Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-06
BY unanimous rising vote the name of
the party was changed from Union To

Mrs =. V. f. Emery, of the Michigan
Woman's Equal Suffrage Association, pre-
scented IA long memorial, the reading being
frequently interrupted 10y hearty applause.
The memorial urged that the convention
adopt woman suffrage rs part OF Its pat
form. This was urged because OF the JUS
tice of the claim and because women were
asking for the rights of suffrage for the
sole reason OF destroying the liquor traffic.
Women suffrage meant the death OF the
saloon in America The memorial was
tediously long, but was very well received
. Notwithstanding its unnecessary elaborate
ness.
ON motion Of NJ. II. Walker, of Grand
Rapids, the memorial was referred to the
committee on resolutions.
Words of greeting were received from
Prohibtionists of Wisconsin i'm convention
assembled. and also from the Connecticut
Prohibition convention. After these dis
patches had been read the work OF collect
INK campaign funds was undertaken. ms
part OF the program was interrupted 10y
the receipt If u telegram from John IS.
Finch chairman of the National commit.
tece Prof Diclie said hc would read IL
for : lOO. He received nearly SluO before
be read il. Ii ran a follows:
Hartford. CoNN- July =.
The old parties disintegrating I'm every
state. Let the Michigan phalanN force the
fighting No compromise, trade, deal or
JOHN b. FINCH.
Mr. Bostwick of Union City. offered a
resolution terming the local option scheme
of the Republicans u dclu~ion and snare.
This was referred to the committee on
credentials. Pending the return of the
committee on resolutions nominations Tor
governor were declared IN order and the
call 10y districts began, speeches being
limited 10 three minutes.
\. q. Crozicr of Ann Arbor. said the
ticket To he named should command the
respect Of the whole state On behalf OF
the Second District he desired 10 nomin
ate the man who made the noble fight in
the legislature for the Maine liquor law IN
1919. the man who was beaten 10y his party.
the man who has now come ont ana stands
with the only moral party that magniil-
cent gentleman and strong representative
of our farming interests. hon. Chas. Mosh-
cr of MOshcrVille.
This nomination was rather fcebly APP
plauded 10y the second district delega-
non
A. \. Knappcn of Hastings, said he was
happy to express his confidence of Charles
Mosher. but the third district had "A can
didate 10 present OF whom aii Michigan
was proud. a man whose fame extended
far beyond the state. His popularity had
today been many times evidenced His
name-Samuel Dickie of Albion
The convention broke out into express
sionS of wild demonstrations, answering
the name with cheers and tiger.
Delegate Jennings of st. Joseph. said the
delegates and people of the fourth district
wanted Dickie.
Caleb Pitkin said Wayne would cast her
100 votes for Dickie.
Myron II. Walker of Grand Rapids
Mary +. Lathrop says the Prohibition
wave is n mile of and n mile high-can
you swim" We want man on the crest
Of that wave Dickie is the man
I II (,nr,np said the SaXanfl dis
trict desired TO present that grand, Capa
Bile man, who never had been and never
would Toe defeated. the man whose name
was "a household word every where. the
able logician and honored father of the
Prohibition party-Rev. John Russell.
This was received with signs of great APP
proval and for moment II seemed that
Russell might prove n formidable rival TO
Dickie for the nomination
Pending the arrival of the committee on
resolutions Chairman Dickie addressed
the convention. He referred in a facetious
manner 10 the charges made against the
Prohibition party in connection with the
ST John campaign and then turned his
attention TO local option. No consistent
Prohihitionist in ali this broad land, -" he
said is to be hoodwinked 10y a PROPOSE
tion for local option in Michigan Great
applause The foundation of the local
option idea is laid in deep reverence for
the whisky traffic. Driven back from the
the friends Of whisky had arrayed them
selves behind the inner bulwark of local
option. Local option l. not a temperance
measure but the last desperate defense of
the Rum power. /: j. founded on n wrong
principle. II Is rotten at the base. VI IL l.
right. then vice, drunkenness and crime
are the normal conditions of the American
people Here and there are certain loca-
tiou~ which II they can rise above this
level of degradation. are permitted 10 do
- "a civ rf "a
"a right To maintain within its limits AN
institution that the sentiment of the state
say, is wrong and destructive of good
morals. What is the present battle ground
between Democrats and Republicans, Can
any one tell The Prohibition party
stands alone as party that heS 10 motive
for concealing its purpose. THIS fall 5
election will astoni~h the people. StJohu
says the Prohibition party has gone INTO
the creamery business. e.. TO taking the
cream of both the old parties. | would
add that when We skim what is left be
comes thinner and buer.' Applause.
The committee ON resolutions entered
the hall at this juncturc and further nOmi-
nations were postponed.
THE PLATFORM.
Merritt Moore Of Ionia, read the resolu-
tionS as follows:
/. The Prohibition party of the state Of
Michigan in convention assembled declares
itself to be in name and purpose in entire
harmony with the National Prohibition
party and we pledge the friends Of that
organization in every section of the Union
10 cooperate with them Loyalty and
earnestly until the legal prohibition of the
traffic in alcoholic beverages shall be-
come the settled policy Of the nation
With firm faith in the Justice of our
cause and asking the blessing of an over
ruling Providence we again present 10 the
people of Michigan a complete ticket for
state officers and ask for il the support Of
all our fellow-citizens. irrespective oftheir
past political party affiliations
,. We declare the liquor traffic to be
pre- eminently the crime. the cause and the
shame of our state and of the nation at
large.
3. For this dire evil we propose complete
prohibition constitutional and statutory,
without comprimise, eqivuocation or
evasion; accompanied by political party
legitimately placed in power and definite
ly committed not merely TO enact but also
to enforce the laws
4. We emphaucally condemn all partial
measures on this subject as proposed by
other political parties, knowing thau such
propositions are only eXtorted from by
the alarming increase of the Prohibition
party vote. Moreover they are for the
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