The Prohibition Convention

The prohibitionists -met in council igain last Friday to collect the names jf those petitioningthecounty clerk for in election under the local option law. :he meeting was decidedly interesting, he participants staowmg considerable nteiest and enthusiasm. D. B. Tayor, of Chelsea, was called to the chair and II. Holmes coniinued to act as secretary. The executive committee were occupied most of the time in counting names, arrangins; the petitions, and flgaring on how many more ñames would come ín. Atter a mué while it became áfcparent that sufficient ñames had been secured; although it seemed unlikely that 1832 name? would be secured before the meeting adjourned. York tuwnship gave the Hst a big boom, 217 ñames being secured from this town. Augusta and Manchester did not arrive before the conventiou adjourned. Without these here vvere 1727 ñames. The followinfc esolution,introduced byEditorllolmes vas passed. Resolved, Tliat tlie matter of completng the list of ignaturea and presentiift them to the county cleik be left with the executive committee already appointed. Editor Iloliíies oiitlined the plan of campaisn by the following resol ut ion. Resolved, That the exeeutive commitiee, already appointed, have charge of the local option campaigo with power to appoint sab-comoalttees. Tliis hrought Mr. li. S. Shavv to bis feet with the objection that B. J. rad, who was cbalrman of tliis committee, was also chairman of the profiíbltion county commiltee. J. Schumaclier thought Conrad just the man for the place. Mr. Conrad thought not. lle said there were 1000 men in Washtenaw who just liated him. for he had been a prohibitionist si x teen years. lle mentioned.a member of the executive committee on whom lie didn't think mueli reliance could be placed for work. Mr. J. Au3tin Scott, after expres3ing his abhorreuce of the saloon, wished to be relieved from service on the committee in favor of sotne younger man. The convention however passed the Holmes resohition. Bhowioj? that the committee tuñted thein.. ïhe CoDimittees in the towuships weie eontinued during the campaign with power to appoint four more to assistthein. Mr. J. Sehumacher took charge of the raising of funds for the campaign. Mr. Conrad stated that Sn expelise of befrween $10 and S12 had already been incunedrfor printing and postage. A eollection was taken up, whicli netted $11 66. Mr. Conrad asked all third party prohibitionists to come forward and get a circular. The convention's curiosity was arroused and Mr. J. Sehumacher proceeded to gratify it by reading the circular, in which Mr. Conrad, as cliairman of the county committee, urged every prohibitioiust to be at the polls all day of the ellection working hard for proliibition. He asked them to put that before party and assured them that it wouldn't hurt their party anyway as that would ,, go on growing. Additional pecition blanks were given the wolkers who were instructed to take them to cburch with them on Sundav to secure signéis and to get their ministers to announce from the pulpits where the petition cou'.d be signed. The convention then adjourned sine die.