The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-17

its influence and at the earliest possible moment ex
tinguish it altogether.
Third-We believe the national government should
absolutely prohibit the manufacture and sale of in
toxcatlGg liquors In the District of Columbia and in
all the Territories of the United States
Fourth-We believe the best practical method of
dealing with the liquor traffic in the several States is
to let the people decide whether it shall be prohibited
by the submission OF constitutional amendments and
until such amendments adopted by the passage of
localoption laws.
Fifth-That, inasmuch as the saloon business ere
ates 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 they continue to exist and that they should be
made responsible for all public and private injury
sulting from the traffic.
Sxth-That the Republican party wherever and
whenever in power w faithfully enforce whatsoever
ordinances, statutes constitutional amendments
may be enacted for the restriction suppression Of
the liquor traffic.
Seyenth-That we approve the action of Congress,
and of those States that have done so, in providing
for teaching the physiological effects of intoxicants
in our public schools, and that earnestly recon-
mend to every State Legislature the enactment of
such laws shall provide for the thorough teaching
of such effects to children.
Eighth-We demand that the Republican party, to
which we belong, and whose welfare cherish shall
take firm and decided stand the friend of the
home and the enemy of the saloon in favor of this
policy and these measures. We pledge ourselves to
do utmost to the party to take such stand
And we call upon all temperance men and all friends
of humanity of whatever party name to join with
us in securing these objects and in support of the
Some opposition was provoked by the fifth
resolution, the ground that it recognized taxa
tion of the liquor interest 1t was opposed by
Mr.. K. Wright, of Iowa, and Mr. Dodge, of
Michigan. The resolution was defended by del
egates from New York Kansas. Rhode Island,
and several other States 1t was finally adopted,
and the resolutions adopted as whole with only
three dissenting votes
During the interval between the reassembling
OF the convention and the receiving of the report
of the committee Hon. Hiram Price. of Iowa,
spoke of prohibition as an ultimate result of the
present agitation. This was illustrated by
careful study of the history of the country dur
ing the past fifty years
Mr.. Dunn, of Maine, said the Republican party
was amply able to enforce prohibition. In
Maine the people had no faith in the Prohibi-
tionists as political party, but they had faith
ia the Republican party for the creation and en-
forcement of the statutes governing the sale and
manufacture of liquor.
Hon. Elijah A. Morse of Massachusetts,
would rather fail with "Antisaloon" inscribed
on the Republican banner than succeed without
it.
General Conway of New York, said the
Binghamton convention had spoken with no un-
certain sound regarding anti-saloon legislation,
and had only looked with anxiety at the probable
outcome of the national convention.
Speeches were also made By Rev. E. Lathrop,
of Minnesota; General Nettleton, of the same
State: Judge Sayler, of Indiana, and others,
holding to the general view that the practical
hope of the temperance people rested with the
Republican party.
The following national committee was ap.
pointed, some existing vacancies to be filled
hereafter: Maine, Senator VIM. P Frye; New
Hampshire. Senator Henry W. Blair; Vermont,
George A. Brown; Massachusetts. COL Fl. Has
kell; Rhode Island. II. B. Metcalf New York,
Gen. Thos. w. Conway; New Jersey. Rev. B.
F. Carroll; Pennsylvania, Hon. w. W. Braun;
Iowa, Hiram Price; Minnesota. Gen. A. B. Net
tleton; Indiana, Hon. Will Cumback; 'Wiscon-
sin, E. P. Wheeler: Kansas. Albert Griffin;
Illinois, A. W. James; Georgia, Hon. A E.
Buck
The convention then adjourned sine die.
Opinions tonight among the deleglte as to the
results accomplished differ widely. The ram
pant prohibition element contends that the adop-
ton of the tax plank has. by recognizing the sa
loon element as taxable commodity, vitiated
the whole work which the convention was called
to accomplish, while the conservative section
takes tae ground that the invention has placed
squarely before the Republican party an issue
which it will be forced to meet, and that it has
taken ground which will bring the third party
hack into the Republican ranks.
TIE national committee held meeting tonight.
Albert Griffin was chosen chairman, and j.
c. Schaeffer secretary. An executive COM
mittee was chosen. consisting of w.
a. B. Nettleton, A. Griffin and five others yet to
be selected. They will be selected by the ma.
tional committee as members at large from dele
gates residing in the vicinity of Chicago.
At the meeting the subject of campaign
literature was fully discussed. 1t was
decided to present memorials to the State Rs-
publican convention and to do everything poss-
ble to get the party to commit itself to temper
ance everywhere. It was decided, however, to
work strictly within party lines, and to discour-
age all boiling and third party movements.