The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-07-03
PROHIBITION TICKET.
John G.. WOOIIey, of Illinois, for
President, and Henry b. MetcaIf
IOr Iace President.

Chicago, June 29.-The prohibition
convention adjourned sine die after
having placed in nomination for pres
ident John g. Woolley, of Illinois, and
for vice president Henry B. Metcalf,
of Rhode Island. The nominations in
each instance were made on the first
! ballot. Only two candidates for the
presidential nomination were balloted
fOr-Mr. Woolley and Rev. Silas c..
Swallow, of Pennsylvania-Hale John
son, of Illinois withdrawing his name
at the last moment and throwing his
strength to Mr.. Woolley. This I'M
doubtedly had a great effect on the
result, as the CONVEX ton earlier in
the day had been stampeded for Swal-
low by an eloquent speech of Homer
i. Castle, of Pittsburgh, and had the
friends of the Pennsylvania clergy
man forced a ballot at that time the
result might have been different. For
vice president three candidates were
balloted for, III. B. Metcalf, Thomas
r. CaskardOn, of West Virginia, Rev.
+. l.. Eaton, of Iowa, Mr.. Metcalf re-
ceiving an overwhelming majority of
the votes cast.
Immediately after the announce
ment of the result of the ballot for
the presidential nomination DR.. Swal-
low was proposed as the vice presiden-
tial nominee. The convention went
wild over the suggestion, but DR..
Swallow, after a hurried conference
with the Pennsylvania delegation, re-
fused to accept the nomination.
During the session Chairman Stew
art, of the national committee, called
for contributions for the campaign
and over $1,000 was realized in a few
minutes.
The platform declares:
1--WE are Inundated, eXaspcrated
and grieved by the evidence painfully
abundant that this administration
policy of expansion is bearing so rap
idly its fruits of drunkenness, insani-
ty and crime under the dollhouse sun
of the tropics, and when the presi-
dent of the first Philippine commits
sion says it was unfortunate that we
introduced and established the sa-
looms there, to corrupt the natives
and to exhibit the vices of our race,
we charge the inhumanity and I'M
christianity of this act upon the adj
ministration of William Mckinley, and
upon the party which elected and
would perpetuate the same'
John G. Woolley is descended in the
direct line from Emanuel Woolley,
an English banker and friend of Geo.
Fox, who came to New England in
1853 and later became a large land
owner in New Jersey, which is still
the family seat. DR.. Woolley was
born at Collinsville, O., February Is,
1850. He was graduated from the
Ohio Wesleyan University in 1871,
practiced law in Paris, ILL.,, NIinneap-
oils and New York until 1888, when
he became a prohibitionist and from
accepting occasional invitations to
speak upon the subject of the liquor
traffic, drifted out of practice of his
profession into the lecture field.
Henry B. Metcalf, of Rhode Island,
prohibition Rnominee for vice presi-
dent. was born II years ago. He is
president of the Providence County
Savings bank and superintendent of
the Sunday school of the Church of
Our Father in Pawtucket, r. l. Mr..
Metcalf was formerly a republican,
but joined the prohibition party sew
eral years ago, and has been promi-
nently identified with that party
since.
Michigan Republican Ticket.