The record-union., 1892-07-28
TIE PROHIBEFIONISTH.
They Place a County Ticket in the
Field and Seek Pledges.
a Convention at Pythian Castle-The
Platforrn-A Committee Attends
to the Nominations.


lieved in the cause, they did not like to
take an active part in politics, and there
fore stayed away from the convention.
Chauncey H. Dunn of this city called
the convention to order, stated its'object,
and read the stirring call of the Central
Committee. He said that the Prohibition
party in Sacramento County only num-
bered about seventy souls, but the be-
levers were hopeful. Sacramento was a
hard field for people of their faith. But
the sentiment was growing all over the
State, and all over the United States. and
he thought the outlook was good for the
election ofGeneral Bidwell as President of
the United States, as well as candidates for
other offices-national, State, county and
municipal. Mr.. Dunn then announced
the order of business.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION,
Rev. w. C. Scott OF Elk Grove was
elected temporary Chairman. He said
1t required no very great eye TO see the
smallness of their number. Yes. many
great things come from small sources.
But the delegates We're hopeful and he
hoped good results would be the outcome
of the convention.
Leonard w. Hemenway was the unani-
nous choice for temporary Secretary.
Chduncey II. Dunn moved that three
committees be appointed, consisting of
three each-one on Permanent OrganiZa-
ton and Order of Business and one on
Platform and Resolutions.
In place of having a Committee on
Credentials it was agreed that the roll
should be made up of all persons present
who would sign the party's pledge as
follows: sacramento County Prohibi-
ton Convention II, the undersigned,
pledge myself to support the Prohibition
party and to work for its principles"
The Chairman appointed the commit
tees as follows: Platform and Resolu-
tisns-Rev. r. NJ. Stevenson, II. n.
Lands and J. d. Robertson. Permanent
Organization-John Hilhouse, P. II. La
tonrette and G. Costing.
The committees retired, but soon re-
turned with their reports. The Commit
tee on Organization recommended that
the temporary officers be the permanent
officers Of the convention; also, that a
committee of five be appointed by the
Chair to make nominations for one State
Senator, three Assemblymen, Sheriff,
County Clerk, Auditor and Recorder,
Assessor. District Attorney, Treasurer,
Coroner, Public Administrator. Surveyor,
School Superintendent and three Super
visors.
THE PLATFORM.
The Committee on Platform reported
as follows:
1.-THE Prohibition party of Sacramento
County in Convention assembled, mind
ful of our duty to the Divine Ruler of the
universe, make the following declara-
tons:
''First-We affirm our allegiance to the
platform of the National Prohibition
party, adopted at Cincinnati on June last
and pledge our hearty support to General
John Bidwell of California and DR.. J. 3.
CraDtill of Texas, the nominees Of that
party for President and Vice-President
respectively, and we congratulate the
voters of this Nation upon the fact that
they have the opportunity to cast their
votes for men whose fitness for and abil-
ity To fill the Offices for which they have
been nominated is so universally con-
coded, and whose integrity and moral
stamina are SO well known as to presage
a wise and honest administration if
elected.
''Second-We affirm our allegiance to
the platform of the Prohibition party of
the State Of California, adopted at Fresno
last May, and we call the attention of
voters to the fact that the Prohibit
ton parties. both of The State and
Nation, have a well-detined position
upon all the great political issues
now before the people, for proof of which
we refer them TO its State and national
platforms.
'frhird-That we pledge our legislative
candidates, If elected, to oppose the en-
actment of any uniform license law for
the State, so much desired and sought for
by the liquor traffic; and, further, that
their names viii not be brought before
the public, and disgrace their constitu-
ents, as implicated in legislative steals
and corruption.
''Fourth-We declare that the legalized
saloon is the great corrupter of the voters
of the Nation; thatits influence III poll
tics is corrupt and only corrupt: that by
its influence nominations are controlled
and bought and sold in each Of the old
parties, and that the open and brazen cor
ruption and infamy of members Of the
last Legislature Of this State was out the
natural result Of saloon politics and sa-
1oon-made nominations, and that the re-
Sponsiblity of this state Of affairs rests
upon the voters who support the TWO old
parties that make such nominations.
"tiith-We pledge our nominees for
county offices to faithful and impartial
administration of the duties of their
Offices"
SOME SPEECHES.
In accordance with the recommends
ton of the Committee on Permanent Or
ganization, the Chair then appointed the
ticket-naming committee as follows:
Chauncey FL. Dunn, j. d. Robertson,
Joseph Gosling, L. G. George and E. NJ.
Leitch.
The committee retired TO deliberate.
and in its absence the convention was
addressed by J. NJ. Glass of Pasadena,
Chairman of the State Central Committee
Mr.. Glass said he did not believe in too
many Prohibitlonist speeches, but rather
IN organization and work. The people
were being educated up to the meanin q
OF prohibition, and realized the differ
eDce between it and temperance. He
had been travelling all over the
State, and found the cause doing re-
markedly well. In every county organi-
cation was going on, and public sentiment
was growing IN their favor. He COM
pared the progress of the Prohibition
party with that of the old Abolitionists.
First the latter were called fanatics, then
cranks, then political abolitionistS, and
hnally-when the party had put A bra
ham Lincoln in the White House-they
were called great statesman. The Prohi-
bltioniSts had been called fanatics and
cranks, but the day was coming when
they, too, would be great statesmen. The
speaker said that the entire Countrywide
government Is controlled by the liquor
traffic. The State of California was
under the Same ban. 1t was fact, he
said, that no California Legislature had
ADJOURNED SOBER
The last ten years. Congress was lust as
bad. President Harrison, too, was
under the influence of the whisky traffic.
During his recent tour of the country
he had carload of vino on ice with him
and took the pans to announce that
he was not a prohibitionist. The
speaker also took shy at Governor
Mark ham. The latter he said came from
prohibition town-Pasadena-th town
the speaker came from, but the Governor
had no hand in obtaining the prohibi-
ton ordinance. Whenever we wanted
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