Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-01
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read the majority report Of the committee
IS follows:
1. The Prohibition party in national con.
vention assembled. acknowledging the
Almighty God as the source Of al power
In government, do hereby declare that the
manufacture, importation, expectation,
transportation and sale Of alcoholic bev.
erages shall be made public crimes and
punished es such.
2. That such prohibition must be &c.
cured through amendments to our national
and state constitutions. enforced by ade--
quate laws sde quately supported BY adj
ministrstive authority; and to this end
the organization of the Prohibition party
Is imperatively demanded in state and na-
ton.
8. That any form OF license, taxation
OF regulation Of the liquor tralc Is con-
trary to good government; that any party
which supports regulation, license or tax
enters into an alliance with such trs Mc,
and becomes sn sctual foe OF the state's
welfare; and that we arraign the Rapuo-
lican and Democratic parties for their
persistent attitude in favor OF licensed
iniquity whereby they oppose the demand
Of the people for prohibition, and through
open completely with the liquor cause
defeat the enforcement of the law.
4 For the immediate abolition OF the
internal revenue system whereby our
national government Is deriving support
from our greatest national wee.
s. That adequate public revenue being
necessary 1t may properly be raised by
import duties and by On equitable assess
ment upon the property and legitimate
bqssness CT the country, but the import
,6teies should be so reduced that no sur.
plus shall be accumulated in the Treas
ury, and that the burdens Of taxation
shall be removed from foods, clothing and
other comforts and necessaries OF life.
g. That civil service appointments for
ali civil offices chiefly clerical In their
duties, should be based upon moral, In
tellectual and physical qualifications, and
not upon party service or psrty necessity.
7. That the right of suffrage rests on
no mere circumstances OF rae color or
cause 1t has been held from citizens who
are Of suitable age and mentally and NOR
ally qualified for the exercise thereof
u6 uhllOt euOutu UC SCStOiCO w tuC pCOe
pie through legislation OF the several
states on such educational basis IS they
msy deem wise.
8. For the abolition OF bisamy and the
re. esta blishment OF uniform laws govern
ing marriage ana divorce.
For prohibiting al combinations OF
capital to control and increase the cost OF
products for popular consumption.
10 For the preservation and defense Of
the Sabbath IS civil institution without
depressing any who reIigiously observe
the same on shy other day than the tlrst
day Of the week; that arb!tra ion is the
Christian, wise and economic way of set
fling national differences, and the same
methods should By judicious' legislation
De applied to the settlement Of disputes
between large bodies Of employees and en-
ployere; that the abolition of the saloon
would remove the burdens, moral, phys
ical, pecunisry and social, which
now Cypress labor and rob Is of its earn
iDgs and would prove to be wise and
successful way Of promoting labor re-
form, and We invite labor and capital to
unite with US for the accomplishment
thereof; that monopoly In the land is a
wrong to the people and the public lands
should be reserved to actual settlers and
that men and women should receive equal
wages for equal work. a.,
H.. That our immigration Laws should
be 80 enforced as to prevent the introduc-
ton into our country OF all convicts,
inmates Of dependent institutions, and Of
others physically incspacitased for self
support, and thatEno person should have
the ballot in any s ate VINO Is not citizen
of the United States.
Recognizing and declaring that the pro-
hibition Of the liquor traffic has become
dominant Issue in national politics, we
invite to full party fellowship all those
VINO on this one dominant issue are with
us agreed in the full belief that this
party Can and will remove sectional Diff
ferences, promote national unity and in
sure the best welfare Of our native land.
The reading OF the document was
greeted with applause, ana as each plank
was completed the paragraphs were
marked with loud cheers and cries OF,
"Tnat's all right"
Professor JOHN NJ. DIN stepped for
ward and announcing that there was q
mineriry report proceeded TO state his
views on the platform. He declared IL to |
be unwise to place in the platform an in
dorsement Of femsle suffrage. On that
point alone he diff red with the msjority.
There should be nothing in the platform |
whose tendency would be to split The |
Prohibition party and thereby weaken |
it. Womsn's ,uffrage, he said, WAS
opposed in very large section
OF the south where the Prohibition party
had made most rapid advance. The
suffrage was divided issue and 1t would I
oe impossible to gain success on two
issues. He declared for prohibition first
and woman suffrage afterwards. Indeed
he spprehended ignomnious defeat IL the |
prohibitionists did not conflne themselves |
TO one isFue.
Prudence and sound policy demanded |
that the platform be free from any ex-
preston favoring woman SURFACE.
The question then required on the re- 1
ception If the majority report, and
Msssrs. Bools Of New York and Tanning |
II Michil IA moved that the report Of the
me jority pa received.
W. T. Miles Of Ohio, added motion
that the minority report be received.
A scene followed which defas descrip.
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