The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-30
GENERAL MILES
Is A DEMOCRAT
Cause of Prohibition COnVen-
ton Trouble.
HOT TALK ON P0LYGAMY
UNABLE To AGREE UPON A
CANDIDATE.
HOT TALK ON POLYGAMY

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 29.-The
national Prohibition convention
completed its organization today
and adjourned until tomorrow at $3.50.
The new national committee was Sc
lected at state meetings and organized
by rejoicing Oliver w. Stewart Of
Chicago chairman, and j. A. Tate CT
Hartman, Tenn, secretary.
A majority of the new committee IS
opposed To the nomination or General
Miles Tor president and fayors single
issue
A Miles meeting this evening was at
tended by 400 delegates and was en-
JhJsiastic. John C.. WOOlley announced
iL as his belief that General Niles
would accept. III nominated though he
admitted he did not know he would &C
Cept. The anJi-AIiles following which
seems 20 have a majority Of the dele
gates has not agreed on any one cdnQI-
date oliver w Stewart. national
chairman is mentioned. but as he is
candidate Tor reelection to the llli-
nois legislature and has a salary Of
5000 as national chairman, iu IS not
certain he viii agree to make the race.
Officers of the national committee
said today that majority of the COM
mittee believed the nomination of Cen
ass he was a Democrat and would not
control the entire party vote. and those
opposed 60 him would fight the uOmina-
tion 10 the last ditch.
The resolutions committee was i'm ses-
sion from early i'm the afternoon until "a
late hour tonight without coming to a
final agreement 4 subcommittee Of
thirteen agreed upon a platform after
@ session of seven hours and submitted
which went over it for several hours.
Some Plans Agreed Upon.
That part of the platform agreed
upon boy the general committee inClud-
ed six pl5nks on the liquor question,
holding IL The most important issue, as
sorting that all systems holding it has
81 right 10 exist have proved failures,
Hedging the party 10 it's adjustment
ANA holding that there is no real issue
between the Republican and Demo
cratic parties. the so-calied issues be-
ing mere BreteNts over which they
Wrangle for office. Imperialism is
touched on by plank guaranteeing to
all persons under the American dag
The rights given by the constitution. A
ulank pledges reform i'm the divorce
laws, the determination OF p4ygamy
and The abolition of the present system
OF liberation OF prostitution by fines.
Trusts are not mentioned. but one
plank advocates protection of the well
fare of the people by a rigid applica-
tiou of Justice to all combinations Of
plank proposed was struck out by the
subcommittee Other proposed. planks
were being debated at a late hour.
Canker Worm Of Polygagmy.
Homer T. Castle, of Pittsburg.
temporary chairman of the convention
said iu part.
THAT canzer worm of tl,e west
T0iygamy today holds at bay our
United States senate. and its power IS
SO great that the greatest law-mak-
ing asseHl1lage or this country. com
posed Ot Republicans and Democrats.
dare not strike because pOlygamy has
said there IS a national election at
hand
This problem must be solved by a
Drawer lot OF men than Republican or
Democratic senators. The homes Of
our land have stood for years at the
doors OF congress asking for such q
uniform system OF marriage and di-
b NOrCe laws as VIII protect the saCTa-
ment OF marriage. IL has been treated
not simply with scaut courtesy, but
with no courtesy at all Tiis problem
of indissOluble home life isl one or our
lesacies.
''Auch-MarIied smoot."
above an these. because greater i'm
scope, broader than all those because
largely the source OF the evils in them
ALL IS the problem Of what 20 do with
the $50 900 saloons OF this land. Where
IS the political aggregation that can
be trusted 90 cope with these eviIs2
shan ID be tkat crowd of iuane. be-
collared men that gathered last week
iu Chicago 10 do the bidding Of
hero OF a blOodless san Juan. and
place a Democratic secretary I'M charge
of their national committee and coax
some one of ever seml-national repu-
taliou 20 agree TO run second to this
despoiier of every trust except the
whisiey trustf By no manner of
means. TIE men who as senators have
not The courage To send back TO little
Itah its much-marIied SmoOt, can
never be trusted 10 cope with an evil
" hose Iai0ns are sunk deep I'm every
municipality In this bread land.
shall we trust that crowd of uu-
Gagged hyeuss who viii convene next
week ia 81 Louis and whose chief oc-