The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-06
NUMBER %.


In the afternoon came the in
evitabls contest over the Suffrage
plank.
The great audience became stilY
with intense expectancy when
Rev. Sam Small came forward to
read the report Of the Committee
on Platform, as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
l. That the mas.ufncture, Importation,
exportation, transportation and sale OF al
| coholic beverages shall be made public
crimes and punished as such.
2. That such prohibition must be secured
through amendments to our national and
state constitutions, enforced by adequate
laws, adequately supported by administra-
tive authority; and to this end the organiza-
ton of the Prohibition party is Imperative
ly demanded In state and nation.
3. 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 Demo-
cratic parties for their persistent attitude
in 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 enforce.
ment of the law.
4. Fer the immediate abolition of the
internal revenue system, whereby our ma
tional government is deriving support from
our greatest national vice.
The NTH plank tfavors tariff reduction,
with reason able protection to manufacture
ers.
The sixth is devoted to civil service puri-
ty based upon personal qualification for
office. Will give 9Th Il 9th next issue.--ED.1
7. That the right OF suffrage rests on no
mere circumstance of race, color, sex or
nationality, and that where, from any
cause, 1t has been withheld from citizens
who are OF suitable age and mentally and
morally qualified for an intelligent ballot,it
should be restored by the people, through
the Legislatures Of the several states, on
such educational basis as they may deem
wise.
s. For the abolition OF polygamy and
the establishment OF uniform laws govern
ing marriage and divorce.
o. For prohibiting all combinations OF
capital to control and increase the cost of
products for popular consumption.
10. For the preservation and defense of
the Sabbath as civil institution without
depressing any who religiously observe the
same on any other than the first day of the
week.
IL. That arbitration liz the Christian, wise
and economic method of settling national
differences, and the same method should by
judicious legislation be applied to the settle
lent OF disputes between large bodies of
employers; that the saloon would remove
the burdens-moral, physical, pecuniary
and social-which now Cypress labor and
rob 1t Of its earnings, and would prove to be
the wise and successful way of promoting
labor reform, and we invite labor and CAPT.
tai TO unite with us for the ac-
complishment thereof; that monopoly In
land is wrong to the people, and the public
land should be reserve to actual settlers
and that men and women should receive
equal wages for equal work.
IL. That our INN igration laws should be-
so enforced as to prevent the Introduction
into our country of all conyicts, inmates of
other dependent Institutions, and Of others
physically incapacitated for self-support,
and that no person should have the ballot
In any state who is not citizen of the
United States.
10. Recognizing and declaring that the pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic has become the
dominant issue in national politics, we in
v1te to full sparty 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, pro-
mote national unity and insure the best
welfare of our entire land
Each section was greeted with
cheers, but when the 7th was read,
affirming the principle of suffrage
the Convention almost in a
body rose and gave vent to the
overwhelming sentiment in out
bursts of applause, waving of hand
kercheits and tossing up of hats.
When this plank was reached,
in adopting the platform, section
by section, Mr.. John M. Olin OF
Wisconsin was promptly on hand
with substitute, simply favor
ing the submission of the question
TO the people, without arfimlng
the principle; and here came on
by far the most
BRILLIANT FORENSIC BATTLE
OF the two days sessions. The
speeches were limited to 5 minutes,