The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-29
A MODERN JOSHUA.
LEyERING ACCEPTS THE PREsI-
DENTAL NOMINATION.
with IA Nerve That Might Be Ex-
bug, He Sees Himself the Man
Who is Worthy of Votes if Bryan
and Mckinley Are Not.

BALTIMORE, July %. - Joshua
Levering, of this city, was this even
ing officially notified of his nomination
for the presidency of the United
States By the Prohibitionist party.
Prior to the notification, the Maryland
ton and nominated electors in the
various Maryland districts. They also
paradAd the streets of the city with
banners and music, the line of march
termina ting at the Lyceum theatre,
where the notification meeting was
held
The meeting was called to order by
the Hon. William Daniel, of this
city, after which the Rev. Dr. J. E.
prayer. Sunmerfield Baldwin, the
permanent chairman, then assumed
the gavel and introduced O. W. Stew
art of Illinois, who as chairman of the
committee on notification, delivered the
address informing Mr.. lowering of his
nomination. The latter read from
manuscript his letter of acceptance,
which is as follows:
THE ACCEPTANCE:
such an honor is worthy the ambi-
ton of any citizen of this great nation,
but to my mind it is to be doubly ap-
preciated when rendered by the only
political party which has had the
courage to stand openly for the protec-
ton of the home, the womanhood and
the childhood of our country, against
the terrible ravages and destruction
of the legalized liquor traffic. The Pro-
hibition party, conscious of the in
tegrity of it's motives and purposes
and firm in it's belief that the question
OF moral character should take pre-
cedence over those purely economical,
has stood firm for a score or more
years against all the attacks of ridi-
cuie, misrepresentation and abuse
made against it; increasing in num-
bers and gaining the esteem and con-
fdence of those who are not yet willing
to be enrolled under the banner Of
protection to home
During all the years it has steadily
pursued its way in
EDUCATING THE PEOPLE
to the constantly increasing encroach-
ment of the liquor traffic, knowing
how it is undermining our political
and social life and interfering with
the free expression of the will of the
people at the ballot box; controlling
to large extent the legislative bodies
of the country; adding heavily to the
burdens of the already overwhelmed
tax payer, and above all bringing suf-
fering, sorrow, poverty and death to
many of our fellow citizens.
THE platform adopted by the con-
vention meets my hearty approval, and
though based on the single issue, is,
in reality, sufficiently broad to allow
all to stand upon it who are opposed
to the saloon, regardless of their views
on any public questions of the day.
II do not underestimate the fact that
there are other questions of grave i'm
portance over which the public mind is
so seriously agitated, and which are
being pressed for speedy settlement.
There is the question of a stable and
at the same time an elastic currency,
equal to the demands of business, and
for every section of the country, and
yet every dollar of which should be of
equal value and the whole based on a
standard equal to the best-an interest
in which the United States cannot af
ford without dishonor to have money
bearing its Stamp inferior to that of
any other country on the globe.
THE question of the maintenance of
the credit of the government on which
It's honor is based and for every one
worthy of the name of an American
citizen is, or should be, profoundly jeal-
Gus of its vast Importance.
Again a proper adjustment of the
tariff so that labor can have its just
protection without at the same time
giving undue protection 20 the manu-
featuring interest at the expense of the
great consuming portion of our peo-
pie, is worthy of profound considera-
ton and early solution"
AS CT SEE 1T.
Prior to the notification meeting, Mr..
Lowering. in an interview said:
II do not see any necessity for the
sound money Democrats who do not
wish to vote for Mckinley to nominate
a third ticket. Let them vote the Pro-
hibition ticket We shall have cleo
toral tickets in every state, and those
Democrats and others who cannot con-
scientiously vote for either Bryan or
Mckinley can vote for our ticket. My
views on the money question and on
the tariff question also are in accord
with the views of these people in gen
eral, and are decidedly definite"
PoPULISTs. CLEAR OUT.
ST. LOUIS, July 2S.-With the exception
of Mr.. Taubeneck, all Populist leaders