Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-07-07

expenses of government be levied upon the
wealth instead of the necessaries of the people.
I'VE claim that the legalzed liquor traffic
for beverage purposes is the greatest monop-
oily that ever existed 1t destroys 10000
lives and costs q, 500 100000 annually, and
sends misery, poverty, crime and heartache
broadcast among the people. II is the prod
uct OF democratic AMI republican RUE, d
damning blot upon our civilization, q sin
against God, and ought to be made crime
against humanity and driven from the face of
the earth The prohibition party is the only
party that dares TO fight the mlghtiest curse
OF the world Here we are, and we have
come to stay. From this hour on
let no fusion. no deals, no COM
promises be our motto Let our platform be
80 broad Just clear and comprehensive that all
who love God, or home, or country can join the
procession which is now ready 10 move TO VIC
terv-
The roll of states was called for
members of various committees, and
the convention then took a recess until
4 p. M Upon reassembling the com
mittee on credentials reported that 672
delegates were present, Louisiana and
South Carolina being the only states
not represented.
The committee on permanent organi-
cation recommended Col Eli Ritter, of
Indiana, for permanent chairman and
Sam Small, of Georgia, for permanent
secretary, and the report was adopted
Close attention was paid to Col. Rit-
ter as he reviewed the progress of the
prohibition party and spoke of the sub
1ugatlon of the old parties to the liquor
traffic. He called attention to the fact
that the republican statesmen who IA
vor temperance reform have been driven
from active participation in party af-
fairs, and that the party has become
afraid to say anything about the liquor
question. If the people could be
aroused to act on their conscientious
belief prohibition would be an assured
fact" said he. What we need is
schools for the feeble-hearted When
the Christian people have the unity
and the courage of the liquor league
the work is done" Applause fol-
lowed this declaration. In discussing
the weakness of the churches on the
liquor question. the speaker happened
to say that he was Methodist Shouts
of Good and amen" came from the
delegates. Then he spoke of the Meth
odist conference and its stand on the
liquor question, saying that the
platform of the prohibition party
was good enough to be part
of any church creed. His declaration
that there could be no peace until
the liquor men had been driven from
their Notifications led to loud applause,
and when he denounced sectionalism
and said he was ready to shake hands
with the men of the south the cheering
and hat-waving continued for several
minutes Three hearty cheers were
given when he had concluded his elo-
quent speech.
The following national executive
committee was selected: Chairman.
Samuel Dickey; vice chairman, John
P. St. John, of Kansas: secretary. w.
c. Wardweu. of New York; treasurer.
Samuel ". Hastings, Of Wisconsin,: adj
ditional mem ers. Helen Cougar. Indi-
ana; j. II. Tate. Tennessee: A. A.
Stevens. Pennsylvania. Notwithstand-
ing gossip that headquarters would be
changed to Chicago the committee
again chose New York for another
four years.
SECOND AND LAST DAY.
CINCINNATI, July THE second and
last days session of the prohibition ma
tional convention was called TO order
at $50 a. m. yesterday. and after ad-
dresses by Miss Frances Willard and
Mrs. Helen Cougar a subscription Of $40
600 was taken up. Adjourned to 2 p. N.