Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-28
PROHIBITION
CONVENTION
Continued from Page I.

Chairman Stewart then announced
temporary officers as follows:
Chairman, Samuel Dickie, of Michi-
gan: Secretary, A. e. Wilson. Chicago;
Assistant Secretary. Colonel Jellis,
tennessee, and L. b. Sutton. Idaho.
OLD PARTIES DENOUNCED.
Chairman Dickie made brief speech.
outlining the work to be done by the
convention.
Il believe the Prohibition party is
on the eve of important events" said
ne. we represent q reform. before
which all other National reforms pale
into insignificance or disappear alto
gether. The Democratic party stands
FOR the continuance of the liquor trait
nc the Republican party stands for
KS perpetuaton."
MIR. Dickie bitterly assailed the Ma
toaol Administration for it's position
on the canteen law and charged it with
oebauching the peoples of it's new
possessions i'll the Philippines"
vile lie also accused the Government
wfth using ills consular service for
gathering information for the use of
diStillers and brewers.
AZ the conclusion of Chairman
Dickie's speech the rules and order of
business were adopted and committees
We're announced.
y recess was then tal,on un+i1 o.eo
O'Clock. GOV
Inc afternoon session was called to
oruer at 2;40 p. M. The report Of the
committee on Credentials was pre-
scented by Chairman Johann, who
s STE that the committee had decided
that only those delegates present with
ccrtlicates duly signed were entitled
10 seats. There were 693 delegates ac-
JMaliy seated. representing 81 States.
Inc report was adopted.
DICKIE PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
Homer Castle of Pittsburg, submit
ted the report of the COMMITTEES on
permanent Organization and Order OF
BUSINESS. The report, which was
aoopted unanimously. recommended
Saiiluei Dickie. of Michigan. for per-
NhcVes, OF tennessee, for permanent
The list of national committeeman
as selected by the delegations of the
various States was then read ana
adopted.
Among the members are: Kentucky
FRANCIS II. Beauchamp, II. b. Dema
rec; North Carolina. Thomas p. john
ston. Edwin Shaver; Tennessee, James
a. rate. Colonel r. S. Cheves; Vir-
ginia' j. w. Stanton, w. I. Bur
The convention then took a recess
until S p. M.
The evening session OF the conyen-
tlon was called TO order at 7:45 d. M.
pu, me committee on Platform was
sun debating over unsettled points.
ana IT was not until after O'Clock
that Chairman Chain appeared with
the platform.
ne platform. as read by Secretary
Hopkins. of the Resolutions Commit
Tee. declares that tho national interest
couiu DC promoted in no other way so
surely and widely as by its assertion.
through n national policy and the CO.
operation therein OF every State. forbid
ding the manufacture. sale. expectation
importation and transportation OF in
.oNlcating LIQUORS for beverage pur-
poses; that the liquor power is the most
dangerous trust of all; that the first
step in solving the nnacsal problem
should be saving the billion dollars an
nually spent in drink
EXAMPLE OF MKINLEY.
We charge upon President Mckinley.
VINO was elected to his high office by
appeals to Christian sentiment and ma
triotism almost unprecedented. and by
combination of moral influences never
neiore seen IN this country; that, by
his conspicuous example as a. wine
drnker at public banquets, and ms n
wisle-serving host in the White House.
ne mas done more to encourage the llu-
our business, to demOralZe the tenn
nerance habits of young men, and TO
~ ms IN io'is,h practices ana require
nients into disrepute. than any other
President this Republic has had We
further charge upon President McEin-
ley responsibility for the army can
teen. with all its dire brood of disease.
immortality. sin and death. in this coun-
try. in Cuba. in Porto Rico and the
Philippines: and we insist that, by his
attitude concerning tho canteen, and
his apparent contempt for the vast
number OF petitions and petitioners
protesting against 1t. he has encouraged
and insulted the moral sentiment of this
country In such a manner. and to such
a degree. as calls for it's righteous up