New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-30
!. WOMAN SUFFRAGE PLANK.
run TT Re INSERTED IN THE PROHIBITION
~ PLATFORMS
--, ,rou.x QUESTION ovERslhApows EVERY
CHING AZ rnR STRONGLY of-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

-. xronrAy QUESTION oNh n
rw1Ne AT THE NATIoNAI w. f on
-sourHERNERs srkoNo"A
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
49, oe.-The delegates 10 the
lnoiansS rs,,,on Convention to be held here To-
Nso and the two succeeding days are iasV ar,vis
mo' :. - nearly all OF the LULA oe'csa'os e''o'
~ %vA :. ssrr Every state and Territory WIN per
ar. exception, win be represen'eu reo'
hsps one e. John of Kansas, the candidate OF the
ernor JOIN Cow PRESIDENT arrived here this sitter
parry ~ - escorted by a brass band TO his room
noon sn1 ,,.r,sor Hotel Other prominent delegates
~ e. nd delegations Of States In oooy. raii-
AIM - hearing Frederick f. Wheeier' Oh AioaoS'
way - "a tho Prohibition State Committee Oh New
.rs seyenty-three other delegates Oh the e'a'o
forh, Ax ~ srr4yed at p m. large train came
OF new w.st bringing the California. Oregon Col
orado, New-heA
,,s.nraska delegates - A..
-.s clear from the talk OF the Delegates 'nA'
cu,or r. Fisk, OF New-Jersey, VIII he
s ono. nv acclamatou for PreSideoI 1here Is
--.rtrst1on yet upon candidate fer Nice-freS
20 20. The men named for the position arc sreen
Gem ..s and George W. Balm, of kentucky; John
Gay e"' =. Kansas City: John T. Tanner. of Ala
a rIr. crandall, of Texas f. s Dehovey, OF
p~m.' - Ioshus Ievering. of Baltimore. The large
- :, southern candidates shows that there Is a
.r.I sentiment TO put Southern man on inc
80, John T. Tanner, of Athens, Alabama, one OK
49, on,nent candidates for Vice-Presdent, said to-
80 IA. the Prohibition sentiment Is gaining ground
' &. south eve already have local option In
-. IN three, fourths of the States" he said III we
o,,d only divest tho question OF politics we couiu
- ,,uch greater Roadway. Alabama has been under
So. democratic rule for long time and many FOL
s,.s NJ that party viii not desert 1t Tor anything
NJ. had terrible trial With the negroes after the war
rh. democrats are afraid that the eoored race VIII
ay.in assert its power IL they let loose their grip on
.a,cal rule The greatest thing we have In view
:. - bring about better feeling between the North
and South
ballot IN many soet"ns''
at IS In the northern part OF Alabama, though'
where was born and where have lived ever SINCE
the negroes have the privileges as have put
In what Is called the black belt IN fhe sc1'p n
So FAR Alabama Is concerned me uelSEauon NJ M
Oppose me RG Pc atse II IL is left 70 the States
10 decide for themselves" -...,o,
fsshePs 1as w be om the southern States
lOusians may not be represented al ALL ana & INA
cSets Of the Democratic party in the south have dis
coursged the third party movement there ,-.u.,.ouu
delegates TO the present Convention in regard to
wOan suffrage leads many Of the defeats to lear
may be shattered at the very moment OF lis accom-
prshneut. The Southern delegates are exceedingly
Hopkins Of the delegates at large of NewYor 10
che Convention in North Carolina most Of the last
winter He said to-day The objection OF the south
ern Prohibtionists to woman suffrage is made simply
on The ground that the black women are too ignorant
70 be given the ballot The Southerners feel that they
Nave big eEough lead tn carry now IN the Ignorance
Of the black MAJ, and they do noI wish to have added
10 IL the ignorance of the black woman Neyerthe-
less the woman-sufraee question promises 10 be the
one matter of prominence before the Convention, sub
ordinatng TO Il the nominations the platform and
almost Prohibition itself
Miss Frances T. willard, Of Chicago, the president
Of the womsn's Christian Temperance Union, arrived
kodsy 20 give her powerful aid 10 the movement in
favor of woman suffrage plank The leaders Of the
party here say that they are conscious that this
Union Is the most powerful ally Of the Prohibition
party, and that frequently It Is the originator of
prohibition clubs and prohibition political associa-
lions Is therefore, difficult for the leaders OF the
party TO decline the request that woman suffrage
blank be put in the Prohibition platform. On the
tther hand there is keen desire to extend the Pro-
hfbition party into the South "n we do put
woman suffrage plank in orr PLATFORM said A A.
Hopkins there viii be coupled with II another plank
demanding an educational requirement. for voters
Every voter should be able at least 70 read ard TO
write. Peyhaps the Southerners might accept plank
o1th that Quafca atom