The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-12
THE PROHIBITION DELEGATES.
County Convention Denunciation o
Vice. RresidA ant Marian


Vice. President Morton.
The King county Prohibitionists held
their convention in Freed's hail yesterday
and elected delegates to the state conven-
ton, which meets here June 1. This state
convention will in turn elect eight
delegates to the national convention in
Cincinnati
Yesterdays proceedings were enlivened
by Alison w. Steers. who sang ditty de-
mandatory of Vice President Morton's
horrid depravity in allowing wine to be sold
at the Shoreham hotel bar in Washington
City. When Mr.. Steers attempts a must
cal success, he does not resort to the cheap
trick OF picking out pretty tune-the
more tunefui the song the better. Nor
does he rely upon the meretricious aid of q
pleasing voice. of technical execution, nor
expression. He apparently holds that in
a song the subject matter is the only thing
worth considering. His selection yester-
day wildly pictured the vice president as
running, by proxy, gin mill and driving
young men to drink and the grave; and
the moral was that you must vote the Pro-
hibition ticket.
Further diversion was caused by W. II.
Black. who introduced a resolution declar-
ing that the government should issue
money direct to the people, and that the
banks should all be forthwith abolished.
The resolution was laid aside, while Mr..
Black bitterly tainted the convention
with being afraid to go on record on this
weighty matter.
About seventy-fve delegates, many Of
them women, were present from all parts
of the country when the convention was
called by ]. w. Range yesterday morning.
Mr.. Range and Mr.. Denny were candi-
dates for temporary chairman, but Mr..
Range won. J. D. Mcintyre was made
temporary secretary, and later this organ
ization was made permanent.
The convention adopted the following
planks from the national platform:
First-That the manufacture, importation, ex-
portation, transportation and sale of alcoholic
beverages shall be made public crimes, ana
punished as such.
Second-That such prohibition must be Sc.
cured through amendments of our natl 1nal and
staue constitutions, enforced by adequate laws
adequately supported by administrative au-
thority; and to this end organization for pro-
hibition party is imperatively demanded in the
state and nation.
Third-That any form of license, taxation or
regulation of the liquor traffic is contrary to
good government: that any party which sup
ports regulation, license or tax, enters into
alliance with such traffic and becomes the ac-
tual foe of the states welfare; and that we ar
raign the Republican and Democratic parties
for their persistent attitude in favor of licensed
iniquity, whereby they oppose the demands OF
the people for prohibition and through open
completely with the liquor traffic, defeat its en-.
forcement
Fourth-That we favor immediate abolition OF
the internal revenue system, whereby our ma
tional government Is deriving support from our
greatest national vice.
A resolution was also adopted commend
ing the work of Rev. e. B. Sutton for the
party, both in state and county.
The following members of a county GEN.
trail committee were chosen: J. D. Nc
Intyre. V. r. Pierson, Chris Carlson, DR..
G. A. Weed and Judge Roger S. Greene.
The work of the convention proper
closed with the election of the delegates to
the state convention-two from each pre-
cinct. The central committee was author
ICED to fill vacancies.
In the evening there was q rally with
speeches and songs, and Rev. Clark Davis
spoke at an other meeting at the corner of
Fifth and Pine streets.