Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-07-08
pRon,elr,oN PLArFoRm.

PROHIBITION PLATFORM.
Declaration OF Principles Laid Down nj
Cincinnati.
The platform. al it 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
as the standard to which all human cnactments
must conform to secure the blessings of peace
and prosperity, presents the following declare.
tion of principles:
Prohibition of Liquor Traffic.
The liquor trafic ia a foe to civilization, the
lie nuisance. It is the citadel Of the forces
that corrupt politics, promote poverty and
S5,m wii de g sSs t sae nations aga aa hSme d life; c thwart
An laws that under the guise Of regulation
government share in its ill-gotten gains are
vicious, in principle and powerless as q
re% Ne declare anew for ~. s,.,~. .r,,r...,on
81 the manufacture. sale, Importation. exp0rta-.
ton and transportation Of alcoholic liquors as
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 undeservtng
OF the support of the people.
Woman Suffrage.
No citizen should be denied the right to vote
on account Of sex, and equal labor should re-
cetvc equal wages without regard to seq.
As to Money.
The money Of the country should be issued
6y. the general government, only and In. suf..
!hctent quantities to meet the demands Of
p pSssnsss a n f EaSe run TO op sbts end ~ f i0ct sns elm IN
the. volume of money is demanded, and no In
divtdual or corporation, should be allowed to,
be made . legal tender for the payment Of ali
debts, public and private. Its volume should
ne nxed at a definite sum per capita and made
TO increase with our increase in population.
The Tarih.
Tariff should be levied only as a defense
against foreign countries which levy tariff
upon or bar out our products, from their mar.
means necessary to an economical admintstra-
tion Of the Government should be raised by
ievyihg a burden on what the people possess
instead OF upon what we consume.
Control of Railroads.
Railroad, telegraph. and other public cor
porattons should he controlled by the Govern-
ment IN the interest of the people, and no
fair interest on the capital actually invested.
Immigration Laws.
Foreign immigration has become a burden
upon industry, one of the factors in depressing
immigration laws should be revised and strict
ly enforced. The time of residence for nat
uralfzation should be extended. and no natur..
allied person should he allowed to vote until
one year after he becomes n citizen.
Alien Landowners.
Non-residents should not be allowed to ac-
autre 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 RennhliCAn and Democratic nnrfioo 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.
One 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 conom-
i S;,1sr and humane method of settling national
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.
We pledge that the Prohibition party, If
elected to power, Will ever grant just pensions
navy, their widows and orphans.
The School Question.
We stand unequivocally for the American
public school and opposed to any appropria-
ton of public moneys for sectartan schools.
We declare that only by united support, of
such common schools, taught in the English
language, can we hope to become and remain
q homogeneous and harmonious people.
A~rraignmcnt of the Old Parties.
We arraign the Republican and Democratic
parties az false to the standards reared by their
founders; az faithless to the principles of the
illustrious leaders of the past to whom they do
homage with the lips: az Yecreant tOthe higher
Law" which is as inflexible in political affairs
as in personal life: and as no longer embodying
the aspirations Of the American people or in
vitinR the confidence of enlightened, progress
i've patriotism. Their protest against the adj
mission Of moral issues" int 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
quence of such degeneracy, and is true alike of
cities under Republican and Democratic con-
troll. Each accuses the other of extravaganza
alike guilty. Each protests when ovt of power
against the infraction of the civil-service laws,
a and s spirit IN P Esci, p x,a!a.ss teal. fsalsy ls to sh In i iesesr
ests of the .totling masses. but both c~overtly
truckle to the money power In their admins
as represented in the Democratic Mills and
the Republican Mckinley bill is no longer
treated by them as an issue upon great and
divergent principles of government, but is q
mere catering to different sectional and class
interests. The attempt in many States to wrest
purpose and to so deform it as to render it 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 slumsa and their assidu-
Gus 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 pertlous ten
denotes and invite all citizens to Join us in the
upbutldtng of a party that has shown in five
national campaigns that it prefers temporary
defeat to an abandonment of the claims of JUS
ttce. sobrtety, personal rights, and the pro.
lection of American homes.