The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-08-18
THE PROHIBIr1OyIsTs.
A County Ticket Nominated Last Sat-
urday.

The Prohibitionists held their first
delegate convention in the Court House
last Saturday and claim it was the best
in many respects they have ever had.
The convention was called to order at
1890 a. m. and from that on till 4:30 p.
m. it was busy with the transaction OF
business and organizing for the cam
paign. The pledges from the delegates
present to the campaign fund was larger
and more evenly distributed than ever
before and the Prohibs claim they will
have more work DONE this year than
ever. E..4 t.t- 5+
Atthe afternoon session N. NJ Rankin,
of Union township, was nominated for
Auditor; John w. Oldaker for Com
missioner and Daniel Williams for In.
firmary Director.
The committee on resolutions present
ed as its report the following emanation
Of senseless rot, which was adopted as
embodying the sentiments OF the con.
vention:
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power is the greatest question before
the people. Its overthrow is essential
to the morals of the people, the intelli-
gence and welfare Of the masses and
the preservation of the republic and its
free institutions. By it the corrupt forces
OF society are enabled to climb to power
in the administration, of public affairs
after it makes these evil forces; by it
our government is run, destructive poll
cies devised and important reforms of
| all kinds relegated to the rear. 1t die
tates nomination in old party conven-
tions and carries or loses elections at
| its pleasure. We assert and can prove
that in the last ten elections in Ohio it
has been the voice heard above the noise
of political combat declaring in tones of
| authority who shall be Governor and
who shall not. We declare that in 1883
Benjamin Harrison was elected by a
| deal with New York liquor dealers
whereby Governorship was traded
| for Presidency, and the President of
this country to-day is holding Office by
virtue of successful fraud, deliberate
| perjury, bribery, corrupt bargains and
| the prostitution of the elective franchise,
| and we can prove what we say and we
apprehend the same evil forces will be
| called into requisition again this year.
I'd. We endorse the national Prohi.
bition platform adopted at Cincinnati
| in 1892 in it's attitude to the issues and
reforms of the day.
Sd. We call in question the consisten-
cy of church members who vote the
Democratic, the Republican or Peoples
party tickets, for all these parties have
tostered and protected this business un-
til it has grown to colossal proportions
or else stand silent in its presence.
Every man who by his ballot votes for
policy of government that perpetuates
the liquor business is just as guilty of
all the wrongs, outrages, sins and vice
that come from it as the fattest brewer
or dirtiest bartender in the land and
we defy any man to furnish a valid
reason why liquor dealers should not
become members, leaders and pillars in
the church if Democrats and Republi-
cans are so permitted. We claim that
the man who as sovereign citizen sells
the right to make and vend liquor is
| just as good as the man who buys that
right, and if the church opens its doors
to the man who sells the right it ought,
in the name of justice and consistency,
to open its doors to the man who buys the
right, and we deliberately say that no
matter whether Harrison or Cleveland
is elected this fall, the dangerous ten
dency in existence will go on with ac-
celerated and not diminished speed (;
and further say that no man can escape
responsibility by voting for any political
party to-day except the Prohibition
party; neither will keeping still escape
the responsibility.