The record-union., 1892-05-21
THE PROHIBIHIONISTS.
They Choose Delegates to the Coming
State Convention.
An Aggressive Declaration of Princi-
pIes-EIection of New County
Central Committee.

A convention of the Prohibitionists of
the county was held at Pythian Castle
last night for the purpose OF choosing
delegates to the State Convention to meet
at Fresno. f. 81. Wing, Chairman of the
County Committee, called the convention
to order. W. w. Bingham was elected
temporary Chairman, and l.. w. Hemen-
way temporary Secretary.
On motion of c. ii. Dunn Committee
of One on Order of Business and Perma-
nent Organization, and Committee of
Three on Platform and Resolutions was
appointed by the Chair, as follows:
C. H. Dunn on Order of Business and
Permanent Organization.
p. II. Latourette of Gait, and T. ii.
Wing and E. C. Mead on Resolutions.
After a recess the Committee on Order
of Business and Permanent Organization
recommended that the temporary officers
be made permanent officers of the con-
vention, and that the order of business
be report of committees; election of ten
delegates to the State Convention; cleo
ton of a County Committee OF seven.
The report was adopted.
THE PLATFRoM,
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported the following platform and reso-
lutions, which were adopted:
ReSoLued, By the Prohibition party of Sacra-
mento County, in convention assembled, that
we hereby reafirm our allegiance to the plat
form of the Prohibition party of the State OF
California, adopted at its last State Conyen-
ton held IN San Francisco in 1890, and to
the platform of the National Prohibition
party, adopted at its last National Conven-
ton, held at Indianapolis in 1883.
Resolved, That we believe the liquor traffic
Pf,rod 1ArDlif ia of mo
pauperism, crime and insanity than all other
causes combined, and that the suppression of
the manufacture, sale and importation of In
toxicating liquors for beverage purposes is
the paramount political issue of the day.
Resotced, That we are not unmindful OF the
fact that there are other great political issues
TO be settled, but we believe that the liquor
traffic, welding and controlling as ibdoes the
purchaseable vote at all popular elections,
thereby Offering a temptation aud oppor-
tunity to wealthy corporations and indVid-
uals to control elections, and secure legisla-
ton favorable TO themselves and detrimental
10 the general mass of people, IS an obstacle TO
the proper settlement OF these other issues,
and that their settlement cannot be properly
affected while the liquor traffic exists with its
present corrupting influence and as evidence
of this TACT we point TO the corruption OF the
last Legislature OF our own State and TO the
continual charges of corruption and misruIe
against the officials in nearly all the large
municipalities of our nation.
Resolved, That we invite the attention of
the voters to the last State and National
platforms OF the fTonlplllon party, as snow
Ing the advanced position of that party upon
all these other political issues and as evil
dence OF the fact that it has not, and does not,
ignore such issues, but has q well defined
position upon them, and that W tn the success
OF the Prohibition party VIII come also the
settlement Of many of them.
STATE DELEGATES.
on motion, the following persons were
elected delegates to the State Convention:
G. II. Dunn, w. w. Bingham, w H.
Hugo, Rev. D. w. Gilbert, j. d. Robert
son, T. ii. Wing, i. NJ. Leitch, B. +.
Murray, Mrs. II. a. Mayhem, Mrs. AL
sip.
The foIlowing-named were elected the
new County Central Committee: II. NJ
Landes, Chairman; c. III. Dunn, Seere-
tary; W. H. Hugo, Treasurer; E. NJ.
Leitch, Rev. D. W. Gilbert, P. II. La
tourette, Rev. w. G. Scott.
The convention then adjourned