Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-26
ST. JOHNS NOTIFICATION.
Both He and Mr.. Daniel Get the For
NAL News at the Same Place.

CUBA, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Govs. st. John
and Mr.. Daniel arrived here at 10 :30o'clock
this morning. They were met by a recep-
tion committee and escorted to the Cuba
House.
The Prohibition notification proceedings
/ were held at st. Johns camp meeting at
Circuit junction, beautiful grove. i've
miles from Cuba village, to-day. The
temperance camp meeting, to last five
| days, is in progress. The principal lead
ers and speakers of the Prohibition move
ment are in attendance and will address
meetings during the week. An audience
of 5000 was in attendance to-day. The
| exercises opened with music and PRAYER.
after which Prof. Dickey, Chairman of the
NOtlncatIon committee, was introduced
| to the audience and candidates, and spoke
to candidates st. John and Daniel as fol-
| lows:
| GENTLEMEN-I am to speak for this commit
| tee representing here to-day the National
| Convention of the Prohibition party, recently
In session at Pittsburg. In harmony with
political usages and in keeping with the dig
nifty and Importance of the high position In
which we shall endeavor to place YOU we are
here for the purpose of notifying YOU IN this
ofhclal and formal manner of your selection
as the candidates of the National Prohibition
party for the positions respectively of Presi-
| dent and vice President of the United States.
The convention " hich thus honored itself by
so wise a selection of candidates was no or
binary gathering.
THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION
Men were there bowed under the weight of
many years, who generation ago gathered
IN the same hall to organize for victory what
seemed to some hopeless cause-to do battle
against the horror of slavery. And strong
men were there in the full maturity of their
powers, mighty with the force of an overmas-
terlng convection. Young men were there
with the ardOr of youth and the devotion of
heroes. Women were there. Frances Willard
and Mary Woodbridge and Mrs. Burt and
Mary Latrop and Ester Hugh, Representatives
of the best brain and heart of American
womanhood. 1t was a convention of earnest
men and pure women, who were there to
express conviction that the government
odght to be government of the people and
by the people and for the people, and not
government of the saloon and by the saloon
and for the saloon.
WHIsKY'S sERFs.
1t was convention representing a powerful
constituency composed of citizens who have
grown tired of the spectacle of two old par
ties rlya1ng each other in eagerness to serve
the liquor traffic, going down upon their faces
in the dust before the Moloch of men and cry
ing out In the language of the Scripture, "Am
not thine ass upon which thou hast ridden?"
l need not assure you that the Prohibition
party Will give you the most ardent support.
We may not succeed in electing you to the
high position for which you have been
named, but we shall enjoy the
our candidates were the only candidates
and our party the only party that ought to
nave been successful. Now, gentlemen, in
the name of the nOblest manhood and purest
womanhood of America, we invoke the bless
lngs of Almighty God to rest on you, and may
that Divine Power which rules and over rule
IN the office of nations and of men vouchsafe
unto you such measure OF strength and
courage and wisdom as shall enable you to
bear well the burdens which the National
Prohibition party now lays upon you.
ST. JOHNS RESPONSE.
Gov. st. John responded as follows:
mr.. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
In receiving this formal notice of my nomi-
nation for the highest office within the gift of
the people, by the National Convention of the
Prohibition party, permit me, nOtwithstand-
ing that the distinction was neither sought
nor desired by me, to assure you, in view Of
the Unanimity with which it was given, of my
high appreciation of the very great honor it
confers. There are more political parties in
the field to-day than there are political
ISSUES, Upon the great question
to what should be done with the traffic in in
tOXicating liquors as a beverage, both the
Democratic and Republican party are united
in favor of making the traffic permanent,
while the ProhibitiOnists demand that it shall
be forever placed under the condemnation of
the laws. Thus an issue is clearly made, and,
think 1t safe to say, one to-day that reaches
the heart and conscience of the citizen. Upon
this issue we so to the people-the source of
all political power. Let US appeal to reason
personal abuse and scandal who have nothing
better to uphold their cause.
HIS PARTY'S AIM.
The Prohibition party was not organized as
a mere threat or menace. 1t is the outgrOwth
of crystallized sentiment against the great
evil of the age, an evil that the old parties
dared not attack, but against which this
young party, IN defense of the homes of the
nation, has entered upon warfare that will
mover cease so long as the nags OF our country
wave over legalized dram houses. In this
struggle let us ever remember that we are ac-
countable to God, and that it is our duty to
give our allegiance to this political party.
MIR. DANIELS ACCEPTANCE.
Mr.. Daniels followed and responded as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Members ofthe Committee:
1 am profoundly gratifed for the honor con-
ferred upon me by selecting me as one of the
standard bearers of this great ref Orm move
ment. accept the nomination for the office
of Vice President and expect to do so more
formally by letter hereafter. Knowing well
that 1t is one of responsibility and that it in
wolves little personal sacrifice, | ap-
pTeCiate this honor not merely as a personal
one, but as a token of the appreciation of the
convention of the earnest, solid prohibition
work that has been done in my native State
of Maryland within few years past.
l also appreciate it as an indication
of the desire of our bethel
of the great North and West
to obliterate all sectional party lines and to
build up grand union party, composed of
the best elements of both sides of the lire. in
array against the worst-the representatives
saloons.
THE FIRST SOUTHERN CANDIDATE.
This disposition Is more clearly evinced from
the fact that | am the first person selected
since the war from a Southern State as a can
didate for a national position, and trust that
this action may be the harbinger of that
reign of harmony and good will and
unity throughout the land which the poet
has described as
"a union of lakes and union Of lands,
union none can sever,
A union of hearts, union of hands,
And a flag of union forever"
Whatever may be the result of this
effort, so far as the precise number OF votes
pOlled is concerned, believe that the agIta-
ton will be of immense advantage to the
cause and country. l believe that the result
will be to so rivet the earnest, thoughtful at
tention of the american people upon this
liquor traffic, this gigantic crime Of
crimes. as to cause the speedy
adoption of such measures as will
greatly hasten its overflow. The duty of the
hour is to crystalline and organize the Prohi-
bition sentiment. We already have entered
into political action, and having this standard
to which we can rally, we shall more rapidly
form whatever else Of sentiment may be
needed than in any other way. L have but to
say in conclusion that | shall do all in my
ROVER now and henceforth to bear onward
this Prohibition standard"
Following are the names OF the Com
mittee of Notification: Prof. Samuel
Dickey, of Michigan, Chairman: Judge
James Black, of Pennsylvania; Prof.
A. A. Hopkins, of New York; D. S. Hell
ton, of Kansas; Rev. John Russell. of
Michigan; Miss Frances Willard, of IL
linois; Hon. S. d. Hastings, of Wiscon-
sin; George r. Scott, of New York; Miss
Mary Woodbridge, of Ohio, and Hon. J.
I. Turner, of Alabama.
PISTOLS IN SCHOOLS.
A Pretty Pupil and a School Teacher
Shnt ON the Same Day