Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-01
PROHIBITIONISTS.
The Ends of the Great Con.
vention Accomplished.
CLINTON B. FISK FOR PRESIDENT
A Platform Adopted-The Woman's
Suffrage Plank Creates Much
Contention.
Associated Press dispatches to ho.HrnArDI

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatches TO the. HERALpI
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31.--The galleries
were crowded this morning when Chair
man st. John raped the Prohibition
Convention to order. The first business
of the morning was the report Of the
Committee on Rules, which reconi-
mended that the sessions Of the Conven-
tion be from to IL and 2 to o'clock ;
that debate be confined to five minutes
for each delegate; no delegate to speak
more than once on each question; vote
to be taken by call OF States; absent del
egates to be voted in proportion to those
present; nomination speeches to be con-
fined to one for each State for each office.
The remaining recommendations were
unimportant.
The Convention Immediately proceed
ed to get into tangle on the rules Of
debate on the suffrage question. Those
most interested in this probable plank
in the platform objected seriously to hav-
ing the debate 80 circumscribed. The
rules were finally adopted as reported.
The special movement by, New York
delegate to limit the debate on the suff-
rage plank to three speeches, of ten min
utes each, was defeated.
The report of the Committee on
Finance was presented. 1t recommends
the adoption OF the National Commuters IS
plank already formulated for the ASSESS
ment by States, with the additional pro-
vision that liberal contributions be taken
in the convention. The report was
adopted.
The Convention next proceeded to the
collection of voluntary contributions, and
there was seen one of those enthusiastic
contributions SO peculiar to Prohibition
Conventions. Contributions were re-
ceived in amounts ranging from So 900
down, and aggregated $4,000. One
thousand dollars was contributed by X.
II. Mcdonald Of California. who was be-
fore the Convention of 1864 for the head
Of the ticket. A delegate from Portland,
Oregon, pledged 81 600 from his State.
The Californians aggregated $4,000.
The delegates were invited TO attend q
ratification meeting at Music Hall, Gin
cinnati, Friday afternoon, when st. John
and others will speak. Convention ad-
journed until o'clock.
At the afternoon session the delegates
were as slow in getting into place as at
the morning session. The assemblage
proved to be almost unwieldy because Of
the large number Of delegates and alter
mates, nearly all OF whom seemed to have
"come loaded" with speech. The time
was devoted to singing and other exer-
cises until o'clock, when the Commit
tee on resolutions was ready to report,
and Secretary Samuel Small proceeded
to read the majority report Of the COM
mittee as follows:
The Prohibition party in National Convention
assembled acknowledging Almighty God as the
source of all power in government, do hereby
declare:
First, That the manufacture, importation, ex-
portafion, transportation and sale OF alcoholic
beverages shall be made public crimes and pun
ished as such.
second, That such prohibition must be Sc
cured through amendments of our National and
State constitutions, enforced by adequate laws,
adequately supported by. the administrative
authority and to this end the organization OF
the Prohibition party is inperattvely demanded
Third. That any form of license, taxation or
regulation of the liquor traffic Is contrary to
good government; that any party which sup
ports regulation license or tax enters into
alliance with such traffic snd becomes the
actual foe of the States welfare; and that we
arrBfgn the Republican and Democratic parties
for their persistent attitude in favor of licensed
fniquity, whereby they oppose tie demand of
the people for Prohibition, and fhrough open
complicity with the liquor cause 2efeat the en-
Fourth, For immediate abolition of the inter-
nal revenue system, whereby our National
Government ia deriving support from our
Fifth, That an adequate public revenue being
necessary II may properly be raised by import
duty, and by equitable assessment upon the
property and business Of the country, bat i'm
port duties should be SO reduced that no surplus
shall be accumulated in the Treasury. and that
the burdens of taxation shall be removed from
foods, clothing and other comforts and neces
sixth, THAT civil service appointments for all
civil Offices, chiefly clerical in their duties.
physical qualifications and not upon party
services or party necessity.
Seventh. That the righS OF suffrage rests on no
and that when from any cause Ii had been held
from eitizs ms who are OF suitable age and men
tally aud morally qualified for the exercise of
an intel,igent ballot y should be restored by
raj Staten on such educational basis asthey may
deem wise.
Eighth, For The abolition Of polygamy and
the establishment of uniform laws governing
marriage aud divorce.
Ninth. For prohibiting all combinations of
capital TO control and increase the cost of pro-
ducts for popular consumption.
Tenth. For the preservation and defensd>of
the Sabbath as civil institution, without OPP
pressing any who religiously observe the same
on any other day than the first day OF the week;
that arbitration Is the Christian, wise
and economic method of settling National
differences, aud the same method should,
by judicious legislation. be applied to
the settlementof Disputes between large bodies
Of employees and employers: that the abolition
of saloons would remove burdens, moral. phys
ical, pecuniary aud social, which now. oppress
labor and rob IL Of ffH qqrDiuve nfl1 syould
prove to be wise and successful way Of pro-
noting labor reform, aud we invite iabor and
capital TO unite with us FOR the accomplishment
thereof; that monopoly IN land Is wrong to
the people, and the public lend should be re-
served for Rctual settlers, and that men and
women should receive equal wages for equzl
work.
Eleventh, Thatour immigration laws should
be enforced so rs to prevent the Introduction
Into our country OF al convicis. inmates OF de-
pendent institutions, and Others phs sically In
Tor selfsupport, aud that no per-
son should have n ballot In auy State who is
not a citizen Of the United states, recognizing
and declaring that prohibition OF the liquor
traffic has become dominant issuh In National
politics. We invite 10 fiIll party fellowship. all
those who on this one dominant issue arewith
us agreed In the belief that this party can ana
will remove sectional difference, promote Ma
tional unity, and preserve the best welfare OF
Our native land.
The reading of the document was
greeted with applause, and as each plank
was completed the paragraph was mark
ed with loud cheers and cries of That's
all right"
Prof. John Olin stepped forward and
announced that there was a minority re-
port, proceeded to state his views on the
platform. He declared it to DO unwise
to place in the platform an endorsement
Of female suffrage. On that point alone
he differed with the majority.
There should DO nothing in the plat
form whose tendency world be TO split the
party, and thereby weaken it.
Suffrage, be said, was strongly opposed
in a very large section of tho South
where prohibition has mode most rapid
ADVANCE. Suffrage was the dividing issue
and it would be impossible TO gain sue
cess with the two issues. He declared
for Prohibition first md Woman Suffrage
Indeed. he apprehended