The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-07-07
ATTACK ON M'KINLEY
Prohibitionists in Convention De-
nOunce the Chief Magistrate.
Refer to Him as wine-Drlnker and a
Wine-serving Host-woolley and Met
calf Named for President aud
Vice President

Chicago, June 29.--The prohibition
national convention adjourned sine
die yesterday after having placed in
nomination for President John q.
Woolley, of Illinois, and for vice pres
ident Henry Il. Metcalf, of Rhode
Island The nominations in each in
stance were made ON the first ballot,
Only two candidates for the presiden-
tial nomination were ballotted for,
Mr. Woolley and Rev. Silas c. Swal-
low, of Pennsylvania; Hale johnson.
Of Illinois, withdrawing his name at
the last moment and throwing his
a.@asih to Mr. Woolley,
Immediately after the announce
ment of the result of the ballot for
the presidents nomination. DIR. Swal-
low was proposed as the vice presi-
dental nominee. The convention
went wild over the suggestion. but
DIR. Swallow, after hurried confer
ence with the Pennsylvania delega-
tion, refused TO accept the nomina-
tion.
National Chairman Stewart made
plea for funds from those present to
conduct the campaign, which it is in
tended VIII he on "a much more eX-
tensiye scale than the party has ever
before attempted. Several thousand
dollars were subscribed by the dele
gates and visitors,
The platform adopted declares there
is no principle now advocated by any
other party which could be made n
fact in government with such benefi.
| cent moral and material results as the
principle of prohibition applied to the
beverage liquor traffic; condemns the
repeal of the prohibitory law in
Alaska, and the introduction of the
license system in Hawaii; calls at
tcntion to the increased expectation
of liquors TO Cuba and the Philip
pines, and appeals to the moral and
Christian citizenship Of the country
to unite in the prohibition movement.
That portion Of the platform relating
TO the administration of President
Mckinley is in part as follows:
We charge upon President Mckinley.
who was elected to his high office by
appeals to Christian sentiment and pa
triotlsm almost Unprecedented and by a
combination Of moral influences never
before seen In this country that by his
conspicuous example as a wine drinker at
public banquets and as a wine-serving
host In the white house he has done
more to encourage the liquor business.
to demorallzc the temperance habit OF
young men and to bring Christian prae-
tlces and requirements into disrepute
than any other president this republic
has had We further charge upon Pres
dent Mckinley responsibility for the ar
my canteen with all Its dire brood of
disease. immortality sin and death in
this country, in Cuba, In Porto Rico and
the Philippines; and we Insist that by
his attitude concerning the canteen and
his apparent contempt for the vast num-
Der of petitions and petitioners protesting
against Il, he has outraged and insliltct
the moral sentiment OF this country In
such manner and to such a degree as
calls for the righteous uprising and his
Indignant and effective rebuke.
We challenge denial Of the fact that ouI
executive MS commander-in-chief Of tho
| lufttH u Nllt lillANh NAlltat 1T iAlN NAhif
prior to or since March 3 1899, could hav,
closed every army saloon. called a can
teen, by executive order, as President
Hayes did before him, and should have
closed them for the same reasons which
actuated President Hayes: we assert that
the act Of congress passed March 2, 1889
forbldding the sale Of liquors "ln any
post. exchange or canteen." by any "oili
Ger or private soldier" or by "any othel
person. on any promises used for military
! purposes by the United States" was ant
Is as explicit an act Of prohibition a
the English language can frame; we de
clare our solemn belief that the attorney
general of the United States In his In
depreciation of that law, and the secre
tary Of war in his accoptances Of tha
= Interpretation and his refusal tn enforc,
the law. were and are guilty Of treason
able nullification thereof, and that Pres
ldent Mckinley. through his assent Il
and Endorsement Of such Interpretation
and refusal on the part Of the ollicial
as appointed by and responsible N him
shares responsibility In their guilt; an,
we record our conviction that a new an,
serious pcril confronts our country, II
the fact that It's president at the behes
Of thu beer power dares and does abrOgat
q law of congress. through subordinates
whose acts become his, and thus vlr
tually coufosses that laws are TO be ad
mnlstered or to be nulliied In the In
terest OF law-dcfying business, by al
administration under mortgage to sucl
= business for support.
After considerable discussion ris
ing vote was called for and the pla'
? form and additional resolutions favor
inr woman sutlrg q were ndoDtpd bi