The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-28
THE PRoHIBITIONISTS.
THE STATE PROHIBITION CONVENTION
MEETS AT WACO
And Puts q Full State Ticket in the Field
With Pendergast at the Head.
Their Platform is
Adopted.

WACO, Tex, April 26.-The state.
Prohibition convention met here today
to elect delegates to the national con-
vention and to nominate presidential
electors, candidates for state officers
and to transact other business prop
erly coming up for their consideration.
1t was rousing meeting, eighty-one
delegates being present, representing
twenty-six counties.
The meeting went into permanent
organization with j. M. Pendegast of
Mexia, chairman, and B. HI. Bailey of
Houston, as secretary. Mrs. Helen
M. Stoddard, president Of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
of Texas, was present and delivered
an eloquent address.
The committee on platform and reso-
lutions reported in substance that the
only hope of destroying the liquor
traffic lies in the success of the Prohi-
bition party; that they were opposed
to the tariff, either for revenue or pro-
lection, and favor absolute free trade,
believing that the revenue needed for
the support of the government should
be raised by meanssof graduated in
come tax; that the railroads, telegraph
lines and all other means of transpor-
tation and communication should be
owned by the state, that no foreigner
should be allowed to vote who has not
racid dad I'm tho IIuitad Gtotac to,, x,ao,a.
that the increase Of poverty, the CEN
tralization of wealth, the opposition of
the poor, the reducing of wages, the
depression of agriculture and other
industries and the prevalence
of hard times result mainly from the
liquor traffic, class legislation, unjust
taxation, despotic combinations, dis
honest speculation, false system of
financiering, and unrestricted immi-
grafton, and Prohibition party
pledges themselves to remedy all
these evils by suitable legislation il
elected to power. That speculations
in margins, etc., should be prohibited,
that the president and vice president
and senators should be elected by q
direct vote ofthe people, that non-resi-
dents, aliens and foreign corporations
should not be allowed to acquire land
in this state except by foreclosure
of mortgage or other liens
and in such case then
shall be allowed ten years In which tc
dispose of same; also favored the limi.
tation of corporate ownership of land
all unearned grants of land to rail.
road companies and other corpora.
tions should be reclaimed and no fur
ther portion of the public domain
should be thus granted, and that they
oppose the system of leasing State
convicts.
The following nominations were
made: For governor, DR.. Rufus c.
Burleson, Waco; lieutenant-governor
B. w. Williams; treasurer, III. g.
Damon; encouragement, d. M. Pen.
dergast; comptroller, w. Il. Clayton
land commissioner, S. G. Tomlinsou
superintendent public Institutes r.
Clark.
DR.. j. b. Cranfill was first put In
nomination for governor, but he de-
clined, though he thought he was
better timber than either Clark OF
Hogg.
The committee reported as follows
on presidential electors: r. P. George
g. w. Carroll, A. r. England, j. IT.
White, DR.. A. M. Ragland, j. ID. Car
ter, j. E. Boynton, r. G.. West, s.. E.
Whipskey, l.. G. Cunningham, r..
Short, A. A. Adams, X. M. Wilson.
Electors at large as follows: DR.. II.
G. Burleson, Judge g. Heath.
Delegates were appointed to attend
the national convention. A night
session was held at which music
was in attendance and speeches were
made by delegates. At the night ses-
sion r. G. Burleson declined the nom-
ination as candidate for governor and
ID. w. Pendergast was placed in NOM
ination in his stead. G.. B. Golf of
Austin being nominated as attorney
general to fill the vacancy of Pender-
CAST first nomination.