Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
PROHIBSRATlFYING
Battery D Crowded to Welcome the
Candidates and Ratify the
Platform.
Addresses by Fisk and Brooks, the Ma
tional Candidates, Miss Willard,
and Others.
Zen. Clinton Ii. FiSk's Characteristic
Speech Arouses Great Enthu.
siaSnl.
rrrom tho Chicago Intor Ocean,


Convention and tho Endorsement of its plat eorni
The gathering immense tho programme
long, the audience phenomcnally enthusiastic.
Tho platform was nblnze with thebrllimlt Lights
Of tine Prohibition party. Tho audience mum
berod over 5000. Many could not get in and
nlaaly who We're in could not got seats Tho
audience i'll its naKc-up innanse
eonundrun. Traditions, personally considered
we're painfully violated Memory cou not
reconcilo many well-inown faces in tho audenc !,
with prohibition doctrines. Memo y. unr,visei
woul'i i, rsist in making this man and that man
an oid-lne Republican or an old-ine Democrat
t,r four yoar old Muswump Perhaps tina most
magnificent part of this grand exhibit by tho
Prohibition parry was its list of Vice Presi-
dents. This list tnirly blistled with rsverelids
bon Dfahics, Judges and misses
Tho Chairman OF the meeting wns tho Hon
Samuel Dicke, of Michigan, Chei man of the
National Committee, who was introduced to
The niGience py Mr. J.. c. l timer.
General Clinton b. Fisk us no assembled the
iplatfornl, was lo,dly npplnudcd the applause
beng followed With n more formal three cheers.
irc-c!mckers He s all right" otc. III el oln%
2icn Prohibition CLUB, with banners lying md
voices hilarious, marching to tho head OF tho
hall edded big contribution to the general
enthusiasm and nuiso, which nndo it ilipassi
bic Tor While TO call TIL, III citing to ordor.
Music, in the form of My Country" however
chs music being performed by colorod quartet
aizlown rs the "Jing!era" Prayer was then offered
by the Rev. ID. Nlnndcvillc ono of III, Vice Presi-
dents. The quartet followed with another song.
Hail the Flag OF Freedom" An encore followed,
c.,nlmc enc ing, I'm Il temperance engine don't
YOU see; the brewers big horses can't run over
me-"
The w. c. I. U. sent leo white roses to udorn
The platform
Professor Dickie in opening the meeting and
fltro,luctinG the first speaker, said: II am sure
this magnificent audience il n prophecy and
premise OF u splendid vote Mt the November
election and hare tonight for tho rlr-
pose especially of ratifying the nominations
made by the Prohibition National Con vcnti,u Mt
Indianapolis. We have with us tonight both OF
IhB nominees upon our national ticket, and |
Rave now the honor to introduce 30 you ons of
the princes OF the tribe of Judah our candidate
for Vice President, Dr. John A. Brooks OF
Missouri.
by. John A. Brooks, OF Missouri, the Prohibi-
zion candidate for Vics President then snid that
'sle was glad to 500 SO large an audience. 1t
trines fnil hearing. He had thought there
would be no mud-throwins in tho campaign
Nobody could say anything against Cleveland
nor against Harrison, and Gen. Fisk was MI
right And yet tho mud singing had com
,meiiced. One man snid he had ongagod his
Of a rebel prison in kicking tho prisoners.
OTHERS said he had bean a Confcd-
ara sfate t.e soldier Mer during tho war while
was among the Confeaerates was when hs was
a prs oner among them. The issues of the wnr
were closed; The question OF slavery had been
forever settled The Union had been saved and
would be continued undivided. If tho South
fo"ght agnin, it would be under the stars and
stripes; What were the issues of the day? He
glory that properly belonged to either of the
TWO great parties for what thoy had dono in tho
past: Both of those parties had accomplished
not believe that, but in answer he could saw
that such men as Grant and Logan came out a,
the Democratic party, us did also he himself
a conservative party was a necessity in such
81 government us this. 1t had blocked tho
wheels OF the Republican chariot in its march of
upward progress, and yet even tho Democratic
in,
South But what were those parties doing now
Vas the question TO bo considered, not what
they had done in the past. One of the snddest
things noticed in the preliminary proceedings
sof the late Republican National convention was
tue continual rciteration of what tho party had
done in the past was the evidont truth, looking
'ht tho cunTention that all the brains and viz.
