime. vice, de-
bauchery, prostitution, pauperism, in
sanity, disease and death, and that we,
therefore, favor the removal of this vicious
institution from our midst, iu the interest
of social thrift, public morals, and an
orderly and economical administration of
government.
Resolved 1, That we here and now
pledge ourselves to an earnest, active and
enthusiastic campaign against this legal
lied enemy of the state, the church, the
home, and the individual
The platform, as presented by the or
ganization committee is:
The conduct of this anti-iicense cam
paign shall be vested in a state campaign
consisting OF thirty members.
Each constitutional local option dis
trict shall be entitled to six members and
there shall be six members at large.
The officers OF said committees shall
OF chairman, a secretary and a
treasurer and such other officers as the
may deem proper.
The state campaign committee shall
have the general supervision of the Anti
License campaign in all the districts OF
the state and shall cooperate with the
district committees hereinafter provided
for in the management of the campaign
i'll each of the several districts.
The campaign in each of. the local
option districts of this state shall be con-
Quoted by committees in the several dis
tricts pursuant to call of the state cam
paign committee, ,at such times and places
As the state committee shall designate.
Each of said local option districts, out
side of the city of Wilmington shall be
OF twenty members, two from
each representative district in said local |
option districts, and in the local option
district comprising the city of Whining
on there shall be committee consisting
If twenty members, two from each repre-
district and ten members at !
arge.
Each Of said Committees shall organize
is soon as possible after the holding OF
he said convention in the said several
districts, and shall elect chairman,
ecretary and treasurer and any other
Ulcers that may seem lecessary. The
district committees sB Al conduct the
in the several districts in CO.
peration with the state campaign com
littee.
All funds collected for the purpose of
arryiBg on the Anti-License campaign
ball be paid over to the treasurer of tie
's'hS S'~A 'RoiSi kOuIiitIlt6c d1tl ailti liilS
onmittee SHAH ha4t. deducted tl.crt fr, IN
sum necessary for tie expenses OF the
ald Committee, it shall be tie dIty cf
le treasurer ot the state committee To PAY
yer TO the treasurers of lhe dist icl euui
lltiees the reman4der of all fluids 50
ELECTED in proportion to the amounts
by The districts respectively,
nless 1t shall be agreed by the district
that different distribution
iail be made; provided, however, that
person who desires to do so shall lie
-evented from contributing to any dis
let treasurer.
The Chairman Of the state campaign
'minittee. as well as the chairman of
e district committee may be chosen
ON among the members of the said
Eerai committees or il deemed advisable,
Ialrmen who are not members oil their
spectlve committee may be chosen, AMI
rs rule shall also apply to The selection
any OF the other officers OF the conl-
ittees.
That the several catapaiyn committees