Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-30
IL THE WHIRLPOOL.
THE PR0HIBITI0NITs PUT FORTH A
COUNTY TICKET.
And VIII Plunge Into the Political
Vortex and Take Their Chances
With the Others.

The Prohibitionists of the county held
mass Convention at Pythian Hall last
night to nominate candidates for county
and also certain city offices. Frank ID.
Wing. Chairman OF the County Committee,
called the Convention to order and stated
its objects.
Secretary C. H. Dunn read the call for
the Convention.
@. 7. Brook was unanimously chosen for
Chairman. He made brief address on as
Stunning the chair, saying that it was i'm
material to the Prohibitionists whether or
not they elected their ticket; but they
would have the satisfaction of voting for
temperate and sober men. The country is
full of sober men, he said. The number
of drunkards is really very small, in COM
parison with temperate men. The Prohi-
bitionists are not all Republicans, as the
latter claim. He (the speaker) was first
Wing, and then a Democrat, and had been
an active one for years up to the time he
became Prohibitionist. 1t was the duty
of the Government to protect its citizens,
butt did not do so, as thousands went down
every year to drunkards graves.
G. 81. Dunn nominated Rev. ". c. Scott
of Elk Grove as Secretary, and he was
unanimously elected.
THE TEST.
Mr. Dunn moved that the test put forth
by the State Committee be adopted. Car
ried.
The test requires that the signer shall
support the Prohibition party and work for
its principles.
COMMITTEES AND REPORTS,
A committee of three was appointed on
credentials, consisting of Messrs Hillhouse,
J. r. Mcdonnell and VIM. McNear
A committee of two on permanent or
gaDizaiion was appointed, consisting of E
III. Leitch and ]. D. Robinson.
committee of three on platform was
appointed, consisting of Messrs. G. H.
Dunn, J. T. Gromer and j. NJ. Haight.
A Committee on Nominations and Order
OF Business was appointed, consisting of F.
NJ. Clayton, ]. o. March and P H. Latou-
rette
ALI present who subscribed to the test
were entitled 10 participate in the business
of the Convention.
The committees retired to prepare their
reports, and while they were absent adj
dresses were delivered by Rev. Mr. Scott
and Rev. A. T. NeedhaIn.
The Committee on Credentials reported
the names of fifty two persons, including
ladies. who had subscribed TO the test and
were entitled to seats in the Convention.
The report was adopted.
THE PLATFORM.
C. H. Dunn then read the following re-
port of the Committee on Platform, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Prohibition party of Sacra-
mento, in Convention assembled. reaffirms the
niAtf0rm Proh arfx,
adopted at Indianapolis in May, 1885, and the
platform of the Prohibition party of the State of
California, adopted in San Francisco in April
Last.
Resolved, That the passage of law By Con.
gress recently to prevent the sale in original
packages of Intoxicating liquors in States hav-
ing prohibition laws, is but an additional proof
of the fact that prohibition is national issue.
Resolved, That we are in favor of the entire
prohibition of the manufacture, sale, importa-
ton and transportation of intoxicating liquors,
except for medicinal and scientific purposes.
Resolved, That We pledge candidates for
the Legislature if elected, to oppose the enact
ment of any uniform license law.
Resolred, That we condemn the cowardice of
the late Republican State Convention for its
silence upon the question of uniform license
law, and condemn the Democratic State Con-
vention for its subserviency to the liquor power,
IN declaring for such uniform license law.
Mr.. Dunn, after reading the platform,
discussed it at some length, explaining the
reason for some of its planks, addressing
himself more particularly to the uniform
license question.
THE CANDIDATES.
DR.. Clayton, from the Committee on
Nominations, submitted a report, leaving
some of the positions untitled These
were reported back to the Convention.
c. Il. Dunn moved that the persons
whose names were reported be declared the
nominees of the Convention. Carried.
The nominees were as follows the posi-
tons not filled being referred to the Gen.
trail Committee:
Superior Judges-[Not namely
Assemblymen, Eighteenth District-W.
w. Bingham; Nineteenth District-WilI-
lam Hart; Twentieth District-Rev. W.
O. Scott
Sheriff-C. D. Brook.
Clerk-Grant McMiIlin.
Auditor and Recorder-H. Ii. Lands.
Assessor-A. A. Krull
District Attorney-Philip Driver.
Treasurer-W. McNear
Coroner. T. Gromef.
Public Administrators. A. Lowell.
superintendent of Schools-Mrs. Judge
Mayhem.
Surveyor-W. Hugo.
Supervisor First District-(Not named.)
Supervisor Fifth DISTRICT. NJ. Over
.myer
Police Judge-(Not namely
City Justice of the Peace-(Not named. }
Township Justice. o. March.
Constables-C. T. HARDWOOD. (The other
not named.)
sINEws OF WAR.
Mr. Dunn explained to the Convention
the necessity for raising money to defray
the expenses of the campaign. He said
that about 5000 would be required, and on
rfonf 5F,ti.
among members of the Convention.
little over 500 was collected
The Convention then adjourned with
three cheers for the Prohibition party, its
candidates and its principles.
RIVAL STREET sPRIEKLERs.