The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-08
THE PRchIRITIoNIsTS.
A Ticket Nominated, and = Plat
form Built, Including a Woman
Suffrage Plant.

form Built, Including a Woman
Suffrage Plant.
The prohibitionist countries at Indian.
oaplis, tier much wranglinV, got through
with its -,usiness by tho nomination OF
Clinton B. FriRk OF New Jersey, for presi-
dent and John A. Brush, OF Wisconsin for
vice president. The following is the plat
form adopted. though II vigorous battle
was fought before it was adopted.
The Prohibition party, in national conYen-
ton assembled, acknowledging Almighty
God rs the source of all power in govern
ment. do hereby declare:
h the manufacture, importation, eX-
pOrJatiOn, transportation and sale of alCO-
holic beverages snail be made public crimes,
and punished as such
That such prohibition must be secured
through amendments Of national and state
constitutions, enforced by adequate laws ad-
equGtely supported by administrative au-
thority; and to this end the organization of
the Prohibition party is imperatively de-
manded III state and nation.
ThGt auv form of license taXaUion or regu-
atlon of the liquor traffic is contrary TO good
government; that any party which supports
regulation license or tax enters into alliance
witt such traffic, and becomes the actual foe
Of the states welfare, and that we arraign
the Republican and Democratic parties for
their persistent attitude in favor of the
A4sC41SC0 lLlIuAbNs " liC4ND1 lily OpDuDG VIC
demand of the people for prohibition, and
through open completely with the liquor
cause defeat the enforcement of aw.
For the immediate abolition of the internal
revenue system, whereby our national gov
ernmentis deriving suppOrtfrom our greatest
national vice.
That an adequate public revenue being
necessary, it may properly be raised by i'm
post duttes and by an equitable assessment
upon the property and Legitimate usine
OF the country, but import duties should be
so reduced that no surplus shall be ccumu-
lated in the treasury, shat the burdens Of
taxation shall be removed from food, cloth
ing and other comforts aud necessaries of
life.
That civil service appointments for all
civil offices, chiefly clerical in their duties,
should be baseS upon moral, Intellectual
and physical qualities, and not upon party
service or party necessity.
That the right of suffrage rests on no mere
circumstances of race, color, sex or nauion
atty, and that where, from any cause, 1t has
been he'd from citizens who are of suitable
rye and mentally and morally qualified for
the exercise Of an intelligent ballot it should
be restored by the people, through the Iegis-
latures OF the several states, on such educa-
tlonal basis as they may doom wise.
For the abolition of polygamy and the es-
Enlistment of uniform laws governing mar
riage and divorce.
tOE pFOnlDlLlug all COMBINATIONS OF CaDlUal
to control and to increase the cost Of prod
ucts for popular consumption.
For the preservation and defense of the
Sabbath as q civil institution without OPP
pressing any who religIouslY observe the
same or any other day than the tirs5 day of
the week. That arbitration is the Christian,
wise and economic method of settling ma
ttonal differences, and the same should, by
Iudiclous legislation be applied to the settle
ment OF disputes between large bodies of
employees and employers; that the abolition
OF the saloon would remove the burdens,
moral, physical, p%ecuniary and social, which
now Cypress labor and rob it of its earnings,
and would prove to be the wise and success
full way of promoting labor reform, and we
invite labor and capital TO unite with us for
the accomplishment thereof; that monopoly
IN land is a wrong to the people, and the
public land should be reserved 20 actual set
tiers, and that men and women should re-
ceive equal wages for equal work.
That our immigration laws should be so
enforced as to prevent the introduction into
our country Of all convicts, inmates OF de-
pendent institutions, and of others physi-
cally incapactated for self-support, and that
no person should have the ballot in any state
who Is not a citizen or the United States
Recognizing and declaring that prohibition
of the liquor traffic has become the DOM
inanb 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 viii re-
move sectional differences, promote national
unity and insure the best welfare Of our
land.