Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-14
REAL STOUT pLANKS
To be Inserted in the Platform of
Pennsylvania Prohibitionists.
WILL DENOUhCE ALL MONOPOLIEs
They Want the Tariff Taken Out of the
Hands of Congress.
RAPID GROWTH OF THE THIRD PARTY

The Prohibition party convention will be
held in the Opera House. Harrisburg, on
the goth and 21st of this month. The ALLIE
gheny county delegates end officers, who
were elected at meeting held some two
months ago, will meet at the Union depot
next Tuesday at 1880 o'clock and be trans
ferred to the city Of Harrisburg in an elab-
orately decorated car, chartered especially
for them. Enthusiasm is running high
among the local blue ribbon disciples. Yes
terday afternoon Mr.. j. A. Mcconnell,
Chairman of the Allegheny delegation, and
one of the most prominent Prohibitionists in
the State, said:
"We intend putting in q full State
ticket for Governor and other officers and
we will introduce measure recommending
the restriction of emigration"
SIS there any vindictiveness in that be-
cause the foreign vote is mostly polled
against the party?"
"None in the least; we believe the good
of the country demands it
A TARIFF COMMISSION.
"We will extend sympathy to the Farm
ers' Alliance. They are largely Prohibi-
tionists, and it's to our interest that they
become in f1uential in politics. We will
also urge the appointment of permanent
tariff commission advocating that the tariff
question be taken out of the hands Of Con-
gress entirely and placed with say 15 men
whose business it will be to study the ques-
tion in all its bearings and act accordingly
similar to the Interstate Commerce Com
mittee. Our party is greatly in favor of
protective tariff.
Regarding the original package bill, We
think that the Supreme Court will, with the
first test case, decide that Congress was not
justified in transferring its authority, and
we will recommend that Congress enact
law whereby intoxicating liquors shall
cease to be an article of Interstate COM
merce.
"We will take strong grounds against
monopolies, especially against railroad
monopolies. We do not think, for instance,
that the State of Pennsylvania should be
owned by one railroad, as it is compelling
people to travel on the one line-the Penn
sylvania.
''As to the strength of the party and the
vote we will poll, 1 think it will be larger
even than it was when Charles s. Wolfe
ran for Governor, as we are continually
gaining new recruits and enthusiastic fol-
lowers, but do not think our party will
affect the relative positions of the other two
great parties as we seem to draw equally
from the ranks of both.
NO SLATE MADE YET.
SIT is impossible even to predict who will
be nominated for Governor, though I am the
Chairman of our delegation. have not re-
ceived my instructions yet and will not un-
til get to Harrisburg and we see which
way the wind blows. Undoubtedly Mr. A.
A. Stevens, the present State Chairman, he
were able to make a thorough canvass,
would stand q splendid chance of being NOM
mated. Judge Briggs, of Philadelphia,
would be strong candidate, and is talked
OF considerably"
The Allegheny county delegates to the
State Prohibition Convention are as follows:
Pittsburg delegates = Messrs. Arthur
Kirk, @. L. Rose, L. s. Jack, Thomas P.
Hershberg, George Finley, j B. Bailey,
Finley Terrence, Jr., George 81. Connick,
Van Gorder, j. G. Bean, Andrew Bryce,
George 81. Fair, DR.. J. c. Kennedy, W. T.
Dunn and Mesdames r. H. Jones and j. N.
Foster.
Allegheny-Messrs Thomas II. Rabe, j.
J. Porter, j. w. Vickerman, Will D. Nc
Fredrick, L. Mooney, Daniel Swoger,
Mesdames Jane Wilson, and M. L. Swoger
and Miss Emma Wilson.
County districts-Messrs. j. r. Johnston,
George Loomis, j. M. Nevin, H. L. Castle,
W. Nj. Price, w. B. Alter, j. D. Simons,
Joseph McEwen, Gustave Watson, J. x.
Spangler, James Campbell, W. r. Zeigler,
Thomas Jones, a. E. Cole and D. II. Mar
tin