Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-26
THE WATER DRINKERS.
ST sUnN am uAs,tL WILL AvUnrr.
lho prohiUiiIOn Candidates Receive tho
Nuuuc alton OF rnslr Nnn,inRtiNus tor
president and vice President

Sotiilc alton OF rnslr Nominations tor
PRESIDENT and wee PRESIDENT
G,vcrnrr St Jobn and Mr.. Daniel
ar,iv,d M Cub, N Y at 10 m Monday
nnrring. They vera mat by the rrrar,ion
r,mm,ttoo and esc ,rted I, tLrt,uha hnuse
Tho prnhihitinn notification pgr,rrdiuys
wcre ball Mt the ST Johu csmrmrrtirv
circuit grounds. a beautiful rrgyp two
mics from Cub, VILLAGE. whrT, a tenn
ncraurc camnmertint, tr last five da,s i.
in nr,cress. The priuciral readers and
speakcrs of tho Prohibition movement are
in a,tapIarrn durirr tho vrck Ar audi
rprn nI thrr, thnus1I,j was in a,tcudarcc.
Tho rxrrrissa nn,prI with music aud
nravsr arter wLirh prnrrs,or Samuel
Dickev 0f MICHIGAN. chatham of the
nntiFcation committrc WAS iutruduccl TO
tbc anS,rrrr aCI candidates and mado a
formal address notifying 81 John and
D,ui,l of thcir nomination hy the prChibi
tirp n,rty.
" The convention ut pittsburg." he said,
&" was no ordinary gathering. Men wsro
there bowed under tho age of many years
who generation ago gathered In tho
samc hall to organize for victory in what
seemed tu some hopeless oauso-to dc
battle against that other sllvOIy-aud
strong mcr were then in the full maturity
of their powers mighty with tho iu:cg Of
an overmaStering conviction. Young mon
were there with the ardOr Oi youth A.d
tho devotion Of heroes. Women were
thcre-FTarces Willard aud Mary Wood.
bridge aud Mrs. Burt aud Mary LotbIOp
and Esther Hugh, representatives OF tho
best brain aud hear: of American woman
hood. 1t was q convention Of earnest mcu
aud pure women, who were there to CX
press their conviction that the government
ought to be government OF the people
aud by the people and for tho people, and
not u government of the saloon and by
tho saloon and for the saloon.
We may not succeed IN clgCtjuE y0u
to the high positions for which you GaNc
been named, ~ he continued, but We ball
enjoy the proud satisfaction Of knowing
that our Cluiidatcs were the only Caudl-
dates ard our party was the only party
that ought - have succeeded
Governor 1t. Johns Acceptance
G,vernor 81. I,hn resn,nded as follows
" Mr. Chairman and members of the com
mitt,e In receiving this formal notice Of
nv nomination for the HIGHEST Office, within
the rjft of the people by TIVE national con
vrntinr ~ tho prohih;ti,n marty nrr1,,t
mo nntvithstandiDr the diS,,n,i,oo WAS
| neither sourht nor dasireI hyu,e tn assure
Won. in view of the uDanjwity with which
| II was piynn. nj INV Ligh aIprrc.,tiou of
| tho vcrv rrea. bnnoT II c1uC,rs T1pre arc
mora n,I;tjCGI rarties in ,La tr,I TODAY
| than there arc ToIitical issues. Upon th
grca. Gues,ion AZ 10 whnt should be done
with the tram, in intoyiratin- I,ouors as q
bevnrare b,tL tho D,mccr.,ir and
| Rennhlicln I,orlies ara united in favor
| NJ making the trati, permaucut. whilr
tho pr1Tihi,io,,ists drmand tba, !,
| shall ho f1rrv,r pI,oeJ under the
cn~I,Dn,,;,n If ih. T9ws of thr land
| Tbns an ;ssne il rl,,rIv mad,arJ ,hinE
= saCe tns,v thc orjv ~no to law That
rraIIy reaches ,he boarI anJ c5nsajyucs "t
the cit;2Sn THontSis i.sne '. wa 90 - ,Lt
peoTie-the sonrca NJ all n"l,,,riI ,,wqr
Lot us aDpeal To- reason ra,hcr than +, pre
iudice. Lev those resort To- personal A6us,
and scandal Who have notLinr bitter I,
7 uphold their cause. Tho ProMb,tlo,