The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-05
The Prohibition Candidates.

1u6 NhtlUIdi IiUlluitlUu SuHN6u
tion in Pittsburg last week, which nom
mated Joshua lowering, of Maryland
for President, and Hale johnson, of
Illinois, for Vice President was a
stormy affair. The abroad guage" dele
gates wanted the platform to include
free coinage of silver ard woman's suf-
frage. AS there are many who believe
in prohibition are opposed to woman's
suffrage and free silver the marrow
guage" or gold standard men decided it
would be for the best interest of the
party to say nothing about those minor
questions Oh which prohibitionists diff
fer and to keep in the middle of the
road by declaring for prohibition only.
The marrow gauge" had a majority
and adopted the following
PLATFORM.
"The Prohibition party, in National
Convention assembled, declares its firm
convictions that the manufacture, ex-
%portation, importation and sale of alco-
holic beverages has produced such So
cial, commercial, industrial, political
wrongs, and is now so threatening the
pe~rpetuity of all our social and political
institutions, that the suppression of the
same by a national party, organized
therefor, is the greatest object to be ac-
complisbed by the voters of our coun-
try; is of such Importance that it, Of
right, ought to control the political ac-
tion of all our patriotic citizens, until
such suppression is accomplished. The
urgency of this cause demands the IN
ion, without further delay, Of all citiz-
ems who desire the prohibition of the IL
quor traffic; therefore, be it
"I~tesolved, That we favor the legal
prohibition, by State and national leg
~islation, of the manufacture, fmporta.
ton, expectation. inter. State transpor-
tation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
"That we declare u purpose to Or
ganize and unite all the friends of pro.
hibition into our party, and, in order to
accomplish this end, We deem it but
right to leave every Prohibitionist the
freedom of his own convictions upon
all other political questions, and trust
our representatives to take such action
upon other political questions as the
changes occasioned by prohibition and
the welfare of the whole people shall de-
mand."
The Western mel who favored the
insertion of the Populist features, re-
commended by the minority of the
Platform committee fairly yelled them
selves hoaIse in declarations that the
Prollibitionists were no longer a politi-
cal party, but had become a mere ten.
perance association.
After Mr.. lowering was unanimous
~ nominated about 200 free silver,
woman su~ffragists and Populist boilers
headed by Mrs. Cougar, John p. st.
John and other Western leaders, left
the hall and held Il meeting elsewhere.
Mrs. Boole, of New York, on behalf
of the W. G. Il. U. moved the reinser-
tion in the platform of the woman's
suffrage plank. This again created
confusion. She changed the form max
ing it simply a declaration and not a
part of the platform, and in that shape
it was accepted with hut few dissents.
The 'broad guagersn nominated
Charles E, Bentley, of Lincoln, 'Neb.,
for President and James II. Southgate,
of Durham, N. C., for Vice President.
The boilers adopted the name, ''Nation-
al Party" While they claim they will
poll 100000 votes, yet the ballot laws
will prohibit them from getting official
ballots in many states where it will he
necessary to get signers and create or.
CARNATIONS.
The marrow gaugers" say three