Wichita eagle., 1888-06-01
COLD WATER FOLKS.
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the organization Of the Prohibition party
is imperatiyely demanded in state anC
nation.
Third-That any form of license taxa
ton or regulation of the liquor traffic is
contrary to good government, that am
party which supports regulation license Oh
tax enters into alliance with such traffic
and becomes the actual foe of the state S
welfare, and that we arraign the Republi
can and Democratic parties for theil
persistent attitude in favor of the licenSs
iniquity, whereby they oppose the demand
of the people for prohibition, and through
open completely with the liquor cause de
feat the enforcement of laws
Fourth-For the immediate abolition of
the internal revenue system: whereby oul
government is deriving support from oul
greatest national vice.
Fifth-That an adequate public revenue
being necessary it may properly be raised
by import duties and by an equitable as
sessment upon the property and the legiti-
mate business of the country. but import
duties should be SO reduced that no surplus
shall be accumulated in the treasury, and
that the burdens Of taxation shall be re-
moved from foods, clothing and other com
forts and other necessaries OF life.
SiXth-That civil service appointments
for ali civil offices chiefly clerical in their
duties should be based upon moral, intel
lectual and physical qualifications, and
not upon party service or party necessity.
Seventh-That the right of suffrage
rests on mere circumstances Of race, color
section or nationality, and that where,
from any cause it has been held from
citizens who are of suitable age
and mentally and morally qualified
for the exercise of an Intelligent
ballot, it should be restored to the people
through the legislatures of the several
tnfa ndY,n o1 1.rs ~
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 to increase the
cost OF products for popular consumption.
Tenth-For the preservation and defense
of the Sabbath as a civil institution, with
out expressing any who religiously OBJ
serve the same on any other day than the
first day of the week. That arbitration Is
the Christirn, wise and economic method
of settling national difference, and
the same method should, by Judi
cious legislation, be applied to the
settlement of disputes between large
bodies of employees and employers that the
abolition of the saloen would remove the
social which now assail labor and rob it of
its earnings, and would prove to be the
wise and successful prompting 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 land
should be reserved to actual settlers, and
that men and women should receive equal
wages for equal work.
Eleventh-That our immigration laws
should be so formulated as to prevent the
introduction into our country of all con-
victs inmates of dependent institutions,
and others physically incapacitated for
self-support, and that no person should
have the ballot in any state who is not a
citizen Of the United States. Recognizing
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 re-
move sectional differences. promote ma
tional unity and insure the best welfare of
our native land.
The reading of the document was greet
ed with applause and as each plank was
completed the paragraph was marked with
loud cheers and cries of that's all right :"
Prof. John N. Olin then stepped forward
and announcing that there was minority
report, proceeded to state his views on the
platform. He declared it to be unwise to
place in the platform an endorsement of
female suffrage On that point alone he
differed with the Ma ajority There should
be nothing in the platform whose tendency
would be TO split the prohibition party
and thereby weaken il. Suffrage, he said
was strongly opposed in very large
section the south, where prohibition had
made the most rapid advance. Suffrage
was dividing issue and it would be i'm
possible to gain success on two issues He
n
suffrage afterward. indeed he appre-
hended ignominious defeat if the prohib BIZ
tionists aid not confine themselves to one
issue, prudence and sound policy, de-
manded that the platform be free from any
expression favoring woman suffrage. The
question then REQUIRED on the reception of
the majority report anu Messrs. Boole, of
New York, and Tanning, of Michigan,
both moved that the report OF the ma jority
be received
Mr.. w. I. Mills, of Ohio. added mo-
tion that the minority report be received
A scene followed which defies descrip-
tion. Dozens of delegates jumped to their
feet seeking recognition from the chair
man, making motions and countless points
of order. After the confusion had some
what subsided the motion TO receive the
report was defeated on the point
of order that no minority platform had
been presented
1t was finally settled that the majority
report should be considered section by
section under the five minute rule govern
ing debate. The preamble and first four
planks were adopted without debate, one
or two attempts to change the verbiage
slightly failing.
The sixth plank, on woman suffrage,
was then read, and the battle of the session
began. A delegate from Wisconsin moved
to amend by substituting the Olin resolu
ton. Numerous dilatory motions were
then made in a vain effort to choke off dis
cussion, but all failed and the debate
began.
The first prominent speaker was T. C.
of Wisconsin, who favored
the substitute and appealed TO the conven-
ton not to divide the party, for it would
cost prohibition thousands of votes in the
south If woman suffrage was endorsed, as
as by the majority resolution,
and thus prohibition itself would be i'm
periled.
Toward the close, Mother Stewart. of
Ohio. an old time leader of the cause of
prohibition, spoke strongly in defense of
The majority report.
Mr. Mills, OF Ohio, one of the leaders of
he opposition TO woman suffrage, declared
that 1t would require twenty-five years to
educate the people on suffrage to the same
point 10 which they were educated on pro-
hlbltion, and to adopt the majority report
would set the party back twenty-five years.
He pleaded with the convention not to do
such disheartening act
Rev. J. q. Evans urged that a question
of honor was involved. The Prohibition
party had secured the accession of the
tiome Protection party in 1884 by promis-
ng woman suffrage, and 10 go back on it
would be treason.
Then Mrs. Frances Willard rose, as il
proved. TO close the debate.
She spoke favoring the compromise of
he contending influences, and appealed
% the delegates 10 vote in favor of the
original woman suffrage plank As she |
'losed, amid tremendous confusion. a |