Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-28
Hieh-License Plank in New York.

Hiph-License Plank in New YORK.
WARNER MILLER is to be the Republic
can nominee Of New York State. The
convention il to be held tomorrow. The
prohibitionists are so strong IN New
York that the leading Republicans have
resolved TO adopt resolution In favor OF
high license, and thus head OIL that
crowd Of earnest teetotsllers. However,
il remains TO be seen whether the Prohi-
bitionists can be tolled away from their
party with such food as high license.
They are for no license. We quote from
the New York Tribune.
SARATOGA, August 26.-High license
was the chief theme of conversation to-
dsy among such OF the delegates to the
Republican State Convention as have ar
rived in Saratoga. 1t superseded for the
moment oil talk about candidates for
State offices. The question debated was
whether or not plank should be put In
the Republican platform commencing
the action of the Republican Lee
gislature in passing a hgh-license
bill. denouncing Governor Hill Tor
yetoing the measure, and pledging
that the Republican party will pass
hieh-lcense law If Republican Go
vernon 10 elected. Ex-senator Warner
Miller sat in a shady corner OF the broad
piazza of the United States Hotel most
/ of the day conversing with circle OF
his friends, the debate upon the proposed
plank mean while going on around him
and elsewhere in the hotel. This eve
ming when Mr.. Miller was asked what his
opinion Of the suggested plank was he
said:
"In my opinion. we should adopt q
radical high-license plank. Ordinarily,
man named as possibly the capdldate
of his party for Governor does not feel
at liberty to discuss the platform in adj
vance of its adoption by convention,
but as | have not sought the position of
candidate, do not consider that L am
bound by any such rules. On the con-
! trary, / feel free TO express my
beliefs in regard to what should
be the platform on such an i'm
portant subject as this one. L
think we should be giving up the
fight in advance if we should refrain
from adopting a high-license plank of
the most pronounced description. The
Democrats have taken the side OF the
liquor-deslers. They intend to nomi-
nate Goveror Hill as the champion OF the
liquor interest. They say they prefer the
support of the saloons in politics to that
OF the churches, We must accept the
challenges. Hill has just as much forced
us to take the side OF temperance by his
acts as Cleveland by his free-trade mes
sage forced us TO take the side OF pro-
lection to American industry"
Other Republican leaders were equally
frank and decided in favoring a nigh
license plank. Apparently the rural Re-
publicans will be unanimously in favor
Of such plank, and the only opposition
that will be made to it in the convention
will come from the cities. 1t was from
the cities mainly that the few votes came
last winter that were cast by Republicans
in the Legislature against the high
Incense bill If any earnest opposition
to such a plank is made this year in the
Republican State Convention, it will
come from the cities, especially from
New York, Brooklyn, and Rochester.
But there will be division on this sub
ject, even in the cities.