The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-28

10 convert men TO the PrOnlDlIlOn par
ty Give US then leader of enthusi- /
asm who can stir the hearts of men. /
Give US a man whose elements OF |
strength have already talxep him into |
the forefront of the fight and MADE |
him the most prominent reform orator |
in America
He closed by naming John G. Wool |
ey, 'of every state"
The announcement of Wooley's name !
by Stewart was the signal for the indul |
gence in a horseplay of politics by the |
delegates, gray bearded old delegates as |
we'll as the young men cheered, shouted, |
waved flags and handkerchiefs, and |
when Mr.. Stewart concluded apparently |
half the delegates arose and cheered
wildly.
GREE NOMINATES JOHNSON.
| George w. Gree, of Illinois, then took
| the platform to renominate Hale John
| son. He said:
Il have the honor to name before you
| today the grandest man in the Prohibi-
tion party in the world, (Applause) ex-
| cept Oliver w. Stewart and myself.
| Naughter) He was born in Indiana in
1847 He could not help it. He is wiser
| than Solomon. He married only one
| wife. He was a soldier. So were his
father and grandfather. So is his son.
So, delegates, his war record is clear.
In 1875 he became a lawyer, an honest
| lawyer. (Laughter). Not only must
we have an orator Of ability. but we
| must have a man of business affairs
and of constitutional ability so he can
call down the attorney general when he
nullifies the canteen law.
! For years he has ben fighter in the
ranks of prohibition. for God and home
and native land. He is a courageous
Christian citizen, as grand a man as
lives beneath the sun is Hale Johnson
(Great applause).
California yields to Pennsylvania -
came the announcement from that
state. Holmes Castle, of Pittsburg, took
the platform amid the applause of the
/ frinT Dc r Tl1-
Pennsylvania divine Get on the ta-
BILE" yelled a delegate in the rear of the
hall,
IF you can't see me. you'll hear me"
retorted Mr.. Castle.
PRESENTING SWALLOWS NAME
Mr.. Castle said in part:
Pennsylvania presents to this con-
ventiOn her greetings and offers to you
the services of one of her favOrite sons
as a standard bearer in this great on
ward march. the aim and object of
which is to make possible a Christian
civilization in a Christian land, pos
sessed and owned by a truly Christ-like
people.
I'VE have the man with the necessary
qualifications to step to the front and
| carry this flag of Prohibition as nearly
to victory as could any other man,
then in the name of the fitness of things
we ought to be permitted to name the
candidate of the Prohibition party for
president Of the United States in the
l year O1 grace, 1SUU.
In answering the question: "Have
we such a man. Mr. Castle pointed out
the qualifications of Mr.. Swallow and
| continued:
2 HE has a tremendous advantage; he
1 | is Methodist. The Methodist church
seems to have gone stark mad crazy OF
2 the proposition that it must have E
Methodist president It has paraphraseC
the old Quaker's advice to his son OF
money matters; Brethren, get Meth
Oldest president honestly if thee can, bu
: get the president Here is chance Il
a be true and get the president.
You are ready for a fight from today
= until the polls close in November. YoI
t. want to hunt down and expose false
n hood, shame, Hypocrisy, cant. YoI
q want to expose Wickedness, whether i
n be in high or low places. You want thi
q country to understand that a govern
= ment saloon is as destructive Of lif'
A as a private saloon. You want to insis
O to the voters of this nation that a maj
a who will not keep his church vows ant
# obligations can not be trusted to keel
p his official VOWS and obligations. Yol
4 want to tell it over and over again tina
| whether it was wise or otherwise to an
n mex the Philippines, the practical resul
by which it has been opened to the un
n restrained onslaught of the brewing in
~ terests of this country is crime befor
q God, the magnitude of which dwarf
II ! and belittles to the infinite small point
v the worst Spanish misrule which eve
y existed.
- lou want II JOIQ from emo TO en-
- of this broad land that whether none
= or bimetallism be the standard of value
that while we pour into the dram shop
- of America each year sum equal t
, three times the entire cost of the Span
y y ish war, poverty will exist and fncreast
- You want the Christian church c
this country to be told in language whic
- can not be misunderstood that if sh
a is to go into the new century with an
II semblance of the power which she ha
ie in the last century, she must break he
L alliance social and political with tn
y liquor traffic and go free and untran
n meled to the work of conquest in H
20 great name
r "You want a man to be your 1eade
- who shall be as straight and tall as tn
E. young Saul. He must be as fearless an
1T unsparing in the denunciation of 81
E. in high places as was John the Baptis
OF He must be as untiring and persiSter
10 as a Paul. He must be as ready fl
d sacrifice as a Stephen. He must be g
at stern and unrelenting as John Kno.
SO He must be as sweet tempered as
1r Melancthon. He must be as pure, clea
at and noble minded as John Wesley.
ne a word he must be such a one as show
TO by his life that he is an act of Co
L his mind is thought, his life a breat
70 of divinity. Such a man, ladies an
sh gentlemen of the convention, have Il
at honor to present to you in the perSC
tn of SilaS G. Swallow, of Pennsylvani
whom nominate as a candidate for Il
en- office of president of the United States
Id Mr.. Castles denunciation of form'
as Senator Quay of Pennsylvania ws
ty received with delight by the delegate
he AS Mr. Castle concluded the most stril
tY ing demonstration of the day occurre
en- Every delegate in the Pennsylvania Sc
tion with his hands full of gaily colort
to pampas plumes or with large pictur
nd of DR. Swallow, jumped to his fe
he shouting wildly while in other sectiol
lc- of the hall delegates blew horns al
ng waved the state banners. The demo-
Of stration continued for several minute
and apparently came near stampedil
on the convention A motion to adiou
gh was made and though apparently how
We ed down the chair ruled that the mott
IN had carried. A storm of protests arc
we and an appeal from the chairs decisi
ext was sustained by an overwhelming vo
to The roll call of states was then conclu