Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-28
Ohio Prohibitionists.
The Temperance People of Ohio
Enter the Campaign
A Full State Ticket Placed in the
Field.

Inc pronloltlonlStS OF ONO assembled
In ) ate Convention at Columbus on
Tuesday. Tue convention was the
largest ever held by the Prohibitionists
IN OHIO. The morning train brought
IN large numbers, and the delegates
numbered nearly 800.
Hon. ID. W. Gage, of Cleveland, call.
ed the convention to order and called
Rev. ID. IL. Garfield, of Bellville, Rich
land County, to preside as temporary
Chairman. He made no speech, but
at once called upon Rev. VIM. Mckee.
of Dayton, to invoke the divine pres
ence, which he did.
A dlsoatch of greeting was sent to
the Prohibition Convention In session
in B ,ngor, Name.
The following resolutions were I'M.
animously adopted.
ResoEUed, That we condemn the policy of the
republican party, avowed by its platform at its
recent state convention and by acts of the present
legislature with its two-thirds republican ma
jority in the Pond and Scott laws. and the first
proposition of the constitu tional amendment. in
making the state of Ohio partner in the perpe-
tratlon and promotion of the great crime of
crimes; and in repeating the Smith law for tn
protection of the Sabbath and the prohibitory
law enacted over twenty-nine years ago for the
suppression CT dram-shOps for the sale of dis
tilted liquors and foreign wines that thus larger
revenues of blood may accrue from the infam Gus
partnership.
ReSotced, That we condemn the policy of the
republican majority in the legislature in submit
ting to the people an amen dment of the consti-
| tuition which fuses into an unnatural and corrupt
combination the hostile principles of license with
| taxation and the total prohibition Of the LIQUOR
crime by bargain and sale of votes in that body
between the protested friends of virtue on one
| side and the servitors of crime on the other.
ResotUed, That we denoUnce the doctrine of
personal liberty in relation to the liquor crime
declared by the democratic party of Ohio as sub
verting the foundations of free governm ent and
| tending only to universal corruption. an archv
| and despotism.
| Resolved, That the present consti ution gives
plenty of power to the legislature to prohibit the
traffic In intoxicating liquors as a beverage, yet
we favor the adoption Of the second proposition
| of the amendment to the constitution. hotwith
standing the unnecessary and unjust provision
coupled Herewith, to repeal the anti-Iicense
clause in the constitution, it being the only wav
given whereby the electors can express at the
ballot-box their demand for the prohibition
the liquor crime except by the election of friends
of prohibition to the Legislature
That in placing upon our ballots the words
Prohibition of intoxicating LIQUORS yes y We
protest against the false statement of our pripci
pies and policy contained in these words of the
amendment itself: "The manufacture of and
traffic in Intoxicating liquors to be used as
beverage forever prohibited"
The following ticket was then placed
Ia nomination amidst the greatest en-
thusiasm.
Governor-Ferdinand Schumacher,
of Summit.
Lieutenant, Governor-H. T. Ogden,
of Hamilton.
Supreme Judge (short term)-Z. G.
Payne, of Franklin.
Supreme Judge (long term)-D. c..
Montgomery, of Knox.
Clerk OF Supreme Court. 81. Black
ford, of PEBBLE.
Attorney-General-J. w. Roseboro,
of Fulton.
Auditor of State-Gresham Leas, of
Hardin.
Treasurer of State. M. Whiting,
of Huron.
Commissioner Of Common Schools
e. A. Thompson, of Franklin.
Member of Board of Public Works
G. G. Cruzan, of Hardin.
State Executive Committee-G. ?.
Burwell, of Cuyahoga: A. Alderman.
of Morgan; D. n. Trobridge, of Lucas;
J. W. Sharp, of Delaware; Jay Odell,
of Cuyahnga.
The Executive Committee held a
meeting and organized by electipg Jay
O1ell, Chairman, G p. Burwell, Secre-
tarV, and J. w. Sharp, Treasurer.
Pledges were received from the vari-
GUS counties for money, and the pros
poets appeared good for full exche-
qaer.
A Very Pitiful Sort of Tragedy.