The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-29

Walter Hill, Of Georgia, Joshua Lever
ing Of Maryland, Colonel Balm of Ken
lucky, John w. Russell eff Detroit and A.
A. Stevens OF Pennsylvania are suggested
as good vice-president timber.
The work of the national convention OF
the prohibition par ~ practically opened
today with the meeting Of the national
committee. Chairman ). T. Dickie, Of
Ann Arbor, Mich, presided. The primary
object OF the meeting was the selection Of
the temporary officers for the convention,
but the committee did not cOnhne itself 10
this and the meeting wss largely in the
nature of a caucus to shape, as far as pos
sible in advance, the proceedings OF the
convention. Their attention was drawn to
the coincidence of this latest and most
promising convention OF the party held in
Ohio, the state in which the first presi-
Dental candidate of the prohibitionists
was named. Ali sorts of
Pleasant auguries were drawn from the
fact that the leaders EXPRESS confidence
that this will be the largest convention
held and they are making preparations 10
give 1t momentous boom. Music hall, IN
which the convention will be held, is the
place IN which Hancock was nominated for
the presidency. and las q seating capacity
Of nearly 5000 The building is decorated
with bunting flags and coats Of arms OF
the various states with inscriptions suit
able TO q prohibition convention, and few
are not complimentary to the leading pollt-
ical parties. One hundred and fifty dele
gates are IN town and several special
trains are on the way. Fourteen car
loads are expected from the Pacific coast
and the far West. The Southern delegates
are scattering, and some Of the far South
ern states viii not be well represented. s
ALL SORTS OF IDEAS
are floating about among the delegates
present for presentation to the convention
The presidential nomination at present
seems to lie between General Bidwell and
Mr.. Demorest. The former is the choice
of the leaders who are putting him forward
TO oppose Denorest. The principal point
urged in favor of the latter seems to 10
that he viii subscribe literally tc the cam
paign. But the leaders want man who
win take well as speaker, and they say
that il Demorest is nominated that it will
be necessary to send him away until the
campaign is over so he cannot make
speeches or be interviewed.
MISS wILLARD's IDEA
in case of fusion, is for the party to
Enaintain the organization and fight out
the campaign on its own lines. She has
little hope Of success, however, as there is
q strong opposition to fusion, some oppo-
nents going 50 far IS TO call her ''prohi-
bltion mugwump."
Mrs. Cruger says fusion with the Peo-
ple's party IS unwise, as with either Of the
old parties, as it is a whisky party as much
as the others, while their financial policy,
even If they should adopt prohibition and
woman suffrage, would drive the hnanciers
out OF the prohibition ranks.
General Bidwell, in reply to q telegram,
said he would not withdraw If nominated,
unless so instructed by Chairman Dickie,
ST. John, DIR. Funk or Miss Willard This
pleSses the antl-fusiOnists, as Dickie and
St. John oppose fusion. Rev. Small is here
urging Waller 3. Hill Of Georgia for vice
president to oppose Tom Watterson, Peo-
Pies party man. There are hall dozen
other candidates.
II miss Francis E. Willard announces that
she will use every endeavor to have the
convention adopt a resolution pied2ing the
party 10 Withdraw It's presidential candf-
Omaha and put up q man satisfactory to
the national Prohibition COMMITTEES; that
committee to be vested with discretionary
power in the matter She will also ask TO
/ have the name Prohibition party changed
TO "Home Protection party"
Among the delegates arrived today were
those from Oregon.
VISITED THE BEEF. HALLS.
A sensation was created in the beer and
music halls over the Rhine last night by
visits from ex- Governor St. John, OF Kan
sas. his wife, the Rev M. G.. Lockwood,
Mrs, Helen Cougar, and other prominent
pronibitionists. They saw the actual work.
! inzs OF these places, but made DO attempt
at missionary work among them.
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