Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-29
NATIONAL PLATFORM
OF the Prohibition Party, Adopted at Gin
cinnati. Ohio, June 80, 1892.

OF the Prohibition Party, Adopted at Gin
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:
u The liquor traffic is a 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 powerieSs
as 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.
% 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 la
Dor. To this end an increase III the
, volume of money is demanded No
individual or corporation should be al
lowed to make any profit through its is
sue. It should be made legal tender
for the payment of all debts. public
and private. It's volume should be fix
ed at IA definite sum per CAPITA, and
made to increase with oar increase in
population.
a. Tariff should be levied only rs a
defense against foreign governments
which levy tariff upon, or bar out our
products from their markets, revenue
being Incidental. The residue of means
necessary to al economical admins
trat;on Of the Government should be
raised by leyying the burden on what
the people possess. instead of upOn what
they consume.
o. Railroad, telegraph, and other
public corporations should be CONTROL
ed by the Government in the interest
, of the people. and no higher charges
allowed than necessary to give fair in
tcrest on the capital actually invested
Co Foreign immigration has become
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 be extended, and ne
naturalized person should be allowed
to vote until ono year after he becomes
/ IL citizen.
/ ~ Non resident aliens should no
be allowed to acquire land in this coun
try. AID We favor the Limitation of in
; diyiduai and corporate ownership o
} land. All unearned grants OF lands t.
A., railroad companies or ether corpora
tons should be reclaimed.
81 Years of inaction and PREACHER,
L OH the part of the Republican ant
Democratic parties have resulted il
the present reign of mob law, and w
t demand that every citizen be protect
G cd ip the right of trial by constitution
= al Tribunals.
(9)All men should be protected h,
4 law in their right to eae day o. rest il
seven.
10) Arbitration is the wisest and mos
economical and humane method of set
thing national differences.
al Speculatious in margins. tn
corneriDg of grain. money and prod
' ucts, and the formation of pools, trusts
and combinations for the arbitrary ad
vancement of prices should be sup
pressed.
l2) We pledge that the Prohibition
: Party, if elected to power, will eve
grant just pensions to disabled veter
ans of the Union army and navy. thei
2 widows and orphans.
| l3j We stand unequiyocaHy for the
American public school and opposed
TO any appropriation of public moneys
} for sectarian schools. We declare that
only by united support of such com
mon schools, taught in the English Ian
guage, can we hope to become and re
main homogeneous and harmonious
people.
IA We arraign the Republican and
Democratic parties as false to the stand
ards reared by their founders; as faith
less to the principles of tho illustrious
leaders of the past to ~ham they dc
homage with the lips, as recreaot ia
the higher law, which is as infexible in
political affairs as in personal life; and
as 20 longer embodying the aspirations
Of the American people, or inviting the
confidence of enlightened, progressive
patriotism. Their protest against the
admission of ''moral issues into poll
ties is confession of their own moral
] degeneracy. The declaration of an en-