Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-08-07
LEVERING IS NOTIFIED.
Til, ProSibtionist View Of the Issues OF the
Coming Campaign

Coming Campaign
Joshua Levering, OF Baltimore, was ofiicl-
ally notified OF bis nomination for the Fresi-
dency of the United States by the Pron'pl-
uon Party. Prior to the notidca ion, the
MARYLAND Prohibitionlsts held ther o'a'e
Convention. and nominated electors In the
various Maryland districts They also pV
raded the streets of tho city with banners
and music the line Of march terminating az
the Lyceum Theater, where the notincaeion
meeting was held.
The theater was prettily decorated WIFI
national flags, the State colors and banners
Illustrative of tho principles OF the Prohioi-
tionists The body OF the house was wen
filed. and on the stage were men prominent
In all walks of life.
The meeting was called to order by Hon.
William Daniel, OF Baltimore, alter which
Rev. DR.. J. Z. Smith. also Of Baltimore oiier-
ed PRAYER. Sum- erfleld Baldwin. the per-
manent chairman. then assumed tho gaYe',
and INTRODUCED W. o. Stewart. who rs
chairman on the COMMITTEES OF Dotlhcanon,
delivered the address informing Mr.. Lever
ing OF his nomination.
Mr. lowering read from manuscript his
letter Of acceptance, which in part Is as fol'
lows:
The products OF the soil-the mainstay OF
the nations prosperity and wealth-are SO
low in value in many instances as not to pay
the cost Of production, leaving nothing fol
the labor OF the toler or for the capital In
vested. Many persons hold the opinioo
that tie cause Of this trouble is over-produc'
ton But can such an explanation be truei
Is NO! ths thou hit an impious one? CAD
any one who be ieves in benehcient Create;
believe that He bestows bountiful harvests
TO be & curse rather than blessing to man.
kind? No. No. Perish the thought The
reason OF all the prevalent trouble In ouI
fair ls nd today is not overproduction. bui
under consumption. That being 30, where
Is thore cause which prevents the com
sumpio OF the necessaries to say nothing
OF the Injuries of life, comparable to the
liquor traffic?
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politi al parties that high tariff Is the pam
acea Of all our ills and yet the average an
NAL receipts from the customs for the three
gears ending Juns 30, 1894, when the Nc
Kinley tariff bill was in operation, were
st71 OOO. 900. less than $3.50 per capita o
our population. Others tell us that the Ire;
and unlimited coinage OF silver will be the
cure-all OF the evils affecting our people.
Is strange such an IDEA should be entertain
ed when the fact is re allied that the tota
output of silver in this country for las: yea
was only $50 900 900, sum much less than
the annual prolurt Of tho familiar barr
yard fowl. How utterly Insignificant ar
either of these ngur compared to the 81,
200 900 which ii is reliably estimated Is th
direct yearly tribute the people OF this coun
try pay to the support of the liquor traffic
A stupendous sum and so large as to b
difficult OF realization. 1t IS nearly twice a!
large us the aggregated capital OF all ou
national banks, or to state 1t more plainly
it is equal to about IS per cent. of the entir
money, gold, silver, and paper currency o
the United States
Addresses were also delivered by I. A
Stevens. of Pennsyyania; R. ]. White. o
NV Jersey; Judge H B. Noulton, of Wash
ington. and Samuel Diskia, o. Michigan
chairman of the Prohibition, Natif LIZ. Com
nittee.