The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-04-28
PROHIBITION PARTY ADDRESS.
a Formal Appeal to the Voters of Colo
RADIO.

Al the prohibition conference held March
90 a committee was named to prepare an ad-
dress to the voters of Colorado. The address
was reported TO the state central committee
last Friday night and adopted. II Is as iol-
lows:
To tie rioters Of Colorado:
"The Prohibition party in conference as
semblcd respectfully submit the following for
your earnest and careful consideration:
something is radically wrong. Whyi
Because,
"First-The legislation by the Republican
and Democratic parties has been chiefly upon
the Immoral policy Of deriving revenue for
the support Of the government from saloons,
gambling dens and the social evil, against
| which the Populist party has so far failed TO
enter any protest
"Second-The Democratic Republican and
| Populist parties will not dare oppose or offend
| the liquor traffic with Its 250, 900 saloons And
| 800, 900 employees, though these legalIzed sn-
looms produce 10000 drunkards, so per cent.
| OF the criminals, paupers and lunatics OF sthc
| nation, destroying annually 1901 900 lives and
wasting $3.50. coo COO being conceded by the
! United States court, the church and the moral
people of the nation to be the principal
source o: misery, poverty, crime and heart
ache.
''Third-The liquor traffic controls the
| Democratic, Republican and Popullst parties,
and their leaders Will not and dare not legis-
| late for the good of the state or nation imam
| cially or morally, should such legislation con
| flct with the Interests OF said traffic, which Is
| OF the devil, for the devil and by the devil.
"Fourth-The paralyt!c state OF affairs
throughout the nation the Democratic, Re-
publican aud Popuilst parties unfit and IN
| qualified In all particulars TO hold the polit-
| ic;l reins of this nation.
| therefore, in the name of God, home,
| education and humanity, we dcclare: As the
| mothers and fathers Of the colored race had
no price to put upon the child sold upon the
auction block Of human slavery, so we, the
| voters OF the Prohibition party, declare that
we sill accept no revenue derived from the
! sale of our loved ones upon the auction block
| of vice no matter how high the license fee
bid. We demand that this trinity of vices
be suppressed and that all revenue shall be
derived from legitimate property values as.
scssed upon what the people possess, instead
| of what they consume; that municipalities
| shall be supported 10y owning their own
| water, gas, electric and street railway fran
ohises and by direct taxation, but not dol.
dar from the saloon, gambling den, hrothcl
or other form Of vice.
! Further We arc often met with tho OBJ
lection that the Prohibition party is parts
| OF one idea 1hi. statement 1, dlsproved by
our party platforms, state and national for
| the past twenty years, which show that since
its organization the party has stood for equal
| wages for equal work and for the right TO
the ballot without regard 10 race, sex or
| nationality; for the control and regulation oil
railroad telegraph and other corporations by
the government In the Interest OF the people :;
for the destruction OF pools trusts and similar
| combinations which Cypress labor, degrade
| the poor and enrich the moneycd class at the
expense of the masses: for the election of
essTp;a,6fs by ltfSesbJ, qH9 United States
| "flnally, men and women of Colorado, we
besecch you, for the sake of God. nome and
humanity, 10 lay aside all old party prciu-
| diccs and In an united effort give TO our people
| superior and better government, which can
not, under present conditions, be accom-
plished through other than tho Prohibition
party. ,c.,.,