Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-08-18
PROHIBITION LEADERS.
Letters of Acceptance From
Gen. Fisk and DR.. Brooks.
The Prohibition Nominees Express
Their Views.

The letters of acceptance of the National
Prohibition party candidates for President
and Vice. President have just been made pub
lie. The opsning paragraph in the commu-
nicaton Of General Clinton B. Fisk expresses
n grateful sense Of the honor conferred upon
him by tho indianapolis Convention and
formally accepts tho nomination. IL then
proceeds in part us follows: ut Is
not enough that wo reform the indl-
vidual; We must reform the State Inc
policy of great commemorative OF whole
rcopic must be rcmade and put in harmony
with sound economic principles, the true CO.
operation OF industrial effort, tho essent al
conditions OF national prosperity, and genu-
inc brotherhood nf man. -.
q 'rhe National Democratic party in its
platform utters no word in condemnation oil
The greatest foe to the kepublic-the liquor
traffic. That party having stendfastly
in it's utterances at National Conventions
maintained its allegiance to the Ameri-
can saloon, it was 10 disappointment
it reaIlirmed its old position on this the
greatest question now being debated among
men, 1t was with great reluctance that
came to admit the Imperative need of new
party while yet tho party OF my cholco-the
National Republican pnrty-malntalned lts
organization IL cost me the sacrifice OF
cherished associations when four years
ago [ enrolled myself i'll tho
ranks party Prohibitionists under the flag
of prohibition, bleached snowy white by the
tears of smitten women and children through
generations of sorrow and want. Every
day since then has shown yet more clear
ly the logic Of my course and the
inevitable truth Of my conclusions. In
Michigan. in Texas, in Tennessee, aud Ore
gon, so-callrd non.parlisan effects to estao-
ligh prohibition iiave failed through pnr-
tisan necessity. born of liquor elements in old
party composition. In Iowa, Rhode Island
and Maine tile law hi We been sIlamefuly de-
fled for like rcascns From the Supreme
Court itself Illus come with startling en-
pllasis n declaration so nationa!izinS this re-
form that it can never be made oil local or
State limitation Ssain. !,
1.-The first concern of good Government, J"
said tho recent National Republican Con.
vention at Chicago, lis the virtue and
sobrioty OF the people and the purity OF the
home search tue long Republican plat
ton of the saloon, or hint of purpose to
assail it, or any sign OF moral conscious
ness that the saloon is curse, and It's
income too unlloly for the mutton to
share. II the first concern has no place IN
parlys PLATFORM and party has no policy
as to that first concern. that party docs not
deserve the support of men who love gool
government and would see it maintained
The Prohibition party'S first concern is foT
the purity of the home aud tho virtue and
sobriety Of the people.
ss1hnt party is not labor's trnest friend
which would bar the importation of paupers
from abroad, or close the tariff door OF COM
petition TO puliperize foreign industry, and
then by Il liquor system perpetuate the
manufacture of raupers and criminals IN our
own midst, with whom honest labor must
compete. ail whom, largely, honest LABOR
must support.
IL rejoice that, standing on the platform
so well framed at Indianapolis. which so all
mirably recognizes other great principles
than this Of prohibition, declaring, as we DO
declare, that citizenship rests on no
mere circumstance of color, sex or
nationality. and affirming, rs We always
shall affirm, the full rights OF clCl-
zcllship for all, standing ever, AS We must,
for the defence of the weak aud the OPP
pressed we can and do assert that prolibl-
ton is the dominant issue in national poiltlcs,
and we can and do invite to full party fel-
lowship all who on This one dominant issue
are with us agreed, believing that as
wa settle This broad question Tor
the right so shall we best conserve the well
fare of our entire nation and OF every Class
within it. and so shall wo make certain the
wise and speedy settlement OF every lesser
question involved AMI arising:
DR.. John A. Brooks, i'll his letter accepting
tho Vice-Prcsdency, after acknowledging
the honor conferred upon him. denounced
monopolies md trusts, and says that trusts
arc against wholesome revision OF the
tariff He commcnds the platform OF The
Prohibition party and concludes by some
remarks regarding the sanctlty OF the
home, refers to the evil influence OF saloons
Endorses woman suffrage and the work OF
women for prohibition and again thanks the
convention for the honor of the nomina
tion.