West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07
Ohio Prohibition Platform,

I. We demand an amendment.
to the Constitution of our State for
ever prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors as
a beverage.
We are unalterably opposed to
the enactment of laws that propose
by license, tax or otherwise, to reg
ulate the drink traffic, because they
provide for its continuance and af-
ford no protection against it's raw
ages. We hold that the proper at
titude of all good citizens towards
this traffic is uncompromising
hostility, and that the friends Of
Prohibition should not suffer them
selves to be controlled by either of
the old parties, because these par
ties have shown themselves sub.
servient to the interest of the Ii
quor traffic.
2. The men who grow rich from
all this misery nave pal~.yzod the
arm of government. They can be
put down only by a government
which controls the legislature and
all executive officers.
8. The position of the two wings
of the great liquor party, the one
advocating license, declared by the
Constitution to be illegal, and the
other unalterably committed to the
principles of taxation and regula-
ton, as formulated in the "Scott
law" declared by our Supreme
Court to be unconstitutional, leaves
no loyal citizen any alternative but
to cast his lot With the Prohibition
party. A temperance man noml-
mated as Republican or Democrat
will feel in honor bound to uefend
his party platform, and not to pusl
temperance in way which might
hurt his party by driving of liquor
votes. We, therefore, urge the
friends of humanity to support the
candidates of the Prohibition party
and to form no alliance with Ghe
other parties.
4. Moral efforts for retaining
the drunkard and extending the
pledge of total abstinence must
never be relaxed. We heartily con-
graduate the National Temperance
Society and the noble Union of
Christian women upon their heroic
labors, and bid all workers for tenn
perance, by whatever methods, God
speed.
5. In all offices whose functions
are not political-post offices and
many others-men should be ap-
pointed, retained and promoted for
proved faithfulness and capacity,
without regard to party. The cor
rupting spoils element must be re-
moved from political contests We
demand full protection of the fran
chise, which is the basis Of our civ
il liberties; and favor the disfran-
chlsement of those who tamper
with votes or voters. and the most
perfect system OF registration.
We favor uniform law for the
regulation of marriage and divorce
~ all VIC otdLoS, 1Ouuuou upOu Gu0
Divine law.
The negro race has our hearty
sympathy in its efforts to overcome
the disadvantages arising from GEN.
turtles of oppression, and in assert
ing their civil rights.
+. We oppose violent changes
in the tariff, and euch as are made
should not be made in the interest
of any particular classes, but with
tair and impartial consideration
of both labor and capital, producers
and consumers.
7. We heartily indorse the prin-
ciples EN- braced in the memorial of
the Voters Union, presented to the
several political parties of the State,
and we cordially invite the Second
Amendment voters to support US
in the great conflict between the
home and the saloon.
8. God requires and man needs
Sabbath, both for rest and wor-
ship, and we view with alarm the
encroachments upon and the threat