Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-13

kins, Jr., E. B. Fowler, T. B. Stewart
Sixth District-E. F. Howe, A. NJ. Drew
A. D. Boren.
For the seven committeeman at lare,
about twenty were placed in nomination
On motion of Yarnell, of Los Angeles !
committee OF three was appointed to select
from those named seven to act as commit.
teemen at large. The Chair appointed as
such committee jesse Yarnell. A. d. Boran
and A. j. Gregg.
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee on Platform and Resolu-
tons reported the following:
=, Relying upon the favor of Almighty God and
the Justice of our cause we- the Probihition
party of California through the representatives
thereof in Convention assembled do announce
the following as our political faith:
flrst-While we are unalterably opposed IN
inc enactment of all sumptuary laws, properly
SO named. we believe it not only a constftutionai
right but the bounden duty of the State to mo-
nIplt the manufacture, sale and importation of
all alcoholic beverages. -
Second-The combined testimony of milan
tlropists, statesmen and jurists for the past two
hundred and fifty years declares that the use of
Intoxicating drinks tends directly and ineyita-
Oily to the propagation of disease the suppress
sion OF industry, the promotion of vice and
crime and the destruction of mankind and be-
HeNlnS tnat SO far-reaching an evil can only be
remedled by legal means we demand the ON
actment of constitutional and statutory laws for
tne state and nation that shall forever prohibit
the manufacture, sale and importation If aico
nome beverages; and We solemnly pledge orr
serves 10 vote Tor no one for office who viii not
pledge himself 10 use his influence aud vote To
secure the enactment of such laws
Ihlrd-That the old parties are the servile
supporters OF the liquor power is evidenced by
the open and shameless espousals of the saloons
Dy the one and the contemptuous refusal of the
oiheI 10 leglslate to protect the home from the
giant curse of intemperance though repeatedly
petllloned to do so. Therefore we declare that
those parties who thus pander to the vicious
elements OF society to maintain political mower
merit, and should receive the Condemnation ~
all good citizens, and are unworthy the counten
ahce ana support of Christians and patriots.
ana are totally unfit to govern a free people
fourth-lnasmuch as a day of rest is abso-
Iutely necessary TO the physical and mental
WeiI-Delng OF man, especially that of the labor
lug Glasses. As wen as for the purpose of moral
anu spiritual culture, therefore we demand the
enactment OF Sunday law, whereby all places
OF business, whose keeping open on that dav is
l H apsollitely necessary TO the public welfare
snail De closed upon the first day of the week
we are IN favor of the largest personal liberty
consistent with orderly civil government. and
Wound gladly welcome to our free country all
those VINO come with the intention of ENJOYING
our institutions as they find them but we de-
mand the exclusion of those whose pur-
pose IN coming here is to overthrow our Govern
nent and destroy our liberties We demand
further that the right of franchise be withheld
from all foreigners till they shall have lived i'm
tnis country Tor period sufficiently long to en-
do4S thell 10 become familiar with our institu-
Mons ana politics, and TO demonstrate their dis
position to live in conformity Herewith.
Henderson.
Brooks OF El Dorado moved that the
Committee on Platform be instructed to
put IN plank i'll favor of woman suffrage.
rms provoked long and heated debate.
All agreed that they were in favor of grant
ing the woman the ballot. Those who on
posed 1t believed that nothing but prohibit
tlon should be their watchword. Let that
be their one grand and all-absorbing watch
word. Woman suffrage would come in
due time. 1t will surely follow after pro-
hibition carries.
The motion of BROOKS was lost, and the
platform and resolutions as reported by the
committee were adopted.
The committee appointed to select seven
members at large of the State Central Com
miltee, named the following, = Fairchild,
San Diego; l.. Conklin, Santa Barbara:
George Babcock, Butte; George Morris
Alameda; NJ. c. Winchester, Sutter; C. w.
Pedlar, Santa Clara r. H. Mcdonald. San
Francisco.
An assessment of 80 cents on each dele
gate was levied and collected. to defray the
expenses of the Convention Lady mem
bers and proxies were not assessed; $61 80
was collected.
IL. j. Spellman, OF Stockton, moved that
the vote whereby the platform was adopted
be reconsidered Carried-66 ayes 10 noes.
Spellman moved that the plank relative
to foreign voters be stricken out.
Cevellaud moved to amend by including
the Sunday-law plank. The previous mo-
non was invoked, and both panks were
stricken out by small majority.
A large number Of delegates were very
much disguised. A motion to adjourn I'M
til A. NJ. was put, but lost
The following resolution was offered, but
promptly tabled
ResoIued That this Convention is in favor of
such legislation as will secure an equitable dis
tr1bution of the waters in this State for irrigat-
ing purposes, and that we repudiate the old
English common-law doctrine of riparian
ownership.
AT 1920 P. NJ. the Convention adjourned
to Q A NJ. TO-DAY.