The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-29
THE PROHIBITION CANDIDATES..
Messrs. st. John and Daniel Formally
Notified of their Nomination Tor
President and Vice President.

Gov. st. John and Mr.. Danlei arrived Ill
Cuba. n. Y, on Monday morning. They
were met by the Reception Committee and
escorted to the Cuba House. The Prohibi-
ton notification proceedings were held at
the st. John Camp Meeting Circuit Grounds,
a beautiful grove two miles from Cuba
village. A temperance camp meeting to
last five days is in progress. The principal
readers and speakers of the prohibition
movement are in attendance, and will adj
dress the meetings during the week. An
audience of three thousand was in atten-
dance on Monday.
The exercises of the day opened with
music and prayer, after which Prof. Dickey,
Chairman of the Ratification Committee,
was introduced to the audience and candi-
dates and spoke as follows:
ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR DICKEY.
To the Candidates, John P. st. John and
William Daniel-Gentlemen: | am to
speak for this Committee. representing here
to-day the National Convention of the Pro-
hibition party recently in session in Pitts
burg. In harmony with political usages,
and in keeping with the dignity and i'm
portance of the high position i'll which We
shall endcavor to place you, we are here
for the purpose of notifying you in this
official and formal manner of your selec-
ton AS the candidates of the National Pro-
libition party for the positions respectively
of President and Vice President of the
United States The Convention which
thus honored itself by so wise selection
of candidates was no ordinary gathering
| Men were there bowed under the weight of
many years. who, generation ago gath
cred in the same hall to organize for vic
tory in what seemed to some hopeless
cause-to do battle against that other
Slavery-and strong men were there in the
| full maturity of their powers, mighty with
! the force of an overmastering conviction
! Young men were there with the ardor of
youth and the devotion of heroes; women
were therc-trances Willard and Mary
Woodbridge and Mrs Burt and Mary
| Lothrop and Esther Pugh-representatives
womanhood. 1t was a convention of earn
est men and pure women, who Were there
to express their conviction that the gov
eminent ought to be a government of the
people and by the people and for the peo-
pie and not government of the saloon
and by the saloon and for the saloon. 1t
was Il convention representing powerful
constituency from all parts of our land
\ constituency composed of citizens who
have grown tired OF the spectacle of two
old political parties rivaling each other in
their eagerness to serve the liquor traffic.
going down upon their faces in the dust
before the moloch of men and crying out
in the language of Scripture Am | not
thine Ass upon which thou hast ridden?'
| | need not assure you that the Prohibition
party will give you 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 proud salts
ton of knowing that our candidates Were
the only candidates and our party the only
party that ought to have succeeded. And
now. gentlemen. i'll the name of the noblest
manhood and the pureSt womanhood of
America, invoke the blessing of Almighty
God to rest upon you, and may that divine
| power which rules and overruleS in the
office of nations and of men vouchsafe unto
you such a measure of strength and cour-
age and wisdom as shall enable you to
bear well the burdens which the National
Prohibition party with supreme confidence
now lays upon you.
RESPONSE OF EX-GOVERNOR ST. JOHN.
! Ex-Governor st. John responded as fol-
lows: Mr.. Chairman and members of the
Committee: In receiving this formal no
tice of my nomination for the highest office
within the gift of the people by the Ma
tonal Convention of the Prohibition party,
permit me, notwithstanding 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 apprecia-
ton 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 as to what should
be done with the traffic in Intoxicating
liquors as beverage. both the Democratic
and Republican party are united in favor
of making the traffic permanent, while the
Prohibitionists demand that it shall be for
ever placed under the condemnation of the
laws of the land. Thus an issue is clearly
made and | think it safe to say the only
one to-day that really reaches the heart and
conscience of the citizen. Upon this issue
we go to the people-the source of all po-
litical power. Let lis appeal to reason
rather than TO prejudice. Let those resort
to personal abuse and scandal who have
nothing better to uphold their cause. The
Prohibition party was not organized as a
mere threat or menace. 1t is the outgrowth
of a rapidly increasing crystalized senti-
ment against the great evil of the agc--an
evil that the old parties dared not attack,
but against which this young party of the
people. in defence of the homes of the ma
ton. has entered upon--a warfare that
shall never cease SO long as the flag of our
country waves its protecting folds over