tues OF the once great party were i'll the grave;
That the party now looked simply to the
SUCCESS IN tho tho ut nsst what to win wlr0 its its
people going to do with the great question of tho
day? 1t was truo that there was illterest-much
lntelest-in the question of tho tariff. But there
was al ISSUE before tho people now bigger than
tiGaf. ana that issue was the protection OF Amer
G;.il , homes. 1t was in this direction that tho
ProtlDltion party was directing it's energies. 1t
was l;,llying for tho protection of tho homes and
boyt of the country. The Republican party,
sonss OF them, pointed to the home protection
nda .'lrh 70 the Republican platform and
enough. 1t WAS too indefinite. Then they
pointed to the whiskytax section of tho Repub-
But What did it mean? 1t meant that the Re-
publicans wanted the saloon element to help
them though they claim that the convention
nor mo- themselves. If it h,.d been pa sod
this pianll-with honest motive, it might
have been all right in the first view. But what
were to be let free to destroy the homes of the
country, in order that pig iron might be better
protected: The Republican party had taken it's
fos1Tlon finally and fairly and fully on tho side
OF the liquor elomcnt. How then could good
Republicans remain in such party?
Miss FRANCES t,, E Willard wcs then introduced
and said: 1.-The grip Car had made it's obosallce
TO the Prohibition party. 1t had been overcome
with the nunbers OF the meeting The Prohibi-
ton party did not now feel SO lonesome as it
used to be. 1t might seem singular that women
should speak Mt such large meetings. but women
had come to the conclusion that they would ell
Joy portion OF tho good things of tho country
There was no reason why they should not take
part i'll politics i'll this country, especially when
the homo got mixed UP with policies as it now
was. In this auditorium she could feel the
heart throb of womens societies. she (woman)
was launched on tho wave. and she would do
her part. Women would help those who had
ming: Women's lines or light were con
yerging to those two men. Fisk and Bro 1ks,
whose platform , spoke SO eloqu ntly of the
nome. She could imagine the supporters
OF the other parties, and their cries nnploring
to yote-vote for Tho support of the Monroe doc
trine; vote for the rehabilitation of our mer-
we have given you Harris n q good Presby-
terrain deacon; now vote for him and work for
him And yet on the saloon opposite to where
she did her writing. tho saw q pacard saving
Of HARRISON Hes ell right" Now, what the
snoon said was right the Blue Ribbon party
said wrong. The Prohibition party was
contendng airst two big pnrtiea Each
of those two great parties had taken for their
declafntiots of principles platforms literally
made out of whole cloth. The Republican plat.
form all wool, warranted to WASH in one
campaign more and TN cnsanyuned shirt thlt
never would be washed clean if tie par5y could
have its way. On the other side, the Deno-
cratic rag was Bourbon and spoiis. The Pro-
hibtion party said No sex in politics, no
sectionalism i'll government, but equality fra
ternity and brotherhood" 1t id not care much
about protection in tariff, but it cared good
den! about protection for tine home about pro-
lection for tho boys. The South was ut las
getting solid for it getting solid for prohibi
ton. Protestants and Catholics alike could JOIN
hands in supporting its platform. Black and
white, rich and poor. both mon and women could
all fight for it the platform took them Ill in for
everybody had q home one day, hoped to
have Powderly himself was q temperance man.
High license should never be allowed i'll u COM
munity. 1t tho Trojan horse that should
never bo introduced into community, for it
was meant to be used as brake by tho Repub-
lican party to slow tho progress OF the prohibit
tion train. 1t was moant as T. sort of chloro-
form with which to put the y ,oplo TO sleep. High
license should DO opposed by Prohibitionists in
rtaya l,o ;,,{r