Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-31

7 people and not for gffts 70 cor
pUratiuns or TO besaheld 10 large
bodies isfor, speculation upon, the needs
4 OF actual settlers; that all money, COLI
and paper, shall be made, issued and
1 regulated by the General Government,
and shall be = legal tender for Ill dsbts
public and private; that grateful care
aud support should be. given to our
soldiers and sailors, their dependent
| widows and orphans, disabled in the SER
| vice Of the country; that we repudlata
as tnaAmerican, contrary TO and sub
| versive of the principles Of the Declars-
ton Of Independence, from which our
| government. has grown to be q gov
i crnment. OF, $4,000, 900 OF people and
| q recognized power among the nations,
| that any person or people shall or may be
excluded from residence or citizenship
with all others who may desire the bene-
Ills which our institutions confer on the
! oppressed of all nations; that while thsre
are important reforms demanded for the
| purity Of administrator and the welfare
of the people, their importance sinks into
inSignifcance when 4 compared. ), with
the reform of the drink traffic, which
annually wastes $50, 900, 900 of the wealth,
created by toll and thrift and drags
down tn oasand of families from comfort
to poverty, which fills iaila, pepiten-r
tiaries, insanel asylpms, II hospitals, and
Institutions for dependency, which de-
stroy health, saps industry, and causes
loss Of life and property to thousands lii
the land; lowers intellectual and physl-
cal vigor, duiis the cunning hand of the
artisan, the chief cause of bankruptcy,
{ and in loss in :, trade, and by its,
corrupting power endangers the per-f
pethity of our free institutions. That
Congress should exercise itsundoubted,
powergand prohibit the mannfacture ana
sale Of intoxicating beverages in the Dis.
triet of Columbia, the Territories of the
Z United States, in all places over which
3 the Government has exclusive iurisdic.
ton. That hereafter no State Shall be-,
admitted + into, the Union, until it's
constitution. shall T. expressly pro-
hibit ;polygamy, and. the manufacture
and sale Of intoxicating beverages. We
earnestly call the attention Of the laborer
and mechanic, the miner and manufac.
turer, and ask investigationD of the !,
baneful effects, upon labor and industry
caused by the needless liquor business,
which will be found the robber who les
sens wages and profit, the destroyer of the
happiness and family welfare of b
the iaboring aman,! aud that = labor /,
and ~ all ~ legitimate indus tries
demands the suppression of this traffic,
How much of comfort the suppressing
this traffic, would bring to the Iaboring
man, mechanic or employer OF labor
throughout our land! That THE activity
and cooperation Of the women of Ameri-,
ca for the promotion of temperance, has,
IN all the history Of the past, been d
strength and encouragement which 9we'a
gratefully Acknowledge fand'rscord. I'm
the later ami present phase of the move-
ment for the prohibition of, the license
traffic by the abolition of the, drinking
saloon, the purity Of purpose and meth.
cd, the earnestness, heal, 'intelligencei
and devotion Of the mothers and daneh-i
tiers, of the Women's Christian Temper
ance no Union has been :, eminent,
~ ~ blessed by God. Kansas
and Iowa have given their 4
s'sheave OF rejoicins,r" and the 'educ&tionn
ahd ar6using of the public, mind and "a /
isinow prevailing. These are largely the. /
fruit, of her prayers and labors, and we.
rejoice to have, our Christian women
unite with us and sharing IN labor that
shall bring the abolition of the traffic to
the nr'.s.1t1 ts.:-feh otft t.<, ser =
At the request Of several delegates the
document was taken up for discussion,
the questions being considered seriGti'n. 1
Before fthisiiw2s done dispatches con- i
St. Johns nomination, were read from
DIR. Mcdonald, who was In New York, |
and from CORTLAND Parker, Of New ;Jer- |
sey. '+1ft sai II
a motion was agreed to, making the |
name of the party iaq -za,ffsI l1,stHggI
sis LITTLE PROHIBITION PARTY ar
and afterglthe consideration of business |
of q routine character, the Convention, i
at 5:25 p, M, took . recess until eight |
O'Clock. ,.,'
7d 'if 40 Evening Session. glou Il ii ind
The Convention was called TO orderi at
s:l5 p. M, with prayer by Rev. A. H.
Judkins, of Chicago. .,4g .t.a.t,.,,f 49,,
The first business was the presentation !
of the report of the Finance Committee
BY Governor Clinton b. 2Fiske, OF New
Jersey. If uo9I ~ IN 1ftasY--.,di n & esnd
. Pledges were solicited. fort subscrip..
tions to the > "Poneer Battle. Fund,
which requires the subscriber to pay the
amount Of his subscription annuaily SO
long as he shall live, or until the 7party'so
candidates for President and Vice -Presi%a
dent shall be elected. The mum ber 4, of
subscriptions received agsyre--
gated $442. .tdt z,. s,f,t,@..,,. i
for the nomination Of candidates Hfor
Vice President. 'fHb 49, - .tSFAsET8I
The names of George c. Rodgers, of
William Daniels, Of Mary.
land; Clinton B.. Fisk, of New Jerseys;
George w. Bayne, of Kentucky aud Miss
Frances Willard, Of Illinois; were pre-
sented.N The names of adj but that OF
Daniels were subsequently, wisharawnand
The latter WAS nominated by -acclamation.
Mr., Daniels -. briefly acknowledged the
honor, amidst rousing cheers.
A few minutes were spent In routine
Votes OF thanks were passed
10 the various offi GERS, aud at IL 80 ..
I'd. the National Rrohibitioni Convention
Of 1884 came to an end. asfsf ~, s,