Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-01
As the PrOhibitiOnist
Standard Bearer.
A VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION
or Both Democrats and Republicans in
the Platform.

taken at midnight.
The first ballot for vice president was
taken at lao o'clock this morning, and re-
suited in no choice
The convention, after n stormy session
of five hours, adopted the following plat
form:
The Platform.
Tho Prohibition party In national convcn.
tion assembled, acknowledges Almighty God
rs the source Of all true government, and his
law as the standard to which business enact
ments must conform 20 secure the blessings OF
peace and prosperity, presents the following
declaration OF principles:
The liquor traffic Ia a foe TO civilization, the
arch enemy OF popular government and pub
lie nuisance. II Is the citadel OF the forces
that corrupt politics. promote poverty and
crime, degrade the nations home life, thwart
the will of the people. and deliver our country
into the hands Of rapacious class interests.
All laws that. under the gulse OF regulation,
legaliZe and protect this traffic or mako the
government share in its nl-gotten gains, arc
vicious in principle and powerless as rem
edy. We declare anew for the entire sup
preston OF tho manufacture, sale, tmporta-
tion, expectation and transportation Of Glco-
holic liquors beverage by federal and
state legislation. and the full powers Of gov
eInment should be exerted 20 secure this re-
suit. No rarty that fails to recognize the ma
ture Of this issue In American politics Il de-
serving Of the support Of the people.
No citizen should bo denied the right to
vote On account OF aCx. and equal alor should
receive equal wages, without gard to sex.
The money of the country shond be issued
by TIE general government only. and In sum
cicnt qrnntity 20 meet the demands Of busi-
ness aud give full opportunity for the employ
ment of Labor. To this end an increase In tho
volume Is of money demanded. No individual
or corpoi alton should be allowed to make any
profit through its issue. IL should bo made a
legal tender for the payment Of all debts, pub
lie ana private. Its volume should be fixed at
definite sum per capita and mado TO increase
In population. We favor the free and unlimi-
ted coinage of silver and gold.
Tariff should bo levied only "a n defense
against foreign governments, which levy
tariff upon ar bar out our products from their
markets, revenue being incidental. The resi-
due of means necessary 10 an economical ad-
m!nistfation of the government should be
raised by levying the burden on what the
people possess instead of upon what we con-
sumo.
Railroads tolegraphs and other corporations
should be controlled by the government In the
interest of the people and no higher charges
allowed than necessary to give fair interest on
the capital ac, lally invested.
hmm grafton.
Foreign immigration has become q burden
on industry, one OF tho factors In depressing
wages, and causing discomfort; therefore our
immigration laws should be revised and
strictly onforced. The time Of residence for
naturalization should be extended, and no
naturalizcd person should be allowed to vote
until one year after he becomes II citizen. No
resident aliens ehould be allowed TO acquire
land in this country, and we favor the limita-
tion Of in lividual and corporate ownership OF
land; all unearned grants Of lands TO rail-
roads, companies, or other corporations
should be reclaimed. Years Of inaction and
trcachery on the part Of the Republican and
Democratic parties have resulted In the pres
ent reign of mob law, and we demand that
every citizen be protected In the right of trial
by constitutional tribunals. All men should
be protected by law in their right to one day
OF rest in seven.
Arbitration H. the wisest and most economi-
cal and human method Of settling national
differences
Speculation in rsins, the cornering of
grain, money and products, and the forma-
tion Of POOLS trusts and combinations for the
arbitrary advancement of prices should be
suppressed.
Old Parties Scored.
We arraign the Republican and Democratic
parties as false to the standard reared by
their founders. as faithless to the principles of
the illustrious leaders Of the past to whom
they do homage with the lips as recreant TO
1.-THE higher law" which Is as infexibe In
political affairs as in personal life, and as no
longer ombodying the aspirations of the
American people or inviting the confiden ce of
enlightened progressive patriotism. Their
protest against the admission of moral is
sues" into politics Is n confession of their own
moral degeneracy. The declaration Of an en-
inent authority that municipal misrule Is the
one conspicuous failure Of American politics
follows as a natural consequence of such de-
generacy and is true alike Of cities under Re-
publican and Democratic rule.
Each accuses the other of extravaganza In
congressional appropriations, and both are
alike guilty; each protests when out of power
against the infraction OF the civil service laws,
and each when IN power violates these laws In
letter and spirit; each Processes fealty to the
interests OF the toiling masses, but both COW
ertly trucklc to the money power In their ad-
ministration of public affairs Even the tariff
issue, as represented In the Democratic Mills
bill, and the Republican Mckinley bill, is no
longer treated by them ms an issue upon great
and divergent principles of government, but Is
mere catering to different sectional and
class interests. Tho attempt in many states
to wrest the Australian ballot system from it,
true purposes, and to 80 dcform II as to render
IL extremely difficult for new parties TO exer-
else the right of suffrage, Is an outrage upon
popular government.
The competition OF both the parties for the
vote Of tho slums and their assiduous courting
Of the liquor power and subserviency to the
money power has resulted In placing those
powers in the position Of practical arbiters of
the destinicS OF The nation. We renew our
protest against those perilous tendencies, and
Invite all citizens to Join US In the upbuilding
o: a party that has shown In five national
campaigns that IL prefers temporary defeat TO
an Abandonment Of the claims OF Justice, So
briefly, pers onal rights and the protection of
American homes.
The Minority's Wishes.
Twelve members of the committee.
nearly half the whole number, submitted
minority report containing substitutes
for the financial and silver and tariff
planks. The minority planks, AZ n solu-
tion of the monetary problem. favored the
issue by the government OF legal tender
treasury notes, exchanged In gold and sill
yer bullion on plan similar TO that which
now fonts 3I0,000,000 greenbacks Of sl0,-
100000 OF gold reserve. They maintained
that the tarif should be so levied as to
furnish revenue for the needs of the gov
ernment economically administered and
protect American skill ard labor against
the competition OF the world, and they sug.
6ested the crration Of tariff commission
TO recommeLG duties TO cuiil ress. The
minority also offoi % ..i. ioi.a.inQ as an
additional plank to the platform:
Recognizing and declaring that nrobih,,,or
OF the liquor traalc has become the dominant
issue In national politlcs. We invite To full
party fellowship all those who on this ons
domirsut Issue are with vs. agreed, In the full
belief NJ this party can and will remove sec
tional differences. promote national unity and
insure tho best welfare of our entire land.
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