The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-28

/ contempt for the vast number of petit
tons and petitioners protesting against
/ II, he has outraged and insulJed the moral
! sentiment of this country in such q man
ner and TO such a degree as calls Tor
righteous uprising and his indignant and
We challenge denial of the fact that
/ our executive, as commander-ln-chleI OF
/ the forces of the United states, at any
/ time prior to or since March 3, 1899 could
] have closed every saloon called canteen
I by executive order, as PRESIDENT AayeS
did before him, and should nave CLOSED
/ them for the same reasons which actu-
ated President Hayes we assert that the
act of congress passed March 2 1879, for-
/ bidding the sale Of liquors, in any post,
/ exchange or canteen." by ANY officer or
private soldier or .bv any other per-
son, on any premises used for military
/ purposes by the United States, was and
I is as explicit an act of prohibition as the
/ English language can express
Called Guilty of Treason.
1--WE declare our solemn belief that the
/ attorney general of the United states, IN
/ his Interpretation of that law, and the
| secretary of war, in his acceptance of
/ that Interpretation and his refusal TO en-
| force the law, were and are guilty OF
treasonaple nuil1neauon OF: ana thdt res -
( ident Mckinley, through his assent to and
| endorsement of such Interpretation and
! refusal on the part of the Of11cldlS as ap-
/ pointed by and responsible to MIN, shareS
/ RESPONSIBILITY
| cord our conviction that new and Sc
| riouS peril c0nfrOntS our country in the
fact that its president, at the behest OF
! the beer power dare and does aDrogate
law in congress-, through subordinates
whose acts become his. and thus virtually
! confesses that laws are TO be administer
/ ed or to be nullified in the interest OF
| laW-defying business, by an admlnlstIa-
1 ton under mortgage to such business Tor
| support
I've deplore the fact that an admins
| tratiOn of this republic, claiming the right
! and power to carry our flag across the
seas and to conquer and annex new terri
| tory, should admit its lack OF power 20
prohibit the American saloon on suoJu-
/ gated country, or should obllgate ltSelt 20
| liquor sovereignty under tnaI nag we
! are Inundated exasperated and grieVed
| by the evidence, painfully abundant, that
| this administrations policy OF expansion
is bearing SO rapidly its fruits OF drunk
| enneSs, insanity and crime under the not
/ house suns of the troDics, and when the
president of the first philippines commits
/ sion says it was unfortunate that we IN
| troduced and established the saloon there,
| to corrupt the natives to exhibit the vices
| of our race. We charge the tnhumanlty
| and un-Christianity of this act upon the
administration of President Mckinley and
upon the party who elected and would
/ Dcrpetuate the same.
We condemn the present administra-
/ ton at Washington because II mas re-
/ Dealed the DrOhibitOry laws In Alaska,
]
| tribes there TO be the prey OF the Amer
! lean grog-shop, and because it has en-
/ tered upon a license policy in our posses
! sions by incorporating the same IN the
1 recent act of congress in the code of laws
! for the government of the Hawaiian ISL
I ands.
I've call attention to the fearful fact
! that expectation of liquors from the Unit,
/ ed States to the Philippines increased
/ from 1897 in 1898 10 S467, Jos in the first ten
months of the fiscal year ending June |:
| 1900; and that while our expectation of
| LIQUORS to Cuba never reached $4,000 a
year previous to American occupation of
! that island our exports of such liquors
/ to Cuba during the fiscal year of 1899,
reached the sum of SS29, $50
Touches Up Both Parties.
The fact being plain and undeniable
I that the Democratic party stands for IL
! cense, the saloon and the canteen, while
/ the Republican party, in policy and ad-
saloon and revenue therefrOm, we de-
/ clare ourselves justified in expecting that
/ Christian voters everywhere shall cease
/ their completely with the liquor curse by
/ refusing to uphold a liquor party and
( shall unite themselves with the only par
I ty which upholdS the prohibition policy
/ and and which for nearly thirty years has
/ been the faithful defender of the church,
| the state, the home and the school,
! against the saloon, its expanders and per-
/ petuators, their actual and persistent
! foe"
The platform was received with the
widest enthusiasm, Every sentence in
I condemnation of President Mckinley
was greeted with shouts of applause
and approval. and cries of init him
again, the delegates standing on their
chairs and yelling.
Woman's Suffrage Up.
''I have another resolution recon-
1 mended by the committee on resolu-
ti0ns," said Professor hopkins. He
then read the following:
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this
4 convention that the right of ballot
shall not be denied any citizen on &C
count of sex -4
1t was evident. that leaving the wo-
man suffrage plank out of the platform
was distasteful TO many delegates, and
when Mrs. Beauehamp. president of the
W. c. T. u. of Kentucky, took. the plat
form to advocate an equal suffrage
plank, she was wildly applauded A
picture of Frances z. Willard, which
hung over the speakers stand, had
fallen down during the afternoon re-
cess. It had not been replaced. Mrs.
Beauchamp referred to its removal, "
and in an instant a very respectable
| row was on.
4 protest against such shameful in
I
excited male delegate.
Put it up again" shouted another.
It was hung up behind the speaker S
desk, but this did not satisfy the del
egates, and the hail did not become
quiet until the portrait had been hung
from the gallery.
After considerable discussion a rising
vote was called for and the platform
and additional resolution, favoring
woman suffrage, adopted by a practi-
cally unanimous vote, and amid q
tempest of cheers.
Some delegates started Blessed Be
the Tie That Binds" and the whole as
semblage Joined in a thunderous song
of praise, even the throngs in the gal
lery taking up the old hymn.
The convention then adjourned until
$3.50 tomorrow morning.
Names of Committeeman.
The list of national committeeman
as selected by the delegations of the
various states and adopted by the con-
vention, included the following:
California;. w. Elliott, Gabriel
Stickney
Colorado. N. sooullor. Mrs. M. E
erase.
Idaho-H. a. Lee, e. B. Sutton.
Kansas-T. D. Talmage, ], B. Gear
son.
Missouri-H. P. Faris, Charles E
Stokes
Montana-Thomas E. Street. E. NJ
Gardner
Nebraska-A. C. wolffenburger, L
c. Parker.
Oregon-W. P. Gilmore, E. O. Miller.
Texas-D. H. Hancock, Rev. J. G
Adams.