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the votes and support of those engaged in the liquor- 

 traffic ; 



It has failed to enact a law that it was pledged to 

 enact, and has neglected to enforce a law that it was 

 sworn to enforce ; 



It has established a cumbersome, complicated, and 

 expensive system of courts, by which the costs and 

 delays of litigation are multiplied, and the right of 

 speedy and impartial trial by jury denied ; 



Promising a shortj useful, and economical session 

 of the Legislature, it held the longest, worst, and 

 most expensive session held in many years. 



Failing at all points to fulfill its pledges and meet 

 the just expectations of the people, we earnestly in- 

 vite the good men of all parties to unite with us in 

 the overthrow of a party that has again been tried 

 and found wanting in that breadth ot statesmanship 

 and lofty purpose which put the State before party, 

 and the people above the politicians. 



13. We present the name of Person C. Cheney 

 as our candidate for Governor, confident that las 

 ability, experience, character, and fitness for the 

 office of Chief Magistrate of this State will secure his 

 triumphant election. 



14. We present the name of Charles H. Powers 

 as our candidate for Railroad Commissioner, and com- 

 mend him as entirely worthy of the respect and sup- 

 port of his fellow-citizens. 



The State Temperance Union of New Hamp- 

 shire held their third annual meeting at Con- 

 cord on the 12th of November, 1874. The 

 fifth article of their constitution, providing 

 that persons may become members of the 

 Union by paying one dollar, and life-members 

 by paying ten dollars, was, on motion, amend- 

 ed by making membership dependent only on 

 signing the constitution. 



The chairman of the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions reported the following, which were adopt- 

 ed: 



Resolved^ That the experience ot the past year 

 fully convinces us that our organization is needed in 

 New Hampshire, and, as we look back with satisfac- 

 tion upon the work already accomplished, we desire 

 to push forward with increased vigor and energy, to 

 the end that the pure principles of total abstinence 

 may be proclaimed in every portion of our State, and 

 to all the inhabitants thereof, and being satisfied 

 that the best interests of the cause require the em- 

 ployment of one or more efficient agents, we would 

 recommend such appointment for the coming year. 



Resolved, That we would reaffirm the declaration 

 that temperance is a cardinal virtue, the practice of 

 which is incumbent upon every person who would 

 aim to attain a true manhood or womanhood, and 

 while we recognize the fact that many individuals 

 are the slaves of a debasing appetite, we would urge 

 the necessity of using every proper instrumentality 

 of an educating and reforming nature to rescue those 

 who have fallen into the habit of drink, and also to 

 protect the young from the temptations and allure- 

 ments of the wine-cup. 



Resolved, That while we regard moral suasion as a 

 most potent means of promoting the temperance re- 

 form, and would urge the importance of kind en- 

 treaty and personal sacrifice to win men from habits 

 of inebriation and from the wretched traffic in strong 

 drink, we nevertheless fully indorse and uphold the 

 principle of prohibition, and desire to place on record 

 our heart-felt appreciation of those members of our 

 last State Legislature who by voice and vote op- 

 posed and defeated the repeal of the prohibitory law, 

 thus saving our State from the evils sure to flow from 

 any scheme of license or local option. 



Resolved, That while desiring, as an organization, 

 to keep aloof from all the entanglements of party 

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politics, we nevertheless demand that the nominees 

 of political parties be men whom we can consistent- 

 ly support, and we hereby give notice that unless 

 our demands in this respect are complied with we 

 will claim the right of independent action without 

 reference to the weal or woe of the political organi- 

 zations with which we usually vote. 



Resolved, That we welcome the recent formation, in 

 our State, of a Woman's Temperance * League, and 

 confidently look to that instrumentality as a great 

 help to us in the work of our organization, and we 

 are also pleased to observe that in some sections of 

 our State children's temperance organizations are 

 being formed. 



Resolved, That in view of the urgent need of mon- 

 ey to successfully prosecute the temperance work, 

 we respectfully solicit pecuniary help from the 

 churches, and would suggest the propriety of every 

 church in the State classing temperance among its 

 benevolent enterprises, and taking an annual collec- 

 tion in aid of the cause, and to this end we would 

 recommend the officers of the Union to issue a cir- 

 cular to the churches urging compliance with this 

 suggestion. 



About the same time with the meeting of 

 the State Temperance Union, the Woman's 

 Temperance League, which has recently been 

 organized in New Hampshire, assembled in 

 convention at Concord. Nearly one hundred 

 members were present, and continued in ses- 

 sion two days. 



The following resolutions were reported 

 from the appropriate committee, and adopted 

 by the convention : 



Whereas, We, women of New Hampshire, believ- 

 ing that the sale and use of intoxicating beverages 

 is the cause of much of the poverty and crime 

 abounding in our State ; and 



Whereas, We believe that the time has come for us 

 to put forth individual and united efforts for their 

 suppression : therefore 



Resolved, That we appeal to the churches, both 

 ministry and membership, to unite their labors in an 

 especial manner to aid in removing the curse of in- 

 temperance now resting upon us. 



2. That we especially urge upon the executive 

 officers of the State the necessity of enforcing those 

 laws which prohibit the sale of intoxicants, and pro- 

 vide for the punishment of those who make or sell 

 them. 



3. That we entreat the voters of this State to re- 

 member the duty they owe to their mothers, wives, 

 and sisters, whom they represent at the ballot-box, 

 and put forth their efforts to purify and save society 

 from this its greatest evil. 



4. That the mothers who have convened here this 

 afternoon, while earnestly hoping and praying that 

 all use of intoxicating drinks may cease, make an es- 

 pecial appeal to every saloon-keeper, bar-tender, and 

 all who sustain any relation to the traffic, to spare 

 the young men, our sons, for whose present and fu- 

 ture welfare we feel an anxiety that cannot be meas- 

 ured or expressed. In the name of God we beseech 

 you to refuse the intoxicating cup to these dear boys, 

 who are led into temptation ! 



5. That, as women and Christian workers, we 

 pledge ourselves to labor at home and abroad, to ad- 

 vance and strengthen the cause of temperance. 



The Liquor Prohibition party held their 

 State Convention in Concord on the 2d of De- 

 cember, 1874, to nominate their candidates for 

 the offices of Governor and Railroad Commis- 

 sioner. 



The resolutions reported from the Commit- 

 tee on Resolutions were adopted, as follows : 



