West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-11-16
Prohibition in Kentucky.

Grand Lodge OF Good IemplarS al
Louisville, public meeting was
called, and it was determined to or
ganize a new party. The meeting
seems to have been impromptu, but
it took the shape OF a convention,
and adopted the following plat
form:
WHEREAS, The evil Of intemper-
ance is the acknowledged prevail
ing vice Of this country, and expe-
rience teaches us the important les
son that a country conscious Of its
vices, clinging to it's vices, refusing
to give up It's vices, must perish by
it's vices, and believing that there
are but two remedies for the evil,
one by political power through a
political party pledged to this end,
and the other by the judgment of
Almighty God; and,
WHEREAS, Old political parties
have for years ignored the temper
ance /question; aye, more, they
have clasped hands over the licens-
ed liquor-traffic; therefore, be it
Resolved, We declare in favor of
the final prohibition of the manu-
facture and sale Of intoxicating liq-
uors, both in state and nation.
Resolued, 1t is neither right nor
polite for the state to furnish legal
protection to any traffic or system
which tends to waste the resources,
to corrupt social habits and to de-
stroy the health and lives Of the
people. That the importation,
manufacture, and sale Of intoxica-
ting beverages are proved to be in
imical to the true interest of indi-
vidual, home, community, state, and
destructive to the welfare of society,
and ought therefore to be classed
among the crimes to be prohibited.
Rcsolved, That we arraign the Re-
publican party, which has been in
continuous power twenty years, as
being false to duty, as false to the
loudly proclaimed principles Of
equal justice to all and special fa-
vors to none, and protection to the
weak and defenseless, and for being
so insensible to the misery which
the trade in liquor has constantly
inflicted upon industry, trade, com
merce, and social happiness of the
people.
Resolved, We arraign the Demo
cratic party as unfaithful and I'M
worthy of reliance on this question,
for, although not clothed with
power, but occupying the relation
ofan opposition party during TWEEN
ty years past, strong in numbers
and organization, it has allied itself
with liquor traffickers.
Resolued, That we believe the
main Issues which brought these
parties into power are dead, and
hereby renounce all connection
with old parties full of dead issues,
and declare for a new one full Of liv-
ing virtues.
Resolved, Since our State has en-
powered women with the right of
suffrage in the election Of school
trustees we favor the extension Of
said rights to them in all matters
relative to the liquor-traffic,
We cordially invite all voters,
without regard to former party affil-
iation, to unite with us in the use
of the ballot for the abolition of the
drinking system under the author
ity of our National and State gov
eminent, and the enforcement of
the above-named measures, believ-
ing their adoption essential to our
happiness and national prosperity.
G. w. Balm,
WILLIAM HAMILTON, SR.,
T. B. DEMAREE.
WILLIAM MCGooDWIN,
J. MONTE HUNTER.
Several enthusiastic addresses
were made in favor of the adoption
of the resolutions as a platform for
the Prohibition party in Kentucky,
after which the resolutions were
adopted.