The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-07-06
PROHIBITION PLATFORM.
Declaration OF Principles Laid Down 40
Cincinnati.


Declaration OF Principles Laid Down 40
Cincinnati.
The platform, as 1t was finally adopt
ed, is as follows:
The Prohibition party in national convention
assembled. acknowledging Almighty God as
the source of all true government and His law
rs the standard to which all human enactments
must conform TO seerrs the blessings OF peace
and prosperity, presents the following declara-
ton OF principles
Prohibition of Liquor Traffic.
The liquor traffic Is foe 30 civilization, the
arch enemy OF popular government, and a pub
lie nuisance. It IL 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 guise of regulation
legalize and protect this traffic or make the
government share In its ill-gotten gains are
vicious. in principle and powerless as
remedy"
We declare anew for the entire suppression
of the manufacture sale, importation, exporta-
ton and transportation of alcoholic liquors as
a beverage by Federal and State legislation,
and the full powers of the government should
be exerted to secure this result. Any party
that fails to recognize the dominant nature OF
this issue in American politics Is undeserving
of the support of the pc oole.
Woman Suffrage.
No citizen should be denied the right to vote
on account of SEX and equal labor should re-
cclNc equal wages WltnOuU regaru 10 SEX
As to Money.
The money of the country should be issued
by the general government, only and In suf-
ficient quantities to meet the demands Of
business and give full opportunity for the en-
ployment of labor To this end an increase In
the volume of money Is demanded, and no In
divtdual or corporation should be allowed to
make any profit through it's issue. 1t should
debts, public and private. It's volume should
be fixed at a definite sum per capita and made
to increase with our increase In population.
The Tariff.
Tariff should be levied only as a defense
against foreign countries which levy tariff
upon or bar out our products from their mar
kets, revenue being incidental The residue Of
means necessary to an economical administra-s
ton OF the Government should be raised by
levying burden on what the people possess
Instead OF upon what we consume.
Control of Railroads.
Railroad, telegraph, and other public cor
porations should be controlled by the Govern
ment in the interest of the people, and no
higher charges allowed than necessary to give
fair interest on the capital actually invested.
Immigration Laws.
Foreign immigration has become a burden
upon industry, one OF the factors in depressing
wages and causing discomfort, therefore our
immigration laws should be revised and strict
ly enforced The time of residence for nat,
uralization should be extended, and no natur-
allied person should be allowed to vote until
one year after he becomes citizen.
Alien Landowners.
Non-residents should not be allowed to ac-
quire land In this country and we favor the
limitation of individual and corporate owner
ship OF land. All unearned grants of lands TO
railroad companies or other corporations
should be reclaimed.
The Recent Lynchings.
Years of inaction and treachery on the part
of the Republican and Democratic parties have
resulted in the present reign OF mob law, and
we demand that every citizen be protected in
the right of trial by constitutional tribunals.
Ono Day of Rest.
All men should be protected by law in their
right to one days rest in seven
Favoring Arbitration.
Arbitration is the wisest and most econom-
ical and humane method of settling national
differences.
Speculation in Margins.
Speculation in margins, the cornering of
grain, money, and products, and the formation
of pools, trusts, and combinations for the
arbitrary advancement of prices should be sup
pressed.
Pensions,
We pledge that the Prohibition party, il
elected to power will ever grant just pensions
to disabled veterans of the Union army and
navy, their widows and orphans.
The School Que >tion.
We stand unequivocally for the America,
public school and opposed to any appropri&a
tion of public moneys for sectarfan schools,
We declare that only by united support OF
such common schools, Taught in the English
a homogeneous and harmonious people.
Arraignment of the Old Parties.
We arraign the Republican and Democratic
parties false to the standards reared by their
founders; as faithless to the principles of the
ilustrious leaders of the past to whom they do
homage with the lips as recreant to the higher
law" which is as infexible in political affairs
as in personal life; and as no longer embodying
the aspirations OF the American people or in
viting the confidence of enlightened progress
i've patriotism. Their protest against the adj
mission OF moral issues" into politics Is a con-
fession of their own moral degeneracy. The
declaration of an eminent authority that munic-
ipal misrule is the one conspicuous failure of
American politics follows as natural conse-
quence of such degeneracy, and is true alike OF
cities under Republican and Democratic con-
troll. Each accuses the other of extravaganza
in Congressional appropriations, and both are
alike guilty. Each protests when ovt of power
against the infraction of the civil service laws
and each in power violates those laws In letter
and spirit. Each processes fealty to the inter
ests of the toiling masses, but both covertly
truckle TO the money power in their admins
tration of public affairs. Even the tariff issue
represented in the Democratic Mills and
the Republican Mckinley bill is no longer
treated by them an issue upon great and
divergent principles OF government, but is a
mere catering to different sectional and class
interests. The attempt in many States to wrest
the Australian ballot system from its true
purpose and TO so deform Ii as to render IL ex-
tremely difficult for new parties to exercise the
rights of suffrage Is an outrage upon popular
government. The competition OF both the par
ties for the vote of the slums and their assidu-
counting of the liquor power and subser-
viency to the money power has resulted in
placing those powers in the position OF practi
cal arbiters of the destinies of the nation. We
renew our protest against these perilous ten
denotes and invite all citizens TO join US in the
upbuildng OF a party that has shown in five
national campaigns that it prefers temporary
defeat TO an abandonment of the claims of jus
tice, sobriety, personal rights, and the pro-
lection of American homes.
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