The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-17

| lean parry and they intended to sty there,
| Applause If anybody did not like them let
| them get out OF the Republican party
| Cheers.l He believed that he Prohibition
lists were IN earnest, hut he had hoped that
they would remain in the party and endeavor
10 kill the rum power through its influence.
| de had hoped that the result of the conven-
| lion would be to bring them back and make
united Republican party The speaker
concluded amid applause, and the calling of
The roll for committees was proceeded with
! At the close Of senator Biairs address a
| recess ct twenty minutes was taken Mean
while the attendance had been increased by
the arrival of ex-senator Window and Igna-
tiuS Donnelly, of Minnesota ex-senator Nc
Dill, of Iowa. and Rev DIR. Ball, of Buffalo,
and Gen. Conway, of Brooklyn When the
convention rcaSsnmbleI the committee on
credentials reported the presence OF about
200 delegates from the states of New York,
Vermont, Rhode Island, Michigan. Indiana,
| Illinois, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Kansas.
Iowa, Nevada, Texas Minnesota, Dakota
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and New
HAMPSHIRE
The committee On permanent organization
reported for President ex-senator Window.
OF Minnesota, and for vice presidents Rev
| Everett Hale, OF Massachusetts,; ex- Commits
sioner OF Agriculture W Lepuc, of Iowa;
Rev. F, H, Ball, of Buffalo; Congressman
| Price, of Iowa; Chief Justice Horton, OF
Texas, and 3 nator Blsir
Senator " nelon Was enthusiastically re
ceived, and spoke at length. he said they
had met az Republicans who desired to work
out a movement which would result in great
good to that party. They hal no ilea of
bringing into existence new political party;
chat had enteTed into the plans OF very few
present In his opinion the party that had
freed the slave, ennnblcd labor, enacted
tie homestead law, and saved the republic
In and maintained its honor
in peace was good enough party for him,
and its record was a sufficient guaranty
That since this issue was presented to it, it
would grapple with it manfully 1t was as
important and ii;icut task Us any which
had confronted the PARTY in the Ias,i hut it
had never retreatei yet before an issue, and
it was not likely to do 50 now
They hal met as Republicans who dill not
believe in the right Of the saloons to domin-
| ate and direct They did not desire to dictate
| to the party tut t. urge if Ia ac@crt the issue
which had bean rendered it by thu saloon ele-
| msnt and liquor interest IF the country The
party wnail be forced to take up the ques-
lion at no distant dav, and the sooner they
did it tks better it would hs for that party,
the people and the country.
The speaker then went on at length to lie
liver a Prohibition speech of the usual tyne,
dealing with the question upon hunanita-
rian, political and economic grounds, and at
| the conclusion Of his address the convention
took reCes until , p. M.
The convention reassembled at 2:15. II was
decided to limit the speeches on the resolu-
tioals 10 five minutes. While waiting for the
committee on resolutions to report Hon.
Hiram Price, of Iowa, was called upon
for few remarks lie started in
by saying that he was III favor
of temperance, total abstinence and prohibi-
| ton, He supposed that he was selected to
speak by his colleagues because he was glad
that the Republicans who had assembled
here We're In favor Of putting down the
saloon
The resolutions were then reported, de
| Inandiug the recognition of temperance in the
Republican platform. Teu-minute speeches
followed