The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-24
TEMPERANCE STATESMEN.

/ Eighteen States Represented in the Ma
tional Conference of Anti-Saloon Re-
pubiicans by 1S6 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| Window Presides-A Platform Adopted
Which Favors High License as a Re-
strietive Measure.
| CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE national con.
vention OF Anti-saloon Republicans met
! yesterday morning in the Madison Street
| Theater auditorium. The convention was
called to order at 1920 O'Clock by
| Hon. Albert Griffith, of Kansas, who
called upon Rev. Arthur Little to open
the convention with prayer. Mr.. Grit
| fifth then sta ted that he had been
instructed by the Kansas delegation to
| make the following nominations for tenn
porary officers: Chairman, United States
Senator W. III. Blair, of New Hampshire;
/ Secretaries, j. G. Shaffer and L. r. Elliott;
| Reading Secretary, Z. K. Hutchins.
These nominations were accepted by ac-
clamation.
/ On taking the chair Senator Blair said
| he believed the convention would be his
| toric. 1t was called to organize for the
destruction of the rum traffic. He said:
Between free and low-icensed rum we are
for low license; between low license and
| high license we are for high license, and
| between high license and prohibition we
/ are for prohibition" He said he believed
he would i've to see national prohibition.
Committees on Credentials, Permanent
Organization, Resolutions and Order OF
Business were appointed. Following is
| the Committee on Resolutions:
Vermont J. G. Mead; New York, J. R.
Clapp; Rhode Island. H: B.. Metcalf; New
Jersey, J: Y. Foster; Michigan, Senator
Blair; Indiana, Judge B. L. Redding; Hi
| nois, r E. Jenkins; Wisconsin, d. j. Suther
land; Minnesota. DR.. S. G: Smith; Kansas,
| T. d. Thatcher; Iowa, J. W. McDill; Massa-
| chusetts, Rufus i, Frost.
After d recess OF twenty minutes the
! Committee on Credentials reported as
| entitled to seats in the convention 1876
delegates, apportioned among the States
as follows:
Maine, 1; New Hampshire, g Vermont,
| 8; Massachusetts,, II; Rhode Island, Z;
New York, 6; New Jersey, Z; Pennsyl
vania, /; Ohio, 1; Michigan, 3; Mime
sofa, Is; Wisconsin, II; Illinois, 40; Iowa,
20; Indiana, 1S; Kansas, 80; Texas, 9
Dakota. /. The four prohibition States,
Maine, Rhode Island, Iowa and Kansas,
sent fifty-eght delegates.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza-
| ton reported in favor of ex-senator Will
lam Window of Minnesota for president
| The announcement was received with
| cheers, and the list of vice-presidents was
read, each State being entitled to one
| Among the presidents were: Senator
Blair, ex-Commissioner of Agriculture Lee
| Due Hiram Price, Judge II. B. Saler. Of
| Indiana, Chief Justice A. II. Horton, ot
| Kansas, and Edward Everett Hale, Of
| Massachusetts.
Mr.. Window was escorted to the chair
and made speech which was frequently
interrupted by applause.
| Mr.. Bartholomew, OF Indiana moved
that National Central Committee be APP
| pointed to consist of one represe ntative
| from each of the States represented in the
| convention to enforce the fight against
| the liquor traffic. The motion prevailed
and the following were selected as such
q committees:
| w. P. Frye, Maine; H. w. Blair, New Hamp
shire; George A. Brown, Vermont; e. II
Haskell, Massachusetts,; Henry Metcalf
| Rhode Island; General Il. W. Conway, New
! York Rev. III. j. Carroll, New Jersey; w
| W. Brown, Pennsylvania; Hiram Price, Iowa
| A. q Nettleton, Minnesota; William Com
! back, Indiana; Il. G.. Wheeler, Wisconsin; AL
| bert Griffin, Kansas; w. A. James, illinois,
and A. 3. Buck, Georgia
w. w. Brown, of Pennsylvania, and
Alfred E. Buck, of Georgia, were appoint
The assembly then listened to ten-minute
speeches by representatives of the several
! States. The platform read by John l.
| Plat, OF New York, was as follows:
The Anti-SalOon Republicans by their rep
resentatives. in National conference Assem-
| bed, do declare as follows:
| /. That the liquor traffic as it exists to-day
| in tho United States is the enemy of society, q
| fruitful source of corruption in politics, the
| ally of anarchy school of crime, and, with
| its avowed purpose Of seeking to corruptly
| control elections is a menace to the public
| welfare and deserves the condemnation OF
! all good men.
| 2. That we declare war against the saloon
| and hold it to be the supreme duty of gov
| eminent to adopt such measures as shall re-
| strict it and control its influence, and at the
| earliest possible moment extinguish it alto
| gether.
| g. We believe the National Government
| should absolutely prohibit the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors in the District
| of Columbia and in all the Territories of the
| United States.
L. We believe the best practical method OF
| dealing with the liquor traffic in the several
| States is to let the people decide whether il
| shall be prohibited by the su omission of con
sttutional amendments, and, until such
| amendments are adopted, by the passage OF
| local option laws.
| 5, That inasmuch as the saloon business
| creates special burden of taxation upon the
| people to support courts, jails and aims.
| houses, therefore large annual tax should
| be levied upon the saloons so long as they
| continue to exist. And that they should be
| MADE responsible for all public and private
| injury resulting from the traffic
| 6. That the Republican party, wherever and
| whenever in power, will faithfully enforce
| whatever ordinances, statutes or constItu-
! tional amendments may be enacted for the
| restriction or suppression of the liquor traffic
7. That we approve the action of Congress
and of those States that have done SO, in pro
| viding for teaching the physiological effects OF
| lntoXicants in our public schools, and thatwe
| earnestly recommend to every State Legis-
| iaJure the enactment of such laws as shall
| provide for the thorough teaching Of such
| effects to our children.
| s. We demand that the Republican party, to
| which we belong and whose welfare we cher
iSh, shall take firm and decided stand as the
| friend of the home and the enemy of the
| saloon in favor OF this policy and these meas
| ures. We pledge ourselves to do our utmost
! to cause the party to take such stand. And
we call upon all temperance men and all
fir ends of humanity, of whatever party or
| NAME to join with us in securing these OBJ
| jects and in support of the Republican party,
| 80 far as it hall adopt them.
The declaration of principles excited a
warm debate. General Conway offered an
| amendment to section four, to insert the
words land adoption" after the word
| submission" He wished the conference
| to declare positively for prohibition. The
| amendment was voted down by at least
| two to one. A fight by the radical ele-
ment was then made against the adoption
OF section 5, which approves of taxation
| or license.
Inasmuch as the success of our principles
| depends so largely upon the men chosen tC
| make and enforce the law, therefore. re
| solved, that only Clean men, who are heartily
| in sympathy with the purposes of this confer
ence can justly claim the suffrages of the
! people, and we ask that the Republican party
| shall place only such men in nomination."
| This was voted down. The platform az
whole was adopted with four or five
dissenting votes, and the conference dis
solved.
| Proposed National Drill.