Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-03
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The Prohibition party held It's
convention yesterday. About a
hundred enthusiastic Prohibition
lists from all magisterial districts
of the county were present. Many
ladies of the town and vicinity
attended the meeting and the
Court house was comfortably fill
ed. Rev. L. D. Ashley Of this
place, presided, and w. w. Ash
of Friendly, was secretary. The
convention was opened with song
and prayer. The morning session
was spent in organizing the con-
vention and appointing commit
tees. The following nominations
were made: For House OF Dele
gates, D. W. Twyman, Jr., and
W. A. F. Smith; for Sheriff, DR..
M. NJ. Reppard; for Surveyor, ?:
P. Berkeley; for Commissioner OF
County Court, A. B. Smith. The
Committee on Resolutions report
ed the following platform OF prln-
ciples or resolutions: Acknowledge
ing Almighty God as the source
of all rightful power and author.
ity, we, the Prohibition party OF
Tyler county, this LIST day OF June,
1904, in convention assembled, re-.
new our allegiance to the National
and State Prohibition party, and
endorse it's principle and policy.
Believing that a political party
should be a league of citizens uni
ted by common convictions upon
the great moral, social and civic
problems that demand adjustment
in the State and nations so as to
give equal protection and justice
to all of the governed, we recog-
nize every important public ques-
ton, but we believe the manufac-
ture and licensed traffic in intox-
icating liquors as beverage to
be the most gigantic crime OF the
age, and the one problem of all
others that presses on the nation
for immediate settlement, and
that the only solution Of the prob
lem is the prohibition of the manu-
facture, sale, Importation, expor-
talon and transportation of all in
toxicating drinks. We insist that
such a party agreed upon the prin-
ciples and policy of prohibition,
having sober leadership without
any obligation for success to the
saloon vote and to those democrat
izing political combinations of
men and money now allied there
with and suppliant thereto, could
successfully cope with all other
and lesser problems of government
in legislative and executive chairs.
We submit that the Democratic
and Republican parties are alike
insincere in their assumed hostll-
ity to trusts and monopolies. They
do not and dare not attack the
most dangerous of them all-the
LIQUOR traffic. So long as the sa-
loon debauches the same citizen
and breeds the purchasable voter,
money will continue to buy its
way to power. Break down this
traffic, elevate manhood and a So
Der citizenship will find a way to
control dangerous combinations OF
capital. We face with sorrow,
shame and fear, the awful fact
that the iquort traffic has a grip
on our government, municipal,
State and National, through the
revenue system and saloon sover-
eighty, which none but the Prohi-
bition party dares to dlspute-a
grip which dominates the party
now in power. from caucus to
Congress. from policeman OF Pres
ident from the rum shop to the
White House. We condemn the
present dominant political parties
of TYLER county for their subservi-
ency to the saloon power and the
baser element of our citizens, and