The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-06-07


The following platform was adopted:
First-That the manufacture, expectation,
transportation and sale Of alcoholic bever-
ages shall be made public crimes and pun
ished as such.
Secondhand such prohibition must be Sc
cured through amendments to our National
and state constitutions, enforced by adequate
laws adequately supported by administrative
authority: and to this end the organization
of the Prohibition party is imperatively de-
manded in state and nation.
Third-That any form of license, taxation
or regulation of the liquor traffic is contrary
to good government; that any party which
supports regulation license or tax enters into
alliance with such traffic, and becomes the
actual foe of the states welfare, and that we
arraign the Republican and Democratic par
files for their persistent attitude i'll favor Of
the licensed iniquity, whereby they oppose
the demand of the people for prohibition,
and, through open completely with the liquor
cause, defeat the enforcement OF the law.
Fourth-For the immediate abolition of tho
internal revenue system, whereby our Ma
tional government is deriving support from
our greatest National vice.
The fifth plank favored tariff reduction,
with reasonable protection to manufacturers.
The sixth was devoted to civil service
purity, based upon personal qualification for
office.
S~eventh-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 who are
of suitable age and mentally and morally
qualified for the intelligent ballot, it should
be restored 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 combinations
of capital to control and increase the cost of
products for popular consumption.
Tenth-For the preservation and defense
of the Sabbath as a civil institution without
depressing any who religiously observe the
same on any other than the first day of the
week. II.
Eleventh-That arbitration is the Chris
tan, wise and economic method of settling
National differences, and the same mothod
should by judicious legislation be applied to
the settlement of disputes between large
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abolition of the saloon would remove the
burdens, moral, physical, %pecuniary and So
ciai, which now Cypress labor and rob it of
its earnings, and would prove to be the wise
and successful way of promoting labor re-
form, and we invite labor and capital to
unite with us for the accomplishment
thereof that monopoly of land is wrong to
the people, and the public land should be re-
served to actual settlers, and that men and
women should receive equal wages for equal
work.
TwelfUh-That our immigration laws
should be so enforced as to prevent the intro
duction into our country of all c~onvicts, in
mates of other dependent institu tions, and
of others physically incapacitated for self
support, and that no person should have the
ballot in any state who is not a citizen of the
United States.
MISUNDERSTANDING and declaring
that prohibition of the liquor traffic has
become the dominant issue Irrational poll
tics, 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 sectional differ
ences, promote National unity and insure the
best welfare of our entire land.
There was a lively debate over incorporat.
ing the female suffrage plank in the plat
form, a minority report having been pre-
sented against it. The ants claimed that it
should be left wholly to the several states.
The suffragists carried Gheir point by an
overwhelming majority,
In the evening the nomination of candi-
dates took place. When New Jersey pre-
sented the name of Gen. Clinton b. Fisk,
which was done through its chairman, Judge
Morrow, the widest scene imaginable fol
lowed, the delegates s%pringing to their feet
and yelling to the top of their voices, the
ladies waving handkerchiefs and banners,
while the enthusiasm rolled and surged
through the vast audience until everybody
seemed carried away with the delirium of
the moment. The cheering was renewed
when an evergreen scroll bearing the inscrip.
ton Hail to the Chief" was seen suspended
over the stage, and there was another wild
burst Of applause, covering several minutes,
when a flag was unfurled with TisS's portrait
thereon. During a lull in the uproar some
one moved to make the nomination unani-
nous, and there was another tumultuous
outburst, which kept breaking out afresl
until the lung power was doubly exhausted.
Fisk was declared the nominee for presi-
don't.
Nominations for vice president followed,
and John I. Tanner, Of Alabama; George
W.. Balm, Of Kentucky, DR.. John A. Brooks
of Missouri; Sam. Small, Of Georgia, and
Hon. L. Dahoney were named by their re-
spective states. The nomination Of Balm
caused great enthusiasm, and the position
would have been given him but for his per-
sistent request to be excused, owing to the
condition Of his health and the demands of
his family. Much the same was true Of Sam.
Small, both he and Balm being ~pronouncedly
popular in the convention. Messrs, Tanner,
Dahoney, Balm and Small perJistently insist
ing that their names be withdrawn, the nom
nation was given to DIR. Brooks by acclama-
tion. He was accorded a very generous re-
cepJion as he came forward to express his
Acknowledgements,
The convention soon after adjourned sine
die.
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