Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-09
THE IOWA PROH|B|T|ON|STS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE
CONVENTION AT DIES
MONIES.
National Delegates Elected ana a
~uil State Ticket Placed In
the Field.

'uil Stato ttCNSN TiaSuo w
the Field.
The annual state convention OF the
third party prohibitionists was held in
the court house in Des Moines on the
list of June. X. w, Brown ives elected
temporary chairman, Harmon Cook
temporary secretary, and A. u, Coates,
assistant Mr.. Brown spoke NJ length,
after which ID II. Turney secured the
floor and endeavored to plead for q.
w. Potts, ex-constnble at Des Moincs,
and now serving u term In the peniten.
tiary for perjury A point of order
cut his remarks short. The following
committees were then appointed:
Credentials-R. M. Dihel, u: II. Rate, +,
A. Xickafoose, A. l.. Taylor, w. A. Dorcas,
T. ID. Thomas, q Brooks, jacob Glen,
Permanent organization II. NJ. Dihel l.
O. Jacob, II. A. Eickafooso, z. Il, McFar-
lin, james Sickle, X. l.. Turner, A. U,
Coates, II. A. Ferguson, John Pennington,
\ r Griffin, Jesse Helsoe.
Resolutions.Mrs, D. y. johnson, = A.
GilIey, @. III, Sellock, II. q. Parker, Mrs
E, a, Cline, Rev, J. Marks, ID, M, Haggard,
w. Is. Berry, NJ. Il, Goddard, W. w. Vim
son, j. NJ. Woodward,
TO Nominate Electors -Enoch Potter, II.
II. Hong, II, A, Zickafoosc, II, J. Russell, J.
J, Milne, J. NJ. Hanson, q. 4. McCaughan,
j, 4. Young, J. A. Treat, ), II. Taft, VIII
mot Whitfield.
State Central Committee. T, Gibson,
4, A, Gilley, q, II. selleok, g. X, McFarlin,
IA. ID. Smith, j. l., Scott, Harmon Cook, II,
s. Beal, A. b. Hammer, N. A. Evans, j. M.
Brown.
Convention then adjourned to 3 D, m.
Upon .eassembling Rev. Joseph
Boyd offered prayer, after which the
committee on credentials reported
forty-six counties represented by 1850
delegates. The committee on pcrmn-
nent organization reported the follow
ing officers: President, Rev Wilmot
Whitfield Woodbury.; vice president,
\. II, Taft, Humboldt; recording secre-
tury, Mrs. II, q. Cline, Cedar Rapids;
assistant secretary, j. NJ. Hanson,
Poweshick; reading secretary, Harmon
Cook, Dallas,
Mr.. Whitfield then addressed the
convention, followed by Isaac Il. Glib
son and Mrs. Durham, president OF the
w. q. Il. u. ID. b. Turney secured the
floor and again plead for Potts, who
was, he said "in the penitentiary with
out having committed CRIME" Com
mittee on resolutions presented the
platform, but IL was recommitted with
instructions TO report platform on
the subjects of prohibition, suffrage,
arbitration, naturalization and labor
only. Committee on nomination Of
elections reported tho following, who
were elected:
First district, J. W. Glasgow, Louisa
county.
Second district, s. A. Gilley, Iowa coun.
Third district, O. II. solleck, wrigh,
county,
Fourth district, II. q. Parker, Cero Cor
do county
Fifth district, Malcolm Smith, Linn coun'
sixth district, p. C. Hogle, Davis coun.
Seventh district, t. @. orwiR, Polk coun-
ty,
Eight district, g. W. Lorimer, Taylor
county.
Ninth district Rev. s. W. Tulleys Potta.
wattamie county.
Tenth district, s. II. Taft, Humboldt
county.
Eleventh district, Alexander Hartley,
Ida county.
AT largo-Thomas t. Carter, Cherokee;
Isaac T. Gibson Henry.
The following were elected delegates
to the national convention: Wilmot
Whitfield, j. j. Milne, Mrs Durham,
Harmon Cook, X. W. Brown, John
Dorcas, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs Cline.
Alternate delegates ut large: Mrs.
Malcolm Smith, H. J. Russell, John
McClung, d, u. Turncy, Mrs. A. U.
Coates, John Pennington, VIM. Davi'
son, Il. Potter.
Following are the district delegates:
First district. w. Glasgow, Morning
Sun; Isaac Il. Gibson, Salem.
Second district-D. w. Robert, Musca'
dno; y. A. Gilly, Marengo.
Third district NJ, j. Whitney, Bel
mont; Rev. II. A. Zickafoose, Dundee
Fourth district Hon. II. q. Parker Ma
son City; G.. X. McFariin, Burchinal
Fifth district Malcolm Smith, Ce.
dar Rapids; II, ID. Smith, Monticello.
Sixth district-R. l.. Turner, Oskaloosa;
J. w. Murphy
Seventh district w. A. Campbell,
Des Moines; A. u. Coates, Perry.
Eighth dlstrict-B. V. Draper, Cain; II.
A. Furguson, Cleariield.
Ninth district DR.. j. A. Treat, Stuart;
Rev. 4. ID, Thomas, Red Oak
Tenth district John q. Lorbeer, Hum.
boldt; w. w Vinson, Scranton.
Eleventh district Il. Whelzmore,
Cherokee; j. Marshall Brown, Sioux City
nation for state offices: Secretary OF
state, @. II. Taft; auditor, A. b. Whit
more; treasurer, d. M. Dihel; attorney
general, VIM. Orr; railroad commits
sioner, Malcolm Smith.
At an evening session subscriptions
amounting to $500 were received for
campaign purposes.
The report OF the committee on reso-
al l,u
paragraphs and finally adopted rs fol-
lows:
The prohibition party in tho state OF
Iowa In convention assembled, acSnowledg'
ing almighty God as the source of all power
In government: the holy scripture as the
basis Of all civil law, do hereby declar9
That we favor the absolute prohibition
of, manufacture, expectation, transporta'
ton and sale Of alcoholic liquors AZ bev-
srage.
We demand the right of suffrage to all
native born or properly naturalized citizens
without regard TO sex
We favor arbitration as the method of
settlement OF all local interstate and inter
national difficulties. :,
We demand the American laborer shall
be protected from both foreign and lone
criminal labor, and that all labore.s shall
receive equal pay for equal work ia cash.
We demand that educational and moral
qualifications shall be added to Il residence
Of five years in the United States as con-
iitIon Of naturalization.
That this convention opposes the open.
ing of the gates Of tho Columbian fair on
The Sabbath.
We express our appreciation Of the Ma
tional Women's Christian Union and all
loyal workers therein.
A number of speeches were made
during the evening, and Turney again
endeavored to bring up the Potts mat
ter, which IN the meantime a commit
tee had investigated, with the result
that the convention had laid the mat
ter on the table. Although Turney
was cried down IN convention petit
lion for Potts pardon was generally
signed.
Each Man Suspects Every Other.