Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-26
PROHIBITION PARTY ADDRESS.

a Formal Appeal to the votsrs OF Colo
fado.
At the prohibition conferences held March
20 COMMITTEES was named 70 prepare an Ad-
dress 70 tho voters Of Colorado. The address
was reported TO the state central committee
last Friday night and adopted. 1t ID a. fol-
lows:
To the voters Of Colorado:
1.-THE Prohibition party In conference A.
sembled respectfully submit the following for
''Something u radically wrong. Whyi
"First-The legislation by the Republican
and Democratic parties has been chiefly upon
the immoral policy of deriving revenue for
gambling dens and the social evil, against
which the Populist party has 20 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
100000 employees, though these legalized sa-
looms produce COX, 900 drunkards, 80 per cent.
Of the criminals, paupers and lunatics Of the
nation, destroying annually 10000 lives and
wasting $3.50. .000. .000, being conceded BY the
United States court, the church and the moral
people Of the nation to be the principal
source OF misery, poverty, crime and heart
ache.
"Third-Ths liquor trafie controls the
Democratic, Republican and Populist parties,
late for the good Of the state or nation hnan-
cially or morally, should such legislation con-
dict with the interests Of said traffic, which 10
Of the devil, for tho devil and BY the devil.
throughout tho nation tho Democratic, Re
publican and Populist parties unfit and un-
qualified In all particulars TO hold the polit-
ical reins of this nation.
Therefore, in tho name Of God, home,
education and humanity. we declare: As the
mathers and fathers of the colorcd race had
no price to put upon tho child sold upon the
auction block Of human slavery, 30 we, the
voters Of the Prohibition party, declare that
We will accept no revenue derived from the
sale Of our loved ones upon the auction block
Of vice. no matter how high the license fec
bid. We demand that this trinity Of vIcel
be suppressed and that all revenue shall be
derived from legitimate property values a..
of what they consume; that municipalities
shall be supported BY owning their own
water. gas, electric and street railway fran
chises and by direct taxation. but not dol.
dar from the saloon, gambling den, brothcl
Further, We are often met with tho OBJ
lection that tho Prohibition party 10 . party
Of 'one idea This statement is dlsproved by
our party platforms, state and national, for
the past twenty years, which show that since
wages for equal work, and for the right To
the ballot without regard TO race. sex OF
nationality; for the control and regulation OF
railroad, telegraph and other corporations BY
the government In tho interest Of the people;
for the destruction Of pools, trusts dnd similar
combinations which oppress labor, degrade
the poor and enrich the moncyed class At the
expense Of the masses; for the election ol
president, vice-president and United States
Senators by direct vote Of the people, etc.
"Finally, men and women Of Colorado, We
beseech you, for tho sake Of God, home and
humanity, to lay aside all old party preju-
dIces and in nm united effort give to our people
a superior aud better government, which can
not, under present conditions, be accom-
plished through other than the Prohibition
party.