Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-02
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
Annual Meeting Held by State
Board of 50 Trustees.
Report Head anu
RESOLUTIONS Adoptcd--C. j. Fer
nu.on Reelected nnainst His
own Protest.
The 18th annual meeting of the board or


of the Methodist Church in this city. The
attendance at both the morning and att
ernoon sessions was good. President Fred
Il. Kellogg formerly of Waterbury, but
row of Worcester. Mass, not being pres
emit. first Vice President Henry o. Wheel
or Of this city occupied the chair Prayer
was offered by the Rev. c. V. Grismer.
The morning session was given up to the
reading OF minutes Of the last annual
meeting and the appointment of commit
tees on nominations and resolutions The
afternoon session first did some routine
work and listened to some letters re-
ceived from members unable to attend
and then to the report of Superintendent
| Ferguson.
SUPERB NTENDENT'S REPORT
It was the sixth annual report of Super
tendent Clarence J. Ferguson and dealt
| in an exhaustive way with the entire
| question which the Vermont branch of the
hnti-Saloon League seeks to solve The
report showed much activity in the
various departments Of the League
work, as follows Law enforce
ment" Educational CAMPAIGN from tho
platform in which "A men in the State be-
side the superintendent and eight men
from other States have been used, also
by the league paper. The Vermont Issue,
and large quantities of special campaign
literature
The report criticized the republican
legislature for It's failure TO pass
| referendum bill.
The report showed that 20 per cent. of
the Vermont churches expected to
| folp in Ia a re
heartily cooperating in its work, and
| that the money panic" debt of 81 400
| has been entirely paid and that current
expenses are short only a little The
money r-ised and expended in the league
| work in the fiscal year 1910-l9ll was
| s6,SS2.07. The report closes as follows:
Six years have served the dual pur-
pose OF superintendent and attorney OF
the Vermont Anti-saloon League. There
Is no equally difficult public position in
the State. ! have not pleased the enemy
and Of that | am glad. ! have not been
able TO please all the friends Of the
cause and for that l am sorry To please
some true friends of the cause must Of
necessity displease others, for all cannot
be If the same mind. ] can only claim
that according TO the best light given
done the best l could. ! have received
the unstnted vituperation of the liquor
people and of the allied interests from
others have sometimes received more
praise than has been my due and at
other times undue criticism. That to me
is due the credit for the remarkab bic adj
vance OF public sentiment against tn,
saloon IN the State during the SIX years,
I "a n hAr hat
! have contributed some small share to
that desirable cid. one thing can Just
" claln' nave AT least been constant
Most league superintendentS nave rest
n"y ai'er me arouous duties OF thelr
sunday WORN nave generally delivered
'"rce "ourc'seS on sunday nave had
Ten resi- uaSS o|iii's my SIN years IN the
'ii'0e 10y my or'si"'l contract or ser
vice. ""ich mas zee" 'oH''lueo from
we, - ''"' nave "'e" e"''''ou 10 i'Ne
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','"' result second appearances 10
| '"' contrary Observation-Disclosures my
| "'"''" IePu''eS the chaHEe' me Work
! is constantly most strenuous ana tax
ing Thlrd' my family Scripture
says that 1t Is not good for man TO
/ ave aioh" ana Mrs Ferguson thinks
! the same thing Is true of women. II
! is not right for man with a family
! like mine to absent himself from them
so constantly Fourth. am OF the
| opinion that a new man can serve the
cause more acceptablv and more erec
lively.
shall sover NV raIatior ,.itb tho
Vermont Ieaoue win irta,as, a., ~.
success Of tho lo..r,,o ara +,o o,,,.,
for which =, st.,a a,a,.a
successo,. ,,.t,, ha ''.'
onaration na ,,.,
most regret retiripo iron, ,ha sar,,,oa
so soon after tho httter aud vi,ious