The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-08

New York-H c. Bascomb and w. E. Bor-
we'll.
North Carolina-D. W. c. Benton and Henry
Shaffer.
Ohio-B S. Hinckley and j. A. Dickson.
Oregon. w. Webb and ]. c. Warner.
Pennsylvania-A. A. Stevens and William
Black.
Rhode Island-H s. Woodward and ]. Nv.
Williams
South Carolina-James A. Tate and w. s.
Smith.
Vermont-Clinton Smith and c. W. wyman.
Virginia-J. w. Newton and r. H. Rollens.
West Virgmia-Frank Burt and I. r. Croscat
Wisconsin-S. d. Hastings and f. w. Chain.
DalIota-D. r. Grover and Mrs. M. FL. Parker.
Montana-Messina Billiard.
District of Columbia-J. A. Wheelock and r.
M Morton.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform adopted is as follows:
1.-THE Prohibition party, in National conven.
ton assembled, acknowledging Almighty God
as the source of all power in government does
hereby declare:
II. That the manufacture importation, ex-
portation, transportation and sale OF alcoholic
beverages shall be made public crimes and
prohibited and punished as such.
80. That such prohibition must be secured
through amendments of our National and State
constitutions, enforced by adequate laws ade-
quately supported by administrative authori-
ty and to this end the organization of the Pro-
| hibtion party is imperatiVely demanded in
State and Nation.
50 That any form of license taxation or reg
ulatlon of the liqSor traffic is contrary to good
government; that any party which supports
regulation by license tax enters irte an al
lance with such traffic and becomes toe actual
foe of the States welfare, and that we ar
raigl the Republican and Democratic
parties for their persistent attitude
-, Of ~ cd inio tuh hy
oppose the demand of the people for prohibit
tion and through open completely witt the liq-
| uor cause defeat the enforcement of the law
"a. For tla immediate abolition of the inter-
nal-revenue system, whereby our National Gov
eminent is deriving support from our greatest
National vice.
IS. That an adequate public revenu, being
| necessary, it may properly be raised by i'm
post duties, but import duties should be so re-
duced that surplus should be accum ulated
in the Treasury, and the burdens OF taxa
ton should be removed from foods,
| clothing and other comforts and neces saries
| of life, and imposed upon such articles Of i'm
| port as will give protection both to the manu-
| facturer, employer and producing labor
against the competition of the world.
sc. That clvil-service appointments fer all
civil Offices, chiefly clerical in their duties,
should be based upon moral, intellectual and
physical quail fcations, and not upon party
service or party necessity.
81. That the right of suffrage rests
mere circumstance of race, color or national
ity and that where, from any cause ithas teen
withheld from citizens who are of suitable age
| and mentally and morally qualified for the ex-
erclse of an intelligent ballot it should be re-
| stored by the people through the Legislatures
of the several States on such educational basis
as they may deem wise.
SO. For the ABOLITION Of polygamy and the Sc
tab liShm Of Uniform laws governing marri-
age and divorce.
SO. For prohibiting all combinations of capt.
tai to control and to increase the cost OF prod
| ucts for popular consumption.
$40. For the preservation and defense OF the
Sabbath as a civil institution without oppress-
ing any who regiously observe the same On
any other day than the first day of the week.
III. That arbitration is the Christian, wise
and economic method of settling National dff-
| ferences, and the same method should by ju-
| dicious legislation be applied TO the settlement
| of disputes between large bodies of employees
! and employers; that the abolition of the saloon
| would remove the burdens, 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 there
Of.
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| to actual settlers, and that men and women
] should receive equal wages for equal work.
"13 That our immigration laws should be so
| enforced as to prevent the Introduction into
| our country Of all convicts, inmates OF depend
/ ent institutions and others physically incapaci-
tated for selfsupport and that no person shall
| have the ballot in any State who is not citizen
| of the United States.
! "14 Recogni zing and declaring that prohibit
| ton of the liquor traffic has become the domi-
/ nant issue in National politics, we invite 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 sec
| tional differences, promote National unity and
| insure the best welfare of our native land
| Resolutions were adopted by the convention
| favorirg the payment of pensions to ex-soldiers
| and sailors; indorsing the work of the Prohibi-
| ton army of the Blue and the Gray; condemn
| ing the Democratic and Republican parties for
| denying the right of selfgovernment to the
| G0,G00 people of Dakota, and, upon motion of a
colored delegate from North Carolina, a resolu-
| ton declaring THAT we hold that all men are
| born free and equal and should be secured in
| their rights"
| REFUSED TO BE INTERVIEWED.
| NEW YORK, June 1.-General Clinton B.
/ Fisk retired before 10 o'clock last night, and
when reporter called to inquire if he would
| accept the nomination for the Presidency given
| by the Prohibitionists at Indianapolis the fam
/ lily would not disturb him. Numerous tele-
| grams had been received at the house during
| the evening, but General Fisk was not dis
turDed to read the contents
| CLINTON b. FISK.
| General Clinton b. Fisk, the nominee for
! the Presidency, was born at York, Livingston
| County, n. Y, in 1925 His youth was passed
| in Michigan, whittier his father removed while
| he was child. Deprived of university educa-
ton by ill health he went into business. and
| was merchant, a miller and banker sue
| cessively in Michigan until 1859, when he went
| to ST. Louis. Entering the Union army early
| in the war, he to be Colonel of the Thirty
| third Missouri Infantry, was made Brigadier-
| General In 1862, and was brevetted Major-Gcn-
! eral in 1865. After the war he was assistant
| commissioner un .ef General Howard in the
| management of the Freedmen's Bureau ia Ken
| lucky and Tennessee.
| General Fisk married Miss Jeanette G.
| Crippen, of Coldwater, Mich. and has three
| chjldren-two sons and daughter. Mrs. Fiske
was among the early Florence Nightingales in
the war of the Union. in 1856 General Fiske
| ran for Governor of New Jersey on the Prohi-
| bitioI ticket and received 1859 votes
/ General Fisk is one of the leading laymer
in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is pres
| ident of the board of trustees of Fiske Uni
| versity for colored students at Nashville, a
trustee of Dickinson College, Pennsylvania;
| of Drew Theological Seminary and Pennington
| Seminary New Jersey. and OF Albion College,
| Michigan. HIS useful services to relig-
/ ious organizations iCclude the duties OF
a trustee of the American Missionary Associa-
| on, and those of membership in the book
committee of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The General is reputed to be rich. His secular
activities are principally in railroading and in
surance interests and his place of business In
New York City. He is a friendly and genial
ran, of portly presence, and excels ii public
address