The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
THE RESOLUTIONS.

The committee on resolutions report
ed as follows:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
After the calling of the convention
to order at o'clock this afternoon, the
Committee on Resolutions submitted
the following set Of resolutions, read BY
DR.. King, Of Sprir g6eld, secretary of the
committee:
The prohibition party of Ohio In con-
Vention assembled cOngratulates the
country and returns thanks to Almighty
God for the absence Of all issues to dis
tract the attention from the national
sins and evils centerilg In the liquor
traffic, and for the unparalleled growth
ofDrohibitlOn sentiment;its chrystallza-
tiOn In new party In the north, the
south, the east, and the west.
First-We firm our allegiance TO the
National Prohibition party, and favor
both constitutional and statutory State
AID National prohibition of the impor-
tatiOn, manufacture and sale Of intOxi-
eating liquors as a beverage, and the
enforcement thereof by appropriate
Legislation administered by officials
thoroughly in sympathy with the same.
SecOnd-We urge their political duties
In relation to this great issue upon all
GOOD citizens, and call upon them to
unite with US for the destruction of this
great curse by the use Of the ballot.
Third-We stand where the temper.
ance people of Ohio stood in 1851, 1874
and 1883, and are unalterably opposed to
the enactment Of laws that propose by IL
Cense, tax o. Otherwise, to regulate tae
drink Traffic, because they provide for
its continuance, and afford no prOteO-
tiOn against Its ravag 8; and the Cen
eral and State governments in licens-
ing, taxing or taking revenue of the H.
quOr traffic, become parties In the ne
fsrious business, and are guilty of es-
tablishing or encouraging iniqnity by
law.
FOurth-The Dow Law Is fair specl-
men Of double. dealing legislation by
political party that claims to be meth
or for nor against" prohibition, mas
much as IL attempts to secure the saloon
vote on the one hand and the temper
ance vote on the other, and we de-
nOunce as an outrageous concession to
the rum power the features of the law
which legslizs the liquor traffic.
Fifth-MOral efforts for Teclaiming
the druDkard and extending the pledge
Of total abstinence must never be re-
laxed.
Sixth-We most heartily endorse the
WOmen's Christian Temperance Union
Of the state and nation.
S9venth-We are III favor of the sub
mission to vote of the psople of the
question Of equal suffrage for both
sexes.
Eighth-There should be uniform
laws in all the States, founded upon the
Divine law for the regulation Of mar
rtage and divorce. We also declare that
our State laws for the protection of
young girls are insufficient; and that
the age of consent should be changed
from 10 to 18 years.
Ninth-A free and honest ballot
and a fair count everywhere,
are essential to the prosperity
of our free institutions and disfran-
chisement is the proper penalty for buy
Ing or selling votes or intimidating
voters; and that we denounce with
equal emphasis the frauds of Fourth
ward, precinct A, In Cincinnati, by
which four Democratic Senators secured
seats in the Ohio Senate, and the seating
of four Republicans by a minority OF
Republican Senators.
Tenth-We deeply sympsthlze, and
will cooperate with the wOrkingmen OF
our country In all lawful efforts made
by them to better their condition; we
favor the establishment of labor bu-
reaus, arbitration, postal savings banks,
the reservation of public lands for actual
settlers and the prohibition of
child labor; and we declare for
laws against the importation Of
pauper labor from other countries as
we'll as against the manufacturing Of
the same kind Of labor In our own land
by the liquor traffic. The suppression
of the liquor traffic which absorbs 80
large a part of the earnings Of the peo-
pie will go very far towards solving the
labor troubles In this country.
Eleventh-As three quarters of the
are the direct product of the
liquor traffic, the suppression of that
traffic wOuld solve the problem of con-
Vict labor and the management of our
penal institutions, and would relieve
the people Of much oppressive taxation.
Twelfth-We recognize the individual
responsibility of every citizen for the
proper use Of that which he has
acquired by legitimate means and his
right to be protected In the acquire.
ment and enjoyment Of the same; we
1enonnce all Anarchists, Communists,
Nihilists, and the like, who seek to de-
stroy the foundations upon which rest
Dur liberties and the stability Of our
government; and In equal terms we de-
nounce those engaged In the liquor
business, and all other individuals and
monopOlies which foster this spirit of