Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-01
THE PROHIBITION PARTY.
General Bidwell Nominated for
President.

nance plank: "The money OF the
country should he issued by the gen.
eral government only, In sufficient
quantities to meet the demands OF
business, end give full opportunity
for the employment of labor. 10
this end an increase in the volume
Of money is demanded, and no in
dividual or corporation should be AL
lowed to make any profit through its
issue, IL should he made a legal
tender for the payment of all debts,
public and private. Its volume
should be fixed at definite sum
per capita and made to increase with
our increase in population. We IA
yor free and unlimited coinage OF
silver aid gold"
The tariff plank is as follows:
"Tarfi should be levied only as a
defense against foreign governments
which levy a tariff upon or bar out
our products from their markets,
revenue being incidental. The re-
sidue Of means necessary to the eco
lomical administration of the gov
arnmeny should be raised by ying
!, burden on what the people posss's,
.pstead of upon what we consume"
On option dealing the plank is as fol
0ws: Speculation in margins con-
rerniug grain, money and products,
md the formation of pools, trusts and
combinations for arbitrary advance
nent Of price, should be suppressed. p"
other p'anks urge laws for the sup
pression Of the liquor traffic;demand
woman suffrage and equal pay re-
,ardless of sex; demand governmen
control Of railroads, telegraphs, and
other public corporations; further re-
striction Of immigration and extern
sion of naturalization, opposes ac-
quisitit ns of land by aliens; favois
he foi feiture of unear0ed land
ants;denounces mob law demands
trial by jury for all citizens;demands
nne day of rest in seven for all per-
ns;favors arbitration and pensions:
unequivocally stands by the Ameri-
can school system and the teaching
Of English; opposes grants of money
to sectai ian schools; denounces both
parties for trucking to the money
interests and saloons.
Prof. Dickie endeavored to cut
debate, but Ex-Governor St. john
demanded that it continue. The
chairman recognized Dickle on ap-
peal from the decision of the chair,
and it was reversed by vote of 4S2
to 453, and there wns warm dis
cussion on the silver question, st.
John and Hit, of California, champ.
ioning free coinage, and Cadden OPP
posingit.
Finally Hartz's amendment was
beatea, and the minority report de-
feated by a vote of 337 to 3l6. A
plank relating to finance was then
adopted without division. A vote
by states was then taken on the
silver plank, it being rejected by a
vote 1886 to 2S6. After the free cpin-
age men were beaten, an effort was
made to strike out "unlimitedn and
adopt q resolution for "free coinage" ,"
put it was ruled out of order. The
tariff fight followed, but it took
only few minutes to defeat the
minority plank and adopt that of
the majority
The following was offered by the
minority as an additional plank tc
the platform: Recognizing and de
claring that prohibition of the liquor
traffic has become a dominant issue
in national politics, We invite to full
party fellowship all those who on
this one dominant issue are as
agreed in the full belief that this
party can aud will remove sectional
differences, promote national unity,
and insure the best welfare of our
entire land.
Mrs. Gouger, amid a scene of yell
ing and disorder, asked Ward dwell,
treasurer of the Standard Oil Co.,
If he made the statement that un.
less the convention adopt the plank
he would walk out of he convention
aud desert the prohibition party.
When the uproar had subsidized,
Wardwell denied the statement,
which was greeted with enthuiasm
The platform as whole was
adopted, aud afterwards the follow
ing by j. G. Evans, of Abingdon
H., was carried: Resolved, that
we favor liberal appropriation by
the federal government for the
Worlds Columbian exposition, but
only on condition that the sale OF
Intoxicating drinks upon the expo
sition grounds be prohibited and
that the exposition be kept CLOSED
on Sundays.
On the motion of 81. John II was
ordered that the convention re
assemble at $50, and prnceed tn
ballot for a candidate for president
of the United States.
Ex-Governor st. John, of Kansas
at the request of the California del
egation, placed before the conven-
tion General John Bidwell, of Cali
fornla. John Lloyd Thomas, OF
behalf of the New York delegation
nominated w. Jennings Demorest
Logan, of Ohio, put in nomination
Gideon II. Stuart. Bldwell receiv
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