The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-10-24
|UR PLATFORM IN FULL.
VERY PLANK A PRINCIPLE. THAT A
PATRIOT CAN STAND ON.

EX - in Government-Ths Liquor Trafnc .
,,oral. Social and Political Evii--Pro-
t,b,t it-The True Labor Party-Read
and Vote it.
s. Many garbled reports Of our platform
ave been published The following is
g $orrect az adopted by the convention:
"a The Prohibition party, in national con-
ro;ohty God as the source Of all power in
FoTsrnment, do hereby declare:
|R First That the manufacture importa-
&,on expectation, transportation and salo
~ alcoholic beverages shall be made pub
III crimes and punished as such.
~ Second. That such prohibition must be
e4cured through amendments of our ma
tional and state constitutions enforced by
deouate laws adequately supported by
Administrative authority, and to this end
he organization of the Prohibition party
II : imperstively demanded in the state and
nation.
"a Third. That any form of license, taxa
lion or regulation of the liquor traffic is
contrary to good government; that any
party which supports regulation, license
III tax enters into alliance with such
$ traffic and becomes the actual foe Of the
81 states welfare, and that we arraign the
8Republican and Democratic parties for
their persistent attitude In favor Of the
d licensed iniquity, whereby they oppose
q the demand of the people for prohibition
q and through open completely with the
81 LIQUOR cause, defeat the enforcement of
81 the law
n Fourth For the immediate abolition of
the internal revenue system. whereby our
y national government is deriving support
n from our greatest national vice
81 Fifth. That an adequate public revenue
4 be 5e'"7 raised by impost duties, but
q import duties should be 80 reduced that
81 no surplus shall be accumulated in tie
n treasury, and that the burdens Of taxa
q ton shall be removed from foods. cloth
8 ing and other comforts and necessaries of
y life, and imposed on such other articles
q Of import as will give protection both to
the manufacturing employer and the pro
q ducing laborer against the competition of
the world.
Sixth. That =. service appointments
for oil civil Offices. chiefly clerical in their
duties, should be based upon moral, in
tellectual and physical qualifications. and
not upon party services or party neces-
sity
Seventh. That the right Of suffrage
rests on no mere circumstance of race,
color, sex or nationality, and that where,
from any cause, it has been held from
citizens VINO are of suitable age and men
tally and morally qualified for the exercise
of an intelligent ballot, 1t should be re-
stored by the people through the legisla
lures of the several states. on such educa-
tional 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 combina-
tons of capital to control and to increase
the cost of products for popular consump
ton
Tenth. For the preservation and de
Tense of the Sabbath as a civil institution
without expressing any who religiously
observe the same on any other day than
the first day OF the week That arbitra-
ton is the Christian. wise and economic
method of settling national differences,
and the same methods should, by judi
cious Legislation. be applied to the settle
ment of disputes between large bodies Of
employees and employers; that the aboli-
ton OF the saloons would remove the bur
dens, moral, physical. pecuniary and social,
which now Cypress labor and rob it Of its
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 accomplishment
thereof; that monopoly in 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