The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-13
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With over thirty DELEGATE. ana ,.,,,,
zoe siSitors IL attendance. II. anat,ai
1nio county convention % the Women.
SaIirtian Temperance Union VS. h.,1
s,sroay IN the Thomson - y church
on the Island. and was feafur.s n,.
three Interesting session. Ths go
Nention throuEhout was one OF the
.nost .nthusiAsue ever held By the or
With the county president Mrs. n p
Los. presiding the rnornins 49,,
opened AT 1870 o'clock with a-votSorsi
exercises by Mrs +. T. Brininstool' The
session was devoted principaliy 10 M
Transaction OF routine business ana r.
Roru OF the officers and oommittses
me sopertnteneents OF various local
unions also made interesting reports
,ol,nne Odd Officers were reelected. as
President. Mrs II. p. I.os. Wheeling
Secretary. Mrs. George VI oIshans
LIN Grove
Treasurer. Mrs Julia Rin.. Wheeling
served IN the dining room 'H Of ss.
enureh. the afternoon session was
opsned AT o'clock with devotionaI
feature OF this session was A name
rad by Mrs George W oldham on
wnat Can We Do 90 Win the Vic
the same subject Nearly ali the DELE
sates TOOK part IN the discussion Dr.
s naarrieu r. Jones gave an Interesting
ance. The afternoons program wa.
interspersed with songs. reading. sns
musical selections.
AZ O'Clock a dinner OF quite An
tendance. '' NJ
The convention adjourned without Sc
tcung place for holding the next con-
vention. and the matter was LEFT in
the hands OF the executive cornm,ttee
1.-The Ihe convention was brought to a
and largely attended meeting Tho
neetng was featured by the eIc-ilent
ADDRESS OF the Hon. J. c. Mcwhorter.
or Buckhannon. Judge OF the Tweifth
judicial circuit. who spoke IN the In
terests OF the ratification OF the pro-
hibition amendment
with DR.. j. A. Monroe presiding the
early part OF the session WINS devoted
20 an Interesting program OF readings
end musical selections. Rev. r. L Ross
opened the meeting with prayer. Judge
McWhorter was introduced by the Hon
frank w Nesbitt. Judge OF the circuit
Judge Nsshitt rslhs.
In his introductory remarks Iudro
Nesoitt spoke I'm favor OF the prohib,-
, ,ion cause. and In eloquent words pie
In closing his remarks he paid n glow
ing tribute 10 Judge McWhorte- who
VINE wn,ie one OF the Leading juri-ts OF the
state' noicing court every month nndn
time to travel over the state Tor such
worthy cause.
judge Mewhorter began his address
oy tracing the growth OF the t,.-np-runco
movement IN this country from ne line
OF Its first advocate. Or BENJAMIN Rush
OF fhlIadeiphia. In iTs5. until tho pres
eht time tic spoke OF the work OF IN,
reformers IN the early part Of the Nine
teenth century. and said tnat until Is4p
ar teInpefanco movements looked to tue
prevention OF drinking and tbs. removal
OF the drunkard from society, and that
the war was wased against the prodti,.t
OF the saloon, not tho saloon itself
VOW. the speaker said. we are living In
a new era. when the object Is TO ext.Tr,i
nate the saloon itself
Continuing. he tolI how. through tho
efforts or that great Character in Ameri-
can history. General Neil Dow. cons.itu-
t"naF prohibition was established in
,Sialne In 1851. and how soon aftorward
SttnssschCsetts. Rhode Island. Vermont
Minnesota. Michigan. New York, Connec.
ticut. Nebraska. Delaware Indiana and
iowa adopted similar laws Just when
the country was ablaze with the prohibit
ton sentiment and when IL appeared
that tho liquor traffic was doomed 10
eestruction. unfortunately for the tenn
pc. ance cause the civil war broke out
While tbs country was helpless aud
bleeding from the great struggle. the
Iqgor interests saw their opportunity.
ana "hen the smoke had liftci from the.
ficld and when the din OF battle had
echoed Itself down To the sobs ana
means OF war-made orphans IL vs.
FOUND that The liquor traffic had en-
trenched itself into the federal and atafc
revenue laws and had secured the repeal
or practicaI qualification OF all tie state
prohibitory laws save those Of Maine
alone.
Dominated Pont.-1.
The speaker then described that how
after the close 81 the war the iiouor in
terests had dominated politics and hal
been successful IN having enough candf-
dates Of their belief elected - practi-
cally control public affairs The Judge
said. The protective bureau 90 the COM
htned liquor associations reported 10
them that during the wear ending June
1904. ~ had participated In the coaveu-
lions and elections In twenty-five states.