Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-06-08
THE THIRD PARTY.
Gen. Fisk and DR.. Bre oks tho Stan dard
Bearers.

The national prohibition convention as
sembled in Indianapolis, May 80. There was
a very large attendance and general har-
mony characterized the proceedings The
first day was consumed in organizing, aud
nominations were not reached until the even
ing session of the second day, May 81. When
General Clinton B. Fisk was mentioned as
a candidate for president the delegates aross
to their feet and the loudest and longest out
burst of applause occurred. He was nomi-
mated by acclamation. Dr. John A. Brooks
of Missouri was nominated by acclamation
for vice-presldent. The following platfoi IN
was adopted. after which the convention
adjourned sine die.
First-That the manufacture, importation,
expectation, transportation and sale of al
coholic beverages shall be made public
crimes and punished as such.
Second-That such prohibition must be Sc
cured through amendments Of our national
and state constitutions, enforced by adequate
laws adequately supported by administratv We
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 the democratic
parties for their persistent attitude in favor
of the licensed iniquity, whereby they op-
pose the demand OF the people lor prohibit
tion, and, through open completely with the
liquor cause, defeat the enforcement of law.
Fourth-For the immediate abolition of the
Internal revenue system, whereby our
national government is deriving support
from our greatest national vice.
Fifth-That an adequate public revenue
being necessary, it may properly be raised
by import duties and by an equitable assess
ment upon the proper y and the legitimate
should be so reduced that no surplus shall be
accumulated in the treasury, and that the
burdens of taxation shall be removed from
foods, clothing and other comforts and neces-
saries of life.
Sixth-That civil service appointments for
all civil offices, chiefly clerical in their duties
should be based upon moral, intellectual and
physical qualifications, and not upon party
service or party necessity.
Seventh---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 hell from citizens who are
of suitable age and mentally and morally
qualified for the exercises of an intelligent
ballot, it should he restored by the people
through the legislatures of the several states,
on such educational basis as they may deem
wise.
Eightn-For the abolition of polygamy,
and the establishment of uniform laws gov
erning marriage and divorce.
NinIh-For prohibiting all combinations
of capital to control and to increase the cost
of products for popular consumption.
Tenth-For the preservation and defense
of the Sabbath as civil institution without
expressing any who religiously observe
the same on any other day than the first day
of the week THAT arbitration is the Christ
ian, wise and economic method of settling
national differences, and the same method
should, by judicious legislation, be applied
to the settlement of disputes between large
bodies of employees and employers; that the
abolition of the saloons would remove the
burdens, moral, physical, pecuniary and So
cial, which now oppress 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 un-
ite with US for the accomplishment thereof
that monopoly in land Is a 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.
Eleventh--That cur immigration laws
should be so enforced as to prevent the in
PRODUCTION into our country of all convicts,
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
Twelfth-Recognizing and declaring that
prohibition of the liquor traffic has become
the dominant issue in the 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 sectional differences, pro-
mote national unity, and insure the best
welfare of our entire land