The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-06-14
STATE PROHIBITIONISTS
MEET IN CONVENTION

The Prohibition state convention
met on Friday, in Association hall,
Trenton, and nominated Rev. James
Parker, Of Jersey City, for governor.
In addition the convention named
delegates to the national convention,
at indianapolis, on June 20, and sell
ected presidential electors.
The contest for the gubernatorial
nomination was between Mr.. Parker
and Caleb Butterworth, Of Camden.
Rev. Mr.. Mead was also nominated but
declined on the ground that his cam
paigning this fall would take him out
Of the state.
The Camden and South Jersey dele
cation opposed Mr.. Parker on the
ground that he was minister Of the
gospel and as such would not be as
strong candidate, perhaps, as Mr.
Butterworth, who, as a business man,
would look and talk on the prohibition
question on all sides and would not
confne himself strictly to church
views. Mr.. Butterworth was present
but did not speak.
OF the 155 votes cast for the two
candidates l08 went to Parker and AZ
to Butterworth.
Mr.. Parker is pastor of the United
Presbyterian Church Of Jersey City
and is an earnest worker in the prohi-
biti0n calse. He came to this state
from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has
been resident of this state about ten
years.
The meeting was called to order by
State Chairman DIR. Grafton E. Day
of Millville. Rev. @. Henry Meade,
Of Montclair, was made temporary and
afterward permanent chairman.
The presidential electors named as
follows
First district, r. A. Demairs second
district, DR.. r. B. Moore; third dis
trict, Charles L. Garrison; fourth dis
trict, Ross Slack fifth district, Joel
Ct. Van Cise; sixth district, David
Hobber seventh district, Robert J.
S. White eight district, John Berry
mann; ninth district, Joel w. Brown
tenth district, Charles L. Mead.
The delegates-at-large chosen were
Rev. G. FL. Mead, Montclair; William
Nicholson, Camden; Joel G.. VanCise,
Summit; Joel w. Brown, Jersey City :
George Lamont, Bound Brook; G. f..
Garrison, Jamesburg; g. f. Hunter,
Charles II. Stocking and James e.
Steelman, Atlantic City. w. n. Enslee
is the delegate named from Morris
county.
The platform as adopted reiterates
all the "cold water theories and q
few new ones. 1t declares firm al
legiaDce to the national Prohibition
party and an answering belief in the
suppression of the liquor traffic as wei
as a determination to prohibit forever
the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
cants as beverages. Among other
things the platform declares the party
in favor of the adoption OF the Hep.
burn-Dolliyer bill in congress; de-
mands more earnest enforcement OF
the states liquor laws; declares for
the suffrages to all irrespective Of color
or sex; approves of the election OF
United States senators by direct
vote OF the people; favors civil service
reform; suggests tariff commission
non-partisan in character to make
tariff changes when demanded by the
peoples interests; demands that all
labor difficulties and national and in
ternational questions be settled by
arbitration; condemns opposition to
the public schools; characterizes the
opposing politicians as spoilshunters
criticises the state legislation for fail
ure to pass the Buck bill and finally
condemns the Meeker anti-spring cleo
tion law.
DIR. Vaughan, E. Miller and W. nj.
Gray were elected members of the
state committee.