Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-15
PROHIBITION PLATFORM,
Adopted by the National Prohibition
Convention Mt Cincinnati, June
30, 1899.

Adopted by the National Prohibition
Convention Mt Cincinnati, June
30, 1892.
The Prohibition party, in National
Convention assembled, acknowledging
Almighty God as the source of all true
government, and His law as the stand
ard TO which all human enactments
must conform to secure the blessings of
peace and prosperity, presents the fol
lowing declaration of principles
81. The liquor traffic is foe to civil
ton, the arch enemy of popular gov
eminent and public nuisance. 1t is
the citadel of the forces that corrupt
politics, promote poverty and crime,
degrade the Nation's home life. thwart
the will of the people and deliver our
country into the lands of rapacious
class interests. All laws that, under
the guise of regulation, legalize and
protect this traffic or make the Govern
ment share in its ill-gotten gains, are
vicious in principle and powerless as
remedy
ave declare anew for the entire sup
preston of the manufacture, sale, inn
portation, expectation and transporta-
| ton of alcoholic liquors as beverage,
| by Federal and State legislation, and
the full powers of the Government
should be exerted to secure this result.
| Amy party that fails to recognize the
dominant nature of this issue in Amer
lean politics is undeserving of the sup
port of the people.
~. No citizen should be denied the
! right to vote on account of sex, and
without regard to sex.
'3. The money of the country should
be gold, silver and paper, and be issued
by the General Government only, and
in sufficient quantities to meet the de
mands of business and give full oppor
tunity for the employment of labor
To this end an increase in the volume
of money is demanded, and no individ
ual or corporation should be allowed
to make any profit through its issue
1t should be made legal tender fol-
the payment of all debts, public anC
private. It's volume should be fixed al
a definite sum per capita, and made
to increase with our increase in popu
lation.
Il. Tariffs should be levied only as {
defense against foreign Government:
which put tariffs upon or bar our pro
ducts from their markets, revenue
being incidental The residue of mean:
necessary to an economical administra
ton of the government should b'
raised by levying a burden on what tn,
people possess instead of upon VIVA
they consume.
u.s. Railroad, telegraph and othe
public corporations should be CONTROL
ed by the government, in the interes
of the people, and no higher charges
allowed than necessary to give fair in
terest on the capital actually invested
''6. Foreign immigration has become
burden upon industry, one of the fac
tors in depressing wages and causin!
> discomfort; therefore, our immigration
laws should be revised and strictly en-
forced. The time of residence TO
naturalization should be extended ant
no naturalized person should be al
lowed to vote until one year after b.
becomes citizen.
81. Nonresident aliens should no
be allowed to acquire land in thi
country, and we favor the limitation o
individual and corporate ownership o
land All unearned grants of lands t.
railroad companies or other corpora
tions should be reclaimed
rs. Years of inaction and PREACHER.
on the part of the Republican AM
Democratic parties have resulted il
the present reign Of mob law, and w
demand that every citizen be protected
in the right of trial by constitutions
tribunals.
} 10. All men should be protected b,
law in their right to one days rest il
seven.
40. Arbitration is the wisest an,
most economical and humane metho'
of settling national differences.
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