Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-17
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BLAIR AND WINDOW Lead The Crusade Against
 The Saloon. INSIDE THE PARTY LINES. Non-Partisan Temperance
 Men At Work. THE YACHTS AT NEWPORT. A Terrific Cyclone In The
 West.
THE YACHTS AT NEWPORT.
THE ANTI-SALOON MOVEMENT.

THE ANTI-SALOON MOVEMENT.
 Republicans Who Favor Prohibition
 Hut See No Need of a Third Party
 Senators Blair and W1ndom Promf
 nent in the Convention.
 CHICAGO, September 16.-Two-thirds O the seats in the Madison street theater wer filled this forenoon before the hour appointed for the anti-saloon convention to be called t' order. Prominent among those who wer early in attendance were Congressme1 Thomas Ryan of Topeka, Kansas, and Pric of Iowa. The convention was called to orde by Albert Griffin, of Kansas. Senator Blair of New Hampshire, was elected temporar. chairman by exclamation and was received with great cheering. He said that it was { historic convention which would make it influence felt for years to come. They had met to consider methods for the destruction of the rum power throughout the country and the world. AS between no license anc low license they were in favor of the latter supported the latter; as between higE license and prohibition they were for prohibition first, last and all the time Prolonged applause.) They were in the Re publican party and they intended to stay there. (Applause.) If anybody did not like them let them get out of the Republican party. (Cheers.) He believed that the Pro- hibitionists were in earnest, but he hoped that they would remain in the party and en- deavor to kill the rum power through their influences. He had hoped that the result of the convention would be to bring them back and make a united Republican party. The speaker concluded amid applause and the calling of the roll for committees was pro- ceeded with. A recess of twenty minutes was then taken. Meanwhile the atten dance had been increased by the arrival of ex-Sen- asor Windom and Ignatius Donnelly of Min nesota, ex-Senator McDill of Iowa, the Rev. Dr. Ball of Buffalo and General Conway of Brooklyn.
 When the convention reassembled the committee on credentials reported the pres ence of about one hundred delegates from the States of New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Wiscon- sin, Massachusetts, Kansas, Iowa, Nevada, Texas, Minnesota, Dakota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and New Hampshire. The committee on permanent organization re- ported for president ex-Senator Windom of Minnesota and for vice presidents the Rev. Everett Hale of Massachu- setts, Commissioner of Agriculture W. Leduc of Iowa, the Rev. F.. H. Ball of Buffalo, Congressman Price of Iowa, Chief Justice Horton of Texas and Senator Blair of New Hampshire. Senator Windom was enthusiastically received and spoke at length He said they had met as Republicans who desired to work out a movement which would result in great good to that party They had no idea of bringing into existence new political party: that had entered into the plans of very few present. Tn his opinion the party that had freed the stead law and saved the republic in war and maintained it's honor in peace was good enough for him and it's record was suf- ficient guarantee that since this issue was presented to 1t it would grapple with it They had met as Republicans who did not believe in saloons to dominate and direct. They did not desire to dictate to the party, but to urge it to accept the i5- sue which had been rendered it by the saloon element aud liquor interest of the country. The party would be forced to take up the question at no distant day, and the sooner they did it the better it would be for that party, the people and the country. The speaker went on at length to deliver prohi- bition speech of the usual type, dealing with the question upon humanitarlan, political and economic grounds. On the conclusion of MT. Windom's address the convention ad- journed to two o'clock.
 The afternoon session was called to order at 3 o'clock, but it was nearly three hours later before the committee on resolutions was ready to report. In the interval addresses were delivered and the following national central executive committee was selected: Maine, Hon. w. T. Pride; New Hampshire, Riair. VnrmOnt Hon George A. Brown; Massachusetts, Colonel E. H. Haskell; Rhode Island, Hon. Henry B. Metcalf New York, General Thomas w. Conway; New Jersey, Rev. H. w. Carroll; Pennsylvania, Hon. W. w. Brown; Iowa, Hon. Hiram Price; Minnesota, General A. B. Nettleton; Indiana, ex-Governor William Cumback: Wisconsin, E. P. Wheeler; Kan James: Georgia, Hon. A. T. Buck. The ad interim speakers were MT. Price, General Conway, Rev Dr. Ball of Buffalo, Colonel Dunne and State Senator Morse of Massa- chusetts The latter evoked great cheering by denouncing the action of the Prohibition ists in the last national campaign as well as by his declaration that the defeat of Mir. Blaine was a crime against liberty. General Nettleton read letter from Bishop Ireland declaring that the only hope for relief from the liquor traffic lay in the Republican party. All of the speakers called for radical action and denounced hodge -podge or bummlne policy. It was we'll toward dusk when MT. Platt, of New York, in the absence of Sena tor Blair, who left for the East, presented the report of the committee on resolutions It is as follows:
 The anti-saloon Republicans by their rep resentatives in national conference assembled do declare as follows:
 First-That the liquor traffic as it exists to-day in the United States is the enemy of so ciety, fruitful source of corruption in pol1. tics, the ally of anarchy,a school of crime and with it's avowed purpose of seeking to cor ruptly control election is a menace to the public welfare and deserves the condemna ton of all good men.
 Second-That we declare war against the saloon and hold it to be the supreme duty of the government to adopt such measures as shall restrict it's control, its influence and a, the earliest possible moment ext1ngulsh Il altogether.
 Third-We believe the national goveI d. ment should absolutely prohi bit the manu- facture and sale ot intoxicating liquors ID the District of Columbia and in ali the terri tories of the United States.
 Fourth-We believe the best practical method of dealing with the liquor trathc III the sever al States is to let the people decide whether it shall be prohibited by the submis sion of constitutional amendments and untll 
 age of local option laws.
 Fifth-That inasmuch as the saloon Dusl ness creates special burden of taxation up on the people to support courGs, Jalls and almshouses, therefore large annual tax should be levied upon the saloons so long as they continue to exist and that they snouic be made responsible for all public and prl- vate injury resulting from the traffic..
 Sixth-That the Republican party wherever and whenever in power should faithfully en force whatever ordinances, statutes or con stitutional amendments may De enacted fo
 the suppression of the liquor traffic.
 Sevsnth-That we approve the actlon O
 Congress and of those States that have don'
 so in providing for teaching the physiologiea
 effects of intoxication ill our public schools
 and that we earnestly recommend to ever.
 State legislature the enactment Of sucn law
 as shall provide for the thorough teaching
 such effects to our children.
 Eighth-We demand that the Republican
 party, to which we belong and whose welfar
 we cherish, shall take firm and decided
 stand as friend of the home and the enem
 of the saloon in favor ot thl
 policy and these measures. We pledg
 ourselves to do our utmost to cause the part to take such a stand and we call upon al temperance and all friends of humanity, c whatever party or name, to join with us securing these objects and ln support or 9n Republican party so far as It small aooE them.