The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
Resolutions Embrace Planks on
Questions Not Affecting
Temperance.
W0MAN's SUFFRAGE FAVORED
Fair Delegates Participate in the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dickie
Denounced.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, April s27.-The
Prohibition party of Los Angeles County
held mass-co convention in this city to-day
to select forty-three delegates to the State
Convention of Prohibitionists at Stockton
on May 13, to elect new County Central
Committee and to adopt a platform.
About third of the delegates were
women, who proved quite capable OF TAX
ing conspicuous part in the proceedings
and showing that they understood par
liamentary rules.
Everything went smoothly until the
committee on resolutions was called to
make its report. Then, to the astonisn-
ment of the convention it was found that
the mmitteemen had failed to agree and
that there were two reports. Rev. DR..
Wilson of the old Fort-street M. E. Church
of this city read and defended the major
ity report.
J. NJ. Glass of Pasadena, chairman of
the State Central Committee, championed
the minority report. This precipitated
vehement and determined discussion. The
issue was between what is known as the
s1ngle-issue principle y prohibition - and
the broad-gauge idea, containing other po-
litical considerations.
Most OF the ministers present fought for
the single idea, as embodied in the major
ity report, and the lay members urged the
opposite course.
J. M. GLASS, in behalf of his report, said
it was time for the party to set it.
self right on urgent, living issues of the
day, and, referring to the ''gold-bug"
influence, characterized Samuel Dickie,
the secretary of the Prohibition National
Committee, as tool of monopoly, the
treasurer of the Standard Oil Company
and one who should have long since been
replaced by some man whose sympathies
were with the common people.
This language was denounc ed as inde-
cent personalities and bIackguardism by
Rev. Mr.. Wilson, who followed Mr.. Glass.
The reverend gentleman, warming to his
subject, was called to account in turn by q
lady delegate, who said:
"What do you call your language If not
personal and unreasonably abusive2"
This staggered the brother somewhat
and ne lowered his voice and proceeded in
a milder tone. The debate continued until
a late hour, the advocates of the minority
report winning at every point.
The usual prohibition resolution sec
sented to by the adherents of the opposi-
ton report, after which the following ad-
ditional minority report was adopted, as
read by its author and chief advocate:
We declare in favor of Government ownership
of all works of public necessity, to be admins
tered in the interest of all the people. We
declare in favor of the initiative, referendum
and proportional representation We declare
in favor of an eleventh amendment TO the
State constitution, giving women the right of
suffrage.
We believe in gold, silver and paper as
money-all to be on a parity and receivable
for all debts-to be issued by the Government
direct to the people.
Great importance attaches to the action
of this convention from the standpoint of
Prohibitionists, from the fact that this is
one of the strongest Prohibition counties
in California, and also because this is one
of the first counties to formulate party
issues.
The delegates to the State convention
are: Jesse Smith, Pico Heights; J. D..
Requa, Los Angeles; J. E. McComas,
Pomona; DIR. Bowers, Los Angeles; Rev.
Clarence Wilson, Los Angeles; E. P.
Boucher, Palms; F. N. Stewart, Los
Angeles; Rev. II. George H. Dekay,
Santa Monica; Rev. j. M. Hill
bird, Glendale; ]. M. Glass,
Pasadena; A. c. Hazard, Whittier; Rev.
NJ. J. Hall, Los Angeles; Theodore D. Ka-
mouse. Glendale; Mary E. Garbutt, Los
Angeles; Theodore Arm strong, Whittier;
W. D. Gould, Los Angeles; Mrs. ]. H.
Glass, Pasadena; c. P. Dorland, Los
Angeles; P. F. Breesee, Los Angeles
Mrs. w. D. Gould, Los Angeles
w. X. Green, Whittier; II. K. Needham.
M. Yocum, A. F. M. Strong, J. u. Evans,
w. L. Stevens, Los Angeles; Rev. A. In
wood, Long Beach; E. G. Shipley, Los
Angeles; Rev. E. D. Ebey. Los Angeles;
Mrs. A. T. Hazard, Whittier; Rev. Mr..
Ingram, Downey; George W. White, Uni
versity; f. NJ. Porter, Los Angeles; G. w.
Ogle, Pomona; DR.. Corbin, Los Angeles
0. R. Dougherty, Pasadena; Mrs. George
w. Duggar, DR.. John A. B. Wilson, Rev.
Mr.. Leonardson, Pasadena.