, 1881-09-30
POLI'IICAL.>
The Wisconsin Prohibitionists Meet
in Convention at the State
Capital.
PRONUNCIATION Of n Long and
Verbose Address to the
Public.
Nomination of Full Gtate Tfcket-
The Struggle in Now
York,
pnO1I1tlt.r1oN1s.rs,


MADISON. Wis.,. sert. .8-'rhu Independent
1'rohhtion purity OF Wisconsin mot III mass
convention IN tho Assembly Chntnbcr tuJny.
John It. Sutton. ut Columbia. was elected Ct,nlr.
t,lH,i. AMI II. +. Parker fccrptnry. FIFTY .tric-
Eatcs wern present. Aft0r tho appointment OF
tho usuHt cnu,tnIttecs, tho convention n.tJtlrscd
Until y u. III. Dn reaAsemhlnR, tho C,nnrlttuo
III Resolutions relH,rtcl n platform, which d..
clnrctl Us ttllItlws.
III tccfgllsr crlInc tt dry up tho Buiirces af
phtWrIsnl. tu iessGn he burdens nr tMxItttun III
rotr.,ie tho growth If titsiiixesiee, THAR siorniity.
aud rcllgiN', "g arr: cMttcl ulbn to lnble
i9r u snb.niss!om y tho ,pcoplu OF
tIu'aaI amendments, 4 uuliticai ersis 10 pend
inx IL tho SLATE md Sa,ion. which c.lnnut bs
On psincies u rixht d nstcc. of Ths ~ licenss.
.en.s u sts Natlen. m t,onest: 1astieo lovine
Tho f'!!tlcnl unrtlcs With the iiconso system,
:tlle ttsrate'f liquor traf'lc Is MI organizo1
.hsp III Tic American nrowers err 70 Congress-. S,
r. meet tue Issue presented, soine-
rer sHf S5s 4s @ nn 80 nSs Soy sS0,Ss st isr,b rds s
pr'trctton to Rrcnt oneyet1 tnterest, tlcstrirt-
ite Of all TINT II plre IND good In sootety. nust
~ tnct ty the counterciaftu for protection TO a
wrungc.l mid tAx-rI.!lcn people. /. Il The 1,co-
Plies r.Kht. II ts the pconle's .!uty, g devise
meas.rss TOR tso 1yerthrnw ot political des~
dun and Insults tue Intelligence uf moro thnn
iiUt1U GItjHt.us pf Wt8rOlIsttt-0 utsuottknf en-
ircnche,l Ii. il Is liehln lie HuiwRrk of pafstsan
polltics nnu appealing 10 tho cllpfd,ty of
The wcaxest anu tascst elements OF society 70
keep npel, thu avenues Vi p,tblic opinion, 10 ar
ford upi,ortM.,ty f,,r thu ef furess!en III tho hon
rat coivlctiors 1t Il larxc clna4 Of Tho best peo-
pie uf our State in all huncet md emphatic pro-
lest by consolidating tho Intelligent Gaianco or
lnwcr now ftl our hands, VT hereby sleelarc, II
tho expression u th.. deliberate conviction Of
this convention, thu. tho Icgisaturo Id tho c5-
ercsc ur Its constitutional rrproratiyo ought
and sh,;l!u submit all xrrat Questions Of public
policy, &lcl ~ l1uor prohItjtjoIi and any pthor
tIl,rsiiprs npon which tho peupl9 arc tiIy!tipd.
atid fur tho euGinisson Of which u respcctabIe
number q citizen: nay pet!uoa tbe Les!sla.
4,iustions t4py 10 separated fruln ali purify
strife ntl1 Il Verdict ut Tho people rendered upo
their merits In Il nudi- l,attisun iunnrer, rho
Republican Stutc Consei.tlun, recently hold in
M,t.nn. t,y II decisive vote, utter fair and full
consideration. rejected tho foregoing priil-
cIpe. The neuM,cfat3o Sta&e Convention.
lust heIu III tho Ety OF Milwaukee. ii
thelr platfoTn resolved .rbut. wtliIe wa
viii ehecrruly pucuutpxu MI uropcr mcana
fur prunntiur TIC tnuraI as well al material
welfare Dr the pcop!e Ut the 8tnte, we arc
opposed to sllnpt,,ary legislation assuming TO
ulctptp to men w1pt tbey shall cnt or tIriuk a
un encronyhluent upuu poreunal liberty aud IA
nau 4uaF@nLceu ~ tae IoNstltttuon. a feso.