The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-21
ST. JOHNS ACCEPTANCE.
Sol Miller Anticipates the Candidate for
President on the Prohibition
Ticket.

President on the Prohibition
Ticket.
From the Troy Chief: The extraor-
binary facilities possessed by the
Chief for obtaining Information IN
advance on public questions, enable
us TO lay before our readers st. Johns
letter of acceptance before it is sent to
the committee of notification. 1t is as
follows, according to the first rough
draft.
CAVE OF ADULLAh, N. Y, August 8,
GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE
Your notification informs me notWith-
standing my positive declination to be
candidate, and my absenting myself
from the convention, the Christian men
and women of America have honored
me With the nomination for the Presi-
dency. Many years ago, read in
very entertaining and instructive book,
called "The Arabian Nights" a story
intended to establish the fact that ss
man cannot run away or hide from his
fate. can now realize the truth of
that great lesson. But If the people will
put their trust In Me and god. we will
not shrink from the sponsiblIlity.
1t Is but five years since l unturled
the banner of prohibition IN Kansas,
and but little over three years since the
prohibitory law went into force. and for
one year past there has absolutely not
been q drop of intoxicating liquor sold
or drunk in the State. Crime has de-
creased ninety per cent, and the records
show that every conviction for crime, in
the last year, has been for violating the
liquor law, or for offences
committed by men who were.
under the influence of intoxicating
liquors l have saw these facts with
my own eyes seen this result from
the start. / would never have went into
the work, had not of felt that god was
with Me. Now am proud that done
1t. shall keep up the good fight until
all them parties that are afraid to speak
for the home against the saloon shall
proclaim prohibition or sink into de
served oblivion.
am more than pleased that the Con-
Vention spoke out SO emphatlcaliY IN
favor of the Acknowledgement of women.
The Christian women of America are as
deserving of the ballot as the ignorant
foreign emigrant, who has no higher en-
joyment than to smoke his pipe and
guzzle his rum. When see the strug-
gle of the Christian women OF America
for their rights, my sympathy goes
out to them, until 1 feel lake one of
them. would cheerfalIy submit to dis
reimbursement until the time when the
Christian women of America was entl-
tied TO the ballot. If ever repine at my
lot, 1t is Whe1 L realize that L am not q
woman. But God works in . mysterious
way, and we cannot account for his acts
Il is all for the best.
The convention wisely refrained from
giving any expression upon the curren-
CIV. The conventions of the older and
corrupt parties have done that, and We
have no sentiment IN common with
them. Besides, Is our campaign funds
are to be raised on stock payable in
heaven, we have no concern with the
currency of earth. II the convention
had saw fit 10 make an exception, II
might have dene so in favor Of the silver
dollar, which bears the motto, an
God we trust" forget any more what
Is the computed real value Of the silver
dollar, but think It is little over eighty
cents. Therefore. it Is said that the
motto, I'm God We trust" stands over
the lie pFOclaiming that the coin is one
dollar. This should teach Us great
moral lesson. We may pretend TO be
more Than We really are, and may resort
to falsehood to carry out the deception.
but If we trust IN God. It atones for all
innocent deceptions- have eveF held
fast 20 that rule of faith
With this bFies outline of what my
policy will be, If, elected. and thanking
the Christian men aud women OF Amer
lea for the confidence reposed in me, ]
accept the trust, with The belief that il
god stands fIrm with he, shall come
out triumphant in the end
Very truly you're.
JOHN p. ST. JOHH