The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-04
OUR PLATFORM IN FULL.
EVERY PLANK A PRINCIPLE THAT A
PATRIOT CAN STAND ON.


PATRIOT CAN STAND ON
GoSiin Government-The Liquor Trafic q
Moral. Social and Political Evil-Pro-
h1bft 1.-THE True Labor Pexty-Resd
and Vote 1t.
Many garbled reports Of our platform
hsve BEEN published. Tho following 81
correct as adopted by the convention:
The Prohibition party, in national co.,
vention assembled, acknowledging Al
mighty God as the source Of all POWER I'd
government, do hereby declare:
First. That the manufacture, importae
ton, expectation, transportation and se1e
Of alcoholic beverages shall be made pub
Lie crimes and punished as such.
secured through amendments Of our M.
adequate laws adequately supported III
administrative authority. and to this end
tho organization of tho Prohibition party
Is fnperatively demanded in the state and
nation
Third. That any form of license. tara
ton or regulation If the liquor tra6fo 10
contrary to good government; that any
party which supports regulation, hcenae
Of tax, enters into alliance with such
traffic and becomes the actual foe Of the
states welfare, and that we arraign tho
Republican and Democratic parties tot
their persistent attitude in favor Of tho
licensed iniquity, whereby they oppose
the demand Of the people for prohibition
and through open completely with tho
liquor cause, defea$ the enforcement OF
the law.
Fourth. For the immediate abolition Of
the internal revenue system, whereby our
national government is deriving support
from our greatest national vice.
Fifth. That an adequate public revenue
be raised BY impost duties, but
mpoft duties should be 30 reduced that
no surplus shall be accumulated In the
treasury, and that the burdens of taxa
ton shall be removed from foods, cloth
ing and other comforts and necessaries Of
life, and imposed on such other articles
Of import as will. give protection both to
the manufacturing employer and the pro-
ducing laborer against the competition of
the world
Sixah. That civf1 service appointments
for all evil 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 tho 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 who are of suitable age and men
tally and morally qualified for the exercise
nf fnfo ho1 a+ ch he
stored by the people through the legisla-
lures of the several states, on such educa-
Monal basis as they may doom wise
Eighth For the abolition of polygamy
and the establishment Of uniform laws
governing marriage and divorce.
Ninth. For prohibiting all combina-
lions of capital to control and to increase
the cost of products for popular eonsump-
ton
Tenth For the preservation and de-
Tense Of the Sabbath as 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 aboi-
ton of the saloons would remove the bur-
dens, moral. physical, pecuniary and social,
which now Cypress labor and rob it of it's
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 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,
should be so enforced as to prevent the
introduction into our country of all con-
victs, inmates of dependent institutions,
and of those physically incapacited for
self support, and that no person should
have the ballot in any state who is not g.
citizen of the United States.
Recognizing and declaring that prohibit
ton of the liquor traffic has become the
dominant issue in national politics, we in
vite to full party fellowship all those who,
on this one dominant issue, are with us
agreed In the full belief that this party
can and will remove sectional differences,
promote national unity and insure the best
welfare Of our native land.