The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-28
AN ARRANGEMENT
OF THE PRESIDENT
r-
He Debauches the People'of
the Philippines.
DEM0RAII7iME EXAMPI r
DEMORALIZlNG EXAMPLE
McKinley's Public Wine Drinking De.
nounced by the Prohibitionists.
A GREAT CONVENTION AT CHICAGO
Chairman Dickie Declares the Republicans
Stand For the Perpetuation Of the Liquor
Traffic and the Democrats For
Its Continuance.
Its Continuance.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago. Ills, June 27.-The Prohibition
party will make it's national campaign
this year upon a platform of single is
sue, the liquor traffic, all other issues
being subordinated to this one question.
Upon this platform it is probable that
either Rev S. C. Wallow the Fighting
Parson," of Harrisburg, Pa, or John G.
Woolley, of Chicago. editor of the New
Voice. the Prohibition National organ,
will be nominated for President.
The National Convention of the Prohi-
bition Party met here today and in three
sessions, morning, afternoon and evening,
cleared up all business except the nomi-
nations for President and Vice President
which will be made tomorrow morning.
The convention in point of numbers ana
in enthusiasm shown is considered one
of the greatest ever held by the advocates
of cold water
1t was exactly 1920 o'clock when
Chairman Stewart of the National COM
mittee, raped for order At that time
nearly all the delegates were in their
seats while the galleries surrounding the
big drill room of the First regiment were
filed with spectators. Just previous to
the fall of the gavel the delegates from
the New England States marched into
the hall in a body, each delegate carry
ing a canteen with the letters "U. S. in
verified and bearing the legend "Anti-
Canteen." They were literally applaud
ed.
Chairman Dickie made a brief speech
outlining the work to be done by the
convention
II believe the Prohibition party is on
the eve of important events" said he.
1--WE represent a reform before which all
other national reforms pale into signif-
canoe or disappear altogether. The DEM
ocratic party stands for the continuance
of the liquor traffic, the Republican party
stands for its perpetuation."
Mr.. Diclsie bitterly assailed the Ma
tional Administration for its position on
the canteen law and charged it with de-
bauching the people of its new posses
sions in the Philippines"
He also accused the Government with
using it's consular service for gathering
information for the use of the distillers
and brewers.
The afternoon session was called to or
der at 2:40 p. m. The report of the Com
mttee on Credentials was presented by
Chairman Johann, who stated that the
committee had decided that only those
delegates present with certificates duly
signed were entitled to seats. There
were G93 delegates actually seated, repre-
senting thirty-seven States. The report
was adopted.
Homer Castle, of Pittsburg, submitted
the report of the Committee on Perma-
O.la Of pucf
The report which was adopted recon-
mended Samuel Dckie, of Michigan, for
permanent chairman and Colonel r. S.
Cheves, of Tennessee, for permanent sec
rotary
The list of national committeeman as
selected by the delegations of the va
rious States was then read and adopt
ed,
Among the members are
Kentucky, Francis e. Beauchamp, T. B..
Demaree; North Carolina. Thomas p.
Johnston Edwin Shaver; Tennessee, Jas.
A. Tate, Colonel r. s. Cheves; Virginia,
j. w. Staunton, w. T. Burdick.
The convention then took a recess un-
til 8 p. m.
The evening session of the convention
was called to order at 7:45 p. M. but
the Committee on Platform was still de-
batting over unsettled points and it was
until after nine o'clock that Chairman
Chain appeared with the platform.
The platform as read by Secretary
Hopkins, of the Resolutions committee,
declares that the national interest could
be promoted in no other way so surely
and widely as by it's assertion, through a
national policy and the cooperation
therein of every State, forbidding the
manufacture, sale. expectation, importa-
ton and transportation of intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes that the
liquor power is the most dangerous trust
of all, that the first step in solving the
financial problem should be saving the
billion dollars annually spent in drink.
I'VE charge upon President Mckinley,
who was elected to his office by appeals
to Christian sentiment and patriotism al
most unprecedented and by combination
of moral influences never before seen in
this country, that, by his conspicuous ex-
ample as a wine drinker at public ban
auets and as a wine-serving host in the
White House, he has done more to en-
courage the liquor business, to demoralize
the temperance habits of young men and
to bring Christian practices and require
mants into disrepute, than any other
President this republic has had. We