Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-07
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
Proceedings OF the National Convention
at Indianapolis.
Clinton u. Fiske for President aud
John A. Brooks for vice Presi-
deut--The Platform.

sony lOlIoWcu ny prayer Inc Solh
mittec on Rules then reported. and its re-
port was adopted.
The report Of the Committee on Finance
recommending the adoption Of the Ma.
tic nal Committees plank, already formu
lated, for an assessment by States, with
the additional provision that voluntary
contributions be taken In the convention.
was adopted.
A resolution from the Iowa delegation
was then presented, containing memor
ial to Rev. Mr. Haddock, Our Mar,ycd
Prohibitionist.
The convention, under the leadership
OF J. g. Evans, Of Illinois, next proceeded
to the collection Of voluntary contribu
tons and there was seen one Of those en-.
thusiastic occurrences peculiar to pro.
hibition conventions. Contributions were
received in amounts ranging from thou
sand dollars and over. and aggregated
twenty five thousand dollars. The Incl.
dent received with perhaps the greatest
applause was the announ cement of the
subscription Of hundred dollars by
Catholic Priest OF St Paul, whose annual
salary was Ave hundred dollars
At 3 o'clock the Committee on Rcsolu
tons, led by Chairman James Black, with
Miss Frances L. Willard. entered the
door A few moments later il was an
nounced that the Committee was ready
10 report. and Secretary Small, OF the
convention proceeded to read the major.
ity report of the Committee, rs follows;
The Prohibition party. in National
Convention assembled, acknowledging
Almighty God rs the source Of all power
in government, do hereby declare,
1. That the manufacture, importation
expectation. transportation and sale Of
alcoholic beverages shall be made public
crimes, and punished as such.
2. That such prohibition must be sccur
cd through amendments Of our National
and State constitutions, enforced by AIDE.
quale laws, adequately supported by nd
ministrative authority. and to this end
the organization Of a Prohibition partyis
imperatively demanded, demanded in
State and Nation.
B That any form Of license, taxation
or regulation Of the liquor traffic is con.
trary to good government; that any party
which supports regulation, license or tax
enters into alliance with such traffic and
becomes an eternal foe Of the State wei.
fare, and that we arraign the Republican
and Democratic parties for their persist
ent attitude in favor Of licensed iniquty.
whereby they oppose the demand OF the
people for prohibition, and through open
completely with the liquor cause defeat
the enforcement Of the law
A. For the immediate abolition OF the
internal revenue system, whereby our
national government is deriving support
from our greatest national vice
s. That adequate public revenue being
necessary, it may properly be raised by
impost duties and by an equitable assess.
ment upon the property and legitimate
business Of the country. but the import
port duties should be SO reduced that no
surplus shall be accumulated in the treas
ury. and that the burdens Of taxation
shall be removed from food. clothing and
other comforts and necessaries Of life.
g. That civil service appointments FOR
all civil officers, chiefly clerical in their
duties, should be based upon moral, in
teilectual and physical qualifications and
not upon service or party necessity.
T. That the right Of suffrage rests on
no mere circumstance Of race, color, sex
or nationality, and that where, from any
cause, II has been held from citizens who
are OF suitable age and mentally and
morally qualified for the exercise Of an
intelligent ballot, II should be restored by
the people through our Legislatures Of
the several States on such an educational
basis as they may deem wise.
8. For the abolition Of polygsmy and
the establishment Of uniform laws gov
erning marriage and divorce
0. For prohibiting all combinations
of capital to control aud to increase the
cost Of products for popular consump-
| ton.
10. For the preservation and the de-
| tense Of the Sabbath rs a civil institution
without expressing any one who relig'
| iously observe the same or any other than
the first day Of the week, that arbitration
| Is Christian wise and the economic meth.
cd OF settling national differences, and
same method should by judicious legisla.
ton be applied TO the settlement OF dis
putes between large bodies OF employees
and employers; that the abolition OF the
saloon would remove the burdens, moral,
physical, pecuniary and social, which now
suppress labor and rob ii of its earnings,
and would prove 10 be wise and success
full way Of promoting labor reform, ant
we invite labor and capital to unite with
us for the accomplishment thereof; that
monopoly in land is a wrong to the poo
pie and the public land should be reserv.
ed to actual settlers. and that men and
women should receive equal wages for
equal work. -.
IL. That the immigration laws should
| be so enforced as TO prevent the introduce
| ton into our country all convicts, in
mates Of dependent institutions and OF
others physically incapacitated for self
| support, and that no person should nave
| the ballot in any State who is not citi
zen Of the United States. Recognizin 9
and declaring that the prohibition OF tn
| liquor traffic has become the dominan
issue In National politics, we invite Il
full party fellowship all those who OF
| this one dominant issue are with us
agreed in full belief that this party car
and will remove sectional differences
promote national unity and insure the
best welfare Of our native land.
The reading Of the document was greet
ed with applause, and as each plank wa
completed, the paragraph was marked
with loud cheers and cries Of that's al
right"
Prof John. NJ. DIN then stepped for
ward and announced that there was
minority report, proceeded to state hi
views on the platform. lie declared 1t t
be unwise to place in the platform an en-
dorsemcnt Of female suffrage. On tina
point alone he differed with tn
majority. There should be moth
ing in the platform whose tendency
would be to split the Prohibition party
and thereby weaken it. Woman suffrage
he said was strongly opposed in very
large sections of the South, where Pro
hibition had made the most rapid advance
Suffrage was the dividing issue and ]
would be impossible 10 gain the success
Of the two issues. lie declared for pro
hibilion first and woman suffrage after
wards. Indeed, he apprchcnded ignom
nous defeat il the Prohlbltionists did no
confine themselves TO ono issue Pru
derce and sound policy demanded tina