Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-22
A HOT FIGHT IN KANSAS.
THE REsUBMIssIONIsTs MAKING
THE WELKIN RING.

Prohibition Declared an Unjust Infringe
ment on Individual Rights-NIen of All
Parties Participate in the Movement
for Restoring Satan's Lieutenant to
POwer-Other Political Skirmishes.
TOPEKA, KS, Aug. 21.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention reassembled this
morning, but up to noon had done moth
ing but routine business, and receive the
reports of business committees, etc.
Col. A. S. Everest, of Atchison, was
made Permanent Chairman of the con-
vention, and II. Miles Moore, of Leaven-
worth, Secretary. Col. Everest, on taking
the chair, made quite a long speech, in
which he denounced the Republican par
ty. He took strong grounds against pro-
bibitiOn, and made an earnest appeal for
a resubmiSSiOn to the people of the pro-
hibitOrY amendment. The Committee on
Resolutions then reported the platform.
which indorses the resolutions of
the Chicago Convention and the
candidates named by that body;
commends the administration of
Gov. Gleck as wise and pure, and names
a number of marked advantages to the
people of the State obtained by it. 1t de-
clares that all public lands of the United
States should be opened to actual settle
ment, and therefore faVOrs the opening to
settlers of all such lands in the Indian
Territory; denounces the arrest and re-
mOval OF actual settlers from such lands
by the United States troops, and declares
that the refusal by the United States Gov
ernment to permit the question relat-
ing to titles to lands in the So
called Indian Territory to be decided by
the United States Courts to be an outrage
upon the rights of all citizens, and a cow
ardly evasion of direct call to answer
question of vital Importance to such citi-
zens, and oppose the importation of for
eign pauper labor under contract to COM
pete with our citizens, and oppose con-
vict labor as being in opposition to the
free labor of our country.
RAKING PROHIBITION.
On the subject of prohibition the reso-
lutiOns say that constitutional prohibition
has been fruitful of discord, perjury and
dis elimination. 1t has not lessened the
evils of intemperance, but rather de-
stroyed the pure fireside influences which
must ever be the loving power to control
the appetites of the weak and wayWard:
that it has never been indOrsed and ac-
quiesced in by a majority of our people;
that it is an assault upon the personal
liberty of citizens; that it has destroyed
and literally contiscated private property
without any compensation, and that it is
hOG III udI uuOHy Will Ju6 SplIIO vi Tree
people to dictate to an individual what he
shall eat, drink or wear, or what religion,
if any, he shall profess.
In view of the foregoing
and other reforms, we demand a resub-
mission of the prohibitory amendment,
and pledge ourselves to work incessantly
for this object. We demand the repeal of |
the present obnoxious and unjust law for
the enforcement of prohibition, and in its
stead recommend well regulated license
system, rigidly enforced, whereby the in
terests of temperance may be promoted |
and the liberty of the citizens be restored, |
and we reiterate the views of our |
candidate for President in his |
letter of acceptance that laws unneces- |
sarily interfering with the habits and |
customs of any of our people which are |
not offensive to the moral sentiments of !
the civilized world, and which are con- |
sistent with good citizenship and the |
public welfare, are unwise and veXatious. |
The resolutions were unanimously |
adopted. A committee of seven was then |
appointed to confer with the committee
appointed last night by the Resubmission
Convention.