St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-31
NOW THEY ARE AT IT
Prohibitionists Whoop It Up
at Indianapolis in National
Convention.
Over a Thousand Delegates
q All Shouting for Cold
~ ~ Water.
Gen. Fiske Will Probably
d Have a Walk-Away for
e First Place.
:!
The Platform Will Include an
: Uneompromising Suffrage
Plank.
Special to the Globe


gates and alternates in attendance
and their ranks are reinforced
by thousands of sympathizers
with the prohibition movement from
both the old political parties. Tomlin-
sons hall, the place of meeting, was
taxed to its utmost capacity when the
convention was called to order this
morning and many who desired to wit
ness the proceedings could not obtain
entrance to the building. This is the
largest convention ever yet held hy the
Prohibition party in the United States.
and an extraordinary degree of en-
thusiasm and expectancy is manifested
as TO the successful outcome of the
grand reunion. There were over 800
women identified with the advancement
OF the temperance cause present in the
hall this morning, in addition to large
number of clerical delegates and SYM
pathlzerS with the movement.
THE GENERAL SENTIMENT
IS unequlvocally IN favor of Gen. Clinton
b. FlSke,o of New Jersey, as the choice of
the party for the nomination for presi-
dent, and it is conceded that he will
meet with no opposing candidate. Men,
ton has been freely heard in the hotels
here to-day as to the probable nomina
ton OF Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky.
Tor vice president on the national ticket
instead OF George w. Balm, the we'll
known temperance lecturer, but it is
pretty well assured that j. B. CranfilI.
OF Texas, will be Gen. Fiske's colleague.
When the venerable Neal Dow, arm
in arm with John p. St. John, stepped
upon the platform of Tomlinson's hall a
mighty shout went up from Z, ZOO throats.
Chairman Dickie, of the national COM
mlttee, succeeded by vigorous use of
the gayel in suppressing the enthusiasm.
Only for moment, however, for a
stentorlan voice in the audience de-
manded to know what was the
MATTER WITH SAM SMALL,
the delegates responded with majority
shout that he was ''all right" and after
they had similarly complimented George
W. Bain-Tanner, of Kansas City; Rev.
DR.. Judkins, of Chicago, and several
others, quiet was again restored. and
Rev. III. A. Delano, of Connecticut, was
introduced as temporary chairman.
SAM SMALL PRAYED
that divine strength and aid might be
given to the movement, and that its
final success might not be far in the
future. The prayer ended, Chairman
Dickie called attention to the fact
of the nominees upon the national pro-
hibition tickets for the past eight wears
had been spared to this day, while the
Republican and Democratic nominees
the same period only four of them sur
vlved. He suggested that in grateful
recognition of this fact the convention
should sing Praise God From Whom
All Blessings Flow
Vigorous and pointed was the address
of welcome delivered by Col. Eli Ritter
in behalf of the city of indianapolis.
He said that in 1886 there went out cry
from the national capital against Sun
day school and ''goody goody" states
men. The effect Of that cry was to
the political parties. They left
the saloon in politics and took
the temperance question out.
There would have been no temperance
in politics now had it not been for this
fact, apd it would not be long before
the old parties wouldsbe called upon to
defend license on principle, and i'm
morality on moral principles,
Just as Daniel Webster was
driven to defend the fugitive
slave law. And when he and his party
reached that point, there was the grave
yard. The two political parties have
and warnings, and to-day the only pOlit-
ical party that stands by our country,
our history, by the God of our fathers,
is the Prohibition party. Statesman
ship
Is GONE To SEED
when one of the parties keeps an anti
Sumptuary law in its platform, and
when the Oldest leader of the other
takes as his platform, Tobacco
necessity" We are told that the issues
of the campaign are the issues of other
campaigns. Let me tell you, men and
women of the North and the South, the
war is over"
Brief response to the address of well
come was made by temporary Chairman
Delano, who characterized the Repub-
lican party as generation of yiperS
that the prOhibitionists were warning
to flee from the wrath to come.
The temporary organization was COM
pleted by the selection of c. B. Cranfill,
of Texas. as secretary. with Mrs. Matte
Brown, of Ohio, ,and George Wells, of Min
nesota, as assistant. Needham. of Kan
Sas, created sensation by presenting to
the chairman gavel made of the tele-
graph pole which was employed to sup
port the effigy of EX-Gov. st. John that
was burned in Topeka after the general
election of 1884. This necessitated a
call for the eX-presidential candidate,
and he responded with speech in
which he said that while they were there
with charity toward all and NAL
ice toward none, yet no party
could live, and none deserved to live that
would burn man in effigy for opinions
sake. A large number of dispatches
from different temperance organiZa-
tions in the United States and cable
gram from AXtel GuStafSon. London,
all bearing greetings, were read. When
the roll of states was called for the Sc
lection of committees Sam Small
raised the question of the right of the
provisional delegates took up the dis
eussion and the convention was on the
brink of a heated debate when the chair
man called upon Quartette. of sweet
siXteens from the wildS of Nebraska to
sing Prohibition hymn. By the time
they had gotten. away with dozen
staDZaS the convention had forgotten
the question before it, and the delegates
went to dinner.
THE THREAD TAKEN UP.
Another prayer, offered by Rev. DIR.
Lockwood, of Cincinnati, opened the af-
ternoon session. Then the delegates
sang "Rock or Ages" in unison, and
Professor Bailey, of New York, rem
uereQ cOmlcal dltly addressed TO he
publicans and Democrats with
the refrain, ''Didn't you do it?
You know you did," the music
being furnished by cottage
organ with lOng-drawn notes. Delegate
Turner, of PENNSYLVANIA, suggested that
a resolution of defiance should be sent
to the brewers convention now in ses-
sion in St. Paul, but the delegates
shouted No" and he subsidized. Addi-
tional dispatches of congratulation
from the Disciples OF Christ, of
Illinois, and the Good Templars of
Nebraska were submitted and memo
rials from the Women's Christian Tenn
nprancp uninn one nrginr that the con-