Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-12-25
NATIONAL PLATFORM
or the Prohibition Party, Adopted 1t Gin
cinnati June 80. 1899.

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cinnati june 80. 1892.
The Prohibition party in national convention
assembled, acknowledging Almighty God as
the source OF all true government and his law
as the standard to which human enactments
must conform to secure the blessings of peace
and prosperity, presents the following DECLARE
ton Of principles:
/. The LIQUOR traffic is foe to civilization,
the arch enemy Of popular government, and q
public nuisance. 1t Is the citadel of the forces
that corrupt politics, promote poverty and
crime, degrade the nations homo life, thwart
the will Of the people and deliver our country
into the hands Of rapacious class interests All
laws that under the guise of regulation le-
galize and protect this traffic or make the
share in its i'll gotten gains are
hvicious in principle and powerless as rem
edy." We declare anew for the entire sup
preston Of the manufacture, sale, importation.
expectation and transportation of alcoholic
liquors Us q beverage by federal and state leg
islation. To full powers OF government
should be excrted TO secure this result No
party that fails to recognise the dominant ma
turc Of this issue in American politics deserves
the support of the people
q No citizen should be denied the right to
vote on account of sex, and equal labor should
receive equal wages without regard to sex.
g. The money Of the country should consist
Of gold, silver and paper, and be issued by the
general government only, and in sufficient
quantity to meet the demands of business and
give full opportunity for the employment of
iaboA To this end an increase In the volume
of money Is demanded. No individual or cor
poration should be allowed to mako any profit
through its issue ID should be made legal
tender for the payment Of all debts, public and
private. Its volume should be fixed at a definite
sum per capita and made to increase with our
increase in population.
1. Tariff should be levied only as defense
against foreign governments, which levy tariff
upon or bar out our products from their mar
kets, revenue being incidental. The residue Of
means necessary to an economical administra-
ton Of the government should be raised by
levying the burden on what the people possess
instead of upon what they consume.
g. Railroad, telegraph and other public cor
porations should be controlled by the govern
ment In the interest Of the people and no
higher charges allowed than necessary to give
fair interest on the capital actually invested
6. Foreign immigration has become a burden
upon industry, one Of the factors In depressing
wages and causing discomfort. Therefore our
laws should be revised and strict
ly enforced. The time Of residence for NATURAL
zation should be extended, and no naturalized
person should be allowed to vote until one year
after he becomes a citizen.
Z. Nonresident aliens should not be allowed
10 acquire land In this country, and we favor
The limitation Of individual and corporate
Of land All unearned grants Of
ands to railroad companies or other corpora,
lions should be reclaimed.
8. Years Of inaction and treachery on the
part Of the Republican and Democratic parties
nave resulted In the present reign Of mob law
md we demand that every citizen be protected
n the right Of trial by constitutional tribunals
Q. All men should be protected by law in
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10. Arbitration is the wisest and most eco
oomical and humane method Of settling nation
u differences.
II. Speculations in margins, the cornering Of
grain, money and products and the formation
Il pools, trusts and combinations for the arbi-
.rary advancement Of prices should be sup
pressed.
ia We pledge that the Prohibition party, If
elected to power, will ever grant just pensions
% disabled veterans Of the Union army and
navy, their widows and orphans.
Is. We stand uneQuivocally for the American
public school and opposed to any appropriation
4 public moneys for sectarian schools We
leclare that only by united support Of such
common schools, taught in the English Ian.
and harmonious people.
IL. We arraign the Republican and Demo
ratio parties as false to the standards reared
~ their founders as faithless to the principles
Il the illustrious leaders Of the past to whom
hey do homage with the lips, as recreant to
he higher law, which Is as inhexible in polit-
cal affairs ss In personal life, and as no lon
ger embodying the aspirations Of the Ameri-
IAN people or inviting the confidence Of en-
ightened. progressive patriotism. Their pro-
test against the admission Of 'moral issues"
INTO politics Is q confession Of their own moral
aegeneracy. The declaration Of an eminent
that municipal misrule is "the one
failure Of American politics" fol
ows as a natural consequence Of such degen-
,racy and Is true alike Of cities under Repub-
lean and Democratic control. Each accuses
he other Of extravaganza in congressional APP
,ropriations, and both are alike guilty. Each
protests when out Of power against infrac-
ions Of the civil service laws, and each when
N power violates those laws in letter and in
pirit. Each processes fealty to the interests
4 the toiling masses, but both covert1y truckle
% the money power In their administration OF
public affairs. Even the tariff issue as repre-
lented in the Democratic Mills bill and the
Republican Mckinley bill Is no longer treated
oy them as an issue between great and diver
gent principles Of government, but is q mere
catering to different sectional and class inter
,sts. The attempt In many states to wrest the
Australian ballot system from its true purpose,
md SO to deform it as to render it extremely
lifdcult for new parties to exercise the right
nent. The competition Of both old parties
or the vote Of the slums and their assiduous
,ourting Of the liquor power and subserviency
% the money power have resulted In placing
hose powers in the position Of practical arbi.
;ers Of the destinies Of the nation. We renew
,ur protests against these perilous tendencies
md invite all citizens to Join US in the up
building Of party that has shown in five ma
ional campaigns that it prefers temporary
iefeat to an abandonment Of the claims Of
Justice. sobriety, personal rights and the pro-
lection Of American homes.
Is. Recognizing and declaring that prohibi-
hon Of the liquor traffic has become the domi.
,ant issue In national politics. we invite to
'un party fellowship allAthose who on this
me dominant issue are with US agreed, In the
hull belief that this party can and win remove
sectional differences, promote national unity
md insure the best welfare Of our entire land
Tho Vote In Maryland.
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