Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-07-12
CORRESPONDENCE.
Prohibition Party.

The Prohibition party OF Butler
county convened in the school building
in Sunbury on Tuesday, June 20, 1882
in pursuance to call and was called to
order at l:2) P NJ, by j. w. Orr
Chairman of the County Committee
A chapter was then read and prayer
offered by Rev. Bean, Of Sunbury.
Mr.. Robt J. Thompson was then elect
ed Chairman pro tenn, and L. A Nc
Elwain Secretary.
On motion a committee of five was
appointed to draft resolutions. The
Chair appointed j. w. Orr, Rev.
Streamer, Rev. Bean, Mr.. j. Steven
son and Mr. VIM. Brandon, said Com
mittee
By motion the Secretary Of the State
Executive Committee, Mr. d. Swoger,
made some remarks, showing that the
cause was progressing rapidly. Ap-
plause. He was followed by some re-
marks by Rev Stratton. Then an
aged man, Mr. Thorn, made some re-
marks and read an extract from a
speech by Neal Dow.
The committee on resolutions report
ed the following, which was adopted:
Recognizing the providence of AL
mighty God in the establishing and
maintenance of this Nation, we regard
it the duty of the Government to FORM
ulate and administer law for the pro-
lection of the whole people, and for the
destruction of every foe and the over
throwing of every evil design. We
arraign the political parties which
have controlled the administration of
the Government of this country both
State and National, for both criminal
neglect and violating of the principles
of which the Government is ordained
lst. By refusing to protect by law,
life and property against the liquor
traffic crime.
Cd By compromising with the
liquor traffcers and constituting the
traffic source of revenue to the Gov
ernment and the trafficers money max
ing an immunity in crime. We re-
affirm constitutional amendment, pro-
hibiting the manufacture, importation
or sale of liquors as beverage, funda-
mental principles of our party. A con-
stitutional amendment would be large
ly dead letter without Prohibition
party to see it's enforcement. We
stand unalterably by our original pur-
pose to maintain our party organiza-
tion, Incorporating our principles in
protest against the liquor license prac
tice. We reprobate as one of the evils
of the, liquor trade the large amount of
penal labor which comes in direct and
injurious conflict with honest labor
and which could be redressed by sup
preston of such traffic We favor such
a traffic as is necessary for the proper
encouragement and protection of our
home industries.
Repressive measures must be put on |
all active and latent monopolies, assur-
ing the citizens liberty against venal
combinat ons and the people protection
from the encroachments of legislation
and exhorbitant demands of capital
We believe in practical civil service re-
form in all the departments of our Coy
ernment. We hereby pledge ourselves
to stand by those put in nomination by
our State Convention and those we
place in nomination as representatives
of these principles"
The following nominations were
then made:
For Congress, Rev. E. Ogden, of
Middlesex twp.
For Assembly RevJ L. Stratton and
Mr.. Levi Porter
For Jury Commissioner, David
Daubenspeck.
On motion the same county officers
and committee to remain in the same
as heretofore.
The Treasurer then reported that he
had paid all demands and had yet re-
in hand two dollars; Mr. ID.
Swoger then made some remarks while
steps were taken to raise some finance.
The Convention then adjourned to
meet at the call of the Chairman of the
County Committee.
r. A. MoELwAIN,
51f1 Secretary