Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-16

The Temperance People Place Candi
dates in the Field.
Saturday morning last q few citizen
congregated at Fireman's Hall and, ate
organizing by the election of G. B. Katzen
stein Chairman and C. C. Dunn Secretary
proceeded TO nominate a Prohibition ticket
to be voted for at the coming election. TIL,
following was adopted:
Resolred, That we, the Prohibitionists of Sac
ramento county, in Convention assembled, in
dorse and reatiirm the national platform of tn,
Prohibition party adopted at its Convention
held in Pittsburg July 25, 1884, and that we in
dorse and reafiirm the platform of the Prohibi
ton party of California, adopted at its Conyen
ton held in Sacramento City May u, 1886.
Resoiped That the liquor traffic is the mos
deadly foe to our American institutions; that it
suppression is the greatest issue at the present
time that with Gladstone. we believe that 'in
temperance has inflicted greater calamities thar
war pestilence and famine combined" and
with Chief Justice Noah Davis that ''Of all cause,
ofcrime it stands ont the unapproachable chief
that it fills our jails our penitentiaries, our in
sane asyluns our hospitals, and burdens u:
with taNes.
Res0lued That the liquor traffic has grown int
immense proportions within the last half cen
tury notwiih landing the herculean efforts o.
temperance societies that within the past forty
years the consumption of alcoholic beverages
has increased three hundred per cent. in the
United states that this increase has been due tc
the protection and announcement given the
traffic by our Government, administered by the
political parties in rover.
ReS0Ued I hat this Government must withdraw
its protection and encouragement from the liquor
traffic that the stability of our Government de
ponds upon the virtue and intelligence of the
individuals comprising it that it is the hight
of folly for our Government to tx the people fol
the support Of public schools and then license Q
halfdosen saloons for every school, 10 debase
ard 1asrrahn ~ rlepT1a and than cot1rtar
act all the benefit derived from the school.
Res0Lped, That we believe that prohibition is
pre-emnently political question: that all
measures Tor the suppression OF the evils of in
Temperance outside of political methods have
proved themselves insufficient; that prohibition
as political question has proved itself able to
awaken an enthusiasm for the cause as no other
measure; that 10 has proved itself able to live
and increase il spite of the SCOTS and sneers and
caumny of is enemies. Therefore, so believ-
ing. We invite all voters, irrespective of former
political atlliation, who believe in the suppress
sion OF the liquor traffic. to JON our ranks and
lend their aid and support to this most noble
reform.
ResoIrcd, That to destroy the great evil it is
necessary to change the attitude of the Govern
ment toward ito prohibit and suppress, in
stead of foster and protect it. That we realize
that the two dominant parties of the nation
openly bid ana are constantly striving to out
bid each other for the votes of the friends of the
liquor traffic and that without the aid of their
votes neither of said parties can remain in
power, and that it is useless longer to expect aid
from either of those parties in changing the at
titude OF the Government toward this traffic.
Therefore we have separated ourselves from all
other political parties and joined ourselves to
the only party now existing that can abate this
evil-thet party whose cardinal principle is the
prohibition by national and State constitutional
amendments of the manufacture and sale of all
alcoholic liquors, except for medical and sclen-
tific purposes.
The following gentlemen were compli-
mented by naming them for office Assem-
blymen-Eighteenth District, r. g. Hart
Nineteenth District, J. Il. Mcconnell
Twentieth District, Lewis Baldwin Sheriff,
L. NJ. I.eitch; County Clerk, c. A. May
dwell; Auditor and Recorder, a. NJ.
Aubertus; District Attorney, c. II.
Dunn; Assessor, L. D. Green; Treas
urer, +. II. L. Weber; Superintendent OF
Schools G. W. Clement; Public Admins
TRAITOR, T. II. 0'Neal Coroner, John Hill
house; Surveyor, J. D. Moynaham; Super
visors-First District, j. 0. Hestwood
Fifth, p. IL. Latourette