Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-30

The platform was adopted after some
slight changes were made in the ver-
biage of the majority report and sever
al additional planks added.
Indianapolis. June 30.-Oliver w.
Stewart, national chairman, opened the
prohibition convention with prayer to-
day. 1t was announced that an early
morning caucus of the opposition 70
Miles nomination had combined IN
Stewart for presidential nomination..
Samuel Dickie, OF Michigan. was Sc
lected to make the nominating speech.
The resolutions committee reported
the following platform TO the conven-
tion:
Resolutions.
The prohibition party in national
convention assembled, recognizing that
the chief end of all governments IS
the establishment of righteousness and
justice. and believing in the perpetua-
ton of the high ideals of government
Of the people, by the people and for the
people. established by our fathers,
make the following declaration of prin-
ciples and purposes:
Widely prevailing system of licens-
ed and leg,iiZed sale of alcoholic bev-
erages is SO ruinous to individual IN
terest, so inimicai ~ public welfare
so destructive to national wealth and
subversive to the rights of the great
masses of our citizenship that destruc-
ton of the traffic is and for years has
been the most important question IN
American politics.
I'VE denounce' the lack Of statesman
ship exhibited by the leaders of the
democratic and republican parties in
their refusal OF the paramount import
ance of this question and the coward
ice with which the leaders of these par
toes have courted the favor of those
whose selfish interests are advanced oy
continuation and augmentation of the
traffic, until today the influence Of the
liquor traffic practically dominates ma
tional. state and local governments
thruout the nation.
I'VE declare. as a truth demonstra.
ed by experience of a half a century,
that all methods of dealing with the
liquor traffic which recognizes its right
to exist in any form. under any system
Of license or tax or regulation, have
proved powerless to remove its evils
and useless as a check upon it's growth.
while the insignificant public revenues
which have accrued therefrom and the
spirit of public conscience is a recog-
milton of it's intquity.
We call public attention to a fact
proved by an experience of more tn an
fifty years, that to secure enactment
and enforcement of prohibitory legsla-
tion in which alone lies hope of protec-
ton of the people from the liquor traffic,
it is necessary that the Legislative,
executive and judicial branches should
be in the hands of political party n
harmony with prohibition principles,
and pledged to its embodiment in law
and to the enforcement of these laws"
We pledge the prohibition party
wherever given power by the SUFFRAGE
of the people, to the enactment and en-
forcement OF laws prohibiting and
abolishing the manufacture, importa-
tion, transportation and sales of alco-
holic beverages.
we declare there is not only no 9TH
er issue of equal Importance before the
American public today, but that the
so-called issues upon which the demo-
crat and republican parties seek to
divide the electorate of the country are
in large part subterfuges. under |
cover of which they wrangle for the |
spoils of office.
Recognizing that intelligent voters |
of the country may properly ask our
attitude upon other questions of public !
we declare ourselves IN favor |
of the impartial enforcement of all !
laws
Safeguarding of peoples rights by |
rigid application of the principles of |
justice to all combinations and organi-
cations of capital and labor.
More intimate relations between the |
public and government by wise APP
plcation Of the principle of initiative I
and referendum.
Safeguarding to every citizen in |
every place under the government of |
the people of the United States of all |
rights guaranteed by the laws and
international arbitration and de-
clare that our nation should contribute
in every manner consistent with ma
tional dignity to permanent establish
ment of peace between all nations.
Reform of our divorce laws final
extirpation OF polygany. total over
throw of the presence of the shameful
sy stem OF Illegal sanction of the social
evil with its unspeakable traffic in
girls by municipal authorities of almost
all of our cities"
minority report on platform was
presented by the chairman of the reso-
lutions committee Tracy Of Illinois, =