The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-28
THE Third PARTY
PrOhibition:sts Gather at
Indianapolis to- Name
a Ticket.
1T LOOKS LII MILES
Former Commander of the American
Army Can Have Nomination If
He Wants 1t.
At Least That Seems to Be the Party
t---Numerous Other
Candidates.

formal meeting of the national pro-
hibition convention was held this af-
ternoon at o'clock, when a confer
ence of state chairmen and secretaries
was called to order in the Claypool
hotel Headquarters. The national COM
mittee will hold it's first meeting to-
night Wednesday will be given to
convention committee meetings, the
organization speeches and reports of
| committees. National Chairman Stew
| art says he does not know who the
convention officers will be. There
will be a mass meeting in Tomlinson
hall Wednesday night and open-air
overflow meetings Will be held. Nom
, nations will be made Thursday.
This is the Prohibitionists' tenth ma
tional convention, and the second Cco
to meet in Indianapolis. The previous
one was held in May, 1888, when Gin
ton B. Fisk Of New Jersey and John
A. Brooks of Missouri were chosen as
| the standard bearers. The first con-
vention was held In Chicago in 1869,
and then in the order named, at in
| tervals of four years, the conventions
were held in Columbus, Cleveland,
Cleveland, Pittsburg Indianapolis, Gin
cinnati, Pittsburg and Chicago.
The great question with the party
leaders is. "Will it be Miles," At all
| events it seems that General Miles is
not going to be nominated for presi-
dent by reclamation. Indications are
that at least half a dozen names will
be placed before the convention
Thursday, when, after building a plat
form on which a nominee shall stand.
the national convention will choose
him, together with his running mate.
There practically are no active candi-
| dates, but the woods seem to be full of
receptive candidates and possibilities
in the hands Of their friends" In the
list are:
General Nelson A. Miles; Homer L.
Castle, Pittsburg; Rev. Siias C. Swal
low, Harrisburg; AIRED Menierre,
New York city: Prof. A. A. Hopkins,
Hornellsville. N. Y; Fred A. Wheeler
Los Angeles, Cal; A. G. Wolfenbarger
Lincoln, Neb.; H. B. Metcalf, Paw
tucket, r. l.; John A. Tate, Hartman,
Tenn; John G.. Wooley, Chicago.
Wheeler, who formerly was state
chairman of New York Prohibition
lists; Wolfenbarger, who is the Ne
braska national committeeman; Tate,
national secretary; WOOlley, who car
ried the standard four years ago, and
Metcalf his running mate at that time,
| have all told their friends that they
are too busy to make the race this
year, and they may prevail on their
boomers not to present their names to
the convention. Menierre, who is a
New York lawyer; Swallow, minister
at Harrisburg; Castle, an attorney at
Pittsburg and law partner of Governor
Stone, aside from Miles, who is the
great problem of the day, seem to have
the greatest following at this time.
A feature of the convention will be
the biennial oratorical contest which
will take place in Tomlinson hall to-
night This intercollegiate Prohibi.
ton affair will show the result of two
years preparation on the part Of the
contestants, of whom there are six:
w. Clifford Smith of the University OF
California; Walter r. Miles of Pacific
College, Oregon; Harry c. Culver OF
, Cornell College, Iowa; Mamie White
of Wheaton College, Illinois, James R.
Welsh and Ernest M. Halliday of the
University of Michigan. For the first
place, besides the honor of winning
there is prize of 500, and for second
place, $50.