Daily Republican., 1884-07-25
PROHIBITION TICKET.
HON. JOHN r. sT. JOHN FOE
PREBIDENT. AND WIN. DANIEL
" FOR VICE PRESIDEMT.

PITTsBURG, July M.-The Prohibi-
tionists have nominated John P. st.
John, Ex-Governor of Kansas, for
President, and Hon. William Daniel,
Of Maryland, for Vice President. There.
was little delay in tho Convention get
thug to work to-day. When the call Of
States was proceeded with, Mr.. BAH
cock, of California, proposed the name
|of b. H. Mcdonald Of that State. He
spoke Of him as . man who had borne
the banner Of Prohibition in :" the wine
cursed state" On Illinois being cal led,
George c. Christian came to the plat
form to nominate st. John.
He said that the name which he
would present was above any other
name In It's power to gather together
and concentrate the forces Of the
Prohibition movement. 1t was q name
known In every household in the land. .
He was man whose record specially
committed him to the oonsi, o, alton OF
the Convention. He was gentleman
who had seen war who had lived ON
the bloody plains of the far West; who
was the father of actual practical con-
stltutional Prohibition. He was man
whose whole soul and energies were en-
trely devoted to the cause. Although
Mr.. St. John had had barrel, yet the
bung had always been out helping
somebody. In behalf of the Illinois
delegation he had the honor to present
that distinguished patriot, that mag
nihcent leader, that whole-sonled leader
who had devoted his life to constitu-
tional Prohibition and who was kno wn
as the Hon. John P. st John.
Miss Frances e. Willard second ID
the nomination Of st. John. She spoke
of having known him as "a little man.
a ba efoOt boy with feet of TAM" She
had seen him 60 out into the world un-
friended, unguided, making his way
toward the West, crossing the Big
Muddy with but a dollar in his pocket,
getting to Pixies Peak and across tho
Rockies and Sierras. She had seem
him when other men were asleep study.
ing Blackstone and Coke, and when
the war broke out he did not wait to be
drafted, but voluntarily barred his
breast to the enemy. She saw him
next elevated to the position Of Gov
ernor of great free State and the idol
of his party there. He was The path
finder, the John G. Fremont Of the
new campaign.
In the midst of of the speech making
a telegram was read saying:
make no mistake nominate st.
Icohu' AAo WILL doCopV, <UV,VUU mrUQO-
dists are waiting to support b i'm. EVEN
tually the roll was called and the ap-
lnOuncemsnt was made that 6O2 votes
had been cast, all of them for st. John.
At 10 O'Clock the call of the roll for
nominations for Vice-Presideut began,
the names of George P. Rogers, of Con-
necticut; Hon. William Daniel, "tne
Little Giant of Maryland" Clinton Il.
Fisk, Of New Jersey, and Miss Frances
e. Willard (hy Mr. YouLg, Of Penn
lsylvania). All of these save Dantsl
were, however, withdrawn and the
latter was nominated by acclamation.
The platform upon which st. John,
is expected to stands arraigns both tha
> Republican and Democratic party with
Ii wing countenanced the liquor trafff },
and declares that revenues for customs
duties should be leyied for the support
. OF government economically adminis-
I tered, and, when SO levied, the FOSTER
d ing of American labor, inanufactuc res
and industries should constantly be
held in view. 1t insists upon the sepl.
ration of the money of the Government
from all banking institutions, and says
the National Government only should
|. exercise the high prerogative of issu ng
OF paper money to be paid on demand
III 6oiu ahu otlNCI, tuc Ouly Qual
standard of value recognized by the
Icivilized world.
1t also repudiatos as " un-American
contrary to and subversive of the prin-
ciple of the Declaration ofIndepend nee.
from which our Government has grown
! to be the Government of 90, ,OOO, 900 pso.
: pie and a recognized power among pa-
! tions. that any person or people shall or
may be excluded from residence or citi-
zepship with all others who may desire
the benefits which our institutions con-
fer upon the oppressed of all nations. -
1t further declares that Congress should
exercise its undoubted power, and pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale OF iptox-
icating beverages in the District of
Columbia, in territories of the United
States and in all places over which the
Government has exclusive jurisdiction:
that hereafter no state shall be admitted
into the Union until its Constitution
expressly prohibits polygamy and tho
manufacture and sale OF intoxicating
beverages. In conclusion it favors
woman suffrage.