Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
COLD WATER CONVENTION,
Greeted by Downpour of Railroads.&c.
sion Over the Platform Declarations.

SION over the Platform Declarations.
C1NcINNATI, June 30,-The friends of
cold water got plenty Of the article yes
terday. A terrific downpour of rain
and the all-night sessions of committees
combined TO give the Prohibition dele
gates a bedraggled appearance as in
scattering groups they came into their
national convention hall for what was
expected TO be the elimination of the
proceedings.
The platform committee was still in
session when the convention was called
to order. The subcommittee had
worked necessarily until 3 q. M, and
mad made report to the full commit
tee, where fight ensued over the tariff
and silver planks, the subcommittee
also having been divided on those two
planks. The free coinage men were
beaten in subcommittee, and the plank
as submitted to the full committee was
antagonistic TO absolute free coinage,
Secretary Wheeler of New York
carried his silver resolution through,
but in thefull committee Editor Thomp-
son OF Ohio, offered more radical sub
stitute. Mr. Thompson on the tariff
question succeeded in having the Ohio
Prohibition party's tariff plank adopted
by the subcommittee II declared for
graduated income tax and tariff
only where foreign nations bar out our
products; revenue TO be only incidental
Prohibition, OF course, was made rs
strong anG Clear-cut as possible, and a
liberal labor plank was inserted; repres-
sion of monopolies dcmanded; one term
of longer period for the President
favored; arbitration as mode of settle
ment of differences and of government
control of transportation, with the allow
ance TO capital OF lair interest on
moneys actually invested. The sub-com
mittee wholly ignored 'fusion" or "no
| fusion.
CtNciNYATI, June 3O.-Ihe national con-
ventiun of the Prohibition party reached a
vote on the Presidential candidate after
| midnight, and Gen. John Bidweil of
| california, was nominated OH the first
| ballot, The other candidates placed be-
| fore the convention were w. Jennings
| Demorest of New York, and Gideon /.
| Stewart of Ohio.
| The vote was as follows Bidwell, 500:
| ilemorest, l@9, Stewart, lT9; Bascom of
Sew York, .; necessary to choice, 4s7.
RAISED S20,0O0.
Chairman pickey of the national con.
vention then introduced Dr. Evans Of
Abingdon, H., who presented plea for
| contributions to enable the national com
mittee to prosecute its work. They needed
| money, he said, not for blocks of tye,''
but to keep up the contest against the
| liquor traffic The liuuor interest gave
| money freely to the old parties and pro
hibitlonists ought to be as ready 10 make
sacrifices for principles as their opponents
were money getting.
one thousand dollar subscriptions were
made by the loics, the prohibition organ,
and W. T, Wardwell OF New York, secre.
tary Of the new national prohibition
| executive committee. Through several
individuals the state of Pennsylvania
gave sl,20O; Virginia, 81 900, Illinois,
$1,000; Minnesota and Tennessee, $500
each; Massachusetts, Colorado, Kentucky,
California, WISCONSIN and New Jersey, 500
each Horace Waters of New York, James
i. Hobbs OF Illinois, q. ID. tireenleaf OF
Butler, Pa, Frank Burt of West Virginia,
Joshua lowering ~ Bro. of Baltimore,
Francis A. Crawford Of New York and
J. NJ. Richie of Missouri. $500 each. New
York state gave ~ 900 to the national com
mittee and raised considerable amountin
addition Tor state work.
The gathering of subscriptions was Wig.
| orOuSly pushed and enough small sub,
scriptions finally received to swell the total
amount to $4,000, or 5000 more than
four years ago.
~ plank IN the platform as reported by
the committee, i'll favor Of free silver coin.
age, was rejected by vote of $50 to 595
The result of this action is that the third
plank Of the platform, cnunciating the
financial policy of the Prohibition PARTY,
remains IN the platform, but there is no
plank IN the platform on the silver ques.
ton.
CrNc1HNATf, July 1.-The Prohibtionists
remained in session until go O'clock this
morning, and after naming ur. j. g. Gran.
III OF Texas, as candidate for Nre-presi.
dent, on the second ballot, adjourned sine
die.
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