Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
PLATFORM:

IEe frOhibltlOn Party IN National convention
at indianapolis. June 30, 1904, recog-
nizin that the chief erd Of all government is
the establishment Of those principles of right
eousness and justice that have been revealed to
men as the will of the Ever-Living God, desiring
His blessing upon our national life, and believing
in the perpetuation of the high ideals Of govern.
ment Of the people. by the people and for the
people, established by the fathers. makes the
following declaration Of principles and pur-
poses:
I. The widely prevailing system Of the llcens-
ed and lealised | Of ale oholic beveraes ID 80
ruinous Of individual interests, 90 inimical TO
public welfare. 30 destructive to national wealth,
and 80 subversive Of the rshts OF great masses of
our citizenship, that the destruction Of the trafic
is, and has been, the most important question In
American politics.
.. We denounce the lack Of statesmanship OK
hibited BY the leaders Of tho Democratic and
Republican party in their refusal to recognise
the paramount Importance Of this question and
the cowardice with which the leaders Of these
parties have courted the favor Of those whose
selfish interests are advanced by the continuation
and augmentation of the trafIlc, until today the
influence of the liquor trafhc practically domi-
mates national. state and local government
throughout the nation.
8. We declare the truth, demonstrated by the
experience Of half century, that all methods Of
dealing with the liquor traic which recognize Its
right to exist, in any form, under any system Of
license or tax or reulation, have proved power
less to remove its evils, and useless as checks
upon its growth, while the insniacant public
revenue which have accrued therefrom have
scared the public conscience against a Tecoeni-
tion Of its iniquity.
4. We call public attention to the fact, proved
by the experience Of more than nifty years. that
to secure the enactment and enforcement of pro-
hibitory legislation, in which alone lies the hope
of the protection Of the people from the liquo,
traffic, 1t is necessary that the Legislative. cxecu
tive and judicial branches of the government
should be in the hands Of political party in har-
| mony with the Prohibition principle, and pledged
to its embodiment in law and to the execution o
| those laws.
5. We pledge the Prohibition party wherever
given power by the suftrages Of the people, to TN
| enactment and enforcement of laws prohibiting
| and ahOlishing the manufacture, importation
transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
| 6. We declare that there is not only no otlc
Issue OF equal Importance before the American
people today, but that the soca,led issues upol
which the Democratic and Republican par. ie
IN large part, subterfuges under the cover o
which they wrsngle for the spoils Of Office.
| Z. Recognizing that the intelligent voters Q
| the country may properly ask our attitude urO
other questions of public concern, we dcclar
ourselves In favor of
The impartial enforcement of all law.
| The safeguarding OF the peoples tights by
rigid application of the principles of justice I
all combinations OF labor and capital.
The recognition of the fact that the right q
| suffrage shOnli depend upon the mental an
moral qualifications Of Its citizens.
A more intimate relation between the reopl
and government by wise application Of Ill
principles OF the initiative and referendum.
Euch changes in our laws as will place tari
schedules in the hapds Of an omni- -partisan CON
mission.
The application of uniform laws for all OH
country and dependencies.
II The election Of United States Senators by
direct vote OF the people.
The extension and honest administration of tn
civil service laws.
The safeguarding OF the peoples every plac
under the government Of the people OF The Unite
States, In all the rights guaranteed by the Law
and the constitution.
international arbitration. and We declare thi
our nation should contribute in every mann'
consistent with national dignity to the establisl
ment Of peace between all nations.
The reform Of our divorce laws. the final exit
patton Of polygamy, and the total overthrow
the present shameful system Of the illegal SAN
t0n of the social evil with It's unspeakable traf
in girls by the authorities Of almost all cite