Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-02-05
NATIONAL PLATFORM
OF the Prohibition Party, Adopted at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, june 80, 1892.

cinnati, Ohio, 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 stand
ard to which human enactmentS must
conform to secure the blessings of
peace and prosperity, presents the fol-
lowing declaration of principles:
a The liquor traffic is foe to civil
ization. the arch enemy of popular
government and public nuisance. 1t
is the citadel of the forces that corrupt
politics, promote poverty and crime,
degrade the Nations home 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, legalize and
protect this traffic, or make the Gov
eminent share in its ill-gotten gains,
are "vicious in principle and powerless
as a remedy" We declare anew for
the entire suppression of the manufac-
ture, sale, importation, expectation and
transportation of alcoholic liquors as a
beverage by Federal and State legisla-
ton. The full powers of Government
should be eXerted to secure this result.
No party that fails to recognize the
dominant nature of this issue in Amer
lean politics deserves the support Of
the people.
(2) No citizen should be denied the
right to vote on account of sex, and
equal labor should receive equal wages
without regard to sex.
81 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 Ia
| Dor. To this end an increase in the
| volume OF money is demanded, No
individual or corporation should be al
lowed to make any profit through its is
sue. 1t should be made legal tender
for the payment of all debts, public
and private. It's volume should be Fix
ed at definite sum per capita, and
made to increase with our increase III
population.
(4) Tariff should be levied only as a
defense against foreign governments
which levy tariff upon, or bar ont our
products from their markets, revenue
being incidental. The residue of means
necessary to an economical admins
tration of the Government should be
raised by leVylng Une Durueu on Wnat
the people possess, instead ofupon what
they consume.
| t54 Railroad, telegraph, and other
public corporations should be controll
ed by the Government in the interest
of the people, and no higher charges
allowed than necessary to give fair In
terest on the capital actually invested
rs, Foreign immigration has become
a burden upon industry, one OF the fac
tors in depressing wages and causing
| discomfort; therefore, our Immigration
laws should be revised and strictly en-
forced. The time of residence for nat
uralization should he extended, and nc
naturalized person should pc allowed
to vote until one year after he becomes
citizen,
! "a resident aliens should mol
be allowed to acquire land In this conn
try. and we favor the limitation OF Ia
dividual and corporate ownership o.
land. All unearned grants OF lands te
railroad companies or other corpora
fions should be reclaimed.
(s) Years of inaction and treachery
on the ,,art of the Republican and
Democratic paf.ias hare resuiteo ~