The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-28
PROHIBITION
Party ia Convention in Chicago
Illinois.

CHICAGO JUNE 27-The prohibition
party VIII make it' national campaign
this year up n a platform Of single
issue, the Liquor traffic all Other issues
being subordinateed to this one question.
Upon this platform it is probable that
either Rev. $. G. Swallow, the Eight
ing parson,' of Harrisburg. Pa, or John
G.. Wooley, of Chicago, editor Of the New
Voice, the prChibiuoual national organ
will be nominated for president
The nation convention of the pr h BIZ
tion party met here To-Day ana in three
sessions, morning, aft, rnoon and ecven-
ing, cleared up all business except the
nominations for president and vice-pces-
dent, which will be made tomorrow
morning. The convention in point of num-
bers, is considered one OF the greatest
ever held by the advocates OF cod watt
er.
Thirty-seven states were repre- sente.d
WIN Chairman Stewart called the con-
vention to order at the hrsts reg ment
armory today, nearly seven hundred
delegates being present whio scores of
others are expected tomorrow
The platform as adopted bears solely
upon the question of the suppression
of the liquor traffic. In onnecton with
! this however, the administration and
President Mckinley, in particular, are
bitterly arraigned for the position taken
on the anti-canteen law.
A bitter fight took place in the commits
tee on resolutions before the platform
was finally agreed upon, the members
being sharply divided over the question
of single issue, on broad" p atform.
The advocates on woman suffrage wers
puartcularly emphatic in deman ling a
suffrage plank, but after a session last
ing several hours the matter was compro-
missed by reporting a separate resolution
! favoring the granting of the franchise
TO women and in this form, the report
of the committee on resolutions was
adopted after considerable further d.
! bate.
AFTERNOON SESSION
CHICAGO, JUNE 1.-THE afternoon
S, ssion was called to order at 2:40 p. m.
The report of the COMMITTEES on creden-
itals was not ready, and pending it's
! completion, the convention was enter
tained by mucis, in which prohibition was
4 lauded.
! The report of the committee on creden-
/ tiaI was then presented by Chairman
Johann, who stated that the committee
had decided that only those delega tes
pr, sent with certificates duly signed,
We're entitled to seats. There were 693
d.l gates actually stated, represent ng 81
states. The report was adopted.
Homer Castle submitted the rero-t of
the committee on permanent organization
and order Of business. The report yec1m-
, permanent chairman and Colonel r. S.
Cheves Of Tennes ee, for permanent Sec
/. retary.
1t was apparent that the Indiana dele
/, cation had abandoned III, ir intention e
nominating John G. Wooley for perma-
, nCnt chairman, for the ocommendations
of the committee were adopted unani-
mously amid roar of applause.
The list of national committeeman as
selected by the delegations of the various
states wa sthen read and adopted. IT
includes the following:
California-L. w. Elliott Gabriel e.
Stickney.
Colorado. N. Coulter, Mrs. M. e.
Craise
Idaho-H. A Lee, E. b. Sutton.
Kansas-T. b. Talmage, j. b. eGarso n.
Missouri-H. +. Faris, Charles f..
Stokes.
Montara-Thomas e. Street, II. M Gar
dner
Nebraska-A. G. Wolfonbureer. L. G..
Parker.
Oregon-W. l.. Elmor-, E. o. Miller.
TeXas-D. II. Hancock Rev. J. q. Adj
ans.
Utah-JacCb S. Bore man, G. ID. Savery
Washington-E. S. Smith, Rcger s..
Green.