Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-07-07
B|DWELL AND CRANF|lL.
THE TICKET PLACED IN THE
FIELD BY THE PRoHlBi-
TION PARTY.
The Nominations Made at an In
teresting Session Lasting TIN
2 O'Clock In the Morning.

CINCINNATI, June 29.-The sixth ma.
tional convention of the prohibition |
party was called to order by Chairman |
Dicbie of the national committee, aud |
DIR. j. q. Evans of Iiedding College, |
Illinois, offered prayer Rev. Dr, Nj, |
c. Lockwood of Cincinnati wei
coined the delegates IN behalf of the !
city and state, and Prof. Diclde re-
sponded in behalf of the delegates.
Ex-Gov. John 4. st John of Kansas
was announced MS temporary chair
man, and made speech severely ar.
raigning the liquor traffic a, +, Wolf
enbarger, and the other temporary
officers suggested by the national com
mittee were elected. The roll OF
states was called and members of
standing committees announced. Isaac
Il. Gibson was placed on the platform
committee by the Iowa delegation, and
$. A. Gilley and ID. NJ. Dihel were
named as national committeeman from
this state The convention then adj
journed to p. m, and when again
called to order T. Ritter of Indianapo-
lis was announced as permanent chair.
man and Rev. Sam Small as permanent
secretary.
In his address later IN the evening
Chairman Ritter denounced boIh the
republican and democratic parties for
their attitude on the liquor question.
The convention then adjourned till to-
myrrow.
The following national executive
committee was elected: Chairman,
Samuel Dicllie; vice chairman, John =.
st. John; secretary, w. c. Wardwcu, of
New York, treasurer, Samuel l., Hast
ings of Wisconsin; Helen Cougar, of In
diana; j. H. Tate, of Tennessee; A. A.
Stevens, OF Pennsylvania, Notwith-
standing the gossip that the hcadquar'
ters were changed To Chicago, tho
committee again chose New York for
another four years.
Cincinnati, juno 80 AT $50 Chair.
man Ritter called the convention to
order, and prayer was offered ~ j. G.
Quinn of Fremont, Neb. An appeal
for contributions to "a campaign
fund brought $2l 900. AT l2;l5 recess
was taken until o'clock.
When the convention rcasscmbled
the reading of the platform was pro-
ceeded with. Much feeling was en-.
gendered over the discussion of the
tariff and financial planlss, but the
platform was finally adopted as follows,
excepting that the fourth plank was
stricken out:
The Prohibition party in National con
vention assembled, acknowledging AL
mighty God as the source of all true gov
eminent and HIS law as tho standard to
which all human enactments must conform
to secure the blessings OF peace and pros
perity, presents the following declaration
of principles:
First-'rhe liquor traffic is a foe TO civil.
zation, the arch enemy of popS'nr govern
ment and a public nuisance. 1t is the incl
| dental incentive of the forces that corrupt
| politics, promote poverty and crime, do
! grade the nations home life, thwnrt the
| will Of the people and deliver the country
| into the bonds OF the rapacious class in
terests. All LAWS that under the guise OF
regulation legalize and protect this traffic,
! or make the government share in its ill
| gotten gains, are "vicious In principle and
| powerless Us remedy We declare anew
| for the entire suppression of the manufac
| ture, sale, importation, expectation and
transportation of alcoholic liquors ms n bev.
erage by federal and state legislation, aud
! the full powers of the government should
| be exerted to secure this result Any par
| ty that fails To recognize the dominant ma
ture of this issue in American politics is
undeserving the support of the people.
| Second Equal labor should receive equal
wages without regard to sex.
| Third-The money of the country should
consist of gold, silver and paper, TO be is.
sued by the general government only in
| sufficient quantities TO meet the demands
of business and give full opportunity for
the employment of labor. To this end an
| increase in the volume of money Is de-
manded, and no Individual or corporation
| should be allowed to make any profit
through its issue. 1t should be made a legal
I,l.N
and private. Its volume should be fixed at
n definite sum per capita, and made TO in
crease with our increase in population.
Fourth-We favor the free and unlimite |
coinage Of silver and gold.
Fifth-That tariff should be levied only
as a defense against foreign governments
which levy tariff upon or bar ont our
| products from their markets. The revenue,
| being the incidental residue of the means
necessary to an economical administration
of the government, should be raised by lay
ing the burden on what the people possess
instead of what we consume.
Sixth-Rairoad, telegraph and other
| public corporations should be controlled by
the government in the interest of the peo
pie, and no higher charges allowed than
are necessary to give fair interest on tho
capital actually invested
Seventh-Foreign imni grafton has be-
come burden upon industry, and on3 Of
the factors in depressing the wages and
causing discomfort; therefore, our immi
grafton laws should be revised and strictly
enforced. The time of residence for natur-
aliZation should be extended, and no natur
allied person should he allowed to vote UNI
til one year after he becomes citizen
Eighth-Non-resident should not be al
lowed to acquire land in this country. AMI
we favor the limitation of individual and
corporate ownership or land. All unearnel
grants OF land to railroad companies or
other corporations shou Il he reclaimed
Ninth-Years of mac ion and treachery
on the part OF the Republican and Demo.
cratic parties have resulted in the present
reign of mob law, and we demand that
every citizen be protected in the right of
trial by the lawful tribunals.
Tenth-All men should be protected by
law in their right to one day s rest in seven.
Observation-Disclosures Is the wisest and
most economical and humane method of
settling national differences
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. i'm margins convey
ing grain, money and products, and the
formation OF pools, trusts and combina-
tons for the arbitrary advancement of
prices, should be suppressed.
Thirteenth-We pledge that the Prohibi-
ton party, il elected to power, will ever
grant just pensions to disabled veterans Of
the Union army and navy, their widows
and orphans.
Fourteenth-W stand uneauivocally for
the American public school and opposed To
ony appropriation OF public moneys for
sectarian schools. We declare that on V
by the united support of such common
schools, laugh in the English language.
can we hope to become and remain a
homogeneous and harmonious people
Fifteenth-We arTaign the Republican
and Democratic parties as false to the
standard reared by their founders; as
faithless to the principles of their illustri.
GUS leaders of the past to whom they do
homage with lips; as recreant TO the
"hgher law which is as inhexible in poll
tical affairs as in personal life; and as no
longer embodying the aspirations of the
American people or inviting the confidence
OF enlightened and progressive patriot.
ism. Their protest against the admission
of moral issues" into politics is confes-
sion of their own moral degeneracy. The
declaration OF an eminent authority that
municipal misrulo Is the lone conspicuous
failure OF American politics" follows as a
natural consequence OF such degeneracy,
and is true alike of cities under Demo
cratic and Republican control. Each nc
cuses the other of extravaganza in con
gressional appropriations, and both are