Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-01
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
COLD WATER ADVOCATES
Nominate General BidweII
for President.
NO CHOICE FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
A Long Fight Over the Sill
YER Plank.
MURDERER HOLMES FOUND GUILTY.
NO CHOICE FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
MURDERER HOLMES FOUND GUILTY.
Rushing Matters in Senate
and House.
BIDWELL NOMINATED.

BIDWELL NOMINATED.
The Prohibition Convention at Gin
cinnati Selects Him as Their
Standard Bearer on tho First Bal
lot-Placed In Nomination by Rx.
Governor St. John-No Choice for
Vice President-A Long wrangle
on the Silver Question Results in
Dropping That Plank in the Plat
form.
CINCINNATI, June 30.-The friends of
cold water got plenty of the article to-day.
A terrific downpour of rain and the all
night sessions of committees combined to
give the prohibition delegates bedraggled
appearance, as in scattering groups they
came into their national convention hall
for what was expected to be the culmina-
ton of the proceedings.
The platform committee was still in ses-
sion when the convention was called to
order. The subcommittee had worked in
cessantly until a. m. and had made re-
port to the full committee, where a fight
ensued over the tariff and silver planks,
the sub committee also having been divid-
ed on those two points.
The free coinage men were beaten in
subcommittee and the plank as submitted
to the full committee was antagonistic to
absolute free coinage.
Mr.. Thompson of Ohio on the tariff
question succeeded in having the Ohio
prohibition party's tariff plank adopted by
the sub committee.
THE PLATFORM.
At the afternoon session the majority
of the resolutions committee submitted
the following platform:
The prohibition party in national convention
assembled acknowledging Almighty God as the
standard to which oil human en- rtruents must
conform to secure the blessing OF peace and
prosperity present the following declaration of
1.-The liquor traffic is a foe to civilization. the
arch enemy OF popular government and a public
nuisance. 1t is the citadel of the forces that cor
rupt politics, promote poverty and crime, de-
grade the nations home life thwart the will of
hands Of class interests All aws thas
under the guise of regulation legalze and pro-
tect this traffic or make the government share in
its ill gotten gains are vicious in principle and
powerless as remedy"
We declare anew for the entire suppression of
and transportation of acholic liquors as a bever-
age by federal aud state legislation and the full
powers OF tne snot.a oe e1ertea TO
ognize the dominan nature of this issue in Ameri-
can politics is understanding OF the support Of the
2-No citizen should be denied the right to vote
on account of sex and equal labor should receive
equal wages without regard to sex.
3-The money Of the country should consist Of
GOLD, silver and paper and should be issued by
the general government only and in sufficient
fnii opportunity for the employment Of labor.
To this end an increase in the value Of money is
ehonld be- aoWed to maRe many prot
its issue. 1t should be made q legal tender for
the payment Of all debts public and private. Its
volume should be fixed at a definite sum
capita and made to increase with our increase In
population.
1--we favor the free and unlimited coinage of
5-Tariff should be levied only as q defense
against foreign governments which levy tariff
upon or bar out our products from their markets
revenue being incidental. The residue Of means
necessary to an economical administration of the
government should be raised by levying q burden
on what the people possess instead or what we
consume
rations should be controlled by the government
in the interest OF the people, and no higher
charges allowed than necessary to give fair in
tereSt on the capital invested.
z. Foreign immigration has become a burden
upon industry, is one Of the factors in Distressing
wages and in causing discomfort; therefore our
immigration laws should be revised and strictly
enforced. The time of residence for naturaliza-
ton should be extended. No naturalized person
should be allowed to vote until one year after he
becomes citizen.
s. Nonresident aliens should not be allowed
to acquire land IN this country and we favor the
limitation of individual and corporate ownership
of land. All unearned grants OF lands to rail-
road companies or other corporations should be
reclaimed.
9-Years of inaction and treachery on the part
of the republican and democratic parties have
resulted in the present reign of mob law, and we
right Of trial by constitutional tribunals.
10-An men shonld be protected by law in their
right to one days rest in seven
11-Arbitration is the wisest and most econom-
ical and humane method OF settling national diff
ferences.
12+Speculation in margins, the cornering of
grain, money and products and the formation Of
pools, trusts and combinations for the arbitrary
advancement of prices should be suppressed.
elected to power will ever grant just pensions to
disabled veterans of the Union army and navy,
| their widows and orphans.
public school and opposed to any appropriation
| of public moneys for sectarian schools. We de-
ss n By tied OF sR
| we hope to become and remain a homogeneous
| and harmonious people.
cratic parties as false to the standards reared
| by their founders, as faithless to the prin-
ciples of The ilqstrious leaders of the
the lips; as recreant to the "higher law" which
is as infexible in political affairs as ia personal
life, and as no longer embodying the aspirations
| of the American people or inviting the confidence
test against the admission of material issues
degeneracy. The declaration of eminent au
| thority municipal misrule is .the one con
natural consequence of such degenracy, and il
true alike of cities under republican and demo
| cratic control.
Werenew our protest against these periloui
tendencies and invite all citizens to join us in the
upbuilding of party that has shown in five ma
| tional campaigns that it prefers temporary de
feat to an abandonment of the claims Of justice
sobriety, personal rights and protection o.
American homes.