Smyrna times., 1896-05-20
PROHIBITTONISTS OF DELAWARE.
Declare Against Present Laws.-DeIegates
and AIternates Chosen at the State
Convention.

The Prohibitions held the largest
State Convention in their history
Thursday in the Kent County Court
House. Delegates were elected to the
State Convention and Joshua Lever
ing, of Maryland, was endorsed for
President. The platform demands the
elimination of the tariff question from
partisan politics, and endorses the
gold standard 1t also protests
against the Legislature granting di-
vOrces, and denOunces the open use of
money at elections in this State.
The Convention was called to order
by Chairman Richard II. Cooper of
the State Executive Committee, and
DR.. J. d. West, of Harrington, was
made temporary Chairman, Richard
". Brown, of New Castle county, was
chosen temporary Secretary. When
the roll was called II delegates re-
spOnded to their names. They were
divided as follows: From New Castle
county, IS; Kent, 43: Sussex, 10. The
chairman appointed the various COM
mittees, after which the Convention
took a recess until o'clock.
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE REPORT.
When the Convention reassembled
the Committee on Permanent Organ
izatiOn made the following report,
which was adopted:
For Permanent Chairman, r. NJ.
Cooper, of Kent county; Secretary,
Il. W. Brown, of New Castle: Vice
Presidents. George W. Todd, of New
Castle; Charles 5. Register. of Kent:
and Z. NJ. Marshall, Sussex. 1t was
decided that the State badge should be
q u-h h-14 I, Il,
of the American flag and the words:
''NO saloon. Save the boys"
While the Committees on Delegates
to the National Convention and on
Platform were preparing their reports
the Convention was addressed bv
Rev. j. b. Turner, Quincy l.. Morrow,
Rev. B. F. Jester and H. G. Eastburn.
The following delegates to the Ma
tional Convention were elected: From
New Castle county, L. W. BrOsius
and r. w Brown; alternates. O. W.
Eastburn and Rev Vaughn S. Collins;
from Kent county, J. r. FARRELL and
}. ID. West; alternates, J.. Nj. Price
and William Denney; from Sussex
! county, AlOysius Green and Charles
NJ. Marshall; alternates, DorseC
Blake and W. II. S. Williams: dele
gate-at-large, J. B. Turner; alternate.
j. L. Straughn.
CHEERS FOR LEvERING.
A motion endorsing Joshua Lever
ing, OF Maryland, for the Presidential
nomination was adopted amid great
! cheers, and the delegates from this
State were instructed to support him.
The Committee on Platform made a
lengthy report, reaffirming its allegi-
ance to the National Prohibition party
| and denouncing the liquor traffic, de
mandlng It's absolute prohibition.
/ Among the other planks in the plat
| form are the advocacy of the entire
elimination of the tariff question from
partisan politics and its reference to a
non partisan commission, to adjust
under proper regulations by Congress,
the schedules to the changing condi-
| tlOns of trade, freeing the whole sub
Ject from political bargaining and com
mercial distrust, and thus giving
! greater permanency TO the system. to
| the benefit of the farmer, the mechanic.
the manufacturer and all classes of
! society.
"With all progressive nations" the
! platform continues, ''we believe that
? gold should be the standard of value
/ Tor our monetary system; but we also
believe that silver and national bank
notes should be used as mediums of
exchange, and recognized as equal in
value to gold in payment of all obliga-
tlons, national as well as private debts
| included.
DEMAND PRoHIBITORY ENACTMENTs.
1--WE believe in a government eco
nomlcally administered, so as to tighten
to the minimum degree the burden of
taxation, and we believe in suffrage
Tor every citizen, irrespective of color,
sex or previous condition, who is NOR
ally and intellectually qualified for the
duties of a citizen.
we demand that the coming State
Constitutional Convention, which
should be nOn-partisan, in connection
with other needed reforms, shall in
corporate clause in the Constitution
forever prohibiting the manufacture.
importation and sale of alcoholic
liquors as a beverage.
I'VE protest against the granting of
divorces by our State Legislature, and
against the supporting our public
schools by money taken from the IL
censed liquor traffic.
we believe IN the purity of the bal
lot, and demand that the ribe-eiver
as we'll as the bribe-taker, in addition
to fine and imprisonment, should be
forever disqualified to vote and hold
office, and that this penalty should
apply to primary as well as other elec-
tiOns.
I'VE believe that narrow partisan
ship, that open bribery, that brazen
self-seeking and unblushing debauch-
cry and corruption have disgraced the
politics of this State in recent years,
and call on all citizens who are op-
posed to these methods to unite with
us to correct the present evils and
secure good government for all, be-
lieving that this is an opportune time
to cut loose from and sever all ties
with the old parties