Blue-grass blade., 1891-01-03
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
PLATFORM
Adopted by the National Pro-
hibitiOn Convention NJ In.
dianaDOlis I'm 1883.


dianapOlis In 1883.
The Prohibition party, in ma
tional convention assembled, &C
knowledging Almighty God as
the source of all power in gov
eminent, does hereby declare:
1. That the manufacture, i'm
portaticn, expectation, transport
tation and sale of alcoholic bev-
erages should be made public
crimes and prohibited as such.
2. That such prohibition must
be secured through amendments
to our national and state consti-
tutions, enforced by adequate
laws adequately supported by
administrative authority, and to
this end the organization of the
Prohibition party is imperatively
demanded in state and nation.
8. That any form of license,
taxation or regulation of the
liquor traffic is contrary to good
government; that any party that
supports regulation, license or
taxation enters into an alliance
with such traffic and becomes
the actual foe of the states wei
fare, and that we arraign the
Republican and Democratic par
ties for their present attitude in
-fuvor- iicunsed fuiquitx where
by they oppose the demand Of
the people for prohibition, and
through open completely with
the liquor crime defeat the en-
forcement of the law.
4. The immediate abolition of
the internal revenue system,
whereby our national govern.
ment is deriving support from
our greatest national vice.
5. That, an adequate public
revenue being necessary, it may
properly be raised by import
duties, but import duties should
be so reduced that no surplus
shall be accumulated in the treas
ury, and the burdens of taxation
should be removed from all
foods, clothing and other COM
forts and necessaries of life, and
imposed on such other articles
of import as will give protection
to the manufacturing employer
and producing laborer against
the competition of the world.
6. 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 withheld from citi-
zens who are of suitable age and
mentally and morally qualified
for the exercise of an intelligent
ballot, it should be restored by
the people through the Legisla-
lures of the several States on
such educational basis as they
may deem wise.
7. That civil service appoint
ments for all civil service offices,
chiefly clerical in their duties,
should be based upon moral,
intellectual and physical qualifi
cations, and not upon party SER
vice or party necessity.
8. For the abolition of poly
gamy and the establishment of
uniform laws governing marriage
and divorce.
8. For prohibiting all combi-
nations of capital to control and
to increase the cost Of products
for popular consumption.
10. For the preservation and
defense of the Sabbath as q civil
institution, without expressing
any who religiously observe the
same on any other than the first
day of the week.
IL. That arbitration is the
Christian, wise and economical
method of settling national diff.
terences, and the same method
should, by judicious legislation,
be applied to the settlement of
disputes between employees and
employers; that the abolition OF
the saloon would remove the
burdens, moral, physical, pecuni-
AIRY and social, which now OPP
press labor and rob it of its
earnings, and would prove to be
the wise and successful way Of