Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-10-20
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
pL 4 1iETlRM.

The Prohibition Party In National convention
assembled, at fndianafolis. June ~. l.a, recog-
Min that the chief end of all government 10
the establishments of those principles of right
eousness and justice that have been revealed t0
men as the will Of the Everything God, desiring
His blessing upon our national life, and believing
in the perletuation Of the high ideali of govern.
ment of the people. by the people and f0r the
pcotlc, established BY the fathers. Makes the
following declaration Of principles and pur-
poses:
I. The widely REVEALING system OF the liSens-
ed ndi leal ixed I'd le Of alcoholic bsverses is no
ruin0us Of individual interests, 70 iuimical to
public welfars, 30 destructive to national wealth,
and 10 subversive Of the rghu OF great masses of
our citzenship that the destruction of the trafnc
is, and Has been, the most Important question in
American politics.
:. We den0unce the lack Of statesrnanship cx-
hibited by the leaders or the Democratic and
Republican party in theit refusal to recognize
the paramount Importance Of tGis 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 trahic, until today the
influence of the liquor traffc Practically domi-
mates national; state and local government
throughout the nation.
B. We declare the truth, demdHstxated by the
experience of half century, that all methods Of
dealing with the liquor ttaiac which recognize its
right To exist, In any forit, under any system Of
license or tax OF regulation. have proved power-
less to remove ITS evils, and useless as checks
upon its growth, while tile insignificant public
| revenue. which hvve accrued therefron have
scared the public conscience against recosni-
ton Of its iniquity,
4. We call public attention to the fact, proved
by tile experience Of more than fifty years. that
tO secure the enactment and enforcement Of pro-
hibitbry legislation, in which alone lies the hope
Of tile protection Of the people from the liquot
traffic. 1t is necessary that the Legislative, execit-
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 emb0dimcnt III law and to the execution oi
those laws.
s. We pledge the Prohibition party wherever
given power Ivy tile suffrages Of the people, to ths
enactment and enforcement Of laws prohibiting
and abolisling the manufacture, importation
transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
9: We declare that there Is not only no ottei
issue of equal Importance before the American
people today, but that the socalled Issues utpi
which the Democratic and Republican parties
seek to divide the electorate Of the country are
| In large part, subterfuges under the cover o
which they wrangle for the spoils Of Office.
Z. Recognising that the intelligent voters .
the country may properly ask our attitude utol
other questions OF public concern, we declar,
ourselves in favor of:
The impartial enforcement of all law.
The safeguarding Of the peoples rights by
| rigid application Of the principles Of Justice u
all combinations Of labor and capital.
The recognition of the fact that the right o
suffrage should dcj,end upon the mental AM
moral qualifications OF its citizens.
A more intimate relation between the peopl
and government by q wise application Of tn
principles Of the initiative and referendum.
Euch changes in our laws as will place tarii
schedules in the hands of an omni-partisan com
mission.
The application Of uniform laws for all OH
country and Dependencies.
The election Of tinted States Senators by
direct vote Of the people.
rho extension and honest administration of th
civil service Laws.
The safeguarding Of the peopler every. plac
tnier the government of the people o. theUnite
States, In all the rights guaranteed by the law
and the constitution.
international! arbitration, and We declare tbs
our nation shc,;ld contribute in every mannt
consistent with national dignity TO the estatlisi
ment Ut peace between all nations.
The reform Ot our divorce laws. tile final extil
, patton Of polvgamy. ana the total overthrow {
the present shameful system of the illegal fanl
ton of shc social evil with lis unspea able trad
in girls by the authorities of almost all our ctie
p1ONkER Store
OPPOSITE :,
n