Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
National Prohibition Convention,
FISK OF NEW JERSEY, FOR
PRESIDENT, AND BROOKS OF
MISSOURI, FOR VICE
PRESIDENT,

SCENES OF ENTHUsIAsM-A CAMPAIGN
FUND UBsCRIBED-THEY NOMINATE
| A MAN WITH BAR'L-REv. SAM
| SMALL WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE.
&C., &C., &C.
The Prohibition National Convention
at Indianapolis adjourned last Friday.
We are indebted to Maj. ]. W. Newton
of Staunton, one of the Virginia delegates,
for continuous file of the Indianapolis
papers containing reports of its proceed
lngs There were 1929 men and
women in attendance, representing every
State in The Union, and the proceedings
were marked by great enthusiasm. Among
the delegates who took prominent part
in the debates, were Rev. Sam Small, Gov.
St. John of Kansas, who presided; Chair.
man Dlckie, who lectured lately in Staua-
ton; Mrs. Frances E. Willard, President
of the W. G. T. u; Mrs. Caroline Buell.
of Illinois, and others. There was band
which alternated marching through
Georgia, ""Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle;;"
there we're two quartettes of colored singers
and several choirs Of white singers who
interspersed the proceedings with music.
The most important as we'll as exciting
debate, took place over putting woman's
suffrage plank IN the platform, but the
matter was compromised by remltting
that question to the States There were
"a delegates from Virginia. among them
nt>f or nf rs
J. W. Newton and John Dyer of Staun-
ton. Maj. Newton was chosen member
Of the National Committee. and John
Dyer was placed on the Committee on
Rules and order of Business. The follow
lowing is the substance of
THE PLATFORM
as it was reported by the majority of the
Committee and adopted
First-That the manufacture, expectation.
transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages
shall be made public crimes and punished as
such.
Second-That such prohibition must be Sc
cured through amendments to our National
and State constitutions, enforced by adequate
laws adequately supported by administrative
authority; and to this end the organization
of the Prohibition party is imperatively de-
manded in State and Nation.
Third-That any form of license, taxation
or regulation of the liquor traffic is contrary
to good government; that any party which
supports regulation. license, or tax enters into
alliance with such traffic, and becomes the
actual foe of the States welfare, and that we
arraign the Republican and Democratic par
ties for their persistent attitude in favor of
the licensed iniqulty, whereby they oppose
the demand of the people for prohibition,
and through open completely with the liquor
cause defeat the enforcement of the law.
'Fourth-For the immediate abolition of the
internal revenue system, whereby our Nation
al government is deriving support from our
greatest National vice.
The fifth plank favors tariff reduction,
with reasonable protection to manufacturers.
The sixth is devoted to civil service
purity, based upon personal qualification for
office.
Seventh-That the right of suffrage rests
on no mere circumstance of race, color, sex
OR nationality; and that where, from any
cause, 1T has been held from citizens who are
of suitable age and mentally and morally
qualified for the intelligent ballot, it should |
be restored by the people through the legisla-
lures of the several States, on such education |
al basis as they may deem wise.
Eighth-For the abolition of polygamy and |
the establishment of uniform laws governing |
marriage and divorce.
Ninth-For prohibiting all combinations of |
capital to control and increase the cost of pro-
ducts for popular consumption.
Tenth-For the preservation and defense of !
the Sabbath as o civil institution without OPP
pressing any who religiously observe the same
or any other than the first day of the week.
Eleventh-That arbitration is the Christian,
wise and economic method of settling Nation
al differences, and the same method should by
judicious legislation be applied TO the settle
ment of disputes between large bodies of en-
ployees and employers that the abolition of
the saloon would remove the burdens moral,
physical, pecuniary and social, which now
Cypress labor and rob it of it's earnings, and |
would prove to be the wise and successful
way of promoting labor REFORM and we invite |
labor and capital to unite with US for the &C.
complishment thereof; that monopoly of land
is wrong to the people, and the public land
should be reserved to actual settlers, and that
men and women should receive equal wages
for equal work. +
Twelfth-That our immigration laws should |
be so enforced as to prevent the introduction
into our country of all convicts, inmates of
other dependent institutions, and of others
physically incapacitated for self-support, and
that no person should have the ballot in any
state who is not q citizen of the United States |
MISUNDERSTANDING and declaring that
prohibition of the liquor traffic has become
the dominant issue in National politics, we
invite to full party fellowship all those who
on this one dominant issue are with US agreed
in the full belief that this party can and will