The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-26
JUDGE LAND ON NICHOLSON LAW.
Prospective PrOhibitiOnist Nominee
for Governor Makes ~ Prediction.

a few members of the Prohibition party
had arrived in the city last night to attend
the State convention, which meets to-day
and continues through tomorrow. The
delegates that are here deny that the pas
sage of the Nicholson temperance law has
had any effect in the direction of reducing
the number of third-party adherents, and
the claim is made that the vote next fall
will show a healthy increase in the third
party following.
Judge w. NJ. Land, of Princeton one of
the leaders of the ProhibiSionists, said to
the Journal last night that not only were
Prohibtionsts not going back TO their old
party affiliations. but he looked next No
vember for a tremendous increase Of the
Prohibition vote.
1.-The reason for it, he said. lis that be-
fore the next election the Supreme Court
will have pronounced the Nicholson law
unconstitutional. The leaders of both the
old parties are demanding this, and the
court will have to comply. If the whole
law is not set aside, the ninth section,
which provides for remonstrance, will be,
and that is the life of it, l have been
watching the newspapers, and 1 am con-
WINGED that the Republicans of Howard
county win defeat Nicholson, the author of
the law for denomination and this action
coupled with what the court will do, will
convince the people of the hollowness and
insincerity of the temperance pretensions
of the two dominant parties. The people
will be convinced that there is no escape
from the evils of intemperance except
through the Prohibition party, and that is
the reason that our vote at the next cleo
ton will show a tremendous increase"
Judge Land has letter from Chairman
Dunlap of the Prohibition State commit
tee, informing him that he will probably
be selected both the temporary and perma-
ter also intimates that Judge Land may be
selected to head the ticket as the candi-
date for Governor. Chairman Duplaps
name has also been used in connection with
this nomination. Other candidates who
have been mentioned are Judge William r.
Sayor, of Huntington, and j. l.. Shields,
of Sullivan. There is no wild scramble
either for this or any of the other nominal
tions that the convention Will have to be-
stow. and the general disposition appears
to be rather to shift these honors to the
shoulders of others. The convention viii
be held in Masonic Hail.
The first thing on the programme will be
a Prohibition oratorical contest, with from
seven to ten participants, at Masonic Hall.
at 10 O'Clock this morning. At l o'clock
this afternoon the delegates Will meet by
congressional districts at Englshs Hotel
committees. delegates and alternateS to the
national convention, and a presidential
elector The convention proper will be
called to order at Masonic Hall at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon. and the temporary
organization will be announced. The tenn
porary chairman will make his speech
committees will be announced and then
there will be speech by John Lloyd
Thomas of New York. After the conven-
ton adiourns, the committees will get to-
gether at English's Hotel and formulate
their reports. The only committee in
whose work there is much interest Is that
of the committee on resolutions. There
will be an evening session, at which John
G. Woolley, of New York, will advocate
that the convention deliver no utterance
except upon that of prohibition, and that
it make it's campaign on that issue alone.
Mr.. Woolley is the champion of what is
known as the narrow-gauge wing OF the
party. Assembling tomorrow morning at 8
O'Clock the convention will listen TO an ad-
dress by John Il. ST John, of Kansas, who
Is the exponent of what is known as the
broad-gauge element. The issue Will then
come squarely before the convention on the
question of the adoption of the report of
the committee resolutions. The conVen-
ton will then proceed to the nomination of
a State ticket. and the selection OF dele
gates at large and alternates to the ma
tional convention. Delegates already on
the ground predict the triumph of the
broad-gauge element by a large majority.
Local Prohibitionists have taken much
encouragement in the announcement that
Francis Murphy has cast his lot with the
ProbibitiOniStS.