The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-27


on nominations and platform, but
these committees not beng ready the
time was occupied in addresses by DR..
IL. A Bourland and DR.. Caskey which
were interesting and encouraging,
The committee on platform finally
announced its readiness to report and
did so as follows:
We, the Prohibition party Of Texas
in convention assembled gratefully &C
knowle dying Almighty God as the
rightful ruler of all nations, humbly
invoking his blessings upon our eff
forts for the public good, and reaffirm.
ing our allegiance to the National
Prohibition party, do present the fol-
lowing declaration of principles:
l. The liquor traffic is the chief
source of crime, poverty, degradation
and political corruption, and should
not be leg,lized and protected under
any form of license, but absolutely
prohibited by law, and as laws are
made only through political party
controlling the government, there
fore legal prohibition can be secured
only through political party action,
and we pledge ourselves to such &C.
ton.
2. Since the Democratic and Re.
publican parties both favor license
and oppose prohibition, it follows that
the only hope of destroying the liquor
traffic lies in the success of the prohi-
bition patty.
8. The responsibility of the con.
tinuance of the liquor traffic rests
With those who remain in the old
parties and bv their votes and inhu-
ence sustain that evil. All parties
which license the drink evil, or legis.
lators who enact license laws and all
citizens who vote for parties that
favor license thereby become partak
ers in the crime of drunkard making
and share the guilt of the man who
actually cells the liquor.
4th. We are opposed to tariff
either for revenue or protection and
favor absolute free trade, believing
that the revenue needed for the sup.
port of the government should be
raised by means of a graduated in.
come tax.
5. Money should be of gold, silver
and paper, all full legal tender, ade.
quate in volume to meet the demands
of business issued directly to the PEG.
pie by the government without the IN
tervention of individuals or privote
corporations.
6. Railroads, telegraph lines and
all other means of transportation and
communication which owe their ex-
istence to grants of power from the
state should be controlled by the state
and no higher charges allowed than
may be necessary to afford reas ona'
BILE profit on capital actually invested
Z, The privileges of suffrage sh uld
be determined solely by standards of
character and intellige nee and no for
eigner should be allowed to vote who
has not resided 10 the United States
over ten years.
s. The increase of poverty, the
Capitalization of wealth, the oppression
of the poor, the reduction of wages,
the depression of our agricultural and
other industries and the prevalence OF
"hard times" result mainly from liquor
traffic, class legislation, unjust taxation,
despotic combinations, dishonest
speculation, "a false system of financeer-
ing and unrestricted immigration and
the Prohibition party pledges itself to
remedy all these evils by suitable
legislation, if elected to power.
8. immigration laws prohibiting the
introduction into this country of pau
pers and criminals should be rigidly
enforced.
10. Speculation in margins, the
"cornering" of money, grain and other
products, and the formation of trusts
and combinations for the arbitrary ad.
vancement of prices should be pro-
hibited
II. The president, vice-president
and senators of the United States
should be elected by direct vote of the
people.
~. All official fees should be paid
into the public treasures and all
officials, state, county and municipal,
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