Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
DR.. SILAS {. SWALLOW
Named By the Prohibitionists in Conven'
tion for President.
THE NOMINEE MAY DECLINE HONOR.
General Miles at the Last Moment Eliminated
Himself by Sending a Telegram Requesting
That His Name Be Not Presented-Lots OF
Enthusiasm, Only One Disturbing Voice
The Platform Adopted.

Indianapolis, Ind, (SpeciaD.-The
prohibition party, i'll national corven-
ton, nominated Rev. DR.. Silas {.
Swallow, of Harrisburg, Pa, for
President and George w. Carroll, Of
Texas, for Vice-President.
The platform was adopted without
argument after long deadlock in
the resolution committee. 1t was de-
scribed by |. H. Ames. of Oregon,
secretary of the committee, as the
broadest platform ever placed before
the people by the party.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles put an end
to the movement to nominate him for
President by sending to John G.
Woolley a telegram from New York
asking that his name be not presented.
This was considered final and the
movement to Mr.. Swallow was unani-
NOUS, no other name being conSid-
cred.
Subscriptions for Campaign Fund.
ONcI SlO,OOO was ldlSCu ny SuDoNiiP-
ton pledges from the floor OF the
convention, which, with $1,000 in the
treasury, will be the nucleus Of the
campaign fund National Chairman
Stewart and National Secretary Tate
were reelected.
The prohibition editors organized
for the campaign by electing Edward
Clark, of Indianapolis, president
The convention program closed
with mass meeting, at which address
ses were made by National Chairman
Stewart, John c. Woolley and others.
Chairman Wolfenbarger called for
the report of the resolutions COM
mittee. Chairman Tracy of the COM
mittee, announced that there was a
majority and minor report ready.
but he requested an adjournment OF
the convention till 100 in order that
the committee might make another
effort to agree. This was seconded
by Secretary Amos of the committee,
who represented the majority report
of the committee. The convention took
a recess until 100 o'clock without
either report being read. The resolu-
tons committee again went into seS-
sion.
The differences were compromised.
and the report of the committee was
unanimously adopted. 1t is in part
as follows:
"The prohibition party, in national
convention assembled at Indianapolis
June 30, 1904, recognizing that the
chief end of all governments is the es-
Enlistment of righteousness and JUS
lice, and believing in the perpetuation
of the high ideals of government of
the people, by the people and tor
the people, established by our fathers,
makes the following declaration CT
principles and purposes:
"The widely prevailing system of
alcoholic beverages is so ruinous to
individual interests, so inimical to the
public welfare, so destructive to ma
tional wealth and so subversive to the
rights of great masses of our citizen
ship that the destruction of the traffic
is and for years has been the most
important question in American
politics.
1--WE denounce the lack of states
manship exhibited by the leaders of
the democratic and republican parties
in their refusal to recognize the para
mount importance of this question,
and the cowardice with which the lead
ers of these parties have courted the
favor of those whose selfish interests
are advanced by the continuation and
augmentation of the traffice, until to-
day the influence of the liquor traffic
practically dominates national, state
and local government throughout the
nation.
We declare the truth. demonstrated
by the experience of half century,
that all methods of dealing with the
liquor traffic which recognize its right
to exist in any form, under any
system of license or tax to regulation,
have proved powerless to remove its
evils and useless as checks on its
growth, while the insignificant public
revenues which have accrued there
from have scared the public con-
science against a recognition of its
inniquity.
The safeguarding of the peoples
rights by a rigid application Of the
principles of justice to all combina-
tons and organizations of capital and
labor.
"a more intimate relation between
the people ana gOVcIIllhSl~S,y WISE
adoption of the PRINCIPLES of the initia-
tive and referendum.
"The safeguarding to every citizen
in every place under the government
of the people of tn Unitd States of all
the rights guaranteed by the laws and
the constitution.
International arbitration; and we
declare that our nation should con-
tribute in every manner, consistent
with national dignity. to the perma-
nent establishment of peace between
all nations.
1--WE declare ourselves in favor OF
the extension and honest administra-
ton of the civil service laws.
1--WE declare ourselves in favor OF
the election of United States senators
by vote OF the people"