Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-30
SAY II WILL Be MILES
Nomination by Prohibition
lists Predicted Today.
NOTHING TOPREVENTIT
GENERALS POSITION ASSURED
BY JOHN G. WooLLEY.
"Broad- Gauge" Advocates Captured
the Platform Committee - Miles
Forces Win the Resolutions.

| Special Dispatch From a STAFF Correspondent
| INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June 3o.-lt VIII
| be Miles. If not on the first ballot then on
the second. Geo w. Carroll of Texas VIII
get the Aice presidency as IT look now
Nominations will not be made until late
this afternoon.
All day the political currents of the pro-
hibition national convention shifted SO
steadily and rapidly toward the presiden-
tial candidacy of Gen. Nelson A. Miles
that the nomination of the Indian warrior
this afternoon by IAN overwhelming ma
jority' was assured by the Miles boomers,
| headed by John G. Woolley of Chicago.
Nothing can head off General Miles
now" declared w. c. johnson of Chicago.
Mr. Woolley's assistant editor and mana
ger. His name will go through with
| whoop this afternoon. We have succeeded
| in convincing a majority of the delegates
that he will be the biggest vote winner the
party has ever nominated
John G.. Woolley also expressed himself
| as confident of Miles nomination. and de-
clared that he would be ready TO unload
more Miles ammunition into the delegates
when the nominating speeches are made
"Broadgaugers" Win Platform.
At 11:3o o'clock last night the platform
| committee completed its work and ad-
journed The "broadgaugers' had won
| over the "narrow-gaugers,' 1t was said.
Aside from this no further information
| concerning the planks in the platform was
given out by the committee until today.
The ''brOadgauge' men, led by Joseph
Tracey, chairman of the committee, de-
| clared before they went into the commit
tee room that they would fight for the ad-
mission into the platform of other issues
| besides the one dealing with the liquor
| traffic.
A Miles mass meeting at the state house
turned the tide In favor of the general, 1t
was admitted by the anti-Mles contingent
Hand bills announcing the meeting and
naming a list OF noted prohibition orators
were distributed in the convention hall, and
| a crowd estimated at 2,eoo went immedi-
ately to the state house to hear the argu-
ments In favor of Miles nomination. John
H Hector of Pennsylvania the BLACK
knight" Robt. II. Patton OF Illinois and
! Jno G. Woolley enthused the crowd with
speeches that were voted on all sides to be
red hot"
Miles Position Assured
Mr.. Weolley gave emphatic assurance TO
| the crowd that Gen. Miles was straight
| out prohibitionist, and would, If nom ma ted,
poll more than one million votes. He had
not declared openly that he would accept
the nomination, but his past record as a
prohibitionlst will be sufficient guarantee
| that he would consider himself honored In
receiving the nomination.
The round robin issued Tuesday by the
anti-Miles crowd was referred to by Mr.
Woolley as IAN impudent proposal, which
no truly great man like Cen Miles would
consider for a moment.
Mr.. WOolley strongly urged that the
party was in need of a big man to lead II.
Those already mentioned for the presi-
dency would do under ordinary circum-
stances, but hardly now.
This is the opportunity of a genera ton
| to focus the attention of the country on
our cause he said. The American peo-
pie will watch every movement that we
make If Gen Miles is at our head
Hector Scores Hit.
Mr.. Hector scored a hit with the crowd
by declaring there VIII be no breach OF
promise suit if Gen. Miles does not accept
| our nomination. His refusal will injure
him more than 1t will the party"
d. B. Turney of Illinois declared that
Gen. Miles had voted the national prohibi-
ton ticket four years ago. Gen. Miles had
told Allen b. Lincoln. editor of the Con-
necticut Home. that he had supported
Woolley and Metcalf.
Al the close of the meeting there
a rush to secure Miles buttons. Many
delegates, who on Tuesday had thrown
their buttons away after being won over
by the anti-Miles crowd reinvested and
Nent away from the state house shouting
the generals name. The Miles boomers
later held a jollihcation meeting at the
Imperial and patted one another on the
back over the success of their shrewd po-
litical move.
Miles Forces Win Resolutions.
In the committee on resolutions the Miles
forces a complete victory. The plat
form commits the party TO the field OF
world politics These who spoke for Gen
eral Miles declared that a presidential
candidate he desired wider field of use
furess and discussion than strictly that
of prohibition. He has ideas, views and
hobbies OF his own, and to make sure OF
his acceptance of the nomination, II was
aid II would be necessary to give him a
broad gauge" platform on which to stand.
The platform, therefore. presents radi-
cal departure in that ii includes planks
the trusts and other old party issues. the
realness of which prohibition orators have
hitherto not brought themselves to ac-
knowledge. AS late as yesterday these so
called issues were warmly denounced as
not rising to the dignity of real issues, the
only real Issue before the country. 1t was
declared. being the question of divorcing
the liquor traffic from its partnership with
the government.
Sensational Feature.
The most sensational thing thus far in
the convention occurred in the caucus OF
anti-Stewartites, who were against Oliver
w. Stewart for chairman. Almost half the
delegates were present when NJ w. Likens.
leader of the Pennsylvania delegation, de-
clared that Stewart is a boss and that no
would tell Christ to step off of his throne
and let Stewart sit down. There were loud
yells for and against this declaration, and
1; caused bust-up fight.
Chairman Stewart is arbitrary, he is a
boss a dictator and usurper, was the
declaration of Likens, editor of the Peo-
pies Tribune, a prohibition paper at Union.
town, Pa.
"Mr. Stewart has right to dictate,
said Mr.. Likens. He has been holding
a fat $3,OG0-a-year job with the party for
wears His scheme is to have either him
self or Secretary Tate nominated for Presi-
dent He would do anything II allowed to
have his way. He would tell Christ to step
off the throne and allow him to become ono
of the Trinity.
"His main reason for opposing Miles rs
that h6 thinks the nomination OF Miles
would shorten the time that the prohibifion-
lists would come into power and then ms iae
office would be passed up to some greater
man. He wants to keep the vote OF the
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