Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-02
THE PROHIBITIONISTS
THE CoNYENTI0y.A .AT INDIaNAp0LIS
IN SESSION.

:. = THE coNVENTIoy Ar INDIANAp0Ll
n. IN SESSION.
They Rect and Adopt . Platform En-
e bodyipg the Suppression of the Liuuo
~ Traffic-General Fisk kominated 70
= First Place ON Their Ticket.
q INDIANAPOLIS, May 3I.-Tbe gallerie
: were crowded when Chairman st. job
q raped the Prohibition convention to order
). The first business OF the morning was th
report OF the committee on rules, whicl
= recommended that the sessions of the eon
Il vention be from 8 to 12, and from to
O'Clock; that debate be confined to fiy
!, minutes to esch delegate; no delegate {,
x speak more than once on each question
votes to be taken by a call OF states. al
Q sent delegates to be voted in proportion ts
thoss present; nominating speeches to b,
cunHned TO one for each state Tor eacF
/ Office. The remaining Recommendation ar
{ uuimportant
The convention immediately proceeded
to get into taDgle over tho rule limiting
the suffrage question, those most interested
. In this probable plank in the platform OBJ.
: lecting seriousiy to 60 circumscribing de.
: bate. The rules were finally adopted as re.
ported. A special motion by New York
delegate to limit debate on the suffrage
plank to three hours OF ten minutes each,
, was defeated, and the report of the COM
mittee on finance presented. It recon-
mends the national committees plank,
already formulated, for an assessment by
States with an additional provision that
voluntary contributions be taken in the
convention. Report adpted.
i The convention then proceeded to the
collection OF voluntary contributions and
there was seen one OF those enthusiastic
occurrences so peculiar to prohibition con-
ventions. Contributions were received in
amounts ranging from So 1000 down and
aggregated $4,000. One thousand dollars
was contributed by r. III. Mcdonald OF
California, who was before the convention
OF SS4 for the head OF the ticket. A dele
gate from Portland, Oregon, pledged
81 900 from his State. That of the Cali
fornians aggregated $4,000. After a song
| by colored quartette it was announced
that the convention was invited to ad-
iourn to Music Hall at Cincinnati F-i9ay
evening to attend ratification meeting at
which Governor st. John and other pro-
hIbition leaders are expected to speak.
The convention adjourned until 2 O'Clock.
at the afternoon session the delegates
were equally as slow in getting into place as
at the morning session. The assemblage is |
proving to be almost unwieldy, because OF |
the large lumber OF delegates and alter |
mates, nearly all OF whom seem to have |
come .loaded" with speech Time was
devoted to singing and other exercises for |
the entertainment OF the convention till |
nearly 3so'clock, when the resolutions were |
ready to report and Secretary Samuel
Small proceeded to read the majority re- I
port OF the committee as follows:
THE PROHIBITION PLATFORM.
The Prohibition party in national con-
yention assembled, acknowledging Almighty
God as the source of all power in govern
ment, do hereby declare:
First-That the manufacture, importa-
ton, expectation or transportation OF
alcoholic beverages shall be made public
crimes and punished as SUCH Ii
Second-That such prohibition must ,
Of our National and, State cen.
stitutions enforced by adequate laws,
adequately supported by the administra-
tive authority, and to this end organiza-
tion for prohibition party is imperatiyely i
demanded in the State and Nation. c
Third-That any form OF license taxa. ]
tion or regulation of the liquor traffic is a
contrary to good Government; that any Z
party which supports regulation, license or L
,ax enters into an alliance with such p
irafiic and becomes the actual foe OF the a
.tates' welfare, and we arraign the Re- a
publican and Democratic parties for their u
persistent attitude in favor of licensed v
niquity, whereby they oppose th demands v
II the people for prohibition, and through c.
'pen completely. with the liquor cause de- b
eat the enforcement OF the law q
Fourth-For the immediate abolition of p
he internal revenue system, whereby our
NATIONAL Government is deriving support
rom our greatest National vice.
Fifth.-That an adequate public reve-
ue being necessary. it may be properly
aised by import duty and by equitable
ssessment upon property and the legiti-
late business OF the country, but import
uties should bs so reduced that no sur a
lus shall be accumulated in the treasury m
nd that burden OF taxation shall be re- Il
loved from foods, clothing and other COM IL
,rts aud necessaries OF life. =:
Sixth.-That civil service appointments M
'r all civil offices, chiefly clerical in this &C
Mould be based upon the moral intellect VI
III and physical qualifications and not al
arty service or party nomination. CT
Seventh.-That the right of suffrage rests 81
n no mere circumstance of race, color sex pl
r nationality and that where from any al
ause it has been wit hheld from citizens to
no are OF suitable age and morally hs
ualifed for the exercise of an intelligent re
allot, it should be restored by the people WI
trough the legislatures of the heseveralStates ce
a such educational basis they may deem OF
Use. Gl
Eighth-For the abolition OF polygamy El
nd the esta ablishment of uniform laws gov SIS
ming marriage and divorce. en-
Nine-For prohibiting all combinations "a
capital to control and increase the cost 80
products for popular consumption. lo'
Tenth-For preservation and defense of rel
e Sabbath as a civil institution, without WI
,pressing any who religiously observe the
me day on any other day than the first
tristan, wise and economic method OF st,
ttling national differences, and the same ~
ethod should by iudicious legislation be No
,plied to the settlement OF disputes be- nm
een large bodies of employees and employ
j. That abolition of the saloon would re-
nye the burdens, moral, physical pecun. /,
~ and socially, which now oDpress labor
ID robit OF it's earnings and would prove to thu
wise and successful way OF promoting sic
bor reform, and we invite labor and capt. ref
to unite with us for the accomplishment
ereof. That monopoly in land is wrong
the people, and the public land should
reserved to actual settlers. and that
IN and women should receive equal wages
equal work.
our immigration laws ma
ould be enforced SO as to pre- 4
Mt the introduction into our coun- ain
? of all convicts, inmates of de- T
ndant institutions and others physi- yer
ly incapaciated for self support, and 4
at no person should have the ballot in LAT,
y state whe is Ret citizen Of the
ited States. Recognizing and declaring az
at prohibition OF the liquor traffic has 0ne
come a dominant issue in National L
litics, we invite to full fellowship all ha'
ose who, on this one dominant issue, are
b us agreed in the belief that his party loci
a and viii remove sectional differencess ula
omote national unity and preserve the A
,t welfare of our native land. sur
The reading OF the document was greeted mo
h applause and as esc ch plank was COM A
ted, the paragraph was marked with httl
id cheers and cries OF "That's right" ,so
it the evening session the convention p n
minated Clinton Fisk for President by =
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